But the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, which advises the federal government, thinks otherwise.
However, behavioural addiction is a health issue that needs to be taken seriously by all those in the health and medical profession.
"As this is a personal matter that pertains to her health and medical treatment, her family requests that her privacy be respected, " Mr Dwivedi said.
The researchers from McGill, along with scientists from France's National Institute for Health and Medical Research, analysed DNA samples from almost 200 Vietnamese families who had a history of leprosy.
"It takes time to draw out a patient and get them to reveal signs that they're exaggerating a symptom, " says Peter Clarke, director of the Center for Health and Medical Communication at the University of Southern California.
As chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit, he is a lead reporter on breaking medical news, provides regular health and medical updates for "American Morning, " anchors the half-hour weekend medical affairs program "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta" and reports for CNN documentaries.
Genetics, socioeconomic factors, environmental factors and accidents all affect an individual's health outcomes and medical costs.
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An investigation has been launched by the police along with health officials and medical staff.
Legacy health records and medical delivery systems were never designed for transparency and portability.
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Thursday, a Senate Committee released findings of a report on health insurers and medical spending as an industry.
But the report, produced by Stirling University experts with the backing of a host of royal colleges, health charities and medical groups, said this fragmented approach had to end.
On the latest list of the 20 best-paying jobs for women, nine are in health care, including nurse practitioners (No. 4), occupational therapists (No. 12), and medical and health services managers (No. 13).
To draw traffic, they created an on-line medical search engine called Medsite.com, which reviews and rates medical and health-related Internet sites -- and was getting 250, 000 hits a month after six months.
To draw traffic, they created an on-line medical search engine called Medsite.com, which rates and reviews medical and health-related Internet sites -- and was getting 250, 000 hits a month after six months.
It's an investment that will take the long overdue step of computerizing America's medical records, to reduce the duplication and waste that costs billions of health care dollars and the medical errors that every year cost thousands of lives.
Dr Meldrum was one of eight signatories to a letter sent to Justice Secretary Jack Straw along with the heads of the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Nursing, Medical Defence Union, Medical Protection Society, Royal College of GPs, Faculty of Public Health and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
If there is one overriding legacy of the Roe decision, it may be that it opened and expanded the debate on the rights of women, sexuality, health care, and medical decisions.
Halifax Health spokesman Byron Cogdell said 12 people were transported to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach and six others were taken to Halifax Health Medical Center of Port Orange.
With an estimated 43 million Americans lacking health insurance and a medical care system that eats up ever-larger percentage of the gross domestic product, health care remains an intractable issue.
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Designate a person to make health care decisions and access medical records by creating a health care proxy.
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Note that the health services industry consists of hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, medical and dental laboratories and offices of health professionals, such as doctors, dentists and psychologists.
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They also use mobiles to order medicines, send public-health alerts and download medical guidelines.
Most baffling was the distinction between electronic health records and electronic medical records.
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The short answer is, you have to judge for yourself, based on your health and your family medical history.
The president has said that such an option would actually save money, through greater efficiencies, better preventive health care and fewer medical errors.
Health Care Advocates and Medical Claim Assistance have an 80% win rate for patients with a basic claim such as getting a medication or a routine procedure approved.
"This a very large outbreak, " says Arjun Srinivasan, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. public health service and a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control.
Analytics firms and health insurers say they obey medical-privacy regulations, and employers never see the staff's personal health profiles but only an aggregate picture of their health needs and expected costs.
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All health plans are under pressure to improve quality through better information technology to communicate with customers and medical care providers while more efficiently and rapidly processing medical claims for health plan enrollees.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dispatched 300 emergency medical and mortuary professionals to New York and Washington to help local health and emergency care providers.
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