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FDA Approval For New Drug Treating Hospital Scourge

The Event That Lead To The Research In 1971, Dr. Sherwood L. Gorbach who was a researcher in infectious diseases received an emergency call for assistance from a drug company. The company’s antibiotic medicine that had been administered to some patients in a hospital in New Zealand had developed complications. Many of the patients treated Read more

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Charitable Organizations Ask For Reforms

Forty Charities Come Together Asking For Health Reforms Charitable organizations, which include Mencap, National Autistic Society, the Patients Association, the British Red Cross, Scope, and the United Response, have urged the government authorities to ensure that patients are provided adequate care and consulting. A joint statement issued by these organizations state that the present proposals Read more

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Single Payer Healthcare In Vermont

Governor Signs Bill Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill that aims to establish a universal insurance coverage for all residents. The bill will make Vermont the first state to lay the foundation for a single payer health care system. The Governor stated that the new bill is recognition of the economic and fiscal imperatives Read more

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Niacin Trials Curtailed After Being Ineffective

Trial Stopped Eighteen Months Earlier Early research had shown that the nutrient niacin is beneficial to raise the levels of good cholesterol and reduce the possibility of a cardiac arrest. However, when the clinical trials failed to show any such benefits, the trial was discontinued eighteen months before its official stopping. Sponsored by the United Read more

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Minorities Are Discriminated While Providing Stroke Care

Study Shows Distinction Between Whites And Ethnic Minorities Even in the current scenario, there are wide differences between healthcare provided to stroke patients belonging to the ethnic minorities and the white community. The fact has been revealed by a reported completed by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. According to Dr. Salvador Cruz Read more

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Military Health Records Will Be Consolidated

Doubts In The Minds Of Retired Military Personnel During the last several years, retiring military personnel had doubts whether their medical records would be maintained adequately. They had the question of whether the records would be rightly transferred from the database of the Defense Department to the database of the Department of Veteran Affairs. The Read more