Public release date: 23-Sep-2009 – Re-Posted at request – Governments may need to limit three basic personal freedoms – mobility, freedom of assembly, and privacy – in order to protect the public good. – Half of survey respondents reported that… Read More ›
Health care
Personhood: Causality of Modern Medicine
John Geyman Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine Posted: 12/06/2012 1:38 pm Even as we marvel at the latest advances in medical technology in this country, a dire and unacceptable consequence of these… Read More ›
Commentary warns of unexpected consequences of proton pump inhibitor (Antacids) use in reflux disease : Multiple Serious Side effects
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jessica Mikulski newsroom@entnet.org 703-535-3762 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Alexandria, VA – Despite being highly effective and beneficial for many patients, unexpected consequences are emerging in patients who are prescribed… Read More ›
Mount Sinai School of Medicine study shows vitamin C prevents bone loss in animal models
Contact: Jeanne Bernard Jeanne.Bernard@mountsinai.org 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a… Read More ›
Health-care costs at end of life exceed total assets for 25 percent of Medicare population: does not cover co-payments, deductibles, homecare services, or non-rehabilitative nursing home care
Contact: Jeanne Bernard Jeanne.Bernard@mountsinai.org 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine As many as a quarter of Medicare recipients spend more than the total value of their assets on out-of-pocket health care expenses during the last… Read More ›
IOM States ” roughly $750 billion — was wasted on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems” in 2009
Date: Sept. 6, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transformation of Health System Needed to Improve Care and Reduce Costs WASHINGTON — America’s health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, says a new report from… Read More ›
Only about 33% of Lead Nurses use Evidence-Based Patient Care – ” the longer nurses had been working in health care, the less interested they were in learning more about evidence-based practice.”
Nurse Leader Resistance Perceived as a Barrier to High-Quality, Evidence-Based Patient Care COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers – including resistance from nursing leaders – prevent nurses from implementing… Read More ›
Specific toxic byproduct of heat-processed food may lead to increased body weight and diabetes: methyl-glyoxal (MG)
Contact: Mount Sinai Press Office newsmedia@mssm.edu 212-241-9200 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine Discovery may inform new strategies for curbing worldwide obesity epidemic Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a common compound in… Read More ›
Criminals may now be Hospital Directors Plus Nurses ‘cleaning wards at cash-strapped hospitals’
Nurses at a cash-strapped hospital trust are being forced to clean beds and scrub wards to make up for a lack of funding for full-time cleaners, it has been claimed By Hannah Furness 8:39AM BST 31 Jul 2012 From the… Read More ›
Indian doctors illegally removed wombs from poor women: minister
RAIPUR, India (Reuters) – Doctors in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh performed hysterectomies on poor village women without a valid medical reason in order to claim money from a national insurance scheme, the state’s health minister said on Wednesday. … Read More ›
Engineering Evil 