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Private Medical Insurance in the United Kingdom
This paper provides a descriptive overview of the market for supplementary Voluntary Health Insurance VHI, or Private Medical Insurance PMI, in the United Kingdom. The structure of the paper reflects the three principal dimensions of the market: the product, demand and supply. An appendix discusses the market for health cash...
Effects of Armed Conflict on Access to Emergency Health Care in Palestinian West Bank: Systematic Collection of Data in Emergency Departments
Armed conflict affects public health in various ways. In the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel, tight restrictions have been imposed on the population. Towns and villages are encircled by military checkpoints, making passage difficult, unpredictable, and occasionally impossible. The World Health Organization recommends collection of data in emergency departments as...
Children's Health and Environment Developing Action Plans
The European Commission has strengthened its focus on environment and health issues, not only by providing large amounts of funds to its Member States but also by developing policies and action plans, such as REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization of chemicals), SCALE (Science, Children, Awareness raising, Legislation, Evaluation), the European Union...
Human Resource Indicators and Health Service Performance
Public expectations and increasing financial pressures are requiring health services to adopt new approaches to the management of their resources, particularly human resources. This paper examines the use of human resource indicators HRI to support management-led initiatives to improve health service efficiency and effectiveness. The paper continues with an identification...
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Fight cancer in your kitchen: small changes to your diet can have a big impact on your health. We've rounded up the best foods for reducing your cancer risk—and the tastiest ways to prepare them
THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPONS IN YOUR HEALTH ARSENAL just may be in your fridge and pantry. Growing evidence shows that what you eat (and don't eat) can significantly affect your chances of getting many types of cancer--including breast cancer--as well as heart disease and diabetes. In fact, according to the...
Malnourished on the Inside: New Book Says Raising Chemical-Free Kids Is a Must in the Fight Against Disease
It's hard to imagine American childrenbeing the face of malnourishment, but a new book for parents suggests yourchild could be starving for nutrients on the inside, which may be linked topremature disease. "If you purchase your food from the middle of the grocery store it's mostlikely processed," says Anthony Zolezzi,...
World Leaders Commit Record Billions to Tackle Malaria
Funding to support ambitious new Global Malaria Action Plan to reduce malaria deaths in Africa to near zero by 2015 NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- World leaders gathered today at the 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit to endorse an ambitious new Global Malaria Action Plan...
WHO says climate change poses health risks
MANILA AFP — The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned Asia Pacific countries that they could be vulnerable to health risks and food shortages as a result of climate change. Climate change is among the topics being discussed in a regional WHO conference being held in Manila, and...
World leaders to give new impetus to fight against poverty
UNITED NATIONS AFP — UN chief Ban Ki-moon was Thursday to host a summit here to galvanize world support for achieving key poverty-reduction goals by 2015 despite soaring energy and food prices compounded by the financial crisis. Nearly 100 world leaders are to join top private sector officials,...
13,000 children hospitalised in China milk scare
BEIJING AFP — China said nearly 13,000 children were in hospital Sunday after drinking toxic milk powder in a dramatic escalation of Beijing's latest safety scandal. As the World Health Organization questioned Beijing's handling of the crisis, premier Wen Jiabao appeared on state television promising to head off...
Obligations to report outbreaks of foodborne disease under the international health regulations
Every year, Australia identifies 2-3 outbreaks associated with imported foods. To examine national authorities' obligations under the International Health Regulations (2005), we reviewed outbreaks in 2001-2007 that implicated internationally distributed foods. Under these regulations, 7 (50%) of 14 outbreaks would have required notification to the World Health Orqanization. ...
Rabies postexposure prophylaxis, Marseille, France, 1994-2005
The administration of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis near Marseille southern France has changed since the eradication of terrestrial mammal rabies in 2001. Most injuries were associated with indigenous dogs; rabies vaccine was overprescribed. We suggest that the World Health Organization guidelines be adapted for countries free of terrestrial mammal rabies....
Sharp unveils new anti-bird flu air purifier
TOKYO AFP — Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes. The system has been improved from an earlier version which was shown in 2005 to have eliminated 99...
Well-Being of Americans Declines as Economy Worsens
Recent study released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being IndexSM demonstrates that economic concerns, associated lowering of standards of living are affecting America's well-being NASHVILLE, Tenn. & WASHINGTON -- Research released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index last week points to a significant decline in overall well-being among all Americans over...
Novartis Begins Shipment to US of Fluvirin(R) Influenza Virus Vaccine With Three New Strains for the 2008-2009 Influenza Season
Novartis announced today that it startedshipments of its Fluvirin® Influenza Virus Vaccine to US health carefacilities and practitioners for the 2008/2009 influenza season. The company is producing up to 40 million doses of Fluvirin, with the WorldHealth Organization recommended change in all three virus strains includedin the influenza vaccine composition....
Drug Resistance Is Slowing Global Fight Against TB
Standard methods of treating tuberculosis are failing in countries with high rates of multi-drug resistant MDR forms of the disease, say researchers who analyzed World Health Organization data from 2003 to 2004 for 155 countries. 21.4 percent vs. 11.9 percent. The findings suggest that current TB treatment regimens need to...
YourCity.MD Sets Up Largest Single Owned, Geo-Targeted Online Ad Network Covering 450 Cities and States Across U.S
YourCity.MD Ad Network Reaches 215 Million Internet Users with Annual Spending Over $200 Billion for Out of Pocket Healthcare Expenses CINCINNATI -- YourCity.MD LLC (www.YourCity.MD), a medical and information network with 450 city and state-specific .MD Web sites across the U.S., today announced the first ever, single owned,...
Aquaculture and florfenicol resistance in Salmonella enterica Typhimurium DT104
To the Editor: In June 2006, the World Health Organization WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, and the World Organisation for Animal Health OIE convened an Expert Consultation to consider the risks to human health represented by the use of antimicrobial drugs in aquaculture. This...
Carotene extraction technology from cheaper raw materials
Antioxidants protect cells from oxidative and damaging effects of free radicals, and carotenes represent a major class of antioxidants as they possess several benefits such as being anticancer agents, immune enhancers, and antiinfective agents--and most important of all improve eye sight. Carotenes are found majorly in yellow, orange, and green...
Process for applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health model to a patient with patellar dislocation
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ICF has been proposed by the World Health Organization as a unified framework for describing the health status of people (Fig. 1). (1) The ICF recently was discussed in the physical therapy community as a possible framework for organizing and directing treatment...
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