Cohsasa--nibbling at the health care elephant.

Naming the elephant in the room.

Dr. Keale is senior research scholar, Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. T he market! The market is the elephant. For some, the marketplace is the solution to what ails the health system. For others, the market is the source of many, if not most, of health care's ills. Everyone should therefore come to the tableto discuss the elephant—to get a...

Medicare reform: nibbling at catastrophic costs.

Antibacterial Activity of Elephant Garlic and Its Effect against U2OS Human Osteosarcoma Cells

  Objective(s): The present study was designed to investigate the antibacterial function and pharmacological effect of elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum) on U2OS human osteosarcoma cells.   Materials and Methods: Seven kinds of bacteria were reconstituted, inoculated and tested in this research to evaluate elephant garlic antibacterial activity. By the means ...

Academic hospital accreditation strengthens postgraduate training programmes: case study from Universitas Academic Hospital.

Benefits derived from the Council for Health Services Accreditation South Africa (COHSASA) accreditation of the Universitas Academic Hospital (UAH) in Bloemfontein are illustrated. Accreditation assessments were performed between 2001 and 2007, and full compliance with the COHSASA standards for Academic Hospitals was achieved. An initiative to develop thoracic surgery in central South Africa (S...

The effect of meal frequency on serum immunoglobulin profile and insulin in rat

Background: Although consumption of three or less than three meals per day (gorging regimen) is usual in some communities, in western population there is an inclination towards many small meals a day (nibbling regimen). Up to now the effects of meal frequency on serum immunoglobulins have not been investigated in laboratory animals. There is also some controversy information about the effect of...