醫療, 健康與品質報8號 2008/01/01 Health Renaissance No. 8

醫療, 健康與品質報8號 2008/01/01 新春平安！

Health Renaissance No. 8

8號 2008/01/01 主編：鍾漢清

創刊： 2007/12/25

Quote from W. Edwards Deming:
Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.

全球

Tamiflu Dilemma

Two years after Roche was criticized for not making enough Tamiflu, the drug maker can't find enough buyers for the bird-flu treatment.

醫療英文 學習 :美國監獄感染遺雲infection

infection (noun [C or U] ━━ n. 伝染（病）; 汚染; （悪）影響; 感化; 【コンピュータ】感染.)等約十單字

Paris Isn’t Burning
By CORINNE MAIER
Even the French are obeying a government ban on public smoking.

台灣

取材東森新聞報 -

騎樓外電動搖搖車藏危險　消基會呼籲下架

放在騎樓外面的電動搖搖車，沒有專人管理，一不小心就會造成小朋友受傷！標準檢驗局也沒有統一的安全規範，該怎麼讓小朋友玩的開心玩的安心是家長最關心的重點。

潛在危機：電動車底座下快速轉動的皮帶，可以輕易將三根手指頭粗的紅蘿蔔折斷，相當危險。電動車底盤快速轉動的皮帶，將三根手指頭粗的紅蘿蔔應聲折斷，讓旁邊家長看的心驚膽顫，因為放在騎樓下的電動搖搖車，根本無人看管一不小心，小朋友就很可能發生意外。

家長擔心小朋友的安危，必須隨時注意狀況，電動車底座的彈簧以及方向盤，都有可能夾傷小手，而電動搖搖車上頭只寫著，如果使用者發生意外，必須自行負責，消基會跳出來痛批。消基會董事長程仁宏說：「（傷者）可提賠償，搖搖車必須下架不可擺設。」

中國

近年討論中醫的問題面面觀

http://www.xys.org/new.html

中國通過禁毒法 吸毒不構成犯罪

中國人大常委會通過禁毒法，規定吸毒不構成犯罪，戒毒實行強制隔離，取消勞教戒毒。

英國

BBC

《星期日電訊報》報道，英國官員首次承認，性教育的失敗使青少年未婚先孕的比率直線上升。每年英國約有5萬名18歲以下少女懷孕，是近10年來的最高值。

英國少女懷孕率達到10年來最高。

文章說，由於性教育力度不夠，英國不僅成為西歐國家中少女媽媽數目最高的國家，還淪為學齡少女墮胎最嚴重的國家。為了降低少女未婚先孕的比例，英國政府已投入了1.5億英鎊的專項資金，但有關部門已經承認有關降低少女懷孕比率的2010年目標現在看來已經泡了湯。

《星期日獨立報》報道，英國國民醫療保健系統(NHS)的數據顯示，今年英國被狗咬傷的病例數目達到歷史最高，其中1/3被咬傷的患者為14歲以下的兒童。文章還同時報道了一則嬰兒被家養的獵犬咬死的事件，此前英國也曾發生過數起兒童被獵犬咬傷致命的事件。

美國

President Bush signed legislation extending a popular children's health insurance program, after twice vetoing attempts to expand it.

lung injuries tied to "Waterproofing Sprays" 這類防水噴罐的成份fluoropolymer化學品 問題爭議不斷

Pedal Power

For Congressman, Life in Bike Lane Comes Naturally

By Greg Hitt

Word Count: 1,203

WASHINGTON -- A little after 6:00 one morning, Earl Blumenauer emerged from his Capitol Hill row house. The temperature hovered near 40 degrees and it was really raining. The Oregon congressman hopped on his rust-colored Trek Portland, an aluminum-frame bicycle with a carbon front fork designed to absorb road shock, and pedaled to his office.

Though he was alone on the road, and despite the downpour, he stopped at every red traffic signal. At one odd-shaped intersection, Mr. Blumenauer mused aloud about all the streets jutting off at odd angles. Perfect for a traffic circle, he suggested.

Later that morning, ...

Congress's gridlock meant that some -- including health insurers and hedge funds -- avoided tax increases or subsidy cuts.

Settlement Boosts Stock Of American Dental

By MIKE BARRIS
December 27, 2007 4:33 p.m.

American Dental Partners Inc. said it agreed to transfer leases and assets to a Minneapolis dentists group two weeks after a local jury hit American Dental with about $131 million in damages seen as having far-reaching implications for clinics and hospitals.

Shares of the Wakefield, Mass., dental practice management company surged 77%, or $4.18, to $9.70 Thursday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. At the time of the original judgment, the stock plunged 67%.

American Dental Partners said Thursday it disagrees with the court's verdict but said a settlement was in its "best interest."

On Dec. 13, a Minnesota district court jury awarded the PDG PA dentists group, which operates the Park Dental and Dental Specialist clinics in Minneapolis, compensatory damages of $88.3 million plus punitive damages of $42.3 million.

The dentists had accused American Dental, to which they had outsourced a large chunk of their administrative operations, of exceeding its legal authority and granting itself unreasonable fees. American Dental is affiliated with 26 dental group practices which have 261 dental facilities located in 18 states.

After the award was announced, the District Court of Hennepin County, Minn., ordered the parties to engage in mediation talks.