Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
...e has a toxin and other traits with a proven track record for causing serious diseases in healthier and younger age groups than those currently regarded as at risk. The increased resistance to antibiotics of the community acquired MRSA clone over its 80/81 ancestor mean that there could also be other factor...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...ecting motion) of the lower limb. Two cameras will record the jump so that a standardized tool for scoring poor jump-landing technique can help analyze the jump from video replay at a later date. Other risk factors, including demographic, hormonal and anatomical, also will be examined, as will a comparison...Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
...on. The individual chosen must have a proven track record of servant leadership in any one or more of the following areas: education, association work, community service, professional practice or mentoring. "Fink's tireless efforts on behalf of pharmacy became apparent as the committee reviewed the package...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...e Minimum Data Set, a federally mandated effort to record information about nursing home residents. They were made available by the Michigan Department of Community Health. "We are excited to continue to find valuable lessons in these data, primarily collected for care planning purposes but now usable for ...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...m a sub-group of people who had well-being data on record from several years after they suffered their disability. Although the researchers did not assess again whether the disability was still present, or whether it had lessened, they did find that the well-being of those with lower net worth had improved ...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
... there were some problems with data collection and record keeping. However, IOM said those errors did not bias the results of the study: that single-dose nevirapine cuts the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV nearly in half. "The IOM panel was made up of some of the most highly respected experts...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...ulting data and conclusions, despite some flaws in record keeping and procedural issues. "The data from the HIVNET 012 study, which showed that nevirapine effectively prevents many infants from contracting HIV from their infected mothers, are sound and reliable," said James Ware, chair of the committee that...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...e or POLST form can be scanned into the electronic record system. This means that a reminder will pop up on ... speak on his or her behalf. OHSU's new electronic record system ensures that an advance directive will be found when needed. This legal document allows healt...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
... For patients admitted to the hospital, the entire record of their stay was included in the study data. Sixty days after the original emergency visit, the researchers followed up with each patient, contacting them personally and reviewing their records to identify any subsequent clinical events. Participa...Northwestern Memorial researchers release study on smart-pump technology
...mp, and the pump can inform the hospital's medical record system how much medication the patient has receive...ial completes its rollout of the electronic health record in parallel with CPOE, it's creating a foundation that will enable the integration of smart pumps, b...Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
...r review. They also noted that neither state had a record of the creation of its protocol. The investigators...t is not only an atrocity, but also a stain on the record of the world's most powerful democracy. Doctors should not be in the job of killing. Those who do pa...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...cies. The women are keeping pregnancy calendars to record their emotional ups and downs during their pregnancies and are completing questionnaires at three points across their pregnancies, once in each trimester. Ct-Arsenault is interested particularly in the women's emotional states at various times, appr...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...nfirmary, said: "Although Glasgow has a long track record of successfully running clinical trials, our capability is currently sometimes fragmented. Glasgow Biomedicine will help to improve the health of the city and develop new drugs to advance health internationally." Commercial and non-commercial trials ...Sex, age and sun exposure linked to frequency of sunburns
...ion dosimeters (devices that measure radiation) to record sun exposure and filled out diaries including details about sunburn, sun-exposure behavior, and exposure location. The average age of participants was 30 years (age range, 4 - 68 years). The researchers found that most sunburn days occurred on a per...Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
...macy student, won the contest, competing against a record number of participants in this year's challenge. For the first time in the history of the 21-year competition, a student competed from every APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter in the country for a total of 90 contenders. Hausmann's ...Actor-patients' requests for medications boost prescribing for depression
...). And physicians were more likely to consider and record a mental health diagnosis (depression 88 percent compared to 65 percent and adjustment disorder 50 percent compared to 18 percent) if the actor-patient made a request for medication. Also participating in the study were Drs: Rahman Azari, Carol E. Fr...Enrollment progress for European approval trial
... to bring the VentrAssist TM to global markets in record time and capture a significant share of the potentially large LVAS market which independent analysts have estimated could grow to several billion dollars per annum. The CE mark In Europe, the letters 'CE' on a manufactured product are a guarantee i...Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
...terial designed for electromagnetic radiation at a record highfrequency of around 100 terahertz (equivalently, a 3-micronwavelength), in the infrared portion of the electromagneticspectrum. The material does not yet exhibit a negative index ofrefraction, and there is no "perfect lensing" of the 3-micronwav...Long-term outcomes promising for patients with localized, low-grade prostate cancer
...nnecticut Tumor Registry, supplemented by hospital record and histology review of 767 men aged 55 to 74 years with clinically localized prostate cancer diagnosed between January 1, 1971, and December 31, 1984. Patients were treated with either observation or immediate or delayed androgen withdrawal therapy,......tests, and skin-prick tests and were instructed to record their peak expiratory flow (PEF) values with a flowmeter twice daily at home. Results show that removal of pets from homes, combined with the proper drugs, significantly reduced airway responsiveness to methacholine in patients with pet-allergic ast...