Archive: 17/06/2013
Academies urge new measures against drug-resistant bacteria
Fewer and fewer antibiotics are available for an increasing number of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult to treat infected patients successfully. The Academy ...
Jun 17, 2013
British South Asians five times more likely than white people to suffer severe depression following cancer diagnosis
The first study of its kind to investigate depression following cancer diagnosis among British white people and South Asians in the UK has discovered that South Asians are five times more likely to be severely depressed.
Jun 17, 2013
Trusted voice of doctors is key to viability of health care cost-control reforms
(Medical Xpress)—While many Americans deeply mistrust government, and are generally suspicious of health insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry, they overwhelmingly trust physicians and view them as faithful ...
Jun 17, 2013
'Flawed data' driving hospital emergency department policy, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Measures taken to ease the pressure on overcrowded hospital emergency departments have been based on flawed data which wrongly blames general practice patients for clogging the system, according to a study ...
Jun 17, 2013