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Computerized Doctors Order Reduce Prescription Errors

... frequently have to call the prescribing doctor or interview the patient because of problems in deciphering handwriting. Currently, only about 9 percent of hospitals have computerized prescription systems. Some hospitals have stand-alone systems, while others have computerized prescriptions as part of an ele...

Paris Suffered from 'life-threatening' Psychiatric Condition, Says LA Sheriff

... inmates," Us Weekly quoted him, as saying. In a interview to TMZ, the sheriff said that there are lots of people who die in the prison because their health condition isn't identified. "We've had plenty of people die in the county jail system, not because of anything we did, but because we didn't understan...

Desertification, a Major Threat, Says UN

...ocated are getting smaller," Adeel said in a phone interview from Toronto. "There is a fundamental problem on the policy side in not understanding the linkage between efforts to reduce poverty, meet the land use development goals and combating desertification." Along with reforming land use policies, Adeel s...

Tech Heads Go Gaga Waiting for Apple's IPhone

...ty, and reporters from around the world flocked to interview the paunchy line sitter. The iPhone "is the combination of everything: you get your iPod, you get your iPhone and you get your internet in one," gushed Packer. "I want to be the first to get it, the first one to see what it?s like," he said, vowi...

Paris Hiltons Customary Marijuana Habit

...e, recently told Larry King during her post-prison interview that she has not used drugs at all. However, multiple sources have confirmed the socialites customary marijuana habit, reports the New York Daily News. Hiltons pot smoking was a standard pain for those responsible for guiding her through her list...

Research Demonstrates Link Between Domestic Violence and Asthma

...nt. Each respondent was surveyed in a face-to-face interview in one of 18 Indian languages. Respondents were asked if anyone in the household suffered from asthma, and were also asked about a personal history of experiencing or witnessing domestic violence. Researchers also accounted for many other factors t...

Man Keeps Wife and Sons in Maggot-infested House

...e's driven my son crazy,' Helaine Young said in an interview at her home. She claimed her son was once a wealthy owner of several convenience stores, paying for anything his wife requested, including baby sitters and house cleaners. Her son installed the cameras for the family's security when he renovated t...

Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment

... could not be prescribed. He also referred to an interview Stallone had with customs officers in which he was asked why he took the human growth hormone. The actor had replied that as you got older, the pituitary gland slowed and you felt older. This stuff gives your body a boost and you feel and look go...

Toddler Infected With Rare Side Effect Of Smallpox Vaccination Recovering

...ntensive care medicine at the hospital, said in an interview that the child had been covered with mounds of pox that reminded her of photos of bees swarming over beekeepers. Im a veteran of 25 years of practice in the I.C.U.s, and I thought Id seen it all, Dr. Kahana said. But this was stunning to the eye. D...

14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada

...ould only identify himself as Godfried, said in an interview that he was "shocked" to hear Jordan Manners had been shot. "I spoke to him this morning and told him to keep up his grades," said the man, a former teacher. "He was an amazing handyman. He could tear apart and put together a bike in minutes." T...

Shortage of Doctors and Nurses Affects AIDS Treatment in Africa

...nly thing which gives us strength," she said in an interview at the clinic, where long lines of people waited patiently on wooden benches. In tiny Lesotho, which is also ravaged by AIDS, there are just five doctors and 63 nurses per 100,000 people. In Malawi, there are two doctors and 56 nurses, and in Mozam...

Brad Pitt 'loves Being a Dad'

...ying parental bliss to the fullest. In a recent interview with the pregnant Myleene Klass at Cannes, Pitt poured his heart out about the delight and joys of parenthood. 'Have you have had your first scan yet? They're mind-blowing. Get ready to change no end of dirty diapers. I love being a dad - it's the ...

American Who Set Off TB Scare Doing Well in Hospital

...nd the world over the last six years. In a phone interview with the Atlanta Constitution-Journal from an Atlanta hospital earlier this week, he explained that he knew he had TB when he flew from Atlanta to Europe in mid-May for his wedding and honeymoon, but that he didn't find out until he was already there...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

...ention the U.S. government is giving it, after our interview with one of the world's foremost experts on this potentially lethal form of tuberculosis, Dr. Kanti Daya,' continued DiGeorgia. 'I am convinced that the absence of a viable program against tuberculosis (TB) being used as a weapon compromises our st...

Marriage Could Lift One Out of Depression, New Study

...ed improved psychological well-being in the second interview scoring an average of 3.42 points lower on the 84-point depression scale than their counterparts who did not marry. When they teased apart how marriage affected those who had been depressed at the start of the study to those who had been happy, h...

Metabolic Syndrome may Be Associated With Heart Function

...uguese adults who were invited to a full screening interview including questionnaires, blood tests for choleste...t. This was followed up with a structured clinical interview including a cardiovascular physical examination, transthoracic echocardiogram and pulsed Doppler eva...

Controversy Spikes Over Anti-diabetes Drug Avandia

...from the FDA Office of Drug Safety, who in an NEJM interview said she had approved in March 2006 a recommendation from FDA inspectors to toughen a warning label on Avandia to stress its increased risk for heart attacks. Johann-Liang said she was pressured to go back on her decision after FDA officials were c...

Germany Pledges 5.4 Billion Dollars for AIDS Fund

... against AIDS, its development minister said in an interview to be published Thursday. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul told the Financial Times Deutschland that the new funds were intended to send a message to other member states during the Group of Eight summit in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm. "My app...

WHO Cautions Against Spread of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis.

...umber of secondline drugs,'' according to a recent interview of Dr Mario CRaviglione, director of WHO's tuberculosis department. This has prompted WHO to undertake statistical modelling studies toestimate how prevalent the drug-resistant tuberculosis might become.The study is yet to be published as the outco...

Ukraine Struggles Against Fake Drug Trade

...so far this year because of health risks and in an interview with AFP deputy chief inspector Vladislav Onishchenko rejected charges of corruption. Industry representatives have welcomed such initiatives but say that in eastern Europe as a whole not enough effort is being made to root out counterfeiting. "I...

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