Patient Issues News Headlines

• Trust apologises to heart patient
  BBC - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:56 EST
  
• Newspapers Address Issues Related To Long-Term Care Insurance
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Hospital Trustees Begin To Focus On Patient Safety
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Update On Public Health Issues Related To Polonium-210 Investigation, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Home Oxygen Patient Protection Bill Gathers Support In Virginia, Pennsylvania, Utah, Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Studies Examine Exercise Effect On Breast Cancer Risk, Racial Disparity In Preterm Birth, Dairy Fat And Fertility Outcomes
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• The Difficult Patient, a Problem Old as History (or Older)
  New York Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:07 EST
  
• Australian Government Adopts AMA Policy To Deliver Better Patient Access To GPs After Hours
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Health Care, Other Small Business Issues On Congressional Agenda; Republican Leaders Outline Proposals
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Acting Surgeon General Issues National Call To Action On Underage Drinking
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Climate Change, Health & Environment And More At 2007 GSA Northeastern Section Meeting
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• HIV/AIDS Control Efforts Should Focus On Populations Targeted By Counterterrorism, Security Measures, Opinion Piece Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
  
• U.S. doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:36 EST
  
• U.S. doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:36 EST
  
• Doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance
  Reuters - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:49 EST
  
• Cost Control Measures Limit Patient And Physician Choice In Psychotropic Medications
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Chest Surgeons Propose New Patient-Centered Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Giuliani Does Not Mention Abortion Rights At Conservative Conference; Romney Touts Opposition To Removing Stem Cell Research Restrictions
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Patient Satisfaction Surveys Prompting Hospitals To Improve Patient Experiences
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Studies Examine Breast Cancer Prevention, Efficacy Of Family Planning Method, HRT Risk Of Blood Clots
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Most Children In U.S. Hospitals Receive Medicine Off-Label
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• In Iraq, a head wound isn't always a trip home
  MSNBC - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:01 EST
  
• Most Children In US Hospitals Receive Medicines Off-label
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Sunesis Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of SNS-032 In Patients With B-cell Malignancies
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Fat Poor Renal Angiomyolipoma: Patient, Computerized Tomography And Histological Finding
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Delays And Lack Of Communication To Primary Care Physicians Common After Hospital Discharge
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Nonsurgical Thoracic Aorta Repair Has Much Less Risk Of Paralysis Than Surgery
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• DVT Treatment Vacuums Away Blood Clots Prevents Disability
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Community Pharmacists Urge Medicaid To Preserve Patient Access To Prescription Drugs
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Less Aggressive IVF Treats Infertility
  WebMD - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:26 EST
  
• Bush Administration Has No Overall Strategy To Protect Patient Privacy In Electronic Health Records, GAO Report Finds
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• HIV Fueling Deaths From XDR-TB In South Africa, Researchers Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• At Disability Briefing, Sen. Harkin Says "In The Home" Policy Must Change, Comments On Restoring ADA - USA
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Health issues can decrease sexual pleasure
  The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:58 EST
  
• Montgomery Starts Sex-Ed Pilot Program
  Washington Post - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Cancer girl 'dies with dignity'
  BBC - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:58 EST
  
• Biosensors At The Bedside: New Testing Device Could Revolutionize Health Care
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• NIDA News Scan #48 - February 26, 2007 (PDF, 393 KB)
  National Institutes of Health - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:26 EST
  
• Less Aggressive IVF Treats Infertility
  WebMD - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
  
• Understanding Occupational Safety And Health Issues Of Nanotechnology
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Nonsurgical Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Treatment Vacuums Away Damaging Blood Clots And Restores Blood Flow In The Leg
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• 'Quick Guide' To Influenza Available Soon On EPG Patient Direct Website
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• InfoFlex - Enabling GP's To Receive Appropriate Clinical Data Electronically Minutes After Patient Leaves Hospital
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Ingredient In Big Macs And Sodas Can Stabilize
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Issues In State Of The State Addresses
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Second Human Bird Flu Infection Suspected In Laos
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• More Consumers Attempt To Bargain For Lower Medical Care Prices
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Eli Lilly's Zyprexa Will Remain The Clinical Gold Standard For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia Through 2015
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Noridian Issues Update On Staggering Claims Backlog, USA
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Teaching Technology For Scary Patient Exams
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Dallas Morning News Looks At 46,000 Texans On Waiting List For Home-based Alternative In Medicaid
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Spinal Cord Stimulation Pilot Study For Chronic Angina
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Former FDA Commissioners Suggest Changes For Agency
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Experts Look At How Our Perceptions Of Illness Are Shaped
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Lipitor Significantly Reduced The Risk Of Serious Cardiovascular Events Compared With Simvastatin In An 80,000-Patient AnalysisManage
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Waiting Lists And Cancelled Ops Fall Whilst Number Of Critical Beds At All Time High, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Health Minister Slams Lords Over Mental Health Bill Amendments, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Search for the Perfect Running Shoe: A Cautionary Tale
  Washington Post - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
  
• The Medicines Company Supports Landmark Patient Observational Study And Clinical Survey On Acute Severe Hypertension
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Pioneering It Software Delivers Patient Information In Hours, Gloucestershire, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
  
• EPG Patient Direct - A Portal Enabling The Millions Of Patients Seeking Knowledge And Information About Personal Care And Health
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Issues In State Budgets
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• President's 2008 Proposal For Wheelchairs Would Increase Costs, Reduce Patient Access, USA
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• 'Medical Recommendation For Children Act' Will Damage Parent/Teacher Relationship
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Britain permits women to donate eggs for research purposes
  The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:12 EST
  
• Nanomedicine Journal Receives Rapid Acceptance By ISI(R) Science Citation Index and Medline
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Indiana University To Host Centennial Observation Of The First Alzheimer's Disease Patient
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• EPG Patient Direct Partners With Pfizer Europe To Produce Arthritis Quick Guide
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Redsense Medical's Product For Blood Loss Detection During Hemodialysis - Ready For The European Market
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• How To Avoid 'Toilet Bowl Teeth' And A 'Skim Milk Smile'
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Medicalize Me: Experts Look At Perceptions Of Illness
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Scope For NHS To Create Substantial New Value For Patients, Says ABPI Director General, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Periodic Health Evaluation Is Beneficial And Should Be Part Of Health Care
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Ingredient in Big Macs, Sodas Stabilizes Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Stimuvax Cancer Vaccine Phase III Study Begins
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Cholestech System Benefits Stanford University School Of Medicine Study
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Issues In State Of The State Addresses
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Medicalize Me: Experts Look At How Our Perceptions Of Illness Are Shaped
  ScienceDaily - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Top Healthcare Bodies Make Pledge On Patients' Safety At High-level Summit, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Combo Treatment Works Best for COPD
  WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:28 EST
  
• New Storage Instructions Approved For BYETTA®
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Kolkata man tested positive for chikungunya
  The Earth Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:08 EST
  
• Scuffling surgeons leave patient in the lurch
  MSNBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:39 EST
  
• FDA Highlights ADHD Drug Warnings
  WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:21 EST
  
• Nine Health Issues That Can Impact Sexual Satisfaction
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Heart transplant patient conquers Andes
  MSNBC - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:18 EST
  
• Intimacy And Sex: The Unspoken Casualties Of Cancer
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• New Hospital Gowns To Combat MRSA
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Combo Treatment Works Best for COPD
  WebMD - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
  
• FDA Directs ADHD Drug Manufacturers To Notify Patients About Cardiovascular Adverse Events And Psychiatric Adverse Events
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Sleep Expert Issues Wake Up Call To Women Who Snore-diabetes Is A Risk
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• FDA wants ADHD drugs to carry patient advisory guides on risks
  The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:26 EST
  
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Health Care Provider News Coverage
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• More Money To Improve Drug And Alcohol Services - SHAs Allocated 54 Million Pounds In Capital Funding, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Aussie shrink makes patient wear dog collar
  MSNBC - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:57 EST
  
• Physiologic Measurements Suggest Biologic Component To Feelings Of Empathic Connection
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Rats feast on dead patient in Kolkata hospital
  The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:51 EST
  
• Historic Reform To The Regulation Of Health Professionals, UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Dengue fever outbreak in Paraguay
  MSNBC - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:19 EST
  
• CDC Employees Raise Concerns About 'Serious Issues' At Agency In Memo
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:00 EST