An analysis of new data by a leading cancer researcher has revealed specific cancers that are most likely to affect teenagers and young adults, and it points to infections, adolescent growth spurts, and hormones as being among the possible causes. Now, international collaborative research is needed to...
New Research Identifies Specific Teenage And Young Adult Cancers And Points To Possible Causes
Lack Of Specialist Training For Nurses Is Failing Adolescent Cancer Patients, UK
Teenagers and young adults with cancer are not always cared for appropriately because a lack of specialist training for nurses means that staff are not necessarily equipped to recognise and meet the unique needs of this age group, according to a nurse manager at the Manchester Teenage Cancer Trust Unit. Miss...
Helping Mentally Retarded Children And Adolescents: Support From Families And Health Care Professionals Have Significant Impact
The costs associated with mental retardation (MR) for persons born in 2000 will total over 51 billion dollars. While direct health and educational costs are significant, lifetime indirect costs due to productivity losses are much greater. Better efforts to understand the reasons for mental retardation...
New Gene That Causes Spread Of Cancer Identified, University Of Liverpool
Professor Philip Rudland, Dr Guozheng Wang and Dr Roger Barraclough from the University’s Cancer and Polio Research Fund Laboratories have discovered an additional member of the S100 family of protein genes - S100P - that causes the spread of cancerous cells from an original tumour to other parts...
Making Drugs From Bugs To Fight Super-bugs Such As MRSA
Antibiotic resistance is a major problem worldwide and there is an urgent need for new antibiotics to be developed. Potential new drugs are usually made in the lab which is complicated and time-consuming. An international team of scientists are using bacteria found naturally in the soil to produce new...
Scientists To Tackle Illness With ‘silver Bullet’
It has been known for some time that silver is highly toxic to a wide range of bacteria, and silver-based compounds have been used extensively in bactericidal applications. This property of silver has caused great interest especially as new resistant strains of bacteria have become a serious problem...
AHCA Letter Urges House To Follow Senate Lead In Rejecting Medicare, Medicaid Cuts, USA
In a letter sent to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and members of the House Budget Committee, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) today urged the House to follow the U.S. Senate’s lead in rejecting Medicare and Medicaid cuts that will place quality patient care in jeopardy,...
Impact On Patients Of NHS Dentistry Changes Must Be Thoroughly Reviewed, Dentists Tell PM, UK
Comments by the Prime Minister about the new contract for dentists have prompted a strong warning from the profession’s leadership about the future of NHS dentistry. Susie Sanderson, Chair of the British Dental Association’s Executive Committee, has written to Tony Blair, expressing the profession’s...
Private Psychiatrists Key To Better Mental Health Care, Australian Medical Association
Australian Medical Association (AMA) Vice President, Dr Choong-Siew Yong, today strongly defended private psychiatrists against claims of being ‘failures’ under Medicare, saying they provide the specialised expertise that builds quality into the mental health system and holds it together. Dr...
AHCA & NCAL Backing U.S. Rep. Peter King’s Effort To Ensure Nation’s Most Vulnerable Seniors Protected During DRA Implementation Period
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Center For Assisted Living (NCAL) today praised the effort by U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) to protect the nation’s most vulnerable frail, elderly and disabled seniors as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proceeds to...