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American Medical Student Association Rejects New Organization Dedicated To Limiting Conflict Of Interest Regulation
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) rejects the objectives of the Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators (ACRE), a newly formed organization that seeks to limit conflict of interest regulations. AMSA, the nation"s oldest and largest, independent association for physicians-in-training, is calling on the medical profession to continue to reduce the influence of pharmaceutical and medical device industry promotional activities, which research has proven to negatively affect patient care.

Are Blood Transfusions Bad For Your Health?
The August issue of the journal Anesthesiology, contains a study on potential long-term adverse effects resulting from blood transfusion and reveals that moderate amounts of transfused blood in patients in patients undergoing cardiac surgery did not lead to long-term health problems or increased death rates for the majority of recipients.
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Practice Nurses Pivotal To Easing Primary Care Pressure, Australia

Nurses play a key role in supporting general practice and giving people access to primary health care services, the Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA) and Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) said after the release today of two reports on general practice and practice nurses in Australia. The Australian Practice Nurse Study, released by the Australian National University (ANU) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report on general practice both show the benefits of using a variety of health professionals, particularly practice nurses in general practice. Lee Thomas, ANF Assistant Federal Secretary, said nurses welcomed evidence that there had been a move towards multidisciplinary care and the use of practice nurses in general practice. "Nurses are a pivotal part of making sure people have access to quality health care in the community. Increasingly general practices are employing practice nurses to carry out chronic and early childhood health checks; sexual health and cancer screening checks - all major parts of the primary health care initiative," she said. Belinda Caldwell, APNA CEO applauded the ANU report saying evidence of a move towards practice nurses in primary health was promising, but she added that more needed to be done by government and policy makers to build on the benefits they bring. "The community increasingly needs and wants access to a range of health professionals to assist them in managing their chronic diseases, lifestyle issues and many other health concerns. Practice nurses are ideally placed to fill this need." Australian Nursing Federation


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