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Back To Normal: Surgery Improves Outcomes For Spine Patients
People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis -- who choose surgical treatment -- experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to a study published in the June 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). In the past, physicians had been uncertain whether surgery provided significantly greater relief for patients, but these results help to confirm the advantages to surgery.
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The National Coalition For Osteoporosis And Related Bone Diseases Briefed Congress On Action Plan For A National Vision For Bone Health
The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) in conjunction with the National Coalition for Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases held a briefing on Capitol Hill to engage Congress in an action plan for making bone health a national priority and encourage lawmakers to sign on to the "Bone Health Promotion and Research Act."
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Doctors And Hospitals Look For Ways To Cut Costs, Improve Quality
The "patient-centered" practices movement is growing in popularity, the New York Times reports. Primary care physicians in the practices "spend more time with patients, emphasize prevention and education" to keep patients healthy and "can handle many medical problems without referrals to specialists." Often, "this kind of care can reduce a patient"s medical bills." Dr. Jose Batlle, a doctor in the Bronx, for example, gives patients his cell phone number and helps his patients cut down on the number of prescription drugs that have him prescribed to them by multiple specialists. "I prefer to keep them healthy than treat them when they are sick," Batlle says.
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CNN Examines Efforts To Prevent Nursing Shortages In Malawi

CNN examines Malawi"s efforts to address its shortage of nurses. Though in the past, health workers "have been lured abroad by the promise of higher wages and better working conditions," the country has succeeded in putting a stop to "its crippling brain drain of nurses" by expanding "educational opportunities for nurses at all levels" and by "paying modestly more money," CNN writes. In the late 1990s, registered nurses were leaving the country "in droves," which prompted Ann Phoya, the former head of nursing services in Malawi and other Ministry of Health members to apply for about $160 million, primarily from the Department for International Development of the U.K., for a six-year initiative, according to CNN. The money was used to increase nurses" salaries, and "the number of registered nurses leaving Malawi fell from a high of 111 (the equivalent of two years of Malawi"s entire nursing graduates) in 2001 to just six in the first half of 2008. Enrollment at Malawi"s nursing schools jumped up by 50 percent," the news service reports. However, the success of that plan brought about a different problem that is particularly acute in rural areas -- "internal brain drain," CNN writes. "As more international aid groups and universities set up health programs in Malawi, they are hiring nurses, all trained at Malawi taxpayer expense, away from publicly funded hospitals and clinics," according to CNN (Gorman, 7/30). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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