New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows a link between the development of placenta praevia and placental abruption during the subsequent pregnancies of women who previously had a caesarean section.
A report released on World Asthma Day, by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says asthma, especially among children and young adults, is on the decline but notes that socioeconomic disparities are widening.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) recommends the assignment and daily availability of school nurses in educational settings to address the safety and health care needs of the nation’s children. Students’ health and health needs must be addressed in schools to achieve optimum learning, and registered nurses, at a ratio of one for every 750 students, are essential in promoting health, preventing injury, and providing direct health care services to school students to achieve a safe and healthy learning environment.
While almost all pediatricians report weighing and measuring children at well child visits, many are still not using recently recommended BMI percentile measurements. Many feel they do not have time to address overweight issues well, and that counseling patient and families is not very effective. The results of an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2006 survey of pediatricians will be presented Sunday, May 6th, at the Pediatric Academic Society meeting in Toronto.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the “Critical Path Opportunities for Generic Drugs” report identifying many of the unanswered scientific questions that impede the development of generic versions of commonly used drugs.
Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from secondhand tobacco smoke, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Surgeon General. While the health risks associated with indoor secondhand smoke are well documented, little research has been done on exposure to toxic tobacco fumes outdoors.
Wilbur-Ellis, a San Francisco-based supplier of pet food ingredients, has asked all pet food producers that used their rice protein concentrate to recall dog food produced using that ingredient due to a risk that it may have been contaminated with melamine.
African-American and Hispanic patients hospitalized for complications of portal hypertension were less likely to undergo a palliative shunt, prompt endoscopy, or liver transplantation compared to white patients, according to a new study in the May issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
The unique application of operations research to the treatment of prostate cancer allowed Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to better Fortune 500 companies last night and win an international competition for best project by an organization.
The American Cancer Society and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $1.5 million in research grants to researchers at ten institutions for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. The studies will be conducted over the next two years.