Researchers to put changing public services under the microscope
...y ongoing problems involved in providing essential facilities such as health and education, as opposed to 'currently fashionable pre-occupations'. Recent years have seen major changes in public services attempted or called for at national and local level, and in the different countries of the UK, with dramatic...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...ts in all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities in the United States. Data revealed that male veterans were significantly more independent in performing daily-living activities and less physically disabled than other male residents. Differences in disability may be due to the extensive physical me...Tobacco-company-sponsored parties with free cigarettes may encourage students to start smoking
...mits the distribution of free cigarette samples to facilities that do not admit minors. Bars and nightclubs also are smoker-friendly environments for the tobacco industry, because they are among the few places where smoking is not generally restricted by clean-air laws. In the study, students who reported atten...Prentiss Foundation awards $5 million to University Hospitals
...g and his colleagues in addressing the much-needed facilities and programs to benefit children with behavior disorders," says Fred C. Rothstein, M.D., president and chief executive officer, University Hospitals of Cleveland. "We are particularly grateful to the board members of the Prentiss Foundation for this ...Daily social/physical activity improves sleep and cognition in the elderly
...men (between 67 and 86 years) living in retirement facilities and residential apartments participated in the pilot study at Northwestern. All 12 were healthy older adults or adults with chronic but stable medical conditions and independent in their activities of daily living. The study consisted of a daily 9...Book celebrates centenary of city's advances in public health
...h distillers, and provided laboratory and teaching facilities for medical officers of health and student doctors. The Institute, in Warrender Park Road, is now used by the University as student accommodation. The successor to the Usher Institute, public health sciences, is now located in the old Medical School ...Nursing homes register 41 percent drop in residents' pain
...g with information on how they compared with other facilities in the study. Teams received six two-hour training sessions on effective pain management techniques. Each nursing home was assigned an experienced nurse to act as a mentor. Teams then chose strategies to test. These included more frequent pai...Emergency departments failing to meet essential standards for children
...quarter of departments do not have separate triage facilities for children, and 36% of A&E consultants have not had specialist training in paediatric emergency care. Of those with paediatric triage facilities, 23% do not use an appropriately trained nurse to carry out the assessment. In addition, A&E staff shou...Diagnostic imaging surge by non-radiologists draws concern
...r conducting site inspections and accrediting only facilities that are qualified to perform these imaging exams. ...'Sit-down' rounds improve outcomes for kidney dialysis patients
... conducted sit-down rounds monthly. The remaining facilities conducted sit-down rounds more than once a month (6 percent) or less than once a month (5 percent). Researchers then compared the outcomes of 357 patients being treated at the 39 clinics conducting sit-down rounds less than monthly or not at all, ver...Survey suggests majority of women surgeons satisfied in their profession
...ly younger and older surgeons, surgeons working in facilities outside of the capital, and surgeons with a physician as a significant other. "Women surgeons' professional satisfaction highly depends on departmental organization and status of activity. Inadequate leadership, low operative volume, and being on mat...Panel offers recommendations for monitoring adverse events from dietary supplements
...at there are some 1500 manufacturing and repacking facilities for dietary supplements in the US. These facilities produce approximately 29,000 unique formulations that are packed into more than 75,000 distinctly la...New study shows patients experience asthma variability, despite strict adherence to guidelines
... care physicians, asthma clinics or urgent care facilities than those in the low variability group.(1) Hospitalization, emergency room visits and clinic visit costs for treating asthma of high variability patients were estimated at $163 per patient per month, twice the cost for tr...Study shows inadequate psychiatric care in assisted living facilities
...g elderly persons residing in assisted living (AL) facilities in Maryland reveal high prevalence of dementia and...th dementia and other psychiatric disorders in the facilities visited, and the subsequent rates of recognition and treatment, data suggests that "AL staff may not...Interventions can improve lifespan in patients with ischemic heart disease
...oronary artery disease concluded that when medical facilities select interventional methods to lower cholesterol...s on Evidence-Based Nursing, each of three medical facilities chose a different interventional method to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) levels ...UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center is first in Texas to treat patients with TomoTherapy
... unit began treating patients in 2003, thereare 15 facilities worldwide including Moncrief utilizing TomoTherapy." The $3.1 million system is installed at Moncrief's flagship facility at 1450 Eighth Ave. Various personnel, including technicians, engineers, physicists and therapists, have been installin...Global strategies for improving child health under scrutiny
...gladesh) and colleagues. 20 first-level outpatient facilities around the Matlab region were randomised to either... sick children, a score of 54 was obtained in IMCI facilities compared with 9 in comparison facilities. Use of the IMCI facilities increased from an average of 0....Cruise ships -- An alternative to assisted living facilities for the elderly?
...00) than those associated with the assisted living facilities but resulted in higher quality over the 20-year period. Lindquist's plan would include integration with regular passengers, with seniors selecting a cabin to inhabit as home during their prolonged cruise, whereas other passengers would disembark as...One-third of all physician assistants work in hospitals
...rally Qualified Health Centers or community health facilities (8%). Physician assistants are licensed health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings....DOE labs, universities and second sight partner to speed development of 'artificial retina'
...success of the field of artificial sight using the facilities and resources of DOE's national laboratories. At today's announcement in Chicago, the first patient to receive a prototype implant in 2002 described what it was like being able to "see" large letters and to differentiate between a cup, a plate and ...