Medical News May 5th, 2008
New medical chief aims to tackle doctor shortage
The Ontario Medical Association’s new president is calling on the province to tackle the doctor shortage.
Ken Arnold took the helm on the weekend and, in his first address yesterday, outlined several priorities he plans to focus on during his mandate. He said the first will be to ensure Ontario residents have timely access to a doctor, noting the province is currently short 2,000 physicians.
China Sky One Medical, Inc. Successfully Develops Semi-Quantitative Automatic Inspection Device for Diagnostic Kits
HARBIN, China, May 4, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ —-China Sky One Medical, Inc. (”China Sky One Medical” or “the Company”) (OTC Bulletin Board: CSKI), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company for external use, over-the-counter drugs in the People’s Republic of China (”PRC”), today announced the successful development of a semi-quantitative automatic inspection device for its diagnostic kits.
Two Top Scientists Share $500,000 Medical Prize In U.S.
Washington (eCanadaNow) - The Albany Medical Center Prize, the largest medical prize in the U.S. worth $500,000 has been awarded to two top women scientists.
The two women scientists were named on Friday and consist of Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco as well as Joan Steitz of Yale University.
The prize was awarded in the field of medicine as well as biomedical e=research.
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Medical Workers to Strike
Robert Mwanje & Olandason Wanyama
Kampala
The Uganda Medical Workers Union has reminded the government that the 2-month ultimatum they gave before staging a strike is about to expire. The health workers say the government has failed to implement its pledge to improve health workers’ remuneration.
Dr Sam Lyomoki, the Workers’ MP, told health workers at Mulago Hospital on Friday that if by the end of this month nothing is done, the government should expect a strike by the workers.
Aspect Medical reports positive results from BRITE major depression study
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Aspect Medical Systems Inc. Monday said results from the BRITE (Biomarkers for Rapid Identification of Treatment Effectiveness) trial in major depression show that Aspect’s electroencephalogram (EEG)-based antidepressant treatment response indicator is a significant predictor of patient response and remission when used after one week of treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram.
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Medical Specialties Hit by a Growing Pay Gap
NEWARK, N.J. — As a neuro-ophthalmologist, Larry Frohman diagnoses unusual visual problems and many complex nervous disorders that often baffle other doctors. He’s also part of an endangered species.
Over the next decade, roughly 140 of the country’s remaining 400 neuro-ophthalmologists — specialists trained to detect and treat visual problems connected to the brain — will have reached retirement age, according to an analysis of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society’s membership roster. Yet only 20 medical residents have opted to enter the field in the past four years, according to the society.
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He solves global medical puzzles
Ram Sasisekharan led the international team that turned the heparin contamination crisis in America into a rapid-response triumph.
The last few weeks have been so crazy for MIT professor Ram Sasisekharan - so fast, so remarkable, so momentous - that his wife convinced him he had to write it all down, put it into a PowerPoint presentation, or else he would forget everything that had happened.
More allegations raised against deregistered doctor
New allegations about former New South Wales far south coast obstetrician, Graeme Reeves, have been raised, with a patient rights group saying there have been another 15 deaths under his care that have not been formally investigated.
The deregistered obstetrician and gynaecologist is alleged to have abused and mistreated hundreds of women in Sydney and on the state’s far south coast.
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Doctors announce cheap, 30-min cure for brain tumours
Brain tumours and other brain disorders can be treated within half-an-hour through “gamma knife radio-surgery,” which is being introduced here for the first time by a private medical institute.
Speakers at a seminar held Sunday at the Neurospinal and Medical Institute (NMI) said that the new technology would also reduce the cost of treatment tremendously.
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Dr. Jan Adams medical license questions
The Doctor who was in charge of patient Donda West, Kanye West’s mother who passed away after complications from plastic surgery, has some questions looming regarding his medical license.
Dr. Jan Adams’ California medical license has become “delinquent” on April 30th, reports Extra.
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New Audio Ebook Reveals Simple And Effective Natural Cures for High Blood Pressure
The natural cures for high blood pressure are easy to do and it can be done with a few simple steps in lifestyle changes. Lose Weight: Hypertension diets are commonly used to lower high blood pressure. Foods enriched in nutrients, mainly calcium, potassium, magnesium, protein and fiber are recommended to lower it.
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Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice-A Lethal Mix
It is whispered that the nurses that really “care” about their patients will only go so far to protect a negligent doctor or hospital from “whistleblowing” –when they know malpractice has occurred and ultimately contributed to a wrongful death. Will a nurse “whistleblow” even when they worry that they could be fired or disciplined for notifying someone of the truth?
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Nursing Homes Hiding Assets To Avoid Victim Negligence Liability
In a recent article in the American Bar Association Journal published in October 2006, written by Terry Carter, the article explores how Texas has passed massive tort reform of its medical malpractice laws. The massive overkill championed by President Bush when he was governor, Texas style, places a maximum of $250,000 recovery on non-economic damages (pain-and-suffering). As Carter notes, these caps on what is called non-economic damages affect the elderly and the poor esspecially hard, since they have a very difficult time showing lost earning power under economic damages, which are not capped under the Texas law.
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Miami Medical Malpractice Counselors and Vengeful Doctors - Vengeance at work
Miami, Florida (WiredPRNews.com) — Six years ago there erupted a medical malpractice debate in Florida politics, and it exposed motivations of anger and revenge as opposed to a quest for sound public policy. In 2002, Gov. Jeb Bush vowed to the Florida Medical Association, which has little love for lawyers or our system of justice, that he would “whack the trial lawyers.” For Bush, the malpractice debate was never about public policy. It was always about political vengeance. Unfortunately for Florida, political vengeance creates hideous public policy. Though the Florida Senate attempted to stand up to Bush, the law is the ugliest of compromises. It will hurt everyone — doctors, lawyers, patients — except the insurance industry.
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