Children Should Drink Milk To Help Prevent Osteoporosis
For generations children have been urged to drink milk for strong. healthy bones and teeth. New research from Southampton, UK, announced (26 May) is taking this a step further, showing the link between drinking mild and reducing the risk of osteoporosis in later life.
Common Gene Disorder Doubles Risk Of Lung Cancer, Even Among Nonsmokers
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that carrying a common genetic disorder doubles the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers and nonsmokers.The study is published in the May 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal published by the American Medical Association.
Improving Criteria For Diagnosis Of Diabetes
In light of the 6.2 million Americans who don't realize they have diabetes, a panel of experts examined the current criteria for screening and diagnosing the disease and found a significant need for improvement. Their conclusions and recommendations can be found in a new report accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
What Makes People Fake An Illness? And What Can We Do About It?
The literature regarding the management of factitious disorder (FD) is diverse and generally of case reports or case series.Two UK investigators have reviewed the literature on factitious disease, when people fake an illness, in the fourth 2008 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Psychiatry Remains The Cinderella Speciality, Says British Medical Association, UK
Funding for many aspects of NHS mental health care has decreased over the past year with some patient services being adversely affected, according to a survey of doctors published today (Tuesday 27 May, 2008) by the BMA's psychiatry committee.
Emergence Of New Gene In Fruit Flies Affects Courtship Pattern
When a young gene known as sphinx is inactivated in the common fruit fly, it leads to increased male-male courtship, scientists report in the May 27, 2008, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Loan Write Offs For New Medical Graduates Good First Step To Slow Doctor Drain - New Zealand Medical Students' Association
The New Zealand Medical Students' Association (NZMSA) welcomes the acknowledgement by National Leader John Key of the need to actively address the loss of New Zealand's newest doctors overseas. "Mr Key has every reason to be very concerned by the number of young medical graduates leaving New Zealand" says the NZMSA President Anna Dare.
Debt Relief System Welcomed - New Zealand Medical Association
The New Zealand Medical Association welcomed comments by National Leader John Key related to retaining the junior doctor workforce in New Zealand."The NZMA strongly supports the concept of service commitments linked to debt relief as a powerful tool in retaining our vital junior doctor workforce, " said NZMA Chairman Dr Peter Foley.
Survey Finds 9 Out 10 People With Type 2 Diabetes Are Being Failed When It Comes To Education About Their Condition
As the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is set to announce new guidance (28th May) recommending regular blood glucose monitoring that is supported by appropriate education for people with Type 2(i) diabetes, brand new research reveals that Type 2 sufferers lac.
Current Prescriptions Of Psychotropic Drugs Are Irrational For The Patients But Very Rational For The Big Pharma
UK psychiatrist David Healy has attacked current prescription habits of psychiatrists which are strongly influenced by the pharmaceutical propaganda in the fourth 2008 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.Commenting on a paper by Harvard investigators on the psychology of risk and prescriptions of psychotropic drugs, Healy denounces a real crisis in psychiatry at present.