Major economic change can lead to an increase in deaths in car accidents
...ability of cars resulted in both a rise in vehicle ownership and an increase in the number of inexperienced drivers on roads that were ill prepared for the increased traffic. Dr Winston and colleagues report that although modernisation of underdeveloped nations and their economies is ultimately beneficial, it ...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
...ng inareas where hospitals converted to for-profit ownership grew faster than instable not-for-profit areas. Au... services. We haveexamined the impact of hospital ownership on the Medicare population as a wholeand found costs in areas of for-profit hospitals higher. There...Many Virginians would increase taxes for K-12 education, study finds
... "Because Virginia has a high rate of computer ownership (64 percent)compared to other states, we periodically ask how the home computers are beingused, and this year added a question about making purchases over the Internet,"she says. Surveyed Virginians with computers report: 76 percent are connected t...HIV prevention program targets young gay men through social networks and peer support for safe sex
...ings. "By local young gay men having a sense of ownership of the program, there was an increased motivation to spread the message--adapting it as their own--to their peers," Kegeles said. "Attracting as many young men as possible to the program was an important objective. Every young man who became invol...Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
...ends less on its magnitude than on whether one has ownership of the responsibility, incentives to exceed minimum standards, the resources to secure contributions of others and the authority to follow the responsibility across organizational borders." With that message, the book offers an empirical, sociologica......clude at various times over the intervening years, ownership of National Car Rental, Leaf Candy, Business Travel International (BTI, the nation's third largest travel management company) and Wheels, Inc., the nation's third largest fleet leasing and management company. The parent company, FCE, is included in ...New depression and anxiety treatment goals defined
...ible, stated the participants, consumers must take ownership of their illness and treatment, challenging their providers to explore different options if recovery is not being achieved. NMHA held the roundtable to address the disconnect between provider and consumer expectations about treatment and outcomes. Pa...Strong relationship between peasant farmers and city-dwellers in Zimbabwe
...rty is making an issue of the inequalities in land ownership in order to draw attention away from the economic crisis that the country has fallen into. The government has failed, by means of industrialisation, to bring a halt to the rising unemployment and decreasing economic growth. Jens Andersson studied the...Eliminating health disparities requires community involvement
...a sound theoretical basis, as well as participants ownership of the program; fun, novel, goal-oriented activities; provision of positive role models; reinforcements for participating in class lectures and activities; and keeping a fitness journal....Poor hearing common among elderly people in the UK
...of reduced hearing in elderly people and levels of ownership and use of hearing aids. The investigators used d...ent of reduced hearing. However, raising levels of ownership of hearing aids in elderly people, improving performance of aids, and increasing the amount of time ...Children with asthma plagued by smokers and pets
... Journal of Pediatrics, indicates that smoking and ownership of furred or feathered pets occurs just as often i...nonwhite and highly stressed families, whereas pet ownership was associated with white families with greater asthma knowledge, older children and better family f...Council tax could be used to measure health status
...red and jobseekers, whilst assessment based on car ownership is flawed because cars are an unavoidable expense for poor families in rural communities. Finding a better measure of socio-economic status could help the NHS allocate its resources more effectively and ultimately reduce the differences in health be...Roche pledges continued support for Organ Transplantation Research Foundation
...onships with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai, which are both members of the Roche Group....Roche files marketing application for Avastin with European health authorities
...eements with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai. All trademarks used or mentioned in this release are legally protected....CellCept's cardioprotective profile reinforced
...eements with numerous partners, including majority ownership interests in Genentech and Chugai....EDCTP welcomes G8 support for HIV/AIDS vaccine development
...e of this initiative and others will depend on the ownership and commitment to this vision by the partners, and by having the concerned countries play a central role. Adapted interventions are essential to reduce the burden caused by these diseases. Current approaches to vaccine development suffer from common...Is the '3 by 5' initiative the best approach to tackling the HIV pandemic?
...d for not encouraging countries themselves to take ownership of their HIV programs. The only strategy that will work, says Amman, is "universal offering of HIV testing, integration of HIV prevention and treatment into all health-care arenas, contact tracing [tracing all people who may been exposed to HIV], an......e role of the lead clinician," he writes. "Clearer ownership of patients should minimise oversights generated by ever expanding teams and should improve continuity of care. Healthcare systems must minimise errors and should require an approach that is as evidence based as our approach to prescribing," he conc...