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Human Term Placenta A New Abundant Of Hematopoietic Cells
Investigators at Children"s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California found a way to obtain large numbers of hematopoietic stem cell from human term placenta. The results, which appear in the July 2009 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, describe detailed report on quantification, characterization, engraftment capacity, and most importantly, practical way to obtain hematopoietic stem cells from placenta in numbers that are several-fold higher than could be obtained from cord blood.
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Patients To Have Their Say On Infertility Treatment In Scotland
Infertility Network Scotland has welcomed the announcement by the Public Health Minister, Shona Robison, that over the next three years the Scottish Government will provide funding to Infertility Network Scotland to work with Health Boards to help them to address the inequity of access that has existed in Scotland for too many years. We also welcomed the news that an expert advisory group will be established this summer to consider an action plan on infertility services.
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Young Adults Face Tough Time Getting Insurance
Young adults are facing tough times with limited job prospects and no health insurance. The Associated Press reports on recent college graduate Emily Weinstein as being representative of the many young uninsured Americans: "Like millions of other uninsured adults in their 20s, Weinstein is watching Congress as it advances legislation to overhaul health care. The recession has deepened young adults" career struggles. It has also sharpened their interest in health insurance. Already the least likely of any age group to have coverage, adults in their 20s face brutal job searches and more time uninsured because of the recession. Nearly 30 percent, 13.2 million, were uninsured in 2007, according to the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based research center. Many young adults work entry-level jobs without insurance and, despite new laws in some states, they"re eventually too old to stay on their parents" policies."
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Parents Fear Errors During Children's Hospitalization

Nearly two-thirds of parents reported they felt the need to watch over their child"s care to ensure that medical errors are not made during their hospital stay, according to a study led by Beth A. Tarini, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School. In particular, parents whose first language is not English were more likely to report the need to be vigilant about their child"s care. This is the first study to document parental concerns about medical errors during a child"s hospitalization. Researchers also found that parents who were more confident in communicating with physicians were less likely to be concerned about medical mistakes. "We need to address parents" concerns about errors and find ways to make them feel comfortable talking to us about their child"s care," Tarini says. "Parents are an underutilized re in our efforts to prevent medical errors." This study, which appears July 30 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, surveyed 278 parents of children who were hospitalized at the Children"s Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., in 2005. Medical errors are linked to between 48,000 and 98,000 deaths a year, according to the Institute of Medicine, and are linked to increases in length of stay, health care costs and death. Doctors and hospitals have focused on processes and hospital systems as a way to prevent medical errors, but little work has been done in investigating the experiences of patients and their potential role in preventing errors. The Joint Commission and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality currently recommend that parents help prevent errors by becoming actively involved and informed members of their health care team and taking part in every decision about their child"s health care. This study is an important step toward characterizing the scope of parental concern about medical errors during pediatric hospitalizations and understanding its relationship toward communication between parents and physicians, Tarini says. Devising a quality initiative program to improve parents" confidence interacting with doctors may help to temper parents" concerns about medical errors while also encouraging their involvement in their child"s medical care, the researchers suggest. Funding: Grant from the Quality Improvement Committee at Children"s Hospital & Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. Reference: Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 4, issue no. 9. Anne Rueter University of Michigan Health System


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