Brits Unaware Of Skin Cancer Risk, Survey Reveals

HALF of Britons would not recognise the signs of a possible skin cancer, and a quarter never checks their skin for the disease, a shocking snapshot survey by the British Association of Dermatologists has revealed. The survey, to launch this year's Sun Awareness campaign, revealed that a quarter of respondents never examine their body for changes to their moles.

APHA Applauds House Resolution And Next Week's Hearing On The Connection Between Climate Change And Health, USA

APHA applauds Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis (D-Calif.) of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on today's introduction of a resolution and announcement of a congressional hearing on the critical relationship between public health and global warming.

Plastic Surgeons Launch Skin Healing Gel

New 'Miracle' Skin Healing Cream Now Available to the PublicThe wait is finally over as five of the UK's leading plastic surgeons launch HEAL: a revolutionary new healing gel originally created to soothe and reduce inflammation of the skin following surgery (thereby shortening recovery times), bu

UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest Expands Intensive Care For Premature Babies

On April 2, 2008, UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest celebrated the opening of an expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) designed for the 24-hour specialized care of premature infants and newborns with complications.

WHO Must Pressure Governments To Act On Climate Change, UK

The World Health Organization (WHO) must exert all of its power and influence to make sure governments take action on the critical issue of climate change, the UK's leading public health organisations have urged.

CMS Issues Final Rule On Electronic-Prescribing Standards Under Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

CMS on Wednesday released a final rule that establishes standards for electronic prescribing under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, CQ HealthBeat reports.The rule establishes standards for the electronic transmission of information of the medications covered under the Medicare prescription drug plans of beneficiaries and the availability of generic versions of those treatments.

Florida Legislature Takes Actions On Abortion, Sex Education-Related Bills

Two antiabortion bills passed the Florida House Wednesday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports (Hafenbrack, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 4/3). The first bill (HB 257), approved by a 75-40 vote, would require that physicians perform ultrasounds on all women seeking abortions, the Miami Herald reports.

New Web Portal To Advance Wide Range Of Protein Studies

The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI), an effort supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched an online resource that will enable scientists from across biomedical disciplines to easily access a wealth of information about proteins and to speed discovery about these molecules.

NPA Statement In Response To Government's White Paper, UK

The NPA welcomes today's White Paper - a statement of faith in community pharmacy by Government. The White Paper signals that it's time to unlock the long recognised potential of community pharmacy. However, there remains a lot of detailed work to be done on the contractual mechanisms that underpin NHS-funded pharmacy services.

Reasons For Hospital Transfers For Women In Labour

The Netherlands is often held up as the beacon for excellent midwifery services. Obstetric intervention during births is low and the homebirth rate is 30%, significantly higher in comparison to other European countries.

Modern Genetics Enters Daily Life

To present the first draft of the human genome in 2001, more than 200 scientists, 13 years of work and three billion US-Dollars were needed. Today, the complete sequencing of a human genome takes less than four weeks and no more than 100.000 US-Dollars.

SAGES/ACS Fundamentals Of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Program Receives Landmark Grant From Covidien

The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), a joint educational program from the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has received a $1.8 million grant from Covidien, a leading manufacturer of medical devices and supplies, to launch The Covidien Educational Fund.

How Jump Drives Could Save Lives

They're small, portable and powerful - and now the jump drives you use in your computer might be used to save lives. In a unique program, doctors at Ohio State University are now loading these tiny drives with vital information that could help heart patients in an emergency. After studying travel and tourism in college, Mandi Bone has turned her degree into her passion.

Contracts Provide Canadians With Access And Choice To Critical Therapies For Hemophilia And Primary Immune Deficiency

Baxter Corporation (Canada) is pleased to announce contracts with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, the two organizations responsible for managing Canada's blood system.

Better Educated Smokers More Likely To Try Quitting In Response To Ads

Better-educated smokers are more likely to respond to TV ads that promote quitting smoking, while the effect of secondhand smoke messages is similar across educational levels, according to a new Wisconsin study.

Fear of Messing Up May Undermine Interracial Contact

Democratic consultant Donna Brazile brought home America's reluctance to talk openly about race in a New York Times article that preceded the Barack Obama speech that now has the whole nation buzzing. In essence, she said in her quote, any serious discussion about race has the effect of clearing a room.

Distinguishing Non-TB Pulmonary Disease From TB

A diagnostic kit shows new promise for distinguishing between tuberculosis (TB) and its infections from disease caused by related mycobacteria family, which mimic TB and other lung disease in symptoms but require distinctly different clinical treatments.

Delay Of Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Rule Ends Today

The six-month delay of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation requiring the use of tamper resistant prescription pads for Medicaid beneficiaries is set to end on April 1. Beginning April 1, a prescription pad must meet one of the three following requirements: 1.

PBS 'NewsHour' Correspondent Susan Dentzer Named As New Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief

The journal Health Affairs has named Susan Dentzer, head of the health unit and an on-air correspondent at PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," as editor-in-chief, effective May 1, CQ HealthBeat reports.Dentzer, who previously served as chief economics correspondent at U.S.

Healthy Gums Are Something To Smile About

A smile is one of the most universally recognizable facial expressions, helping to depict an individual's happiness, confidence, attractiveness, sociability and sincerity. And now, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Periodontology (JOP), the official publication of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), a smile may also help convey healthy teeth and gums.

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine April 1, 2008

1. Perils of Testing: What Happens When Tests for Cervical Cancer are Normal but HPV Testing Is Abnormal?When nearly 10,000 women were screened with Pap tests for cervical cancer and with DNA tests for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), 23 percent were found to be infected with high-risk HPV regardless of status on the Pap test (Article, p. 493.