September 12, 2008 13:43:00
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has acknowledged Australia’s hospital system does not have the right mix of emergency services and acute care.
A report by the Australian College of Emergency Medicine has found more than 1,500 people die in public hospitals each year because of overcrowding.
Most of the deaths were the result of delays in treatment for serious conditions like heart attacks.
Ms Roxon says a lot Read the rest of this entry »

TRENTON, N.J. – A Trenton teenager who drove himself to the
hospital after being shot in the chest by a masked man is expected
to survive.
Police say the unidentified 19-year-old teen was shot early
Friday as he walked along a downtown street after parking his car.
Police say he heard a gunshot and felt a burning sensation in
his chest, then jumped into his car and drove to nearby Capital
Health System-Fuld Campus hospital. Doctors saved his life Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK, Oct 06, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Four American women from the corporate sector will be honored alongside
activists from Madagascar, Mexico and Nepal on October 7, 2008 at Gotham
Hall in New York City by Americans for UNFPA. The 2008 Honorees are
individuals who recognize that actions of one woman make a difference to
all women. They combine passion and entrepreneurship with social and
civic responsibility Read the rest of this entry »

In 1993, amid a nationwide hysteria about transmission, Congress approved adding HIV to the list of communicable diseases that prevented infected visitors from entering unless they went through a lengthy waiver process. Since then, activists, advocates and some lawmakers have been fighting to get rid of that law.
They made progress in July when President Bush’s global AIDS relief plan included legislation that removed the statutory requirement that Read the rest of this entry »

BEIJING (AFP) — China was facing a nationwide infant health scare on Thursday as reports spread of babies hospitalised with kidney stones after drinking a suspected sub-standard milk formula.
After first emerging in the remote northwestern province of Gansu, reports of seriously ill babies have now appeared in six other provinces in central, eastern and northern China, the official Xinhua news agency said.
“An unknown number of infants Read the rest of this entry »

(FDA) along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on October 10th initiated a food defense awareness training kit for first line food industry employees. The FDA launched this tool kit to help in keeping OUR food supply safe.
The First Took Kit focuses on five key points industries and businesses should utilize in educating first line workers about the Risks of Food Contamination. As described Read the rest of this entry »

For those of you pondering health reform as this election approaches, it’s worth taking a look at materials on the topic compiled by the
.
Included are analyses of each of the candidate’s health plans and a video, “Health of the Nation – Coverage for All Americans,” featuring a high-level discussion involving 13 health policy experts.
Especially interesting are the comments sent in by people from across the country. Many would like to scrap Read the rest of this entry »

2008-10-05 17:24:31.0
RALEIGH, N.C. — A state official says safeguards are in place after a report showed that employees at a Goldsboro mental hospital used money from drug companies and foreign medical schools for overnight travel.
The News&Observer of Raleigh reported Sunday that in less than four years, administrators at Cherry Hospital approved more than $139,851 for travel to more than 100 medical conferences and professional events. Read the rest of this entry »

Recent surveys have found that, as a result of the current economic downturn, “many Americans are skimping on medications, physician visits and preventive screening in order to pay other household bills,” and the trend “could be dangerous to their health and costly for the economy if more Americans lose work time or end up in the hospital,” a
, 10/26).
, finding that one in three U.S. residents say their family has had problems paying medical Read the rest of this entry »

The LBI Embolectomy System consists of a 0.014″
guide wire containing a 3-dimensional fiber-based element used in
combination with the previously cleared Xtract Aspiration Catheter. The
expandable element conforms to the vessel wall while pulling thrombus
under aspiration towards the large, single-lumen design of the catheter.
System bench testing demonstrated excellent thrombus removal compared to
a Read the rest of this entry »