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...article for the Sept. 7 edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine that was sponsored by the IOC, cardiologists from Britain and the Netherlands reviewed existing studies on SCD and came to the conclusion that all athletes under the age of 35 should be routinely tested for heart abnormalities using a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). That conclusion is in line with a document published by the IOC in March that encourages national Olympic bodies to test all athletes with an ECG before they enter into competition. Some professional sports leagues, such...
...Sharma says he became convinced of the need for ECG tests through his work as head of the screening program for British athletes, for which he screens players in soccer's Premier League and Britain's Lawn Tennis Association as well as amateur athletes on behalf of a British cardiac-risk charity. He hopes to publish the results of his work in the coming years. "It's very difficult to justify cost-effectiveness of ECG screening without using an emotive argument," he says. "We've screened 8,000 British athletes and have picked up a potentially fatal condition...
...past several years, Britain's Department of Health has spent about $200 million a year on hiring international management-consultant firms, hoping to find ways to counter rising health-care costs associated with an aging population, expensive new medical treatments and rising patient expectations. The result is often a clash of cultures. A former analyst at A.T. Kearney, who spoke to TIME on condition of anonymity because of a nondisclosure clause in his contract, recounted the reaction of senior British health officials when he suggested that they adjust for increases in pharmaceutical costs by upping the fee patients...
...with a general election looming next spring, there may be little chance that even softer cost-control measures such as those will be implemented, according to Appleby, who says the NHS is one of Britain's sacred cows. "Politicians know the NHS is incredibly popular, so they wouldn't dare propose cuts this close to an election, even though debt will eventually force the government to either raise taxes or cut public services or both," he says. The incumbent Labour Party has already been projecting itself as the party that saved the NHS from years of neglect under Margaret Thatcher...
...Endangered Species (CITES) that Atlantic bluefin be included on a list of endangered species. The listing would automatically prohibit trade in the fish. If the commission's agreement is approved by a majority of the E.U.'s member states later this month - and some governments, like France, Germany and Britain, have already expressed their support - Europe's stance will add weight to moves for a worldwide ban when CITES gathers to vote on the measure in March 2010. (Read "Sashimi on Demand...