Medicine in Medical News

Fumbled handoffs can lead to medical errors

... Institute and the Indiana University School of medicine has found that hospital discharge summaries are ... 2009 issue of the Journal of General Internal medicine . During a hospital stay tests are ordered by ... investigator and an assistant professor of medicine at the IU School of Medicine. While it is easy ...

ThermoGenesis Announces Launch of Res-Q System; New Device Expands Company's Presence in Bone Marrow Sector

... to initially target the orthopedic regenerative medicine market through its orthopedic distribution ... and other non-orthopedic regenerative medicine markets. "We are excited to add a new ... family to help us access the growing regenerative medicine market in a meaningful way. We believe our Res-Q ...

Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes

... 5 online edition of the New England Journal of medicine . For the study, Liu's group looked at SHBG ... Until now, classical thinking and teaching in medicine have never focused on the potential causal role ... and diabetes at Mount Sinai School of medicine in New York City, said much is still unknown ...

Surgery, 'Sham' Equal in Treating Compression Fracture Pain

... at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of medicine and a neurosurgeon at Texas Brain and Spine ... the Aug. 6 issue of the New England Journal of medicine , the number of vertebroplasty procedures ... Texas; Aug. 6, 2009, New England Journal of medicine ...

Blood transfusion study: Less is more

... in decision-making. In fact, the Institute of medicine has called for a national initiative of comparing ... M.D., professor of Pathology and Laboratory medicine and director of Transfusion medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. ...

NMPI Launches Fifth Portable Cardiology Unit

... Nuclear medicine Professionals, Inc. has added a fifth mobile ... Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) August 5, 2009 -- Nuclear medicine Professionals, Inc. (NMPI) announces the ... Millett. For more information about Nuclear medicine Professionals, Inc. visit the Company's website ...

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases honors VCU physician with Maxwell Finland Award for 2010

... on infectious disease and chair of internal medicine at the VCU School of Medicine. Some past ... received the 1958 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering that bacteria mate and exchange ... Wenzel wrote for the New England Journal of medicine called for scientists, the federal government ...

Novo Nordisk Appoints Per Falk, M.D., Ph.D., as Vice President for Clinical, Medical and Regulatory Affairs for North America

... as a vice president to establish the Experimental medicine unit in Denmark. Later he served the company in ... at the Washington University School of medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Falk earned his M.D. ... Gothenberg in Sweden. He trained in laboratory medicine at Sahlgren University Hospital and internal ...

Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings

... American children can be found in the family medicine cabinet, a new government report shows. Each ... of pediatrics at Emory University School of medicine and medical director of the Georgia Poison ... it's young children finding and eating medicine without adult supervision," he said. "They are ...

Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe

... in the Aug. 4 issue of the Annals of Internal medicine , as does another study finding that the ... study author Dr. Nayer Khazeni, an instructor of medicine in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Stanford University Medical Center. The two ...

Parents Lose Sleep Too When Students Begin School, Says Atlanta Sleep Medicine Clinic

... Foundation and Director at the Atlanta Sleep medicine Clinic says that it is important for parents to ... Lacey , the Medical Director of the Atlanta Sleep medicine Clinic says, "Adding more sleep deprivation ... Through The Night '". The Atlanta Sleep medicine Clinic reminds parents that transitioning ...

New Analysis: Women of Low Socio-Economic Status Face Unique Challenges Related to Smoking, Smoking Ban Policies

... Issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine Examines Unintended Consequences ... 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine includes a special supplement, Unintended ... Elisa Tong, M.D., Assistant Professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis, and a ...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Heart Risk Factors in Kids

... Dr. Michal L. Melamed, an assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at Albert Einstein College of medicine in the Bronx, who led the other study. "We wanted ... D are described by the U.S. National Library of medicine . SOURCES: Jared P. ...

Boehringer Ingelheim to Commence Phase III Study Investigating the Role of BIBW 2992 as First-Line Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients with EGFR Mutations

... continue to work towards providing personalized medicine for patients with lung cancer," said James Yang, ... professor at the Graduate Institute of Clinical medicine and the Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy at the College of medicine at the National Taiwan University (NTU). "BIBW ...

Locum Leaders Taps Hospitalist as Chief Medical Officer; Strengthens Leadership in Hospital Medicine Recruitment and Job Placement

... brings national leadership experience in hospital medicine and physician workforce management to Locum ... recognized in May 2009 by the Society of Hospital medicine (SHM) as a member of the inaugural class of Fellows of Hospital medicine (FHM). He also chairs the SHM ...

Millions Of U.S. Children Low In Vitamin D

... by researchers at Albert Einstein College of medicine of Yeshiva University. The striking findings ... Michal L. Melamed, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and of epidemiology & population health at ... sun damage." Albert Einstein College of medicine of Yeshiva University is one of the nation's ...

Post-Recession Incomes Will Be Hit Hard by Health Care Spending for Middle Class Working Families, PENN Analysis Shows

... this week in the New England Journal of medicine (NEJM) by Daniel Polsky, Ph.D., and David ... financing for health care reform. " PENN medicine is a $3.6 billion enterprise dedicated to the ... research, and excellence in patient care. PENN medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania ...

Minority and Women's Advocacy Groups Send Letter to California Attorney General Jerry Brown Requesting Investigation Into Discrimination by Health Insurance Companies

... to timely and effective treatment, those who need medicine for chronic pain - including Californians ... cruel, for insurers to deny a patient access to a medicine the doctor knows will relieve their pain and to ... two medicines before the insurer will cover the medicine that the doctor thinks is the most appropriate ...

Natural Healers Launches "Wellness Community Bulletin"

... Leading alternative medicine education resource introduces a natural health ... and sleep-deprived society, alternative medicine and natural health have become a great ... will help them learn more about alternative medicine and find their niches in this thriving industry. ...

Cancer Survivors Face Tough Road Long After Treatment Ends

... in the July 27 issue of the Archives of Internal medicine . The United States is home to 12 million ... professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins School of medicine who has researched cancer and mental health ... D.C.; July 27, 2009, Archives of Internal medicine ...

Americans Spend Billions on Alternative Medicine

... out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine in 2007 alone, U.S. health officials report. ... The main reasons Americans turn to alternative medicine is for pain relief and to contribute to their ... trillion and out-of-pocket costs for conventional medicine comprise $286.6 billion, according to the report. ...

Americans Spent $33.9 Billion Out-of-Pocket on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

... out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) over the previous 12 months, according to a ... generally considered to be part of conventional medicine . CAM accounts for approximately 1.5 percent ... National Center for Complementary and Alternative medicine (NCCAM) and the National Center for Health ...

Growth in Personalized Medicine to Drive Alliances Between Diagnostics and Pharmaceutical Industries, According to PricewaterhouseCoopers

... 30 /PRNewswire/ --The growth of personalized medicine , which aims to better target treatments to ... Diagnostics 2009: Moving towards personalized medicine . "We expect alliances with the ... report highlights the prominence of personalized medicine in current merger and acquisition (M&A) and ...

Obama White House Can Save $3.7 Trillion and Extend Lifespan 29+ Years, Predicts Revolutionary A4M Healthcare Plan

... -- The American Academy of Anti-Aging medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net), the world's largest ... and Replace the disease-based approach to medicine with a wellness-oriented model ... members of the American Academy of Anti-Aging medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net) who represent 110 ...

Calcium Scan of Arteries Helps Spot Big Trouble

... Marcus Hacker, an associate professor of nuclear medicine at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. His ... Dr. Thomas G. Gerber, an associate professor of medicine and radiology at the Mayo Clinic. It was a ... Thomas G. Gerber, M.D., associate professor, medicine and radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.; ...

Alternative Therapies for Fighting Eczema Hold Promise, But Dermatologists Caution They Are No Substitute for Proven Medical Treatments

... at Northwestern University Feinberg School of medicine in Chicago, discussed why eczema patients try ... in understanding why people seek alternative medicine lies in defining this term," said Dr. Lio. ... such as acupuncture, homeopathy and holistic medicine outside of the form ...

NHLBI stops study of pulmonary hypertension treatment in sickle cell patients

... of walk-PHaSST and director of the Vascular medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. ... a senior investigator with the Critical Care medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center and chief of the NHLBI Pulmonary and Vascular medicine Branch. The design of the walk-PHaSST study ...

CVS Caremark Names Andrew J. Sussman, M.D., as President/Chief Operating Officer of MinuteClinic

... and also served as an Associate Professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical ... Hospital he also practiced primary care internal medicine and taught as an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Sussman is a graduate ...

Tight Management of Type 1 Diabetes Worth the Effort

... in the July 27 issue of the Archives of Internal medicine , scientists report that people who intensively ... Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston. "This ... York City; July 27, 2009, Archives of Internal medicine ...

Atlanta Sleep Medicine Clinic Views Representative Henry Waxman's Denial of Restless Leg Syndrome as a Sign of General Lack of Awareness of the Sleep Disorder

... the founder and director of The Atlanta Sleep medicine Clinic , said, "Some people just don't ... with the disorder. At the Atlanta Sleep medicine Clinic , Dr. Michael Lacey, a board certified ... the effects of RLS. About The Atlanta Sleep medicine Clinic The Atlanta ...

Electronic Healthcare Network Announces Multi-State Expansion, Beginning in Buffalo, NY

... York Dental Group (15 locations), Sharma Family medicine (1 location), Lakeshore Eyecare (2 locations), University Nuclear medicine (3 locations), Southgate Medical Pharmacy (2 ... with operations in 18 states. University Nuclear medicine is affiliated with UB/MD, a practice plan with ...

Unhooking the Obesity-Diabetes Connection

... of studies appearing online July 26 in Nature medicine suggest that inflammation within the fat tissues ... in fat," said Dr. Vivian Fonseca, professor of medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of medicine and director of the Diabetes Institute at Scott ...

Giant Bud Banner Half the Size of Football Field Flies Sunday Protesting Hydroponics Industry Cartel Monopoly that's Harming California's Medical Marijuana Patients

... cucumbers, lettuce and daisies, instead of herbal medicine sold in hundreds of medical dispensaries ... give growers and patients the highest quality medicine they need. We've run a Cannabis Care program that ... to help needy sick and dying people grow the best medicine for them. How did the good old boys respond? ...

Giving Statins to Kids Provokes Debate

... statin,'" said Dr. Simeon Margolis, professor of medicine and biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins ... at the University of Colorado Denver School of medicine and Children's Hospital in Denver. He said ... Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D., professor, medicine and biological chemistry, Division of ...

University of Michigan Health System Experts Available to Comment on Health Care Reform Efforts

... of Michigan's associate chief of geriatric medicine and an associate professor for both internal medicine and at the university's Institute of Gerontology. ... and professor in the departments of Internal medicine and Health Management and Policy. Dr. Fendrick ...

Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease

... disease and Parkinson's. An Institute of medicine report released Friday finds "suggestive but ... Cory-Slechta, a professor of environmental medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in ... said. More information The Institute of medicine has the full report. ...

Alcohol and Trauma: Blood Test Gets to the Truth

... Dr. Michael F. Fleming, a professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of medicine and Public Health, said in a university news ... trauma," Jean-Bernard Daeppen, a professor of medicine at Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland, ...

Snoozing May Help Women Shed Baby Weight

... Dr. Sirimon Reutrakul, a clinical associate in medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center. ... in the Department of Community and Family medicine at Duke University Medical Center, is currently ... information The American Academy of Sleep medicine has more about sleep and pregnancy . ...

'Spirituality and Medicine: Can the Two Walk Together?'

... WASHINGTON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- medicine and healing have long been intertwined with ... discussion about the spiritual aspects of medicine in major world religions. Concepts of faith and ... hosted the hospital's first spirituality and medicine seminar series. These seminars have been held ...

FDA Approves Expanded Use of Lilly's FORTEO(R) [teriparatide (rDNA origin) injection] to Treat Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

... said Kenneth G. Saag, M.D., MSc, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Alabama in ... FORTEO During the drug testing process, the medicine in FORTEO caused some rats to develop a bone ... The FORTEO delivery device has enough medicine for 28 days. It is set to give a 20 microgram ...