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.
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Mental Health :: UK Government welcomes passing of Mental Health Bill as vital to community care
Health minster Ivan Lewis and mental health tsar Professor Louis Appleby both welcomed the final stages of the parliamentary passage of the Mental Health Bill as a vital step towards modern community services.
Insulin :: Pumpkin – A fairytale end to insulin injections?
Compounds found in pumpkin could potentially replace or at least drastically reduce the daily insulin injections that so many diabetics currently have to endure.
Colon Cancer :: Genes associated with colon cancer identified
A 10-year study involving thousands of Israeli Jews and Arabs, led by researchers from American and Israeli institutions, has yielded important new information in the search for the genes that make a person more likely to develop colon cancer.
Chromosome :: Double identities lie behind chromosome disorders
Chromosome disorders in sex cells cause infertility, miscarriage and irregular numbers of chromosomes (aneuploidy) in neonates. A new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics shows how chromosome disorders can arise when sex cells are formed.
Guillain Barre Disease :: Northeast China reports 30 cases of Guillain Barre disease
Thirty cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a potentially deadly inflammatory disorder, have been reported since late June in a northeast Chinese city, local health officials confirmed today.
Healthcare :: Egypt’s move to stop practice of genital mutilation welcomed
The United Nations Children’s Fund has welcomed Egypt’s decision to stamp out the traditional but gruesome practice of female genital mutilation after a 12-year-old girl died following the procedure.
Prostate Cancer :: Hormone inhibitor promising for hard-to-treat prostate cancer
For prostate cancer patients whose tumors have continued to grow despite medical or surgical castration, a new drug candidate that inhibits production of male hormones anywhere in the body is showing promise in early trials.
Influenza :: Flu scare in Perth, Australia, 3 children died
Three children have passed away from a combination of infections – influenza A infections and secondary bacterial infection this week in Perth, Australia.
Health Care :: Heroes honoured for life-saving efforts, BC
The British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) is celebrating Paramedic Appreciation Week by presenting awards to three Lower Mainland residents who performed life-saving bystander CPR to victims of cardiac arrest.