There was a time when jumping on a plane was a relatively easy thing to do (assuming you had the money). But today’s flying experience is often more of an ordeal than a pleasure, aggravated by concerns about terrorism, long queues for safety and security checks, and other irritants such as checking the long lists of things you can and can’t take with you…

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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) recognises the devastating effect that the current flood crisis in Queensland and New South Wales can have on individuals and communities…

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To provide clinically relevant health information to GPs in flood affected areas, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has developed a fact sheet for GPs and their teams. The ‘GP fact sheet - flooding and its impact’ and other useful information is now available here…

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The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on Virtua Health system’s newly opened Health and Wellness Center in New Jersey, and calls it “the new face of luxury.” The center was a $31 million investment by the non-profit group and it is expected to do well. “While many New Jersey hospitals grapple with barely-there operating margins and a national slowdown in construction, Virtua is growing. …

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NPR interviews Dr. Elana Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), on the one-third of Hispanics in the U.S. who are uninsured. She says the reasons are cultural as well as economic: “Hispanics have health beliefs that are unique, lots of traditional ways of taking care of disease with teas and herbs and other things.

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Improving health care and addressing social justice issues in war-torn African countries are subjects close to Aaron Buseh's heart. Buseh, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) who grew up in Liberia, recently published a book focused on improving health care delivery in war-torn African countries.
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The PruHealth Vitality Index, a major study published today, reveals a clear gap between Britons' perceptions of what it means to be healthy and having a real understanding of the impact of lifestyle, diet and fitness levels on current and future health. The Index - which will be repeated on a biannual basis to track the nation's health trends - provides a comprehensive analysis of general health and wellbeing in Britain.
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Researchers studying end-of-life preferences found that those most likely to change their end-of-life wishes are individuals who say they want aggressive care and individuals who do not have advance directives (such as living wills).
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Results of a survey launched today revealed that GPs are not referring their severe seasonal allergic rhinitis patients to secondary care, forgoing patient choice and care. The findings demonstrate that GPs cannot see the benefit of referring or feel that they are able to manage their severe allergy patients in their own clinics, despite an increasing number of patients presenting with the condition and concerns about symptom breakthrough on current therapies.
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Sport and exercise academics are launching an appeal for local volunteers to 'road-test' East Kent GPs' exercise referral programmes. Dr Kate Woolf-May and her team from the University's Department of Sports Science aim to find out if exercise programmes prescribed by GPs are successful at enhancing health and reducing body weight. The research has been commissioned by the Department of Public Scrutiny and part funded by Kent County Council.
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