NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many people who opt for homeopathic therapy for their chronic ills report lasting improvements in their health, a new study finds.
Among patients at more than 100 German and Swiss homeopathic practices, researchers found that many reported long-term improvements in chronic conditions such as headaches, allergies and sleep problems.
However, the findings do not necessarily mean the controversial alternative therapy is Read the rest of this entry »
One community health center in Mesa is having to turn people away as a beleaguered economy increases demand for its discounted health services.
The Mesa Family Health Center, part of Maricopa Integrated Health System, had been tapped for a potential expansion project along with the health center’s Chandler campus.
The center has referred people with numerous chronic health issues to other immediate sources of health care, center manager Liliana Read the rest of this entry »
By Mike Adams, January 23, 2009 | Key concepts:
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for charging patients 18% interest on medical debt.
Health care in America is a profit-centered business, of course, and that involves extracting as much money from patients as possible. Allina Hospitals likely would have liked to charge even more for financing medical debt, but state law limits the interest rate to 18 percent.
The Minnesota AG wants the hospitals to issue refunds to patients Read the rest of this entry »
The Northwest Kidney Centers organization is reminding dialysis patients to stick to an emergency diet if they cannot make it to their dialysis treatments because of the region’s snowstorm.
Dialysis patients are at risk of dying if their bodies build up too much potassium, which comes from eating fruits, vegetables and protein.
The organization recommends that patients who cannot make it to their dialysis treatments switch to a low-protein diet Read the rest of this entry »
DURHAM –
In one of her first meetings on the job, Susan Yaggy launched a missile that was going to either blow up in her face, or clear a new path.
Gathering with colleagues to discuss new health programs that Duke University Medical Center might pursue in the community, Yaggy blurted out a tough assessment of the group’s approach.
“You’ve got it all wrong,” her boss, Dr. Lloyd Michener, remembers her saying. “She said, ‘We need to be talking Read the rest of this entry »
A revised version of the Declaration of Helsinki, which sets out ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, has been adopted by the World Medical Association.
Refusing to bow to pressure from industry and government regulatory agencies, the WMA, at its annual General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, reaffirmed its controversial stand against practices that open the door to exploitation of research subjects, particularly in Read the rest of this entry »
– Gaza’s main hospital, already full of Palestinians wounded in the week-long Israeli air assault, reached critical mass on Sunday, according to a Norwegian doctor volunteering at Shifa Hospital.
“We’ve had a steady stream [of patients] every day, but the last 24 hours has [brought] about triple the number of cases,” Dr. Erik Fosse told CNN. “So this day has been extremely busy.”
Fosse said he estimated that about 30 percent of the casualties Read the rest of this entry »
Physicians in India are highly trained, but medical experts
say there aren’t enough of them to reach 500 million
rural villagers, some of whom still die of fevers from
malaria and dehydration from diarrhea.
Dr. B. Babu Paidipaty, the director of critical care and
respiratory therapy at St. Mary’s of Michigan hospital
in Saginaw, returns to his home country every year to train
doctors and work on a rural health initiative.
Paidipaty now is using Read the rest of this entry »
PATIENTS who have difficulty swallowing vital medication are set to benefit from a new piece of equipment donated to Burnham Medical Centre.
The £1,000 syringe driver, a battery operated clockwork pump, administers drugs to patients who find swallowing uncomfortable, as an injection into the skin.
Members of the Burnham and Highbridge Medical Equipment Fund set about raising cash for the pump to be put to use at the town’s health centre.
Chairman Read the rest of this entry »
People with once-stable insurance and jobs are coming to the Chandler Family Health Center to see if they qualify for their discounted services.
The new demand began about six months ago, said Pam Cox, nurse manager. It’s a need that picked up as the beleaguered economy began taking its toll on families.
The center, part of Maricopa Integrated Health System, has been tapped for a potential expansion project along with the center’s Mesa campus Read the rest of this entry »