Oncology & Cancer
Mastectomies on the rise in Venezuela amid economic crisis
Oncologist Gabriel Romero performs hundreds of life-saving surgeries a year, but he no longer takes pleasure in his work.
Mar 24, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
S.Africa HIV+ women forced to sterilise: rights groups
Doctors at some public hospitals in South Africa have allegedly coerced dozens of HIV-positive women to undergo sterilisation over the past three decades, rights groups said Thursday.
Mar 19, 2015
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Health
New mums more satisfied after giving birth in a public hospital
Women who give birth in a public hospital are more confident parents compared to women who have babies privately, a new Australian study has found.
Mar 11, 2015
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Health
Can Lean Management improve hospitals?
Waiting times in hospital emergency departments could be cut with the introduction of Lean Management and Six Sigma techniques according to new research.
Jan 30, 2015
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Surgery
Web surfing to weigh up bariatric surgery options
Obese people considering weight-reducing bariatric surgery are only topped by pregnant women when it comes to how often they turn to the Internet for health advice. While most use it to read up on relevant procedures and ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infection control preparedness measures control avian flu in Hong Kong hospital
A proactive infection prevention plan implemented widely in a Hong Kong healthcare system was a significant factor preventing the spread of influenza strain A H7N9, otherwise known as Avian flu. The study was published in ...
Jan 5, 2015
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Health
Study examines effect of hospital switch to for-profit status
Hospital conversion from nonprofit to for-profit status in the 2000s was associated with better subsequent financial health but had no relationship to the quality of care delivered, mortality rates, or the proportion of poor ...
Oct 21, 2014
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Surgery
Specialist teamwork better for older hip-fracture patients
Patients who undergo hip fracture surgery in hospitals that have an orthogeriatric service have an improved chance of surviving beyond 30 days after surgery, new research shows
Sep 30, 2014
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Surgery
Largest ever study of awareness during general anaesthesia identifies risk factors, consequences
Accidental awareness is one of the most feared complications of general anaesthesia for both patients and anaesthetists. Patients report this failure of general anaesthesia in approximately 1 in every 19,000 cases, according ...
Sep 15, 2014
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Cardiology
Pay-for-performance not found to impact access to CABG
(HealthDay)—For patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), treatment at pay-for-performance (P4P) hospitals is not associated with a change in the rate of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to ...
Aug 27, 2014
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