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SA's TB policy wastes money, fails patients
by Lesley Odendal and Victor Lakay The AIDS epidemic hit South Africa harder than most places, and the same can be said for drug-resistant TB (DRTB). As we mark World TB Day tomorrow, the latest 2007 data is that more than 7,300 people have multidrug-resistant…
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Editorial: A Public Plan for Health Insurance?
Original Source President Obama has rightly called for sweeping health care reform and charged Congress with coming up with a program. Expect a tough political fight. Already one of the most contentious issues is whether to include a new public plan option to compete with…
Author: The New York Times
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U.S. healthcare system pinched by nursing shortage
by Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. healthcare system is pinched by a persistent nursing shortage that threatens the quality of patient care even as tens of thousands of people are turned away from nursing schools, according to experts. The shortage has drawn the…
Author: Reuters
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Boomers may see doctor shortage; Medical students shun careers caring for older patients
by Rita Rubin Medical students are shying away from careers in general internal medicine, which could exacerbate the U.S. doctor shortage expected by the time the youngest Baby Boomers head into their senior years, researchers report today. Only 2% of 1,177 respondents to a survey…
Author: USA TODAY
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Nursing and Dental Faculty and Students Engage in Oakland School-Based Clinics
Karen Duderstadt with students at James Madison Middle School (photo by Elisabeth Fall) By Martha Ross Two eighth-graders come running into the health clinic at James Madison Middle School in East Oakland. The boys have an emergency of sorts. They want to know if they can borrow…
Author: UCSF Science of Caring
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A Nonprofit Push for Change
Coalition of groups band together in battle to overhaul health care Original Source Health Care for America Now, Families USA, the American Cancer Society and AARP are Atlantic grantees. By Suzanne Perry As members of Congress fan out across the country during their August recess,…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Activists Lament Lack of HIV/TB Co-Treatment
by Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN, Mar 26 (IPS) – Despite repeated calls for integrated HIV and tuberculosis (TB) health services from medical experts and AIDS activists, most of South Africa’s public health facilities continue to treat the diseases independently. Co-infection presents a major risk to…
Author: Inter Press Service
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No games, no lies, vows health head Hogan
by Graeme Hosken Newly-appointed Health Minister Barbara Hogan will change the way South Africa combats HIV/Aids and TB. Speaking in Pretoria yesterday, Hogan said health care was a human right. “Health care is about being responsive and supportive, and providing a good service,” she said.…
Author: Pretoria News (South Africa)
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Hospital trauma units under threat
by Melanie Gosling Radical changes to the treatment of emergency patients in the Western Cape will damage the province’s world-class trauma centres and compromise patient care, doctors say. The provincial Health Department’s plan is designed to merge the overloaded casualty sections at tertiary hospitals with…
Author: Cape Times
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Survival Rates for Elderly Patients Receiving In-Hospital Resuscitation Did Not Improve From 1992 to 2005
SEATTLE, July 2 — The University of Washington issued the following news release: A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by…
Author: University of Washington