City of Hope has been named one of ?America?s Best Hospitals? in two specialties by U.S.News & World Report. City of Hope ranked 30th on this year?s list of top cancer hospitals and 29th on the list for urology.
Bayer Healthcare and FDA notified healthcare professionals and consumers of a Class 1 Recall of Bayer Ascensia Contour Blood Glucose Monitoring System, Product 7152A.
About 3 of every 10 children and teens who are admitted to the hospital from the emergency room have asthma, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or another respiratory disorder, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
One-fourth of uninsured U.S. women between the ages of 18-64 reported not having had a Pap smear within the last three years when surveyed in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
ValleyCare Health System and UCSF have signed a letter of intent to enhance health care services for women and children in the Tri-Valley region of the East Bay.
Doctors want to work more closely with carers in their communities but are being hampered by financial cutbacks, says the BMA. Updated guidance from the BMA?s Community Care Committee published says extra resources would help GPs identify more carers.
Commenting on the regulation aspects of the Health and Social Care Bill, as announced by the Prime Minister, BMA Chairman, Dr Hamish Meldrum, said:
Inaugurating the World Population Day Celebrations organized by Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) in New Delhi, the Indian Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said that stabilizing the population is critical for sustainable development and making reproductive health care and family planning services accessible to all is the route to achieve that.
New EU mercury regulations passed will help prevent healthcare workers from being directly exposed to mercury and will also reduce mercury pollution in the environment.
Changes to health services in London are long overdue but it is unclear how the latest proposals announced by London Strategic Health Authority, would improve patient care in the capital, BMA leaders claim.