Public patients denied effective obesity treatment
...eferred method for tackling obesity, hospitals and governments need to seriously consider treatments such as LAGB surgery to stem the growing levels of obesity in the community, Professor O'Brien says. His research team has treated more than 2700 people using LAGB since 1994. With Associate Professor John Dixon ...Resistance to anti-flu agents increasing worldwide
...Our report has broad implications for agencies and governments planning to stockpile these drugs for epidemic and pandemic strains of influenzaWith the increasing rates of resistance shown here, amantadine and rimantadine will probably no longer be effective for treatment or prophylaxis in the event of a pandemi...Science commentary stresses need for collaboration at local level in HIV-prevention studies
...laboration with the local communities and national governments of the countries in which they are conducted, according to 18 international leaders in HIV prevention writing in the current (Sept. 30, 2005) issue of Science. Oral, daily use of the antiretroviral drug tenofovir is considered a key potential strateg...International study finds one in five heart patients continue to smoke
...ion, tools such as HeartScore and interventions by governments might mean that attitudes will have improved by the time we carry out the next survey," Dr Scholte op Reimer concluded....Breast cancer increases while experts disagree on causes - Debate in crisis say academics
...e evidence might be translated into policy. Should governments act on the basis of a precautionary approach? Some...e. One epidemiologist interviewed pointed out that governments had long failed to act on smoking, where the evidence was "grotesquely strong". However the cancer p...Aussie blokes dying for a health policy, say UWS men's health experts
...ssor Macdonald and Mr Woods urge federal and state governments to develop a long-overdue national men's health po...th policy. Since the early '90s, federal and state governments have flirted with specific policy initiatives for men's health, and while there has been some progre...Cannabis smoke is less likely to cause cancer than tobacco smoke
...lzheimer's disease and insomnia. In spite of this, governments have been reluctant to legalize cannabis for medical use, on the grounds that the risks associated with the drug still outweigh its benefits....ICSU pursues new initiative that challenges science to do more to prevent natural disasters
...-users, which include local, regional and national governments and also development agencies and those providing humanitarian assistance." The ICSU natural hazards initiative will begin with the establishment of a planning committee of scientific experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, who are to de...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
...ght of the epidemic, the federal, state, and local governments came together with the company to invest in a makeshift emergency hospital right on the premises to care for their workers as well as a strict quarantine. As a result, there were only about 100 deaths from the flu, which struck thousands in Bethleh...Epidemic of chronic diseases focus of Oxford Health Alliance Conference
...ses, which have received too little attention from governments and policy makers, in countries as diverse as China and India, South Africa and Brazil and the United States. The conference is a call to action by researchers and industry leaders to address what the organizers call a preventable tragedy. The Oxfor...Institute of Medicine news: Report on mental illnesses and drug addictions
...ffective care, the report says. Federal and state governments should revise laws, regulations, and administrative practices that hinder such information sharing. Public-private partnerships are now developing an information technology system called the National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) to ma...Study finds torture and human rights abuses among Tibetan refugees
...man Rights. Researchers say that NGOs and foreign governments should be aware that the human rights abuses levied on this vulnerable population may have lasting health effects and are unacceptable under international law. Many Tibetan refugees flee Tibet to Nepal or India in order to escape religious and politi...Governments need to act transparently to stem public anxiety about a human influenza pandemic
If governments are to avert widespread panic about a human influe...s. Patients will be stigmatised, and confidence in governments will be damaged or lost. But just as there is time to complete preparedness plans, there is still ti...Indians suffer poor health services while private sector expands for foreigners
...th care in the world. Meanwhile successive Indian governments have subsidised the private sector with tax breaks and releasing prime building land at low rates, argue the authors. Patients from western nations like the UK and USA are capitalising on the quick and cheap operations - from routine procedures to he...Scientists use new techniques to narrow down impact of global warming on specific regions
... Europe. And the new method of analysis could help governments prepare for or even prevent a predicted increase in flooding by up to 50 per cent in certain areas of the River Rhine and by 25 per cent in areas such as north-west England by the end of the century. The European Union-funded project brought together...Can healthcare systems afford Herceptin for early breast cancer?
... of the drug. "When it comes to price-bargaining, governments want to spend their money well and maximise health gains. The pharmaceutical company wants its product to be reimbursed for a large population in order to sell large volumes. So, the aim is to arrive at a price that results in cost effective treatmen...Institute for OneWorld Health receives multimillion dollar grant
...rug. At the World Health Assembly in May 2005, the governments of India, Bangladesh, and Nepal committed to eliminate VL in their countries. Paromomycin may provide a critical tool to help these countries achieve their goal....What the public needs to hear during a disaster
...New York. Bass believes these findings can help governments create more timely and effective messages, as well as choose and prepare appropriate spokespersons for the next event. She is currently working on several risk communications projects including effective emergency messaging for different ethnicities ...Pandemic planning: Regional governments may be reluctant to report outbreaks
...tion and division of power across several regional governments in federal systems can hinder national and interna...tory." Yet, say Dr. Wilson and colleagues, federal governments may not have the authority to collect the data necessary for such reporting, while regional governme......ry." Yet, say Dr Wilson and colleagues, federal governments may not have the authority to collect the data necessary for such reporting, while regional governments may have many reasons to keep such data to themselves--including concerns about the impact of disclo...