New guideline tackles leading cause of mother and child death
...or act on risk at the beginning of pregnancy or to recognise and respond to signs and symptoms after 20 weeks. Their guideline recommends a straightforward system of early risk assessment and referral to ensure that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia are offered specialist care at the appropriate time for the b...New device will help stroke victims' recovery
...hing these 'markers,' software can be developed to recognise conditions and prescribe appropriate treatments," he explained. Instrumentation with sensors housing the software will convey information to health professionals in hospital and to the patient's doctor. The Centre, based in the University's School of...Regular cannabis may increase risk of stroke in young users
... four drinks. This was followed by an inability to recognise sounds, a condition known as auditory agnosia. A brain scan revealed a patch of bleeding as well as the damage left by the previous bleeds. The behavioural abnormalities and increased risk of schizophrenia, associated with frequent cannabis use, are ...Violence in the media can lead to aggressive behaviour in young children
...violent imagery." He adds: "Producers also need to recognise the potential effects of their violent images on vulnerable audiences who might not have the capacity or the will to see violence in the context of the story."...British conservatives should beware of Australian health service reforms
... record fourth term in October 2004, they may also recognise that creating cost inflation and greater inequity in health care pays politically."...The research assessment exercise is damaging UK medicine
...s have efficient peer-review mechanisms, which can recognise and reward research excellence without compromising the roles of clinical academics. Professor Banatvala comments: "The combined shortfall of university funding has forced deans of medical schools to behave like managers of Premier Division soccer cl...Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care
...easure errors in surgery. And doctors don't always recognise "adverse events," so the figures in other disciplines may actually be higher, they say. A proportion of respondents had sought professional help after making a serious mistake or found that the incident had made it harder to work as a doctor. And alm...Parents failing to recognise obesity in their children
Many parents are failing to recognise obesity and overweight problems in their children,...e "about right". Parents were less likely to recognise overweight boys than girls in the study more than a quarter (27%) of boys who were overweight and o...NHS patients 'not fully engaged' with their own healthcare
...ors. The new contract for family doctors does not recognise or encourage this, however. "The NHS should be supporting the public health push toward full engagement, not working against it", they conclude....Mental incapacity among patients in medical wards more widespread than doctors realise
...ents? How do clinicians' and families' failures to recognise impairments in the capacity to make decisions affect quality of, adherence to, and outcomes of care?"...The dangers of NHS reorganisation
...es. The rush to reorganise and merge also fails to recognise that many primary care trusts have already made some progress. Reorganisations are a clumsy reform tool, and research shows that they seldom deliver the promised benefits, they add. Every reorganisation produces a transient drop in performance, and i...Revolutionary HIV drug Fuzeon wins most prestigious award for innovation
...esearch. Each year, the award is an opportunity to recognise the most important drugs introduced into the public market and the most significant research team in the pharmaceutical field. The Galien award has grown into a huge event and is now considered as the industry's equivalent of the Nobel prize and the ....... New documents show that not only did the company recognise the importance of research undertaken by visitors, but also invested substantial resources and undertook numerous scanning projects during that time". Dr Hurt adds: "The vulnerability of this important resource is demonstrated by the decreased numb...GPs' beliefs about patients influences treatment
... authors. To overcome these barriers, doctors must recognise their deeply held beliefs that mediate their understanding of complex disease mechanisms. Such a change in perceptions will need to be supplemented by the establishment of locally available effective interventions....Recent research finds boys have more literacy problems than girls
... common among boys is that teachers simply tend to recognise the problem in boys more often. It is sometimes th...roblems in later life, there is a definite need to recognise sex differences."...American genetic abnormality also discovered in the Netherlands
...rogression of the disease. They can also use it to recognise the clinical picture in new patients at an earlier stage....Rising young psychiatry researchers receive prestigious international award
...nnual commitment by the two organisations, aims to recognise and support rising young stars in the field of psychiatry research from around the world. The Awards Programme consists of two research categories schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and a winner from North America and the rest of the world will rec...Study reveals high suicide rates among young people in India
...ndia. The high suicide rates emphasise the need to recognise adolescent suicide as a major public-health problem, with an urgent need for intervention". Wun Jung Kim from the Medical College of Ohio, USA, states in an accompanying Commentary (p 1090): "In terms of preventive intervention, there are comprehensi...New research shows rural South Africa faces stroke crisis similar to affluent western countries
...uthern African countries. African governments must recognise stroke treatment as an urgent priority as epidemics of stroke and other chronic diseases are set to create a health crisis, reveals the report. The prevalence of disabled stroke survivors has important implications for health care systems that need ...New data suggests Seroquel improves quality of life in first episode schizophrenia
...s well." Dr Pilowsky concluded, "Clinicians should recognise that these findings support the use of quetiapine in the early treatment of first-episode schizophrenia. Feedback also tells us that patients in our study responded well to the (F1RST) team's unique and positive approach." The F1RST study is a detail...