Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
...here is a well developed market and you don't need expensive infrastructure like refineries and processing. So,...r for health and better for climate, they are more expensive and a lot harder to get out." Charcoal burns cleaner and produces less indoor pollution than wood, ...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
...here is a well developed market and you don't need expensive infrastructure like refineries and processing. So,...r for health and better for climate, they are more expensive and a lot harder to get out." However, scenarios that envision large shifts to charcoal without imp...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...hysician financial incentives to limit ordering of expensive tests and procedures. Nearly half of the respondents had heard of this type of financial incentive and nearly all, 94.8 percent, felt they should be informed about incentives. Most (80.5 percent) felt they should be told at the time of enrollment eit...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...Surgical intervention to diagnose these nodules is expensive and may impact quality of life and mortality. According to Dr. Swensen, a small percentage of patients will have chronic pain as a result of surgery, and the average mortality rate from lung cancer surgery ranges from 3 to 5 percent. "That's a big pr...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...red via system of care have been criticized as too expensive compared to communities that don't adopt the approach. However, the Penn State study, the first of its type, shows that including spending in other service sectors in the analysis reduced the between-community cost difference from 81 percent to only...Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
...ch) are popular and effective therapy, they remain expensive and require an extensive program of accompanying t... it could provide crucial guidance in selecting an expensive but wonderfully life-enhancing therapy."...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...atory testing, such as lumbar puncture. "MRI is an expensive tool that we might be able to avoid if a blood test can be developed for MS," said Avasarala. "There is probably not a single marker to detect MS. This test was designed to look for a pattern of individual proteins that can differential people with M...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...y syndrome are less likely than whites to receive expensive or newer evidence-based treatments, according to a report in a special disparities themed issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "While previous studies evaluating disparities in cardiac care have mostly focused on dispariti...Government wasting your taxpayer money on ineffective drug cure
...has proven little efficacy as a supplement is more expensive than the standard treatments used for a patient on chronic hemodialysis. "I consider it a waste of government money," adds Dr. Steinman. "I do not believe we should continue to waste our limited resources on a treatment of unproven benefit."...New NHS payment system 'is no panacea'
...sify patients into more complex and therefore more expensive HRGs to gain extra revenue. The research team examined hospital episode statistics to determine whether foundation hospitals showed a change in numbers of emergency admissions and coding patterns compared with those providers still under the old bloc...Study examines consequences of Thailand's 'war on drugs'
...mphetamine and other drugs when heroin became more expensive and harder to obtain." Thailand's war on drugs began in February 2003 and has been criticized by a number of human rights groups. The initiative was intended to reduce the supply and demand for illicit drugs, particularly the growing use of methamphe...Chemicals in apples could reduce the risk of breast cancer, Cornell study in rats suggests
...vegetables and whole grain foods than in consuming expensive dietary supplements, which do not contain the same array of balanced, complex components," says Liu. He notes that the thousands of phytochemicals in foods vary in molecular size, polarity and solubility, which could affect how they are absorbed and...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...he molecule could therefore save patients money on expensive drugs and stretch limited supplies of antigens and vaccines. Gin and his collaborators are now exploring ways to improve the molecule. By investigating structure activity relationships, they want to strip away nonessential structures, leaving a simpl...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
... confirm the finding. The question is whether this expensive screening alters the woman's care and is therefore something that should be covered by insurance. Radiologists say that in many cases the MRI screening adds valuable information and may alter a woman's medical care for the rest of her pregnancy. "If ...Faster, less expensive test proven more effective in detecting bladder cancer
...STON - Physicians now have a more dependable, less expensive tool to help detect bladder cancer earlier. Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center found that a simple test that can be administered and read in the doctor's office was three times more effective than a conventional labor...British conservatives should beware of Australian health service reforms
...trategy of subsidising insurance premiums has been expensive and primarily benefited the wealthy. Admissions to private hospitals have increased, but admissions to public hospitals have also increased, suggesting that the private insurance subsidies do not seem to have reduced pressure on Australian public hos...Contrary to previous findings, smoking is detrimental to patients with Alzheimer's
...r age 85 are afflicted by it. It is the third most expensive disease to treat and is the third leading cause of death, trailing cancer and coronary heart disease. Besides LaFerla and Oddo, co-authors of the PNAS paper are Antonella Caccamo, Kim Green, Kevin Liang, and Levina Tran, all of whom are researchers...Optimal treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
...d to patients before trying less invasive and less expensive treatments. Is surgery always the best course for carpal tunnel syndrome's sufferers? A team of researchers in Madrid recently set out to find the answer. The results of their clinical trial, published in the February 2005 issue of Arthritis & Rhe...More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions urged
... persons have a significantly more-frequent use of expensive emergency services** and are more likely to spend more time in jail." The study noted that in San Diego, African Americans comprise 5 percent of the general population, 11 percent of the AMHS population with serious mental illness, and 16 percent of......racking systems do not have to be sophisticated or expensive -- a notebook and a copy of an order form have proved successful." "Patient care is a team sport, and clinicians, patients, and family should be members of the team. Patients should be encouraged to keep their medication list with them at all times, ...