The risky business of having a baby: why birth interventions are on the rise
...ed by social and cultural factors, and the current conservative political landscape. "We'll look at how fear of litigation and medical negligence is affecting Australian women's prenatal and postnatal care," she says. "The group will also discuss issues surrounding new reproductive technologies, midwife-led model...New study adds weight to argument for steroid injections in patients with hip osteoarthritis
...s with late stage OA some hope of pain relief when conservative therapy has failed", said Prof. Maksymowych....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- July 26, 2006
...ses range from $21 million annually (based on very conservative assumptions) to $414 million. The study, which includes data for individual beaches, concludes that water quality improvements in the region could have substantial public health benefits. ARTICLE #2 "Regional Public Health Cost Estimate of Contam...Study evaluates effectiveness of sonographically guided therapy in professional soccer players
...ers developed posterior pain that was resistant to conservative therapy 3-4 weeks after the precipitating injury. The pain limited the athletes' ability to sprint and strike the soccer ball and prevented them from returning to competition. "In our practice, we see many professional athletes with this condition...More than 3 percent of US teens have exchanged sex for money or drugs
...revalence of exchanging sex reported here may be a conservative estimate," comment the authors....High chemical levels in blood stream indicate need for action to avoid heart attack, death
...sely, we could treat lower-risk patients with more conservative strategies." Although the study involved a retrospective data analysis, Dr. Mulukutla said, the large numbers of patients involved "argue in favor of the reliability of these results." Dr. James reports no disclosures with this research, a substudy...AAFP, ACP and AOA meet with Congress on Medicare reimbursements to physicians
...te has decreased 20 percent below the government's conservative measure of inflation for medical practice costs. These cuts run the risk of destabilizing the Medicare program and may risk Medicare beneficiary access to physicians. "Our organizations, representing nearly 275,000 primary care physicians nationwi...Political party policies to reduce social inequalities have better health outcomes
...tions: social democratic, Christian democratic (or conservative in the Judeo-Christian tradition), liberal and authoritarian conservative (dictatorships) and found that countries mainly governed by social democratic parties had the most r...Many urinary stones can be treated without surgery
...e Cancer Center. "However, for many people, a more conservative approach beginning with a trial of a calcium-channel blocker or an alpha blocker is proving to be efficacious." Researchers looked at articles about this issue and ultimately analyzed nine trials that included 693 patients. The trials examined the ...Civil society movement calls for transparency in the WHO director-general elections
...erty today compared to the late 1980s according to conservative estimates produced by the World Bank. PHM also believe that the next Director-General needs to make human rights a pillar of WHO's work. "To adopt a bolder, broader, and more progressive public-health agenda, WHO will need a charismatic, wise, and c...Most US adults in favor of more balanced approach to sex education in schools
...hemselves as politically moderate, 35.5 percent as conservative and 25 percent as liberal. Overall, 80.4 percent of participants said they believed comprehensive programs were an effective way to prevent unplanned pregnancies, compared with 39 percent who said they believed abstinence-only programs were effectiv...Benefits to employers outweigh enhanced depression-care costs
...re somewhat reduced in years 3 through 5, based on conservative assumptions that benefits wane after care management ceases, while increased use of treatments continues. The intervention became more expensive than usual care (no workplace depression management) when there was greater use of psychiatrists (instead...Two-slice-touch rule reliable when diagnosing meniscal tears
...only a small tear if a tear is present. Therefore, conservative treatment rather than surgical treatment can be used if clinically appropriate, he said. ...Psychological treatments improve outcomes for back pain sufferers
...use this analysis was both more inclusive and more conservative than previous reviews, we have the best evidence to date that these interventions are helpful," said psychologist and review lead author Robert Kerns, Ph.D., of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. The review, part of a new article series, appears...Pittsburgh ear study finds that fluid in the ear does not impair development in children
...d with ear tube surgery, provide clear support for conservative management of fluid in the middle ear, as the fluid almost always clears up spontaneously, according to Dr. Paradise. "Our recommended treatment approach for children under age 3 in whom fluid has persisted for three months in both ears or four to ...Absence of health insurance coverage costs $1.47B in Maryland
...for $227 million, which the researchers said was a conservative estimate of the percentage of charity care that goes to uninsured patients rather than insured ones and bad debt reported by hospitals. The state government paid the largest share of expenditures, spending $334 million on the uninsured in FY2002, o...Red flag for repetitive stress injuries identified for first time in humans
...ct the problem before the damage starts. That way, conservative intervention ibuprofen, rest breaks at work, exercise can be evaluated as to their effectiveness in preventing the development of chronic work-related conditions and, consequently, the need for more serious measures such as surgery. "If the inju...Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
...y and which were most likely to be controlled with conservative treatments, so women received differing advice from individual doctors across the country," he added. "Now, for the first time, we have easily-measured, clinical characteristics that we can assess and use to accurately counsel patients on their optio...Report reveals estimated high prevalence and heavy cost of type 2 diabetes complications
...As great as these financial burdens are, this is a conservative estimate, as it only includes direct medical costs," adds Manning. "Costs attributed to lost employment or productivity, premature death and disability have not been included, and if we factor in those costs, the overall burden would be far greater."...Review finds ways of helping children of drug and alcohol misusers
...l negatively affect at least two family members, a conservative estimate of 26 million people in the UK are affected by problematic alcohol and drug misuse in their immediate family. "There is growing recognition of the importance of involving the family in drug and alcohol treatments programmes," said Professo...