Overall Death Due To Kidney Cancer Fall In Europe - But Wide Variations Between Countries Still Exist After peaking in the early 1990s, overall kidney cancer deaths have now dropped across Europe, according to a detailed study of mortality rates for 32 countries. The study is published in the journal BJU International (British Journal of Urology International).The review is based on official death records collated by the World
HealthOrganization from 1984 to 2004.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTop-Performing Hospitals Have 43% Lower Medical Error Incidence Rate Compared With Poorest Performers Patient safety incidents cost the federal Medicare program $8.8 billion and resulted in 238,337 potentially preventable deaths during 2004 through 2006, according to
HealthGrades' fifth annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comACOG Ethics Opinion On Referrals By Physicians Opposed To Abortion, EC The American Medical News reports that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said last month that it will re-examine a November 2007 opinion that calls on physicians to provide referrals for patients seeking abortions, emergency contraception or other procedures if they are opposed to providing the services themselves.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCCA And AIMP Response To The Report Of The Independent Inquiry Into A Professional Body For Pharmacy Commenting on the Report of The Clarke Inquiry into a future professional body for pharmacy, released last week, CCA & AIMp Ltd Chief Executive Rob Darracott, said: "CCA and AIMp welcome this Report.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPublished Study Documents Biologic Potential Of Cellular Compositions From Harvest Technologies' BMAC System(TM) Harvest Technologies Corp. announced the publication of results from a study designed to document the biologic potential of cellular compositions derived from its Harvest BMAC System. The study appears in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Cell Transplantation (Heeschen et al, Vol.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comQueen's Develops Safe 'Green' Decontamination Method Research by two Queen's scientists has resulted in an exciting new method for rapidly and safely destroying toxic agents such as chemical weapons and pesticides.Recently completed testing by an independent European defence corporation has shown the researchers' method to be greater than 99 per cent effective when used on the deadly nerve agents Tabun, Soman and VX.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAfrica Action Calls On The USA To Remember Rwanda By Defending Darfur Yesterday, the world recognized the 14th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. To honor the memory of the 800,000 people who lost their lives in this tragedy, Africa Action today called for new U.S. leadership to end the first genocide of the 21st century in Darfur, Sudan.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCMS Says Payments To Medicare Advantage Plans Will Increase By 3.6% In 2009 CMS on Monday announced that average reimbursements to providers of private Medicare Advantage plans will increase by 3.6% in 2009, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. CMS, which increased average reimbursements to sponsors of MA plans by 3.5% last year, previously estimated an increase of 3.7% for next year.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPharmacy White Paper - NPA Comments, UK The NPA welcomes the Pharmacy in England White Paper as a statement of faith in community pharmacy. Subject to satisfactory follow-up negotiations and sufficient impetus to help pharmacy over the obstacles still in the way of an expanded clinical role is and, provided that momentum can be sustained, the sector can look forward to playing a greatly enhanced part in patient care.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comReducing The Severity Of Chronic Endocrine-Related Diseases: The Vitamin D Connection An adequate amount of Vitamin D is known to improve bone density, but the impact goes much further than bone strength; Vitamin D deficiency can impact nearly all of the body's functions.
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