Blogs Comment On World Population Day, Health Care Reform, Other Topics

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Women Health

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “World Population Day 2009 — Time To Finally Make Maternal Health a Priority,” Sharon Camp, Huffington Post blogs: World Population Day on Saturday “serves as an urgent reminder that …

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FDA Approves Hologic’s Less Invasive Permanent Contraception System

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Women Health

FDA has given final approval to Hologic’s Adiana permanent contraception system, the Boston Herald reports. The company hopes to market the procedure as an alternative to tubal ligation surgery for the roughly 700,000 U.S. women who undergo the procedure each year.

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Ethicists Debate New York State’s Decision To Pay Egg Donors Who Aid Stem Cell Research

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Women Health

New York state’s decision last month to allow state-funded embryonic stem cell researchers to pay women for donating their eggs had drawn support from many scientists and doctors but fueled debate among some ethicists, Long Island Newsday reports.

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Walking, biking to work linked with better fitness (AP)

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Medical News

AP – Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, according to a study of more than 2,000 middle-aged city dwellers.

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Study: Clozapine may have saved schizophrenics (AP)

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Medical News

AP – Thousands of people with schizophrenia worldwide could have been saved if doctors had prescribed them the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a new study says.

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Officials push for health care in spite of delay (AP)

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Medical News

AP – Legislation to overhaul the nation’s health systems is unlikely to make it through the House and Senate before the August target set by President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders, lawmakers said Sunday.

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Beloit Memorial Hospital Selects GE Healthcare’s Optima XR640 Digital Radiographic System For Emergency Department Expansion

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Medical Devices

GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced that Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit, Wis., has selected an Optima® XR640 digital radiographic system for its expanded emergency department. Digital systems capture X-ray images on computers instead of film. The exams are faster and provide high-quality images, with radiation dose efficiency.

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Doctors Talk Frankly About What Encourages And Impedes Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Medical Devices

A doctor’s positive attitude to Alzheimer’s diagnosis and their trusting, personal relationships with local dementia support service providers are powerful enablers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, according to new research reported at the Alzheimer’s Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna.

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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy For The Treatment Of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome In Males: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Posted by admin on July 13th, 2009 in Men Health

UroToday.com – At a glance one could assume that this study was solely empirical – on the contrary! Shock waves (SWs) seem to have a greater therapeutic potential than is assumed and understood today. Finally, the effect of SW cannot be explained by current models of thinking. The recently published SW model by Wess1 is [...]

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