| Round-the-World Runner Visits EMS Explorers
British round-the-world runner Rosie Swale Pope returned to Westport Sunday and dropped in to speak to a class of high school students at Westport Emergency Medical Service.British runner Rosie Swale Pope is flanked by Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff (l), an EMS volunteer, and Marc Hartog, a Westport EMS paramedic, crew chief and adviser to the Explorer Post 601 during her Sunday night visit. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo The 61-year-old grandmother, who is making her run to bring information to the public about prostate cancer, met with volunteers and current students in the Westport EMS Explorer Post 601 Medical Response Technician (MRT) training program. The members of the Post include 28 high school students certified as MRTs and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and more than 30 students studying to become MRTs.
Home Diagnostic Kits Misleading Patients, UK
Home diagnostic tests sold over the internet are offering unsatisfactory product information which could be misleading consumers, warns a paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
The authors¹ of the study evaluated the information provided on 168 websites marketing home diagnostic tests for conditions such as hepatitis C, HIV and prostate cancer. Their findings highlight the fact that many websites provide poor quality information to the general public, leading to the potential for misdiagnosis.
"Home diagnostic medical tests are part of a rapidly growing market of health-related products available for purchase on the internet," write the authors. "Despite their increasing popularity, there are concerns that inadequate, misleading or confusing advertisement can potentially result in inappropriate use of these tests and lead to false reassurance or unnecessary anxiety, which may have serious health consequences."
The authors looked at existing UK and international regulatory codes when assessing the quality of information accompanying the on-line marketing of home diagnostic tests.
STILL FIGHTING: Prostate cancer survivor helps others with the disease
Larry Puccio beat prostate cancer 12 years ago, but he's still fighting the disease. Only now, he's doing it to help newly diagnosed men and survivors who need information and hope. The retired engineer joined a prostate cancer support group soon after his surgery in 1996 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. In 2005, he and his wife, Grace, moved from their Hillsborough home to the Holiday City South seniors development in Berkeley. Puccio decided to look for a new support group. He had an obligation to do so, he says in his quiet but measured way.
|
