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Vets Not Adequately Trained For Dog-owners' "customer Care" Expectations
Vets are not being adequately trained to deal with the increasing "customer care" expectations of dog-owners, reveals a small study published in this week"s Veterinary Record.
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The Downside Of Microtubule Stability - Study Shows Stalled Microtubules Might Be Responsible For Some Cases Of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Stalled microtubules might be responsible for some cases of the neurological disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, Tanabe and Takei report in the June 15, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. A mutant protein makes the microtubules too stable to perform their jobs, the researchers find.
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Migraines With Aura In Middle Age May Be Associated With Late Life Brain Lesions
Women who suffer from migraine headaches in middle age particularly those accompanied by neurological aura are more likely to have damage to brain tissue in the cerebellum later in life, according to a study by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Icelandic Heart Association in Reykjavik. The study appears in the June 24, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers found that migraine sufferers with aura are more susceptible than others to localized brain tissue damage identified on magnetic resonance images (MRI). In particular, women who reported having migraines with aura were almost twice as likely to have such damage in the cerebellum as women who reported not having headaches.
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MEDEC Commends The Ontario Government's Decision To Make PET Scans More Accessible To Patients In The Province

MEDEC - Canada"s Medical Technology Companies - applauds the Ontario Government for its recent decision to add Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technology to the services covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) thereby ensuring that Ontarians have access to PET technology. MEDEC Vice President Corporate Affairs, Lawrence Sereacki praised the actions of the Ontario government, noting that this is an opportune time for the government to modify its PET policy to help resolve the medical isotope dilemma and enhance the expeditious review and adoption of new technology for the benefit of patients. He added that MEDEC looks forward to working with the government and acting as a re to ensure smooth implementation of PET access for Ontarians. "PET scan technology is well recognized by Health Canada and others around the world" he said. "We are pleased that the government has decided to make this modern medical technology available to a wide cross section of Ontarians. Historically, Ontario had taken a decision to restrict PET scans. MEDEC had repeatedly stressed in the past that this restrictive access to PET technology has disadvantaged Ontario residents who needed access to PET scans for appropriate diagnosis and treatment and created a disparity between access to health care in Ontario versus other provinces. While applauding the province"s new step towards improving access to health technologies, MEDEC sees the need for the Ontario government to make additional changes to expeditiously assess and make modern technology more rapidly available to Ontario patients. Additionally, MEDEC recommends that the Ontario Government set up a Medical Device Technology Fund to finance technologies recommended by the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee (OHTAC) to improve patient access to advanced medical technologies and ensure hospitals and healthcare facilities offer advanced technologies that can save lives. MEDEC


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