Differences in incomes of physicians in the United States by race and sex: observational study: Objectives To estimate
Differences in incomes of physicians in the United States by race and sex: observational study: Objectives To estimate differences in annual income of physicians in the United States by race and sex adjusted for characteristics of physicians and practices.
Design Cross sectional survey study.
Setting...
Source: bmj.com
Activists scale Nelson's Column in protest over London's 'toxic' air: Protesters from environmental campaign group Greenpeace
Activists scale Nelson's Column in protest over London's 'toxic' air: Protesters from environmental campaign group Greenpeace have scaled Nelson’s Column in a protest over air pollution in London.
The group gathered at the Trafalgar Square statue at around 4.10am before starting its ascent,...
Source: standard.co.uk
The Future of US Health Care Policy: The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 was the most monumental change
The Future of US Health Care Policy: The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 was the most monumental change in US health care policy since the passage of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965.1,2 Despite a bill that was more than 900 pages, the primary goals of the legislation were clear: increase...
Source: jamanetwork.com
Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago
Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
Source: amazon.co.uk
Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique prisons. No this is not an April Fool story ... The APOPO centre
Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique prisons. No this is not an April Fool story ... The APOPO centre is alive and active. “We believe our unique TB Detection Rat
technology will prove itself as an effective mass-screening tool," said
APOPO's U.S. director, Charlie Richter....
Source: reuters.com
WHO sees scientific consensus on Zika as cause for disorders: Researchers around the world are now convinced the Zika virus
WHO sees scientific consensus on Zika as cause for disorders: Researchers around the world are now convinced the Zika virus can cause the birth defect microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Source: reuters.com
Amputee 'wasted' cash on prosthetic leg - BBC News: An amputee says he paid nearly £10,000 on a prosthetic limb because
Amputee 'wasted' cash on prosthetic leg - BBC News: An amputee says he paid nearly £10,000 on a prosthetic limb because he was not told he could have been entitled to a similar one on the NHS.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Nottingham woman, 93, found living in 'squalor' - BBC News: A council investigates how a 93-year-old woman was left to live
Nottingham woman, 93, found living in 'squalor' - BBC News: A council investigates how a 93-year-old woman was left to live alone in "shocking" conditions despite carers being paid to look after her.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Algal bloom plaguing Chilean salmon begins receding: government: An algal bloom in Chile that has killed up to 20 percent
Algal bloom plaguing Chilean salmon begins receding: government: An algal bloom in Chile that has killed up to 20 percent of the country's farmed salmon, causing higher prices globally, has started to recede along with fish deaths, the government said on Friday.
Source: reuters.com
Colombia doctor reports first case of Zika-linked microcephaly: The first case of birth defect microcephaly linked to the
Colombia doctor reports first case of Zika-linked microcephaly: The first case of birth defect microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus has appeared in Colombia, a doctor said on Friday, although the national health institute said it had no information on the case and could not confirm it....
Source: reuters.com
The UK has 'one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world': The UK has one of the worst healthcare systems
The UK has 'one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world': The UK has one of the worst healthcare systems in the developed world according to a damning new report which said the nation has an “outstandingly poor” record of preventing ill health.
Source: independent.co.uk
This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have
This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have headed to the Zhongnan Mountains to appreciate the simple beauty of a tree shedding its leaves for the 1,400th consecutive year. The storied gingko tree’s leaves start falling...
Source: independent.co.uk
Pinpointing poverty with cellphone data: Researchers believe that call data records from millions of people can help provide
Pinpointing poverty with cellphone data: Researchers believe that call data records from millions of people can help provide an unparalleled look at communities lacking access to food, health care and other human necessities. This could help provide aid organizations and government a quick and cost-efficient...
Source: eurekalert.org
Support, not two in cockpit, key to reducing pilot suicide risk, experts say: Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed
Support, not two in cockpit, key to reducing pilot suicide risk, experts say: Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed an airliner into a mountainside, killing himself and 149 other people, experts said better support for pilots with mental health disorders would do more to reduce the risk of pilot...
Source: reuters.com
Medical professionals back a sugar tax, so what's Mr Hunt afraid of?: Why doesn’t David Cameron want to impose a tax on
Medical professionals back a sugar tax, so what's Mr Hunt afraid of?: Why doesn’t David Cameron want to impose a tax on sugar? Does he think it’s our “human right” to consume whatever we choose, and sod the consequences? Public Health England, which is funded by the Government, produced a report...
Source: independent.co.uk
Web module helps patients decide about lung cancer screening: based decision aid gives current or former smokers individualized
Web module helps patients decide about lung cancer screening: based decision aid gives current or former smokers individualized feedback on whether or not lung cancer screening is right for them, according to a small study. (http://www.shouldiscreen.com/)
Source: reuters.com
UK Ebola nurse has meningitis caused by persisting virus: doctors: A Scottish nurse who contracted and initially recovered
UK Ebola nurse has meningitis caused by persisting virus: doctors: A Scottish nurse who contracted and initially recovered from Ebola, but then suffered relapsing illness, has meningitis caused by the virus persisting in her brain, doctors treating her said on Wednesday.
Source: reuters.com
Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from
Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million people killed each year in traffic accidents, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Source: reuters.com
Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today
Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today said that retail health clinics - now commonly present in drugstores and/or big box retailers - are best used as a backup alternative to a patient's primary care physician for the...
Source: medicalxpress.com
Four doctors respond to claims of self-entitlement over the right to strike: For junior doctors (up to the age of 35 on
Four doctors respond to claims of self-entitlement over the right to strike: For junior doctors (up to the age of 35 on average) the NHS is a single-monopoly employer. Australia offers three times the salary, lower living costs and, crucially, equivalent training to consultant level that is recognised...
Source: independent.co.uk
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