Screening For Diseases
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Author |
: National Research Council |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 426 |
Release |
: 1999-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0309062861 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780309062862 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reducing the Odds by : National Research Council
Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are not tested for HIV and therefore do not receive treatment, the number of children born with HIV is still unacceptably high. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? In response to a congressional request, this book evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing HIV be a routine part of prenatal care, and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mothers with AIDS. Reducing the Odds will be of special interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal care providers, maternal and child health specialists, public health practitioners, and advocates for HIV/AIDS patients. January
Author |
: Roger Detels |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1717 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198810131 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019881013X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health by : Roger Detels
Sixth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on global public health and epidemiology, with 3 volumes comprehensively covering the scope, methods, and practice of the discipline
Author |
: Imogen Evans |
Publisher |
: Pinter & Martin Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 187 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781905177486 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1905177488 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Testing Treatments by : Imogen Evans
This work provides a thought-provoking account of how medical treatments can be tested with unbiased or 'fair' trials and explains how patients can work with doctors to achieve this vital goal. It spans the gamut of therapy from mastectomy to thalidomide and explores a vast range of case studies.
Author |
: National Research Council |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 431 |
Release |
: 2005-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309096102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309096103 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program by : National Research Council
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.
Author |
: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 705 |
Release |
: 2017-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190628635 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190628634 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel by : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018 As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater. For both international travelers and the health professionals who care for them, the CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel is the definitive guide to staying safe and healthy anywhere in the world. The fully revised and updated 2018 edition codifies the U.S. government's most current health guidelines and information for international travelers, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. The 2018 Yellow Book also addresses the needs of specific types of travelers, with dedicated sections on: · Precautions for pregnant travelers, immunocompromised travelers, and travelers with disabilities · Special considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees · Practical tips for last-minute or resource-limited travelers · Advice for air crews, humanitarian workers, missionaries, and others who provide care and support overseas Authored by a team of the world's most esteemed travel medicine experts, the Yellow Book is an essential resource for travelers -- and the clinicians overseeing their care -- at home and abroad.
Author |
: World Health Organization |
Publisher |
: World Health Organization |
Total Pages |
: 73 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789241547888 |
ISBN-13 |
: 924154788X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Screening Donated Blood for Transfusion-transmissible Infections by : World Health Organization
"Blood transfusion is a life-saving intervention that has an essential role in patient management within health care systems. All Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed World Health Assembly resolutions WHA28.72 (1) in 1975 and WHA58.13 (2) in 2005. These commit them to the provision of adequate supplies of safe blood and blood products that are accessible to all patients who require transfusion either to save their lives or promote their continuing or improving health." --Preface.
Author |
: H. Gilbert Welch |
Publisher |
: Beacon Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2011-01-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807022016 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807022012 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Overdiagnosed by : H. Gilbert Welch
An exposé on Big Pharma and the American healthcare system’s zeal for excessive medical testing, from a nationally recognized expert More screening doesn’t lead to better health—but can turn healthy people into patients. Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument that what we need are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical practice that labels far too many of us as sick, Welch examines the social, ethical, and economic ramifications of a health-care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, most of whom will not benefit from treatment, might be harmed by it, and would arguably be better off without screening. Drawing on 25 years of medical practice and research on the effects of medical testing, Welch explains in a straightforward, jargon-free style how the cutoffs for treating a person with “abnormal” test results have been drastically lowered just when technological advances have allowed us to see more and more “abnormalities,” many of which will pose fewer health complications than the procedures that ostensibly cure them. Citing studies that show that 10% of 2,000 healthy people were found to have had silent strokes, and that well over half of men over age sixty have traces of prostate cancer but no impairment, Welch reveals overdiagnosis to be rampant for numerous conditions and diseases, including diabetes, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, gallstones, abdominal aortic aneuryisms, blood clots, as well as skin, prostate, breast, and lung cancers. With genetic and prenatal screening now common, patients are being diagnosed not with disease but with “pre-disease” or for being at “high risk” of developing disease. Revealing the economic and medical forces that contribute to overdiagnosis, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, excessive worry, and exorbitant costs, all while maintaining a balanced view of both the potential benefits and harms of diagnosis. Drawing on data, clinical studies, and anecdotes from his own practice, Welch builds a solid, accessible case against the belief that more screening always improves health care.
Author |
: J. M. G. Wilson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 163 |
Release |
: 1968 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9241300345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789241300346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease by : J. M. G. Wilson
The basic principles of early disease detection, practical considerations, including the application of screening procedures in a number of different disease conditions, and, finally, present techniques and possible developments in methodology. Screening for the chronic non-communicable diseases prevalent in the more advanced countries froms the main subject of the report, but the problems facing countries at other stages of development and with different standards and types of medical care are also discussed, and because of this communicable disease detection is also dealth with to some extent.
Author |
: Marit L. Bovbjerg |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2020-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1955101035 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781955101035 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Foundations of Epidemiology by : Marit L. Bovbjerg
Foundations of Epidemiology is an open access, introductory epidemiology text intended for students and practitioners in public or allied health fields. It covers epidemiologic thinking, causality, incidence and prevalence, public health surveillance, epidemiologic study designs and why we care about which one is used, measures of association, random error and bias, confounding and effect modification, and screening. Concepts are illustrated with numerous examples drawn from contemporary and historical public health issues.
Author |
: National Research Council |
Publisher |
: National Academies Press |
Total Pages |
: 564 |
Release |
: 2003-05-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780309170130 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0309170133 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection by : National Research Council
Cancer ranks second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States, making it a tremendous burden in years of life lost, patient suffering, and economic costs. Fulfilling the Potential for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection reviews the proof that we can dramatically reduce cancer rates. The National Cancer Policy Board, part of the Institute of Medicine, outlines a national strategy to realize the promise of cancer prevention and early detection, including specific and wide-ranging recommendations. Offering a wealth of information and directly addressing major controversies, the book includes: A detailed look at how significantly cancer could be reduced through lifestyle changes, evaluating approaches used to alter eating, smoking, and exercise habits. An analysis of the intuitive notion that screening for cancer leads to improved health outcomes, including a discussion of screening methods, potential risks, and current recommendations. An examination of cancer prevention and control opportunities in primary health care delivery settings, including a review of interventions aimed at improving provider performance. Reviews of professional education and training programs, research trends and opportunities, and federal programs that support cancer prevention and early detection. This in-depth volume will be of interest to policy analysts, cancer and public health specialists, health care administrators and providers, researchers, insurers, medical journalists, and patient advocates.