"Health & Medical News"

Before joining the medical staff at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce, Fla., pathologist Anil G. Desai, MD, spent two years sitting in on meetings to learn what goes into the bylaws that he says ultimately safeguard patient care.

“The capability, the knowledge and the expertise is with the physicians,” said Dr. Desai, who serves on Lawnwood’s medical executive committee and has been a medical staff member since 2001. The bylaws “are the only way you can take care of patient care independently. Who will be the advocate of the patient if the medical staff is not there?”

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A bill under consideration in Kansas wouldn’t make medical marijuana legal, but could provide some legal protection to users facing charges of marijuana possession, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported Jan. 29.

The measure would allow judges to consider medical use as a defense if marijuana users presented documentation from a doctor about the drug’s medical benefits. It would not decriminalize or legalize marijuana possession, however.

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Medical staff members in California are getting protection from retaliation for filing formal complaints against health facilities about subpar treatment or conditions. The medical and hospital communities disagree about whether this change to the state’s health care whistle-blower law will interfere with peer review.

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Continued From Protect Yourself From Diabetes

??? Avoid trans fats.
In the Harvard study, women with a high intake of trans fats had a 40 percent higher risk
for diabetes. Listed as partially hydrogenated oil on food labels, trans fats are found in stick margarine, snack foods and store-bought baked goods.

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Just under 150 Perth women have contributed to major international research at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research that has proved that the new Cervarix vaccine provides broader protection against cervical cancer.

The results, published today in the prestigious international journal Lancet, show that while the vaccine provides effective protection against high grade cervical pre-cancerous lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, it also demonstrated additional protection against infections from other strains of HPV that account for another 10 percent of cervical cancers.

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With Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker, Colo., one step closer to becoming the only for-profit, accredited medical school in the United States, it is generating controversy in the medical community.

In August, the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation awarded the school provisional accreditation. Once fully accredited, it will join the ranks of 149 public and private medical schools in the U.S. All those institutions are nonprofits.

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Washington, DC — In a victory for consumers, the Senate today passed the “Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act” sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) by a vote of 93 to 1.

The bill attempts to please both the powerful pharmaceutical industry and consumer groups.  It increases the amount of money the FDA receives in fees from drug makers to speed the approval of new drugs, and includes language to protect consumers from unsafe prescription drugs.

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