Poor ward care is harming patients
...for the future of the hospital. "It's madness to spend thousands of pounds on fancy surgery if the patients are then allowed to develop avoidable complications," she concludes....Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint in the UK
...r. They also enjoy holidays abroad and car use but spend more on home heating. Those aged 75+, have a lower carbon footprint of 11.10 tonnes but they have the highest climate impact per spent compared with other age groups because home heating, which is carbon intensive, represents 40 per cent of their ...Custom-made cancer cell attacks
... the only one who benefits. Doctors do not have to spend as much time treating patients, and hospitals will spend less money helping those patients get better. The challenge for Ruth and the rest of his team, who...Health professionals would prioritize spending on the young over the old
...ost countries throughout the worldmost governments spend more on curative than on preventive health care services. Glenn Salkeld (University of Sydney, Australia) and colleagues surveyed 253 health professionals from six countries, asking them to rank ten health interventions in order of priority for spe...Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room
...risk patients with no history of heart disease can spend 18 to 24 hours in the emergency room as doctors repeat the ECG and blood tests. Thats because doctors want never to mistakenly send home a patient who is actually having a heart attack. "The consequences of missing a heart attack can be disastrous," ...Plant-derived omega-3s may aid in bone health
... nutrition. "These people are really dedicated to spend a total of 24 weeks in the study with 18 weeks eating only what was supplied to them." Previous studies of omega-3s on bone health used oil supplements rather than whole food sources. The researchers note in a recent issue of Nutrition Journal, th...Insulating houses improves health and well-being
...ading to respiratory problems. Despite the fact we spend about three-quarters of our lives inside, little is known about the specific health effects of the indoor environment. So researchers at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand, identified 1350 uninsulated households, all from low-incom...On a diet? You'll spend more on impulse purchases
...aking place in an unrelated study and given $10 to spend on items from the college bookstore. They were tol...ticipants who had exercised mental self-control to spend and buy more. Those who had just tried to control their thoughts spent an average of $4.05. Those w...Should NICE evaluate complementary medicine?
...d holistically. And there is no need for NICE to spend time and money coming to that conclusion when it has more important things to do, he concludes....Empathy skills must be given a high priority in medical education, says Jefferson author
...l students. Declining time doctors and patients spend together is another reason the physician-patient relationship is a concern in medical education and practice. "Medical schools are eager to teach professionalism in the practice of medicine," he says. "Empathy is an important element of professionali...USC professor at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles receives $2.5M for stem cell research
...voters passed Proposition 71 in 2004 to borrow and spend $3 billion over 10 years to support stem cell research....Educational video increases knowledge but not behavior
...e physicians and ophthalmologists, who may need to spend more time and energy helping low vision patients find good low vision experts who can in turn help them in selecting assistive devices and adaptations that work for them," concludes Peli. ...Listen to your heart: Researchers discover a physiological indicator of vulnerability to temptation
...uscle that has been lifting heavy weights. When we spend our strength on one task (trying to control your emotion around a petulant boss), there is less to spend on others (avoiding the Ben & Jerrys when we get home). The funny thing about being vulnerable t...Computerized reminders boost mammography screening rates
...stimated that a primary care physician may have to spend up to six hours a day managing the preventive services and chronic disease tests for his or her patient population," he says. "By using information technology and a team approach to manage chronic and preventive care, we can free physicians to focus ...Pain control after surgery reduces days of hospitalization
.... Being able to decrease the time that patients spend in the hospital helps to reduce the patients exposure to the risk of hospital-acquired infection and associated complications, and also has an overall economic benefit, Jacques E. Chelly, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice chairman of the department of ...New asthma inhaler propellant effective, but costlier
...so widely used, the report predicts Americans will spend an additional $1.2 billion a year on three patented inhaler brands containing the new propellant (Ventolin, ProAir and Proventil) until generic versions reach pharmacies, probably after 2012. Patients who pay for their own medications will probably b...Healthy schools project gets an 'A'
...ses, students also calculate the average time they spend in front of the TV or computer each day and identify other activities they could do instead. To help motivate students, a friendly competition takes place between classrooms, with a monthly winner determined by an online "HealthyBlog." Students rec...Resident work hour restrictions may be costly for teaching hospitals
...dents continue to work 80 hours per week, but must spend two to 20 of those hours receiving instruction rather than caring for patients. The potential cost of these changes over five years ranges from $113,000 (if two hours of resident time per week is replaced by the time of physician assistants) to more...MS patients not receiving medications to slow disease progression, research shows
... who more often treat patients with MS. We need to spend some time looking further into the issue." MS is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. It is the second most common cause of neurological disability in young adults. The cause of MS is unknown but environmental factors and genetics...20-year study shows significant rise in childhood obesity, especially among girls
...ldren in other countries such as the USA. But they spend more time in front of televisions and computers and tend to do less physical education at school than before" says Dr Holmback, who is also a visiting research fellow at the University of Chicago, USA. "As societies become more technological, vari...