preventive medecine

Protecting Your Prostate

In what some are calling a surprise move, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends not screening for prostate cancer in men age 75 years or older. Tara Parker-Pope of The New York Times reports: Screening is typically performed with a blood test measuring prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, levels. Widespread PSA testing has led to high rates of detection. Last year, more than 218,000 men learned they had the disease. Yet various studies suggest the disease is “overdiagnosed” �...

Estrogen May Have Preventive Role in Women's Schizophrenia (HealthDay)

HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The estrogen estradiol, when combined with antipsychotic drugs, may help relieve psychotic symptoms in women with schizophrenia, an Australian study suggests.

Ceps Seek Help From Coastal Dwellers to Track Down Smugglers

Mr. Vasco Ansah, an officer of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), Tarkoradi Harbour, has called on coastal folks in the country to report people who import goods through unauthorized routes.

Complaint Filed Against DDD and Gordon in Pot Growing Case

By José Otero for La Prensa - The Foundation of Support of Prisoners filed an official complaint yesterday before the Public Ministry against the Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado Diamante and the Director of the National Penitentiary System Luis Gordon, for supposedly granting favors and privileges to prisoners who are related to the President of Panama Martin Torrijos. The complaint is related to the transfer to the Renacer prison facility of Milton Reyes and José Luis Sánc...

Preventive services use among women seen by gynecologists, general medical physicians, or both.

Page: 505DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000324097.76064.eaAuthors: Lewis, Beth G.; Halm, Ethan A.; Marcus, Sue M.; Korenstein, Deborah; Federman, Alex D. (Source: Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey)

Doctor: Money worries cause patients to put off preventive care

Writing in his blog on the Wall Street Journal’s Web site, Dr. Benjamin Brewer reports that he has noticed that some of his patients, faced with gas prices and other economic worries, have begun to forgo preventive care (Source: “Tough...

Teen smokers struggle to kick the habit

Most teenagers who smoke cigarettes make repeated attempts to quit but most are unsuccessful, as per new research from the Universit de Montral and funded by the Canadian Cancer Society. "The study observed that teen smokers make their first serious attempt to quit after only two and a half months of smoking, and by the time they have smoked for 21 months they have lost confidence in their ability to quit," says Dr. Jennifer O'Loughlin, the study's lead author and a researcher from the Universi...

Another Dirty Job for Robots Looking for Nasty Chemicals in War Like Areas

Another Dirty Job for Robots Looking for Nasty Chemicals in War Like Areas Reference: http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/07/11/10813-chemical-robot-ready-for-its-in-theater-debut/ Therobot is the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or CUGV for short. It is part of the CBRN Unmanned Ground Reconnaissance, or CUGR, concept. The robot saw previous use with explosive ordnance disposal units around the Army, according to Herschel J. Deaton, CBRN programs technical sta...

Focus On Preventive Care Pays Off For Health PlanLoading...

Program rewards staff, members for HEDIS measures By using state-of-the-art technology to ensure that members receive preventive care measures and rewarding staff, physicians, and members when the pre...

Intermittent Preventive Treatment For Malaria In Schoolchildren Also Improves Attention Span

0 posts In treating malaria in schoolchildren in Africa, the use of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) not only lowers the prevalence of anemia but also improves attention span in the children....