GPs work same hours but spend longer with patients

Students take advantage of longer library hours

With the f irs t p re s id e n t ia l p r im aries only th ree m on ths aw ay, c a m p u s g ro u p s h av e begun to address rates of stu­ dent voter registration. Newly fo rm e d c a m p u s i n i t i a t iv e N D V otes’08, a n o n p a r t i s a n ed u ca t io n a l cam p a ig n s p o n ­ sored by the Center for Social Concerns, is spearheading the efforts. Senior Mike McKenna, CSC co o rd i...

Longer Opening Hours , Alcohol Consumption and Health

Two related issues in public policy with respect to alcohol are how increased availability influences consumption and what effect excess consumption has on individual health outcomes. This paper examines one particular source of variation in availability, bar opening hours, and how this influences consumption, physical and mental health. We focus on the extension of opening hours in England and...

Which patients spend more than 4 hours in the Accident and Emergency department?

OBJECTIVES The NHS Plan has a target that no patient should spend longer than 4 hours in Accident and Emergency (A & E) by the end of 2004. The aim of this study is to describe the attendance characteristics of patients spending less than and more than 4 hours total time in A & E. METHODS Data were collected from 10 A & E departments in the West Midlands NHS region for the period 1 April 2001...

Longer Survival in Patients with Breast Cancer with Cyclin D1 Over-Expression after Tumor Recurrence: Longer, but Occupied with Disease

PURPOSE The effect of cyclin D1 overexpression on breast cancer outcomes and prognosis is controversial, even though amplification of the cyclin D1 gene, CCND1, has been shown to be associated with early relapse and poor prognosis. In this study, we examined the relationship between cyclin D1 overexpression and disease-specific survival (DSS). We also analyzed survival in patients who experienc...

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