Institute of Medicine news: Report on mental illnesses and drug addictions
...actors for suicide. Furthermore, the consequences ripple throughout the U.S. education, legal, and welfare systems and the workplace in the forms of lost productivity, low academic achievement, and dysfunctional behavior. "America will not have a high-quality health system if equal attention is not given t...Study shows escalating climate change impacts
...US Gulf coast in August. Analysis of the potential ripple effects stemming from an unstable climate shows the need for more sustainable practices to safeguard and insure a healthy future." The CCF study is comprised of three primary elements: trends, case studies and scenarios, which detail and analyze curr...Mental illness exacts 'enormous toll' for US businesses and institutions
...licate other medical conditions and seem to have a ripple effect in the work setting, creating low morale among coworkers and a higher turnover rate. Lead author Alan Langlieb, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of psychiatry, examined more than 100 published studies exploring how mental illness affects t...Panel presents Agricultural Biosecurity & Sustainability Strategies at 2007 AAAS Meeting
...supply, business failures, trade restrictions, and ripple effects on the economy. The food/agriculture sectors infrastructure must be strengthened to lessen potential harm resulting from deliberate contamination. Busta will present initiatives to minimize or eliminate vulnerabilities, and practical solution...A new focus for health care reform -- realigning competition around patient value
...at implementing these reforms will create powerful ripple effects throughout the health care system, including more effective collaborations between physicians and care teams, greater patient involvement in their health care, fewer malpractice suits, more supportive health plans and government payers, new m...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
...appreciated is that a diagnosis of LQTS has a huge ripple effect on these individuals and their families. It is vital that we get this diagnosis right in both directions. About Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) Long QT syndrome is a genetic disorder of the hearts electrical system that occurs in about 1 in 3,0...