LSUHSC public health documents unmet health needs of Katrina-displaced
...o pharmacies, and medical providers who would not prescribe the medications because they were unfamiliar with the child's past medical history. One parent noted that her child could not receive medications for ADHD and depression until the social worker had completed a 45-day evaluation period, again a con...Manchester unveils made to measure medical stockings
...y or twice weekly. "Scan2Knit allows the doctor to prescribe the desired pressures for differing clinical applications. It produces a bandage which is seamless, fits precisely and can be delivered to the clinic for simple fitting." The Scan2Knit system has been developed in partnership with the Vascular Studie...Educating health care professionals to prescribe drugs objectively
...timate goal is that health care professionals will prescribe drugs objectively. "At times, more cost-effective ...l improve the prescriber's ability to evaluate and prescribe medicine in the most cost-effective manner."The curriculum consists of five modules and will be taug...Accentia Biopharmaceuticals to begin shipping MD Turbo
...ing. "But with MD Turbo physicians will be able to prescribe their drug of choice in combination with an easy to use, handheld, breath-activated device to overcome the delivery challenges often facing their patients." According to three independent studies spanning more than 10 years, greater than 50% of patie...Study examines risk for misuse of ADHD stimulant medications
...ignal that we should be more careful about what we prescribe to patients who also have conduct disorder and sub...from my own experience I'd suggest that physicians prescribe extended release formulations and consider non-stimulant drugs for those at increased risk. And I s...March/April 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
...obtaining a waiver from the FDA for the ability to prescribe this medication. Today, his practice offers a program for the treatment of opioid dependence. He writes about the gratification he finds in knowing he is part of the solution for the national narcotics crisis and not fueling it with poorly managed ...Prescription flip-side: Guidelines for medication withdrawal
...rugs each year, providing evidence to help doctors prescribe safe and effective doses, almost no studies focus on when or how to stop these medications, even late in life. In the March 27, 2006, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, four University of Chicago physicians propose the first general framewor...Experts call for balance in addressing under treated pain and drug abuse
... to Care for Pain Patients Critical Reluctance to prescribe powerful pain medicine among the medical community for fear of retribution has led to the needless suffering of countless people in pain. The Department of Justice must "stop the abuse and diversion of prescription medicines without harming access to...New generation of cardiac interventions, therapies optimize heart disease care
...ate stent thrombosis--interventional cardiologists prescribe two medications: aspirin and a stronger drug, clopidogrel. Both inhibit the function of platelets, the blood cells that clump together to begin the clotting process. Typically patients take these medications for one month after treatment with a bar...Post-stent maintenance therapies questioned
...nclear about the optimal antithrombotic therapy to prescribe after procedure to prevent clotting, and new research suggests a possible alternative, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 55th Annual Scientific Session. ACC.06 is the premier cardiovascular medical meeting,...Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
...who diagnose skin or soft tissue infections should prescribe drugs that are active against MRSA. As Dr. Blumberg says, "selection of empiric antibiotics should focus on covering MRSA," and doctors should work toward confirming the diagnosis by obtaining appropriate material for culture in order to achieve a d...Obesity may affect response to asthma medications
... suggest that doctors change the way in which they prescribe medication not yet, anyway. "Our study looks back at material from previous trials. I'd like to see a prospective study in which lean patients and heavy patients are enrolled at the outset, and you compare both types of medications in both groups,"...Doctors develop new measures for bone disease
...s, Siminoski said, adding that he suggests doctors prescribe X-rays to check for vertebral fractures in all patients who have shrunk six centimeters or more. Vertebral fractures, which can be painless and hard to detect, are most often a symptom of osteoporosis, a disease that weakens the bones. "We call os...Calcium plus vitamin-D supplementation does an older body good
...in two to three years. A physician isn't needed to prescribe these supplements. All this means any supplementation of this kind is potentially beneficial, particularly in women over 60 years old. That's a huge finding." The calcium-with-vitamin-D trial found a small but significant 1 percent higher hip bone d...Prescriptions for headache almost twice as likely in middle aged women as men of same age
Family doctors are almost twice as likely to prescribe drugs to middle aged women with headache as they are to men of the same age, reveals research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Headache ranks among the top 10 reasons for consulting a family doctor and is the most common neuro...Common reflux treatment linked to life threatening bowel infection in premature infants
...ntensive care units around the country. Physicians prescribe H2 blockers to premature infants for several reaso...xperiencing a lot of acid reflux, physicians might prescribe the drugs to prevent damage to the esophagus. Dr. Higgins added that some physicians may prescribe H...Researchers break chain of biochemical events that brain cancer cells use to evade therapy
...ough Yu and his colleagues usually are hesitant to prescribe more than one anti-cancer medication, this appears to be an ideal situation for a two-drug attack. "When you combine two therapeutic agents, you usually get the toxicity of both, which is additive. But this strategy is different in that we are using ...Warning to government from biotech on PBS changes
... not want to go down a path where doctors can only prescribe one potentially inappropriate medicine for a patient. Neither do New Zealanders after a decade of failure, its Government is now reviewing that approach. "Australian of the Year Professor Ian Frazer, who developed a world-first vaccine for cervical ...Study finds nerve damage in previously mysterious chronic pain syndrome
... motivations, and some physicians are reluctant to prescribe pain medications when the cause of pain is unknown," says Oaklander. "Our results suggest that CRPS-I patients should be evaluated by neurologists who specialize in nerve injury and be treated with medications or procedures that have proven effectiv...Aspirin reduces cardiovascular risks in men and women -- but differently
...ooked only at men, so physicians were reluctant to prescribe aspirin for women because there was little data," Berger continued. "But now, the combined data of recent trials involving women demonstrates that women can benefit just as much from aspirin therapy as men." Berger emphasized that more healthy men an...