Posts Tagged ‘both’
KHN Column: The Health Reform That Scares Both Parties
In his latest Kaiser Health News column, Michael Millenson writes about one of reform’s touchiest topics. “Twenty-seven years ago, President Ronald Reagan and a Congress split between Republican and Democratic control agreed to a radical new payment scheme for Medicare…
Validation Of A Modified National Institutes Of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index To Assess Genitourinary Pain In Both Men And Women
UroToday.com – Generally, assessments of symptoms in men and women with BPS and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome have used separate instruments. Clemens and colleagues from the Urologic Pelvic Pain Collaborative Research Network of the NIDDK modified the validated and widely used NIH-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index to permit its use in men and women…
Both Sides Puzzle Over Abortion Amendment In House Health Bill
Newspapers continue to report on the Stupak amendment to the House health bill and how it will affect access to abortion. “[T]he Stupak amendment, named for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), would ban individuals from using new government subsidies to buy insurance plans that cover abortion, and it would prohibit a government-operated plan – the public option – from carrying abortion coverage,”
Potential Allergen In H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine May Put Children At Risk-Only Phadia Reveals Both Presence And Severity Of The Allergy
The World Health Organization recently declared H1N1 swine flu a global pandemic, resulting in the creation of rigorous vaccination programs worldwide. Children are among those considered particularly susceptible to contracting swine flu and are viewed as a top priority in receiving this vaccine. Most H1N1 swine flu vaccines are prepared from virus grown in chicken’s eggs, resulting in a vaccine that contains remnants of egg proteins.
In A New Way Of Treating The Flu, Both The H And N Portions Of The Virus Are Targeted
What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, as they continue to do battle with H1N1, the so-called swine flu, and prepare for the next iteration of the ever-changing flu virus.
Virtual Doctors Visits Satisfactory For Both Patients And Clinicians, Study Suggests
Someday, even doctor visits could be among the conveniences offered via the Internet. In a comparison of desktop videoconferencing to conventional face-to-face general medical evaluations, patients found virtual visits similar to face-to-face visits on most measures. This study suggests that both patients and physicians could benefit if virtual visits were used as an alternative method of accessing primary care services.
Technology Could Improve Vaccines For Both Seasonal Flu And Bird Flu
A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created the method say tests of data from bird flu and seasonal flu outbreaks suggest their method can better gauge the efficacy of proposed vaccines than can tests used today.
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