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Two Saudi health workers have contracted the deadly coronavirus from patients, marking the first evidence of transmission in a hospital setting, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-proof-patient-to-nurse-infection-coronavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:36 EST news287853630 Health care facilities play a vital role in the UK's terrorism contingency plans, but a new study by researchers at the Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow University, provides a timely warning to managers, regulatory bodies and government that crucial services such as hospitals are also potential targets for malevolent actions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-hospitals-terrorist-threats.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 07:49:44 EST news286786178 (Medical Xpress)—The chief medical officer for Britain's Department of Health has issued a warning that resistance to bacteria is a more urgent threat to humanity than global warming, with bacteria becoming resistant to current antibiotics at an alarming rate, and there are almost no new antibiotics in the pipeline. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-expert-resistance-antibiotics-apocalyptic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:20:17 EST news278313610 Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, have found an association in the United States between a higher density of neurologists and neurosurgeons and a decreased risk of death from stroke. The findings of their study are described in the article "Association of a higher density of specialist neuroscience providers with fewer deaths from stroke in the United States population. Clinical article," by Atman Desai, M.D., and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-neurologists-neurosurgeons-deaths.html Surgery Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:02 EST news273435916 (HealthDay)—Offering breast cancer patients a relatively short regimen of acupuncture alongside standard treatment can help alleviate some of the crippling fatigue that often accompanies the disease, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-acupuncture-ease-fatigue-linked-breast.html Cancer Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:10:02 EST news271078334 People who live near livestock or in livestock farming communities may be at greater risk of acquiring, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a new study led by an international team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Dutch Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. A comparison of livestock density, place of residence and existing information on risk factors found that regional density of livestock is an important risk factor for nasal carriage of livestock-associated (LA) MRSA for persons with and without direct contact with livestock. The results are featured in the November issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-livestock-mrsa.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:14:34 EST news269093643 Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire have found an association between increasing the distribution of neurosurgeons throughout the United States and decreasing the risk of death from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). The findings of their study are described in the article "Increased population density of neurosurgeons associated with decreased risk of death from MVAs in the United States. Clinical article," by Atman Desai, M.D., and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-greater-availability-neurosurgeons-death-motor.html Neuroscience Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:42:17 EST news262345224 In a breakthrough study published online today in The Lancet, researchers from Boston University, Save the Children and the WHO found that young children treated at home for severe pneumonia by Pakistan's network of "lady health workers" were more likely to get well than children referred to health facilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-groundbreaking-home-treatment-pneumonia-hospital.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:30:01 EST news240155030 (AP) -- Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-effort-drug-shortages-small.html Medications Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:08:43 EST news239342913 Two decades after the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect, people with disabilities continue to face difficulties meeting major social needs, including obtaining appropriate access to health care facilities and services. In an article in the October issue of Health Affairs, Lisa Iezzoni, MD, director of the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital, analyzes available information on disparities affecting people with disabilities and highlights barriers that continue to restrict their access to health services. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-affairs-article-focuses-disparities.html Health Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:34:53 EST news237051286 Strong leadership, communication and teamwork are essential to successful organizations, especially health care facilities. However, how those organizations achieve improvement is not clearly understood, says a University of Missouri researcher. Amy Vogelsmeier, assistant professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing, found that leadership is critical to supporting open communication and relationship building to generate improvement, such as enhanced safety practices and new technology adoption, in health care organizations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-strong-leadership-sophisticated-aging-population.html Health Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:51:31 EST news235134473 Clemson University researchers, working with simulation technology company DriveSafety, have developed a new driving simulator designed for patient rehabilitation that now is being used at 11 Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs facilities. The program recently expanded to Europe with the addition of a driving simulator at Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-clemson-drivesafety-simulator.html Other Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:20:59 EST news229778338 (AP) -- Russia has lifted a ban on vegetable imports from Spain and Denmark that was put in place amid an E. coli outbreak in Europe, the country's consumer rights watchdog said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-russia-resume-spanish-danish-vegetables.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:12:46 EST news228733946 Surrogate decision-makers faced with the difficult task of overseeing loved ones' medical care may find help thanks to a new decision aid aimed at patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation. According to a study conducted by researchers in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington who developed and tested the aid, surrogates reported the aid significantly improved the often daunting decision-making process. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-decision-aid-families-clinicians-decisions.html Other Mon, 16 May 2011 16:30:49 EST news224782232 The U.S. measles vaccination program has been successful in eliminating endemic measles in the United States; yet this success has provided challenges that require ongoing vigilance for the rapid identification and response to measles cases in health care settings. In 2008, the largest reported health care-associated measles outbreak in the United States since 1989 occurred in Tucson, Arizona, costing approximately $800,000 in response and containment efforts. In a report published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and available online, researchers identify preventive measures hospitals and health care facilities can implement to reduce the likelihood and decrease the economic impact of a future measles outbreak in these settings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-measles-outbreak-underscores-vigilance-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:31:44 EST news223273869 A reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated primary care at the forefront of its efforts, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in a new position paper released today at Internal Medicine 2011, ACP's annual scientific meeting. Medicaid and Health Care Reform highlights how primary care physicians will assume a major role in providing care to Medicaid beneficiaries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-reformed-medicaid-forefront-efforts.html Health Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:24:39 EST news221502267