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The International Breast Cancer Intervention Study, which set up its first centres in Australia and Manchester, England, at the end of 1993, aimed to recruit 15,000 healthy women aged 35-5 with a family history of breast cancer to participate in a five-year study. However, is has so far managed to recruit only 2,000 women, mostly from the UK, and its future is now in doubt. The Data Monitoring Committee is shortly to decide whether the data collected is of use, and the project could even be shut down. A key difficulty in recruiting women has been negative publicity about the side-effects of the drug tamoxifen, which has already been shown to reduce recurrence of breast cancer.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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A home for the heart
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The intense specialized care a heart attack sufferer receives in hospital can make going home seem daunting. Prior to commencing an after-care scheme the patient may not have any medical contact for 6 weeks, increasing their stress and concern. In a pilot scheme The British Heart Foundation have introduced 15 new nurses who specialize in health education and care of the heart. They will be responsible for visiting patients in their own homes, giving advice and training local health visitors.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Intensive questions
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Many nurses in the UK believe that it is necessary to boost the number of high-dependency units (HDUs), thus reducing problems with shortages of intensive care beds. They feel that at present intensive care beds are being unnecessarily taken up by patients who only need an intermediate level of care. However, other observers feel that adding HDU units would not bring advantages unless more trained specialist staff are made available.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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