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CNN Poll Finds Americans' Opinons Are Divided Regarding The President's Health Reform Push
Americans appear split over the president"s push for health care reform, a new CNN poll has found. "Fifty percent of those questioned in CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday morning say they support the president"s plans, with 45 percent opposed. The results indicate a generational divide. ""Obama"s plan is most popular among younger Americans and least popular among senior citizens," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "A majority of Americans over the age of 50 oppose Obama"s plan; a majority of those under 50 support it.""

Ambulance Diversion Studied
When a hospital"s emergency department is overcrowded with seriously sick and injured patients, it may "go on diversion," re-routing ambulances to other emergency departments. But the benefits of "diversion" are largely unproven. Often those emergency departments are just as crowded, and the greater distance to that other hospital can worsen the condition of some patients.
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Athletes, Spectators Faced Unprecedented Air Pollution At 2008 Olympic Games
Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic Games, and was about 30 percent higher than has been reported by Chinese environmental experts - even though some favorable weather conditions helped reduce the problem.
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BMA Scotland GP Leader Calls On Scottish Government To Listen, Support And Work With GPs To Help Improve Patient Care

As GPs across the UK gathered in London for the Annual Conference of Local Medical Committees, Dr Dean Marshall, chairman of the BMA"s Scottish General Practitioners Committee, slammed the government for trying to strip GPs of funding and called for the profession to make decisions about general practice, not civil servants. Dr Marshall said: "What the Government gives with one hand, it takes away with another. We cannot stand idly by as they try to strip general practice of funding in an effort to claw back the investment in the early days of the new contract. "The Government should instead continue to invest in general practice. We are delivering on health inequalities and we are delivering on public health. We can deliver more and better care to our patients if politicians would listen to us, support us and work with us." With regard to the future of general practice, Dr Marshall concluded: "For to long, policy has been developed in isolation by civil servants, when it should be developed by the profession. We can play a pivotal role in developing policies that are practical and deliverable and that really will make a difference to out patients. It is important that GPs are leaders in the debate on the future of general practices rather than waiting on the sidelines." BMA Scotland


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