Posted on Saturday, 24th September 2011 by Marcus Gollan
Background In the everyday surgical life, staff may experience that patients with Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) seem reluctant to participate in alcohol intervention programs. The objective was therefore to assess acceptance of screening and intervention as well as adherence to the intervention program among emergency department (ED) and surgical patients with AUDs. Methods A systematic [...]
Tags: Alcohol, Complete Alcohol
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Posted on Saturday, 27th August 2011 by Marcus Gollan
The United Kingdom National Health Service Cancer Screening Programmes (NHSCSP) has approved the use of automated technology that reduces the amount of cervical cancer screening samples needed to be examined by humans by 25%. The BD FocalPoint from Source BioScience can automatically analyze samples, giving a no further review necessary signal in cases that are [...]
Posted on Friday, 26th August 2011 by Marcus Gollan
AIDS activists who have long voiced complaints about Gilead Sciences Inc. ‘s HIV drug pricing and policies said Friday that they left1,593 letters with the company’s CEO detailing their concerns. Earlier this month Foster City-based Gilead (NASDAQ:GILD) said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Complera, a new single-tablet regimen for the treatment of HIV [...]
Tags: Aids Activists, Policies
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Posted on Wednesday, 27th July 2011 by Brooke Richmond
Tried every type of diet to get that slim figure but nothing worked? Well, then try using a fork to have your dinner. There’s no draconian reduction in calories for weeks on end. The only meal that has to be strictly controlled is dinner, when you are allowed to use only your fork. And now [...]
Tags: Dinner
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Posted on Tuesday, 26th July 2011 by Brooke Richmond
Singer Amy Winehouse may have died from detoxing from alcohol too abruptly, her family allegedly claims in a story in the British tabloid The Sun. While toxicology tests on Winehouse, who died Saturday, are still pending, her family supposedly told the newspaper that although the singer’s doctor told her to stop drinking gradually, she might [...]
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Winehouse
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