In general, cancer patient care

Statistics speak for themselves: more than 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lives. Fortunately, advances in medical technology and understanding, we often can be an effective treatment for cancer. Nevertheless, in general, less successful in the care of mental and social needs of cancer patients. Cancer patients often need assistance in learning skills and knowledge to manage their disease. They and their loved ones, also need assistance to deal with emotional problems, find transportation and other resources and the fight against interruptions in the work, school and family life.


These unmet needs, could cause more suffering and the patient may prevent full payment of debt. In treating illness rather than the entire people, our health care system to ensure efficient and quality care.

The Institute of Medicine report, for the treatment of cancer patients of all: meeting mental health, [1] suggests the level of provision of psychosocial services at regular assistance biomédica.

This level of attention processes include:

• Identify psychosocial health needs;
• Connect patients and families to needed services;
• Support them in managing the illness;
• Coordinate the psychosocial and biomedical healthcare; and
• Follow-up on care delivery to evaluate the effectiveness of the services.

Successful implementation of this plan, all stakeholders in the process - from cancer specialists for health insurers - must act independently and collectively.

That vision attention not only for patients with cancer, but for all people with the disease. Redefine care for all patients, we can help ensure high-quality medical care.

That is my opinion. I am Dr. Harvey Fine Berg, president of the Institute of Medicine.

Source : http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/580158?src=rss

20 drug FDA Watching

2007 federal law requires the FDA to disclose all its investigations into allegations of drugs, possibly associated with side effects. Today, the list of the first of this series of quarterly reports. The list includes the adverse events reported between 1 and 31 January in March 2008. FDA officials said that they would be "several weeks or months" before the recent reports are accepted.


All reports from the FDA on the list of early warning systems for drugs already on the market. This Adverse Events Reporting System (AERS) collects reports of patients, hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical companies, the suspects may have problems - or not - in connection with drugs.

The fact that drugs in the list does not mean that it is not safe - or even suspicion that causes problems. No one should stop receiving the drug just because it is on the list, said, FDA.

"If the drug on the list, it means that we have already begun to analyse see if there is security gap, further evaluation", Gerald Dal Pan, MD, MPH, director of FDA surveillance and epidemiology, said in a press conference.

If the evaluation, FDA without any further warnings or all-clear, Dal Pan said.

Here is a list of drugs and "adverse events" - side effects - reported to the AERS database:

Product Name: Active Ingredient (Trade) or Product Class	Potential Signal of Serious Risk/New Safety Information
Arginine Hydrochloride Injection (R-Gene 10)	Pediatric overdose due to labeling / packaging confusion
Desflurane (Suprane)	Cardiac arrest (heart stops working)
Duloxetine (Cymbalta)	Urinary retention
Etravirine (Intelence)	Hemarthrosis (blood in a joint)
Fluorouracil Cream (Carac) and Ketoconazole Cream (Kuric)	Adverse events due to name confusion
Heparin	Anaphylactic-type (life-threatening allergic) reactions
Icodextrin (Extraneal)	Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
Insulin U-500 (Humulin R)	Dosing confusion
Ivermectin (Stromectol) and Warfarin	Drug interaction
Lapatinib (Tykerb)	Hepatotoxicity (liver toxicity)
Lenalidomide (Revlimid)	Stevens-Johnson syndrome (a deadly drug reaction)
Natalizumab (Tysabri)	Skin melanomas (deadly skin cancer)
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat)	Overdose due to labeling confusion
Octreotide Acetate Depot (Sandostatin LAR)	Ileus (bowels not moving)
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Controlled-Release (OxyContin)	Drug misuse, abuse, and overdose
Perflutren Lipid Microsphere (Definity)	Cardiopulmonary reactions (lung/heart problems)
Phenytoin Injection (Dilantin)	Purple glove syndrome (discoloration, pain, and swelling of the hand that may lead to amputation)
Quetiapine (Seroquel)	Overdose due to sample pack labeling confusion
Tebivudine (Tyzeka)	Peripheral neuropathy (tingling or numbness in the extremities)
Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers	Cancers in children and young adults

Report did not say how many people were affected by the possible reaction of drugs, and did not give any indication of its seriousness.

"Our security measures, experts see the seriousness of the case, when we see more than a certain type of event, we should not expect, if there is anything new and did not know about drugs, or whether it is known, but may require refinement of our Knowledge ", Dal Pan said.

"This expands our commitment to the public and health care in the community abreast of what we appreciate," Paul Seligman, MD, MPH, FDA deputy director of security policy and communications, said at a press conference.

Source : http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/580145?src=rss

Home Decoration Affecting Placidity

To avoid of getting stress, most people believe that they have to stay in house. Stay away from the crowd, listen to music, and try to relax. It’s working and I have try it. But I think it didn’t work with someone who has discomposure. They always fidgety even they are in their own house. I don’t know you might called it as trauma or mental disorder or whatever it is. They need an help by some physicians.


But the easy and cheap ways to appease their fidgety, I think you have take a look into your furniture inside the house. Meanwhile for bathroom, perhaps you have to make it as simple as you can. I know named of Bathroom Vanities store, it is Spacify.
In here you could buy all you needs for bathroom, but I’m suggestion to not choose much more accessories. You know, try to make it simple and natural but still looked modern.

So I think perhaps you can replace your Bathroom Faucets, Bathroom Sinks, etc. And remove all unnecessary accessories. Spacify products is the best products even if you didn’t put any adornment, it’s still looks super. And some advice maybe could help you is choose white color for your furniture. White is dependable can reduce stress. So now would you believe me that home decoration affecting placidity ?!

This is not expensive to prevent repeated attempts suicide

The vast majority (85%) of suicide deaths occur in low and middle income countries. While rich industrialized countries to offer sophisticated psychotherapeutic treatment for poor countries have little to offer those who have attempted suicide.

The new findings, published recently show that poor countries can significantly improve the prevention of repeated suicide attempts. Enter training and support constant contact with people who attempt suicide, such as telephone conversations, can significantly reduce their deaths, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, a serious health hazard journals public.


"People commit suicide attempts are often in emergency rooms. But in the low-middle income countries where there are no complications, patients are processed after the treatment of wounds without resorting to mental health services," says author Fleischmann.

"But to patients with the information and subsequent telephone calls from further attempts can be prevented and lives", said, Fleischmann.

The study was conducted in Brazil, China, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Sri Lanka from January 2002 to October 2005. Read here.

Article key theme of this month, see http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/

Circumcision extreme flesh men are encouraged as a means of preventing HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, but How safe procedure of circumcision?

The focus on tuberculosis, including an interview with Brigitte Gicquel, from the Pasteur Institute, which explains why TB disease is difficult to treat and research.

Report of Myanmar in an innovative approach to natural disasters, the aftermath of Hurricane Nargis

How Google Earth can change the way disease management --

Falling prices of HIV among pregnant women in Zambia


source : http://www.who.int/
The first review of various methods of people worldwide to commit suicide

Americans show little tolerance for mental illness, despite the growing confidence in the genetic causes

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania and professor of sociology Jason Schnittke shows that while most Americans believe that genetic causes of mental illness, the state is no longer tolerant of mentally ill than 10 years.

The study, published online in the journal Social Science and Medicine 2006, a copy of 1996 General Social Survey module psyche, for trends in religion in public about mental illness in the United States, in particular on public support for genetic reasons.

Before medical sociology studies show that public confidence about mental illness reflect the dominant treatment of mental disorders, the changing nature of media representations of mental illness and wisdom prevailing in the field of science and medicine.


Schnittke study, "insecurity revolution: Why is the emergence of a genetic model of mental illness no more tolerance", attempts to treat major tolerant attitude towards the mentally ill did not increase along with the growing popularity of biomedical look at its causes. His research finds that the various arguments are indeed becoming increasingly popular, but very different associations in connection with mental disorders are treated.

"In the case of schizophrenia, associated with genetic arguments about the violence," said Schnittke. "Indeed, nothing is explained schizophrenia genes impute bad character - how Americans see people with schizophrenia as" bad "in some significant way, and therefore likely to be violent. But if this depression, genetics arguments very different shades: they have relevant to social acceptability. If anyone imagine that depression genetic problems, the situation seems more genuine and less guilty: it is in their genes, not weak, it must take for them. "

Schnittke The study also shows that the arguments related to genetic treatment to recommend, but not relevant to the risk of improvement.

"While the stigmatization of people with mental illness do not decline in the proportion of treatment of psychiatric disorders has increased," wrote Schnittke. "Culture around the treatment of mental illness becomes focused and with direct access to consumer advertising of psychiatric drugs currently one of the pillars of popular media."

After Schnittke research, genetic arguments, in fact, increase state support for medical treatment, although they are not clearly related to improving the overall level of tolerance. We explain tolerance with regard to social distance: the reluctance to live next to the mentally ill, group homes for mentally ill people in the area to spend the night socializing with a mental patient, working in close contact with that person at work, friendship with someone with mental illness or mental illness marry within the family.

source : http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/119823.php