National and regional leadership needed to coordinate response to avian flu pandemic
...is urgently needed to coordinate a response to the looming avian influenza pandemic, states an editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet. A draft of the US preparedness report was leaked to The New York Times last week. One of its major shortcomings is that it does not say who is in charge of coordinatin...ACP predicts looming crisis in primary care
...e of the Nation's Health Care," ACP focuses on the looming crisis in primary care and why reform of the payment system is essential to prevent this crisis. There is growing evidence that shortages are developing for U.S. physicians, particularly in general internal medicine and family practice. Previous exp...ACP proposes solutions for America's health care system
...sive set of ACP policy proposals for reversing the looming shortage in primary care....ACP releases annual report on 'The State of the Nation's Health Care'
Sweeping policy proposals to avert a looming crisis in access to primary care medicine were released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual report on The State of the Nation's Health Care. ACP's proposals will fundamentally change the way that primary care is organized...Youngest hurricane victims facing...
... immediate action from Congress to respond to this looming health crisis. The study found that children are suffering from high rates of chronic health conditions and poor access to care. Mental health was also identified as a significant issue for both parents and children, complicated by the fact that the...ACP commends CMS proposals to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
...bursement disparities that are contributing to the looming crisis in access to primary care and help ensure an adequate supply of internists and other physicians to care for an increasingly aging population. "ACP encourages CMS to hold the line on its proposal at the end of the 60-day public comment period...Patient care threatened by workforce shortage
...week the American Medical Colleges had warned of a looming doctor shortage. "However, projecting workforce numbers is such an imprecise science it can vary significantly depending on the approach you use," he said. "What is more important todetermine for health policy makers is what you want GPs to do, ...Strokes will cost US $2.2 trillion by 2050 if prevention & treatment don't improve
...included. What can Americans do to decrease this looming bill? No matter what their age or ethnicity, individuals can cut their own risk of a future stroke by quitting smoking, losing weight, eating healthily, exercising, and keeping their blood pressure, cholesterol levels and any heart-rhythm problems un...Trans fat ban: Watch saturated fats and calories too
...ein. "And the big giant total calories is always looming in the background." In one study to assess the effects of consuming different types of oils on cholesterol levels, led by Lichtenstein and published earlier this year, fifteen adult volunteers with moderately high LDL cholesterol were fed each of fo...Medicare facing future bankruptcy: 'IEEE-USA Today's Engineer' cites $30 trillion unfunded liability
... "The earlier that actions are taken to avert the looming crisis, the easier those actions will be," McClure writes. "But the politics are daunting."...Comprehensive reforms to move toward patient-centered care released by ACP
...on. ACP, today, proposed a bold solution to this looming collapse: a patient-centered health care system. This model of health care delivery has been proven to result in better quality, more efficient use of resources, reduced utilization, and higher patient satisfaction. "Many U.S. physicians already ar...Flu experts call for mandatory shots for health care workers
...ork remains ahead, and Dr. Neuzil noted there is a looming risk of "flu fatigue" as attention drifts elsewhere. "Attention to pandemic flu is not what it was at this time last year, but pandemic flu is not last year's story," she said. "The threat has always been with us, and it will likely always be with u...ICU nurse working conditions linked to increase in patient infections
... safety of our nation's sickest patients. With the looming nursing shortage, hospitals direly need to address working conditions in order to help retain current staff now and recruit people into nursing in the future." Researchers evaluated several measures of working conditions to assess their effect on ...Alzheimer's disease to quadruple worldwide by 2050
...ations journal, Alzheimers & Dementia. We face a looming global epidemic of Alzheimers disease as the worlds population ages, said the studys lead author, Ron Brookmeyer, PhD, professor in Biostatistics and chair of the Master of Public Health Program at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. By 2050, 1 in...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...D among younger African-American adults suggest "a looming public health crisis," according to the new report. An apparent increase in kidney disease caused by atherosclerosis (narrowing or "hardening" of the arteries) among older adults is another area of concern. The USRDS data show improvement in severa...