Healthcare :: Joint action plan announced to find work for healthcare job seekers
A detailed action plan which will help to increase job opportunities for newly qualified healthcare professionals is published.
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Prostate Cancer :: Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education ? particularly those who did not graduate from high school ? experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
Vitamin :: Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic
Taking excessive doses of a common vitamin in an attempt to defeat drug screening tests may send the user to the hospital or worse.
Medicare :: Hamilton’s Policy on Medicare Part D to increase health care affordability
The Hamilton Project, an initiative at the Brookings Institution, hosted a forum, “Health Care Reconsidered: Options for Change,” today at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. At the event, policy papers on reforming Medicare Part “D” (including closing the “donut hole” gap in prescription drug coverage), improving preventive care and promoting greater affordability through progressive cost-sharing were released by The Hamilton Project.
Heart Attack :: Doctors aggressively treat early heart attacks
An international study involving 467 hospitals in 12 countries found that doctors do a good job of aggressively treating the early stages of heart attacks — even before laboratory tests confirm the diagnosis.
Herbal :: High arsenic levels in herbal kelp supplements
A study of herbal kelp supplements led by UC Davis public health expert Marc Schenker concludes that its medicinal use may cause inadvertent arsenic poisoning and health dangers for consumers, especially when overused. Schenker and two researchers evaluated nine over-the-counter herbal kelp products and found higher than acceptable arsenic levels in eight of them.
BMA :: BMA pledges help to junior doctors as 4500 jobs go missing
The BMA is to advise junior doctors on their options if they are not appointed to a new job through the discredited Medical Training Application Service (MTAS).
Disabilities :: Disabled hit huge roadblocks in routine health care
People with physical disabilities endure substandard health care and a pervasive sense that they are a burden to doctors, according to a Northwestern University physician who is lead author of a commentary in JAMA. These patients often ram into roadblocks when they try to obtain basic care and life-saving diagnostic tests, reports Kristi Kirschner, M.D. Patients and health care workers have been injured because of inadequate facilities. Kirschner offers an overdue blueprint for change.
Dating :: Child and adolescent psychiatrists could improve their screening for dating violence
Even though dating violence is common amongst teens, less than a quarter of US child and adolescent psychiatrists report consistently screening for it, a new study finds.
Brain :: Neurophysiologist explores the mysteries of the human brain
“An accessible view of the inner workings of the human brain for the nonscientist reader … a masterful job of bridging the ever-widening gulf between science and the general public” said Margaret McFall-Ngai, professor, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.