Siemens Healthcare has launched its new BiographTM mCT Flow - a groundbreaking PET-CT system. For the first time ever the system overcomes the limitations of conventional bed-based PET-CT with FlowMotion, an innovative new technology that moves the patient smoothly through the system's gantry...
in the future, if we're collapsing? America is turning into a third world country, just like Glenn Beck predicted: high inflation, lost of rights, low wages, etc etc..........for god sake a minimum wage job could support you in the 60's! Our budget is all messed up and countries outsource. Plus...
Head to Head: Should the NHS work at weekends as it does in the week? The NHS offers essential emergency care at weekends. Yet there is mounting evidence that patients are more likely to die if admitted to hospital on Saturday or Sunday. This has led to calls for greater consultant presence at...
Asia Medical Tourism & Healthcare Conference, 9-10 April 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
As most of the Western countries such as United States, Canada and other European countries have staggering healthcare related issues, such as high medical costs and long waiting lists, it is becoming a trend...
Providing healthcare staff with a one-day training course on dealing with the sexual needs of people with an acquired physical disability gave them greater understanding of the issues patients faced and enabled them to address intimate questions more comfortably and proactively. The findings...
New research demonstrates that daily cleaning of high-touch surfaces in isolation rooms of patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) significantly reduces the rate of the pathogens on the hands of healthcare personnel. The findings...
Significantly more children get health insurance coverage after increases in federal matching funds to states for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), according to new research from the University of Michigan. The research, published in the journal Health Affairs, showed...
The creation of a social media videoconferencing platform geared towards healthcare might pave the way for enhanced use of social media in the world of healthcare according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Electronic Finance. Peter DeVries of the Department of...
The*"broccoli goes to the Supreme Court" mashup—of justices and lawyers saying the word broccoli eight times—from today's Brian Lehrer*show is fairly entertaining, but it's also a good starting point for understanding what's happening in this week's healthcare hearings. In what many believe was...
Is it possible to argue the "reasonable amount" healthcare will cover for a...
..."100%" covered claim? Went to the dentist last month. I was told by our rep that our visits are covered "100%" in and out of network. Knowing I'll be leaving the network soon (changing to my wife's plan), I went...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 mandates a national comparative outcomes research project agenda for pragmatic and clinical trials that provide optimal evidence-based medicine, according to an article published in the October 2011 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck...
Parents of children in the palliative stage of cancer favour aggressive chemotherapy over supportive care compared with health care professionals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) Cancer is the second most common cause of death for children aged 5 to 14 in North...
Alternative funding for health care in Canada will not result in lower costs nor contribute to financial sustainability, states a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Recent reports from prominent think tanks have urged such solutions as severe cuts to health care...
A typical family of four in the USA incurs an average of $19,393 annually today on healthcare costs, 7.3% more than last year, and over twice as much as the 2002 cost of $9,235, according to the Milliman Medical Index published today. The authors explain that even though the increase rate is...
I have to write a paper on an interesting healthcare topic. Do you guys know of any topics that would be interesting to learn about and that would have lots of information for a paper? Thanks in advance, it means a lot. :)
With health reform law generally unpopular in polls, President Obama used his State of the Union address yesterday to urge the Republicans to move on and work with him at improving the law. He made it clear that although he is willing to talk about some alterations, he is unwilling to allow the...