Bite Size Medical News Saturday March 13, 2010
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Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests Associated Press Healthwire : March 13, 2010, 8:33 am ATLANTA (AP) -- Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.... |
Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes Associated Press Healthwire : March 13, 2010, 8:20 am ATLANTA (AP) -- Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher |
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Advances in disease surveillance: Putting the "public" into public health Scientific American: Health : March 13, 2010, 8:00 am MIAMI--Before a government reports a disease outbreak, cases must usually be counted, verified and assessed--a process that can take days, weeks or months. [More] |
Keeping Love Alive: Scientific American Does Its Part Scientific American: Mind and Brain : March 13, 2010, 1:10 am [More] |
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FDA Announces New Boxed Warning on Plavix FDA US Food & Drug Administration : March 12, 2010, 12:57 pm The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and health care professionals that the drug can be less effective in |
Seeing an 'A' Raises Test Scores WebMD : March 12, 2010, 12:42 pm Simply seeing the letter “A” before an exam might help you improve your grade, but spotting an “F” could make you perform poorly. |
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WSJ: Philips mulls bid for Hologic Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 12:25 pm A March 11 article in the Wall Street Journal highlighting rumors that (more) |
Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding the Decisions of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding US Department of Health and Human Services : March 12, 2010, 12:01 pm As these latest cases illustrated, there's no doubt that autism and autism spectrum disorders place a heavy burden on many families. We know that autism and related disorders are conditions that |
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ATVs Behind Spike in Kids' Injuries WebMD : March 12, 2010, 11:57 am Accidents involving all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have caused “alarming” increases in childhood injuries, often very serious ones, new studies indicate. |
World of Health IT kicks off in Barcelona Healthcare IT News : March 12, 2010, 11:48 am The ministerial High Level eHealth Conference and the World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition will be held jointly this week in Barcelona, Spain. Dubbed "eHealth Week 2010," the dual event kicks off |
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Cerner news cheers investors Healthcare IT News : March 12, 2010, 10:55 am Analysts are bullish after the investors meeting held Thursday by Cerner, the Kansas City maker of EMR and CPOE systems. "Overall we walked away with a greater level of conviction that Cerner 'gets it,' |
FDA Task Force Seeks Public Comments on Increasing Transparency with Regulated Industry FDA US Food & Drug Administration : March 12, 2010, 10:52 am As part of the final phase of its transparency initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking comment from the public and other interested stakeholders on how the agency can increase |
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Drummond Group in EHR testing for the "long term" Healthcare IT News : March 12, 2010, 10:14 am Officials at Drummond Group, Inc., announced on the company's blog that after a "thorough review" of the recent notice of proposed rule making, it will apply this year to become an Office |
Reset sleep cycle for better grades CNN Health : March 12, 2010, 10:00 am Ethan Merbaum knows all too well the feeling of not getting a good night's rest, of lying in bed with nothing happening and being tired without being able to fall asleep. He |
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Five features missing from most EHRs Healthcare IT News : March 12, 2010, 9:52 am While EHRs are increasingly essential for healthcare providers, their efficacy can be constricted by the nature of their design, their use and the interpretation of data. |
More pain for disfigured Haitian teen CNN Health : March 12, 2010, 9:35 am The town of Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite lies two hours south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. |
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Teacher-student sex 'never the kid's fault' CNN Health : March 12, 2010, 9:16 am Middle- and high school students may look to their teachers as mentors or even friends. In rare but high-profile cases, experts say, the relationship may go too far, into the sexual realm. |
Gene Target Beats Oil Remedy Scientific American: Mind and Brain : March 12, 2010, 9:00 am The 1992 tearjerker Lorenzo’s Oil told the true story of one family’s struggle to save their son from X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a deadly degenerative brain disease. Unfortunately, over the ensuing years, the |
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MIND Reviews: The Other Brain Scientific American: Mind and Brain : March 12, 2010, 9:00 am The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science by R. Douglas Fields. [More] |
Gene Target Beats Oil Remedy Scientific American: Health : March 12, 2010, 9:00 am The 1992 tearjerker Lorenzo’s Oil told the true story of one family’s struggle to save their son from X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a deadly degenerative brain disease. Unfortunately, over the ensuing years, the |
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Medical product research, approval get new push from NIH, FDA American Medical Association AMA : March 12, 2010, 8:00 am Besides offering an expedited process, the agencies' new council hopes to improve the safety, efficacy and quality of new treatments. |
Medical errors: Doctors, risk managers take different approach to disclosure American Medical Association AMA : March 12, 2010, 8:00 am Hospital risk managers are more likely to favor telling patients about mistakes, but physicians are more open to full apologies. |
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Readers Respond on "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030" Scientific American: Mind and Brain : March 12, 2010, 8:00 am Winds of Change I found it surprising that in “ A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030 ,” Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi do not mention the effects |
Readers Respond on "A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030" Scientific American: Health : March 12, 2010, 8:00 am Winds of Change I found it surprising that in “ A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030 ,” Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi do not mention the effects |
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FDA Panel Backs Device For Epilepsy Wall Street Journal : March 12, 2010, 7:24 am An FDA panel narrowly backed the use of Medtronic's "deep-brain stimulation" device in certain epilepsy patients. |
Condoms for the World Cup and other ways to keep HIV at bay Scientific American: Health : March 12, 2010, 7:15 am MIAMI--In three months, hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to descend on nine South African cities for the 2010 World Cup. But for so many visitors going to a |
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Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating Associated Press Healthwire : March 12, 2010, 7:04 am CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even |
Genome find pushes personalized medicine ahead Healthcare IT News : March 12, 2010, 6:43 am In a scientific coup that could mean leaps for personalized medicine, two Baylor College of Medicine scientists have sequenced an individual's genome and identified the specific causative mutation associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease |
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Reid's wife undergoes neck surgery after wreck CNN Health : March 12, 2010, 6:24 am The wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid underwent neck surgery Friday after being injured with their daughter in a four-vehicle wreck in suburban Washington a day earlier, her surgeon said. |
People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk Associated Press Healthwire : March 12, 2010, 6:19 am LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new |
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New Plavix Warning: Lack of Effect in Many People WebMD : March 12, 2010, 6:09 am The anti-clotting drug Plavix will get a new "black box" label warning that normal doses don't work for 2% to 14% of patients. |
Vendor Notebook - CancerCare of Maine picks Versus for RTLS Healthcare IT News : March 12, 2010, 6:00 am Versus Technology, Inc., the Traverse City, Mich. maker of real-time locating solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that CancerCare of Maine (CCOM), operated by Eastern Maine Medical Center, has selected the |
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Cataracts From Antidepressants? WebMD : March 12, 2010, 5:58 am A Canadian study suggests that SSRI antidepressants raise the risk of cataracts by about 15% -- enough to cause 22,000 extra U.S. cataract cases per year. |
U.S. maternal deaths 'scandalous' CNN Health : March 12, 2010, 4:46 am Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday. |
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Court says thimerosal did not cause autism Associated Press Healthwire : March 12, 2010, 4:03 am WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court has ruled that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism.... |
Plavix (clopidogrel): Reduced effectiveness in patients who are poor metabolizers of the drug Safety Alerts : March 12, 2010, 3:00 am Boxed warning added regarding reduced effectiveness of Plavix in poor metabolizers. |
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Vaccine court finds no link to autism CNN Health : March 12, 2010, 2:54 am A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases. |
FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix Associated Press Healthwire : March 12, 2010, 2:10 am WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster |
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Fuji debuts portable flat-panel detector Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 2:00 am Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has unveiled a new work-in-progress flat-panel (more) |
Carestream launches RIS worldwide Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 2:00 am Carestream Health has released its latest RIS platform worldwide, the Rochester, (more) |
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AECL delays NRU restart to May Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 2:00 am Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) again has delayed the restart of its National (more) |
Software glitch shuts down VA-DoD EMR data exchange Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 2:00 am A software glitch that led to the display of incorrect patient data has resulted (more) |
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Patients Happy With Knee Replacement WebMD : March 12, 2010, 1:33 am A survey shows that one year after knee replacement surgery, 95% of patients were happy with their new knees. |
Mine Injuries Rise Right After Daylight Saving Time Scientific American: Mind and Brain : March 12, 2010, 1:30 am Don’t forget to move your clocks forward this weekend. And then don’t forget to be more careful in the days after you adjust your clocks. Because a recent study found that the |
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Mine Injuries Rise Right After Daylight Saving Time Scientific American: Health : March 12, 2010, 1:30 am Don’t forget to move your clocks forward this weekend. And then don’t forget to be more careful in the days after you adjust your clocks. Because a recent study found that the |
Consciousness-Raising: Kick-Starting the Brain's Dopamine System May Revive Some Vegetative Patients Scientific American: Mind and Brain : March 12, 2010, 1:23 am A drug targeting dopamine receptors might be able to "kick-start" an injured brain, enabling certain kinds of vegetative and minimally conscious patients to recover faster. [More] |
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Women on the pill may live longer Associated Press Healthwire : March 12, 2010, 1:06 am LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.... |
Lumedx adds Philips feature to CardioPACS Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 1:05 am Cardiovascular software developer Lumedx has released a new version of its (more) |
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VisEn rolls out VivoTag Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 12, 2010, 1:02 am Optical imaging developer VisEn Medical has launched its new VivoTag 680 XL (more) |
Counterfeit Polypropylene Surgical Mesh: Initial Communication Safety Alerts : March 12, 2010, 1:00 am Various sizes of counterfeit flat sheets of polypropylene surgical mesh are being marketed in the United States labeled with the C. R. Bard/Davol brand name. |
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Onion Cream Treats New Stretch Marks WebMD : March 11, 2010, 12:32 pm A moisturizing cream whose active ingredient is extract of onion can help to take the redness out of new stretch marks. |
Philips to showcase hybrid OR suite at ACC Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:31 pm Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips Electronics plans to collaborate with (more) |
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Philips to showcase hybrid OR suite at ACC Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:31 pm Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips Electronics plans to collaborate with (more) |
FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:28 pm The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved (more) |
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FDA, Health Canada approve Polish moly Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:28 pm The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have approved (more) |
Senate extends SGR deadline until October Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:20 pm In a 62-36 vote on March 10, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that, if approved (more) |
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Senate extends SGR deadline until October Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:20 pm In a 62-36 vote on March 10, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that, if approved (more) |
House bill would bar use of USPSTF guidelines to deny coverage Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:19 pm A New Jersey representative has introduced legislation to the U.S. House of (more) |
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House bill would bar use of USPSTF guidelines to deny coverage Radiology Headlines from Aunt Minnie : March 11, 2010, 12:19 pm A New Jersey representative has introduced legislation to the U.S. House of (more) |
Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen Press Release. Recalls : March 11, 2010, 12:06 pm Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen, Inc. of Albert Lea, MN has been notified by a supplier that a certain seasoning ingredient it supplied to Mrs. Gerry’s contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that may be |
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