Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...companies have sometimes voluntarily issued public alerts when they have discovered that their drugs have been counterfeited or tampered with, Cockburn said that they have not found one country where companies have a legal duty to report such discoveries to public-health or trade authorities. Professor Wh...Editorial urges 'black-box' warning for Bextra and Celebrex
...alled COX-2 inhibitors. "A black-box warning that alerts practitioners to the potential cardiovascular hazards, especially in patients at moderate to high risk, seems timely for all COX-2 inhibitors," said Psaty. Furberg supports the advice of the Food and Drug Administration, which issued a Public Healt...Drinking without food may set you up for high blood pressure
... alcohol flows more freely than usual, a new study alerts drinkers that a habit of drinking outside of meals may be setting them up for high blood pressure. Research conducted at the University at Buffalo has shown that consuming alcohol mostly without food is a significant risk factor for developing...Marine sponge leads researchers to immune system regulator
...fection or transformed into cancer cells. Then it alerts the immune system to the presence of cells in trouble." Activating NKT cells may be particularly valuable for preventing or treating cancers that spread to the liver, where NKT cells are most common. Understanding the role of iGb3 may also provide c...New study to use electronic medical records to improve care of patients with diabetes
...re are opportunities for the providers to be given alerts when care is out of standard guidelines, and to as...ew approach, we've essentially created more active alerts and decision supports for providers, to let them comprehensively view all the measures in the care o...Many drugs prescribed for elderly Americans are risky
...reening prescriptions and issuing patient-specific alerts when physicians prescribe inappropriate drugs or drug combinations, she said. Physicians' compliance with the guidelines might also be improved by bolstering the clinical evidence for the risks presented by particular drugs when taken by older patien...New early warning system can predict life-threatening events in hospitalized children
...child's vital signs become more abnormal, and this alerts the nurse to the child's deterioration." Experienced nurses often can tell that a child is deteriorating, but currently there is no objective tool that less experienced nurses can use to pick up on subtle changes before they turn into a life-threaten...Hidden cost of depression in seniors: $9 billion in care from spouses, children
...led men. Langa and his colleagues hope their study alerts physicians to the importance of paying extra attention to the depressive symptoms and caregiving needs of older women living alone. They also hope their results will give physicians, policy makers and others a better sense of the relative importance,...Online IV nutrition calculator reduces medical errors, saves time
...nutritional guidelines, and includes 62 rule-based alerts and reminders that prompt providers to review their information if any errors are detected. Lehmann says training takes an average of 10 minutes. "This study demonstrates that it's possible to identify a situation with a potential for errors and use...Mechanism leading to life-threatening infection identified by UCSD School of Medicine researchers
...urface, called a Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4), that alerts them to the invading pathogen by placing the macrophage in an activated state, ready to do combat. In addition to their importance in the direct killing of bacterial pathogens, macrophages alert other components of the immune system to the presence o...UF 'smart home' demonstrates concept of automated elderly help and care
...ater leaks onto the floor, the house senses it and alerts the resident by cell phone. If a visitor comes to the door, sensors pinpoint which room the resident occupies, and a camera beams the visitor's picture to a TV screen there. If the resident wants to unlock the door, he or she can tell the cell...Childhood obesity and behavior problems linked
...s with an eye toward both. When a school counselor alerts a parent to a child's learning or attention problem, for example, or a physician notes an unhealthy weight gain, they need to help parents get a thorough evaluation of a child's overall mental and physical health. And, Lumeng observes, the health ins...Standard treatment for rare form of deafness no more effective than placebo
...om getting a treatment that doesn't work. It also alerts researchers to focus attention on potential treatments for the disease. "The results of this study clearly underscore the need for more effective and less toxic therapy for AIED, and that randomized, controlled trials are necessary to establish benef...Prescription drug utilization reviews are less than useful
...ting errors. "We compared the rate of drug review alerts over a four-year period and found that the existin...ct effects apply to patients who are identified in alerts and benefit from a change in therapy. Since most alert notices are sent months after a given drug is...PET scans show cigarette smoke affects peripheral organs
...ow is due to a substance other than nicotine. This alerts us to the fact that smoking, which is highly addictive, exposes the whole body to the thousands of compounds in tobacco smoke." Dr. Joanna Fowler, together with Dr. Volkow and others at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New ...Hygiene is most potent force in tackling deadly diseases
... limited resources in the future. Following global alerts and media attention about SARS, health authorities worldwide imposed strict control policies and largely prevented new outbreaks. The two notable exceptions, in Taiwan and Toronto, were both linked to lapses in hospital infection control procedures,...Children's hospital safeguards patient safety
...enous)--and checks for safe dosing levels. It also alerts nurses of potential hazards with look-alike, sound-alike medication. MedPoint eliminates many of the manual steps previously required in medication administration, further reducing the possibility of error. It automatically records when a medication ...Sutter Health announces plan to deploy Bridge MedPoint error-prevention system
...ety beyond the five rights to give nurses critical alerts about 'look-alike/sound-alike' and high-risk medications, maximum daily dose limits, allergies and other valuable information right at the bedside. "With Bridge, we've done our utmost to help nurses avoid medication errors. No wonder several state ho...Filatov Eye Institute contests validity of recent study
Top LASIK surgeon alerts consumers: past research irrelevant in todays LASIK world GREENWICH, Conn. (February 11, 2002) - Contesting the interpretation of a recent study by Ohio University suggesting that a large percentage of people having LASIK procedures develop night v......lthy air quality is predicted, state agencies send alerts to schools. If ozone is causing asthma then, ultimately, the solution is to reduce the levels of ozone." Parents concerned about their childrens respiratory health should discuss asthma and related issues with a physician or pediatrician, McConnell s...