Smoking :: Operation Quit Tobacco helps 300 Wisconsin soldiers, veterans
Smoking rates among military personnel are up, but an innovative Wisconsin program is helping them quit smoking or chewing tobacco.
Healthcare
Healthcare :: Record participation in health conversation, Canada
Thousands of British Columbians have joined the Conversation on Health to date, making it one of the single largest public discussions on health in B.C. history, announced Health Minister George Abbott at the last public forum in Vancouver.
Prostate :: Male, aged physicians likely to order inappropriate prostate screenings PSA test
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to screen for prostate cancer are frequently performed among patients for whom the PSA test is not shown to be beneficial, and clinicians with certain characteristics are more likely to order such inappropriate screening tests, according to a report in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Healthcare :: Convenient Care Association responds to AMA’s call to Convenient Care Clinics investigations
The following statement, ?If It?s Broken, Fix It,? attributed to Tine Hansen-Turton, Convenient Care Association Executive Director, is in response to the American Medical Association?s House of Delegates announcement on Monday that it will push for state and federal agencies to conduct investigations of Convenient Care Clinics for conflicts of interest.
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancers more aggressive in African-American women
A study of more than 2,200 women at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia shows that African American women have more advanced breast cancer at the time of diagnosis than Caucasian women.
Healthcare :: ?50m funding for cleaner hospitals, UK
Directors of nursing to get funds for improvements as infection improvement teams double in size
Healthcare :: Shaping health care for the next decade, UK
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Secretary Alan Johnson today announced a review of the NHS that would advise on how to meet the challenges of delivering health care over the next decade.
Healthcare :: AMA comments on movie Sicko
Physicians grapple daily with the shortcomings of our U.S. health-care system, and we also marvel at the miracles that stem from its strengths.
Child Care :: Delays in cancer diagnosis for children remain poorly understood
Though delays in the diagnosis of cancer in children are short and attributable to clinical presentation and healthcare system complexity, the impact of such delays on prognosis remains unclear, according to a new study.
Breast Cancer :: Racial differences in severity of breast cancer presentation confirmed
African-American women are diagnosed with more advanced breast cancer than Caucasians, according to a new, single hospital study. Published in the August 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study analyzed demographic and breast cancer data from a single institution?s registry, and confirmed that African-Americans are more likely to present with later stage and higher grade tumors compared to Caucasians.