Progress in patient safety research could slow to a crawl unless regulators work out a host of ethical issues, Johns Hopkins researchers assert in an upcoming opinion piece.
Cities are responsible for so many of the sustainability challenges faced by our urbanising world, but urban ecologists can help unlock the benefits of city living, say researchers in Science.
While reports of wrong-site surgeries in the Commonwealth have decreased during 2007, some facilities continue to report wrong-site surgeries that may have been prevented had they followed protocols implemented by other Pennsylvania facilities that have been successful in preventing wrong-site surgeries in their institutions, according to analysis published by the Patient Safety Authority in its December 2007 Patient Safety Advisory.
Nearly 1 million Americans receive medical care for shingles or its complications, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Shingles comes from an infection with varicella-zoster virus - the same virus that cases chicken pox - and can result in burning or shooting pain, tingling or itching. However, unlike chicken pox, shingles is not contagious.
Beginning in January 2008, the National Museum of Health and Medicine, located on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, will launch a series of occasional exhibits highlighting major monthly health awareness observances.
Commenting on the launch of the consultation for a Local Healthcare Bill, Dr Peter Terry, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said:
New International Health Regulations (IHR)-designed to halt the international spread of dangerous diseases and other threats-are now in force, with the chief aim of reducing the time it takes to identify an illness or other public health threat-including chemical and radiological hazards-that could have an international impact, in order to mobilize a more timely and effective response.
The United States places last among 19 countries when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, according to new research supported by The Commonwealth Fund and published in the January/February issue of Health Affairs. While other nations dramatically improved these rates between 1997-98 and 2002-03, the U.S. improved only slightly.
California is known for its earthquakes and wildfires, but Mother Nature is adding heavy winds, rains, mudslides and blizzards to the mix this winter. Residents and tourists are reacting to a winter storm that began blowing in from the Pacific Ocean yesterday bringing rain, snow and high winds. American Red Cross is on the job - with tens of thousands affected by power outages, road closures and mudslide, flood and blizzard warnings, Red Cross workers have plenty to do - especially with more storms predicted over the weekend.
Approximately 600,000 cards and personal messages of support were shipped and delivered to service members at military hospitals around the country and at installations overseas this holiday season. This unique partnership between the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes brought the comfort of supportive messages and holiday cheer to wounded service men and women.