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BMJ investigation raises concerns over NHS whistleblowing policies
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Despite laws to protect NHS workers who wish to raise concerns about patient care, a BMJ investigation reveals that some NHS trusts still make it hard for staff to speak out. The BMJ obtained whistleblowing policy documents valid up to November 2009 from 118 of the 122 NHS foundation trusts. The documents were then compared [...]
Exploration in toddlers activated by fathers
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010A new study has found that fathers give toddlers more leeway and that allows them to actively explore their environments, according to a new study on parent-child attachment published in Early Child Development and Care. Daniel Paquette, a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Psychoeducation, says the ‘activation theory’ is just as important [...]
Tribute to Harry Carpenter
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Tribute has been paid to former BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter who has died at the age of 84. Barbara Slater, Director BBC Sport, said: “Harry Carpenter was for decades one of the standout voices of sports broadcasting. While many will no doubt best remember him for his boxing commentaries on the BBC, he should [...]
Medicare patients 5.5 times more likely to get cataract surgery than VA patients, study finds
Friday, March 19th, 2010Patients seen at private facilities reimbursed by Medicare were more than 550 percent more likely to have routine cataract surgery than those who received their care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a strong indication that the frequency of cataract surgery may be responsive to financial incentives to either or both the medical facility and [...]
Study assesses complications associated with nasal ventilation in newborns
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010More than 10 percent of newborns who receive oxygenation and ventilation using nasal continuous airway pressure in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may experience complications inside or outside the nose, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Nearly all patients in [...]
Celebrities and sporting stars join BBC presenters in Manchester for Sport Relief
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Sport Relief is nearly here and celebrities and sports stars are coming to Manchester to take on various challenges to get active, raise cash and help change lives for the better. On Thursday 18 March, comedians Nick Hancock and Justin Moorhouse, along with ex-Hollyoaks and Holby City actor Jeremy Edwards, are teaming up in a [...]
ISU study proves conclusively that violent video game play makes more aggressive kids
Monday, March 1st, 2010Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Anderson has made much of his life’s work studying how violent video game play affects youth behavior. And he says a new study he led, analyzing 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide, proves conclusively that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less [...]
Jobs in culture and sport pass the 6000 mark, Bradshaw announces
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Progress towards the creation of 10,000 new jobs for young people in the cultural and sports sectors is now well past the half way mark, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Ben Bradshaw announced today. Nine months after the Government first announced plans to fund employment opportunities for young people who might otherwise [...]
Canadian researchers study mass gatherings and risks of infectious disease threats
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010As the world watches the Vancouver Olympics, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Children’s Hospital Boston have teamed up to monitor and assess potential infectious disease threats to Vancouver during the Winter Games by integrating two independently developed intelligence systems that focus on global infectious diseases; bio.DIASPORA and HealthMap. The communicating systems, developed [...]
Ancient remains put teeth into Barker hypothesis
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Ancient human teeth are telling secrets that may relate to modern-day health: Some stressful events that occurred early in development are linked to shorter life spans. “Prehistoric remains are providing strong, physical evidence that people who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood tended to die earlier, even if they survived [...]