03 Apr 09 Borrowing, adapting, and learning the practices of smallpox: notes from colonial goa.
Authors: Summary:In this article I will address colonial state policies toward smallpox in nineteenth-century Goa. The picture that emerges from the analysis of health services documents suggests a broad variety of coexisting practices. While the actions of some of the Portuguese head physicians epitomized the conflict between state-sponsored vaccination policies and local preferences for smallpox inoculation, others showed sympathy for and developed arguments in favor of inoculation as practiced by indigenous experts. Still others observed the existence among the population of hybrid practices combining elements of vaccination and inoculation. The diversity of Goan combinations along the violence/collaboration continuum should be interpreted within the context of current trends in th...03 Apr 09 IIM-A graduate creates hospitality wonder
If there's one thing to be learnt from Chender Baljee's entrepreneurial journey, it's that of persevering with one's passion and dream even through the most adverse conditions. (Source: The Economic Times)02 Apr 09 Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Training Course for Novices and its Learning Curve
In this study, the observed learning curves of cardiac surgeons who had no prior coronary surgery experience during their training to perform the OPCABG procedure by a sophisticated OPCABG surgeon indicated that the training program employed was feasible and its outcomes were reasonable.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon)02 Apr 09 Learning Curve Accrues More Slowly for Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
Increasing surgical experience is associated with substantial reductions in cancer recurrence after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, but the learning curve for laparoscopic prostatectomy is slower than for open surgery. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)02 Apr 09 Family, Peers Affect Culturally Diverse Teenagers’ Preventive Health Behaviors, Study Finds
"Social and Cognitive Factors Associated With Preventative Health Care Behaviors ofCulturally Diverse Adolescents" (.pdf), Journal of the National Medical Association: Researchers from the University of Florida looked at 108 high school students -- 59.3% of whom identified themselves as a racial minority --- who were participating in health education classes. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)02 Apr 09 Patient Safety and Medical Quality Symposium Seeks to Improve Medical Education: An Expert Interview With Weston Fisher
Communication, collaboration, and simulations might help medical students preserve their empathy for patients and adopt a more holistic approach to healthcare. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)02 Apr 09 Gov. Sebelius Tells Senate Panel That Health Reform Would Be Her ‘Mission’ If Confirmed As HHS Secretary
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), President Obama's nominee for HHS secretary, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday said that if confirmed, "health reform would be my mission," the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Alonso-Zaldivar, AP/Houston Chronicle, 3/31). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)02 Apr 09 Get “Junk” Food Out of U.S. Schools: PTA, Diet Group
Congress can fight the epidemic of childhood obesity by getting "junk" food out of school stores and snack machines, a parent-teacher group and the American Dietetic Association said on Tuesday. (Source: Health Behavior News Digest)
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02 Apr 09 Gov. Sebelius Tells Senate Panel That Health Reform Would Be Her ‘Mission’ if Confirmed as HHS Secretary
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), President Obama's nominee for HHS secretary, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday said that if confirmed, "health reform would be my mission," the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Alonso-Zaldivar, AP/Houston Chronicle, 3/31). "Health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year," she said (Gensheimer, CQ Today, 3/31). Sebelius said fixing the inefficiencies in the health care system is inextricably linked to improving the U.S. economy (Lengell, Washington Times, 4/1). During her testimony, Sebelius said, "You absolutely have my commitment" to crack down on medical fraud as part of health care overhaul (CQ Today, 3/31). She said, "Having a few strike operations may be the most effective...02 Apr 09 Senate, House Members Reintroduce Bill To Provide Doctors With Unbiased Information About Prescription Drugs
Today U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) were joined by House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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