Heart failure is the fastest growing cardiovascular diagnosis in North America, and it carries a poor prognosis. To improve survival in heart failure patients, therapies need to reduce either sudden cardiac death (the most common cause of death in patients with New York Heart Association [NYHA] Class I or II symptoms) or progressive heart failure (the predominant cause of death in those with NY...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition in children. In Asia, the prevalence of AD is increasing, which is largely attributed to environmental and socioeconomic factors including family income, parental education, lifestyle and metropolitan living. Current clinical guidelines recommend a stepped approach in the managePublished online: April 24, 2015 Dr. Bee Wah Le...

In Scotland, homebuilders are requested to take valiant efforts to meet the government’s ambition that all newly built homes should be carbon-neutral by 2016/17. In delivering net zero carbon homes, the application of renewable energy technologies, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating systems, is almost inevitable. Costeffectiveness of emerging green technologies is a major factor t...

Objective: To estimate, from a Filipino societal perspective, the costeffectiveness of preventing atopic dermatitis (AD) via early nutritional intervention with 100% whey-based partially hydrolyzed formula (PHF-W) versus standard cow’s milk formula (SF) in healthy, urban infants with atopic heredity who are not exclusively breast-fed. Methods: A Markov model was used to simulate over 6 years th...

Among key drivers of healthcare reform in Canadian society are the challenges faced by the rapid rate of technological change and its impact on organizational performance in terms of efficiency, costeffectiveness, and innovation in business and operational processes. However, despite the noted significance of the impact of technological change on healthcare organizations, the challenge of healt...

„ Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic progressive disease that is characterised by raised blood glucose levels due to resistance to the action of insulin. „ T2DM represents a large clinical burden; approximately 2.9 million people were diagnosed with T2DM in 2013 in the UK,1 and treating T2DM and its complications is estimated to cost £12 billion annually.2 „ A step-wise approach to tr...

Illicit drug use creates significant burden at societal, family and personal levels. Every year substantial resources are allocated for treatment and the consequences of illicit drug use in Australia and around the world. Heroin is one of the major forms of illicit drugs. Several independent heroin treatment strategies or interventions exist and state-of-the art research demonstrates their effi...

PURPOSE To compare the postoperative complications and cost-effectiveness of simultaneous and staged bilateral total hip arthroplasty (THA), using a minimally invasive two-incision technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS All 206 patients who underwent simultaneous or staged bilateral THA using a modified, minimally invasive two-incision between January 2004 and November 2009 were registered and divi...

This paper develops multiple-pollutant marginal abatement cost curve analysis to identify an optimal set of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation measures considering the trade-offs and synergies with other environmental pollutants. The analysis is applied to UK agriculture, a sector expected to make a contribution to the national GHG mitigation effort. Previous analyses using marginal abatement cost...

Family Planning (FP) Counseling occurs when health care providers inform clients about their family planning options and help them make informed decisions regarding their reproductive wants and needs. Women who are living with HIV, like all women, have reproductive rights. As stipulated in the United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, all women,...