Wards in Medical News

Stepping Up: D.C. Wards 7 and 8 Teens to Teach Prevention of HIV, Obesity in Summer Youth Program

Mayor’s Summer Job Program, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Give 40 in District Opportunity to Help Community Prevent HIV/AIDS Washington, D.C. (Vocus)-- The Summit Health Institute for Research and Education ( SHIRE ), Inc., is reaching out to 40 young men and wo...

Orion Health Concerto Whiteboard Helps Emergency Rooms and Wards Track Patient Status

Hospitals are using Orion Health's Concerto Whiteboard to improve the level of patient care and streamline workflow for more efficient management in emergency room and wards. The company makes this announcement from the 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition at McCormick Place in Chicago, ...

Intense chemotherapy wards off recurrence in half of mantle cell lymphoma patients after seven years

SAN FRANCISCO - More than half of younger mantle cell lymphoma patients who received an intensive regimen of chemotherapy as frontline treatment remain in remission seven years later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the 50th annual meeting of the...

Tempe-Based Marketing Agency Receives Prestigious National Healthcare Marketing Award, Several Regional Awards

Mindspace, a full-service advertising, public relations and new media agency, has been recognized by PRSA with a Bronze Anvil for its media relations efforts for Catholic Healthcare West's Emergency Room Campaign Tempe, Ariz. (PRWEB) July 1, 2009 -- Mindspace , a full-...

Reliv International Named As Finalist In the American Business Awards

Reliv International is a finalist for a Stevie® Award for the Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year. In addition to providing free nutritional supplements to 42,000 malnourished individuals, mostly children, every day in 10 countries, the Reliv Kalogris Foundation has built and ...

Foundation for the Drug-Free World Honored with Seven ADDY Awards

The Foundation for a Drug-Free World received a Silver 2009 ADDY® Award for its multi-media drug education and prevention campaign and Bronze 2009 ADDY Awards for each of six of its new public service announcements. Los Angeles, Ca (PRWEB) March 19, 2009 -- The ca...

"Critical Conditions" Wins Best Health Book of the Year Awards

"Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide to Get Your Loved One Out Alive," by author and patient advocate, Martine Ehrenclou, MA, has been chosen Best Health Book of the Year by Allbooks Review Editor's Choice Awards and Books&Authors.net. Los An...

Mixed Sex Wards Still Continue For Psychiatric Patients

An independent survey which was conducted in all mental health units in England and Wales revealed that psychiatric patients continue to remain in mixed wards//. This is much against the government’s claim that this practice has ended in 99% of hospitals. The healthcare commission reports that ...

Mixed Wards Cause Trauma in Female Patients in Britain

In Britain, women admitted in hospital wards are facing inconvenience and trauma on being housed// along with men. They are unable to rest comfortably as they fear sexual assault. The Patients Association says that a number of female patients have been calling them complaining of inconvenienc...

Sexual assault cases in mixed-sex psychiatric wards on the high

According to a recent data from mental health trusts, 300 sexual assault cases have been reported in the past 3 years in mixed-sex mental health wards. // During the period November 2003-March 2006, women have been subjected to 300 sexual assaults on mental health wards in England alone. Of th...

Mental Health Wards rated unpleasant

According to a survey, mental health wards have been graded as unpleasant or very unpleasant by 56% of recent mental health inpatients//. The charity called Mind revealed that 29% of them expressed dissatisfaction over the state of repair of their ward while 28% were not satisfied with the st...

Special Wards for Bird Flu in Delhi Hospitals

The capital of India is on high alert to tackle any Bird Flu cases. A 10-bedded ward has been created at 'All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)' and another 20// bedded ward has been set up at the Deendayal Upadhyay Hospital to treat any of the patients with avian influenza or bird flu. ...

Wheat wards off colon cancer

Experts say,whole grain wheat comprises powerful antioxidants which may help to ward off colon cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Biochemists from Ohio State University, who carried out the research//, say the findings may empower them to create modified wheat strains with high levels of cancer-fi...

Strife in Kashmir Drives Thousands to Psychiatric Wards

Any conflict situation inevitably gives rise to mental health disorders. Not many seem to have turned their attention to the deplorable situation in our own backyard. Yes it is happening in Kashmir. A year-wise break-up of patients visiting the Government Psychiatric Hospital in capital S...

Victoria Hospital In Bangalore is Lacking Beds In Emergency wards

It sadly been noticed that patients who come for emergency treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bangalore were not always assured of immediate attention //. The emergency ward at the hospital is said to be struggling to accommodate cases during mass tragedies owing to lack of beds. This has been furth...

Winnipeg Veterinary Company Pharm-Vet Produces Essential Oil-Infused Mosquito Spray That's a Welcome and Safe Alternative to Controversial Deet-Based Repellants

...enough to use as a moisturizing spray for the skin and hair. More importantly to Canadians this summer, the refreshing lemon-mint scented spray safely wards off mosquitoes for up to one-hour at a time. Are you interested in writing or broadcasting a feature comparing various mosquito repellents? If ...

Mission Predisan and Jackson Healthcare (JH) Partner for Medical Missions

... U.S. In addition to co-sponsoring the medical brigades, JHC also sponsors: a "dream house" for medically fragile children, foster homes for wards of the state of Georgia, a local police athletic activities league, support for terminally ill children in China and a no-cost adoption referral servi...

Low Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for Diabetics

...od sugar too much. Most of the research was done in patients in intensive care, but the current study focuses on people hospitalized in the general wards for numerous different reasons -- from elective surgeries to infectious diseases. Turchin and his colleagues analyzed data from 4,368 non-critical ...

Rotary Marks Progress in Drive to Eradicate Polio

...polio myself when I was nine, and it was a real struggle to come through it. And what I saw around me will never leave me, in the hospitals and public wards for contagious diseases. I also have a son who's paralyzed from the waist down because of polio. This is a terrible disease and I would love to see th...

Toyota Awards $1 Million in Scholarships to 100 High School Seniors - Roslyn High's Urbach Named One of Only 12 'National' Winners; Receives $20,000

...se $1.5 million in the fight against neurological disease. At age seven, Urbach was visiting tri-state area Intensive Care Units and neurosurgery wards performing music for children recovering from surgeries and treatments. Over the years he has traveled as an international concert violinist to perfor...

ReStart DC Launches Life-Saving Public Access Defibrillation Program

...brillators (AEDs) where large numbers of people gather throughout all eight wards of Washington, D.C. and to raise awareness about the critical need for broa...hes and youth organizations that serve local residents throughout all eight wards of D.C. The second phase of the program will expand outreach to the greater...

Passage of Illinois House Bill 2290 Adds Crucial Due Process Protection Governing Sterilization of Adults With Disabilities

...ake, and the history of involuntary sterilization of people with disabilities, most states have enacted statutes to provide due process protection for wards facing this life-changing, and potentially traumatic, situation. Prior to today, Illinois was one of only 16 states failing to provide statutory prot...

Multi-colored uniforms improve perceptions of hospital nurses among children and parents

... surveyed a total of 112 children before and after nurses on two paediatric wards at Meyer Children's Hospital started wearing colourful new uniforms. The ch...n by pre-school and school age children who had been admitted to paediatric wards all over Italy. They were then manufactured by a commercial company and don...

Medical Tourism - Choosing a Mexican Cancer Clinic

...!" They went to the American Embassy, who told the Teeters they could replace Jacquie and Tom's passports, but the children would have to be made wards of Mexico until they could produce birth certificates (which were stolen) to prove they were their children. The adults could leave, but they couldn'...

Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care

...ing hospitalized for heart attacks now than people their age were a generation ago, and the increase in cases could place a big burden on cardiac care wards nationwide. But on the upside, improvements in medical care may allow more people from this generation to recover and leave the hospital after a he...

Samplify Systems SAM1600 Family of Analog/Digital Converters Named Finalist in EDN Magazine's 19th Annual Innovation Awards

...ut also for providing a venue where large and small companies alike can be recognized for their accomplishments." The Innovation of the Year A wards recognizes unique, state-of-the-art electronics products in several categories. The SAM1600 family is a finalist in the ADC/DAC category. The SAM1600 ...

The Children's Mutual and Bounty Announce Arrival of New Child Trust Fund Partnership

...ffecting families. Bounty's pro-active involvement with new parents through its online community and offline activity in antenatal units and maternity wards puts the organisation in touch with 90% of all pregnant families in the UK. Post birth, The Children's Mutual is now the choice of one in four parents...

More can be done to prevent lung disease in Southeast-Asian babies

...HID researchers in Australia and South-East Asia conducted an audit of medical records of 9550 women and their infants who were admitted to the labour wards of nine hospitals across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand throughout 2005. They found the use of antenatal corticosteroids to be o...

Most Important Factors Driving Usage of Antibiotics in the ICU Setting are Availability in Intravenous Formulation, Activity Against Key Gram Negative Pathogens, Drug Interactions and Bactericidal Activity

.... Nearly 25 percent of surveyed physicians state that the level of restrictions placed on antibiotics in the ICU setting is lower than that in general wards and an additional 24 percent of surveyed physicians indicate that no restrictions are placed on antibiotics in the ICU setting. About Hospit...

New Report Shows High C-difficile Infection Rates in U.S. Hospitals

...and separating them from other patients. Improved cleanliness in hospital wards is also necessary to limit the spread of C.-diff. Use of a hypochlorite (bl...a. Hospitals that have stepped up efforts to more thoroughly clean hospital wards have effectively controlled the spread of C.-diff. However, reports show th...

Reducing epidemic proportions

...What we have done is built a computerized system that collects information from microbial lab cultures and sends real-time alerts and reminders to the wards every day. The system also allows nurses and doctors to send feedback so infections are closely monitored, with special patients being handled very di...

Reducing epic proportions

...What we have done is built a computerized system that collects information from microbial lab cultures and sends real-time alerts and reminders to the wards every day. The system also allows nurses and doctors to send feedback so infections are closely monitored, with special patients being handled very di...

The Ensign Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2008 Earnings; Reaffirms 2008 Guidance

... Manor to 109, with 10 new private rooms and 11 new semi-private rooms. The rest of the facility is now being updated and remodeled, and two three-bed wards in the existing building have been reconfigured to more comfortably serve two patients each, for a net gain of 30 new operational beds during the quar...

Major study of opiate use in children's hospitals provides simple steps to alleviate harm

...a pharmacist. And they worked hard to ensure that all caregivers had up-to-date drug lists when patients were admitted to hospital, transferred to new wards and sent home. The study physicians also routinely added medications to prevent constipation. "Our focus was not only on errors, but also on harm t...

Boomers Should Add Muscle Before It's Too Late

... Resitance training in 60s, 70s wards off loss that weakens posture, balance, study says WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Strength training can help people build muscle...

New Video from Harvard Medical School: Dos and Don'ts of Checking Blood Pressure at Home, from the Harvard Heart Letter

...hoosing a home blood pressure monitor. Also in this issue: Aches and pains from statins Removing faulty pacemaker wires Mediterranean diet wards off heart disease Heart disease a leading killer among people with HIV/AIDS Is there a connection between statins, muscle pain, and coenzyme Q10? ...

The Ensign Group, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Earnings of $.32 per Diluted Share and Raises 2008 Guidance

...private rooms and 11 new semi-private rooms. In conjunction with the addition, the existing facility is being updated and remodeled, and two three-bed wards in the existing building have been reconfigured to more comfortably serve two patients each, for a net gain of 30 new operational beds. With the proje...

Michael and Terry Ward Donate $1 Million to Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)

...corporate leaders and their families can do," said John Melia, WWP Executive Director. "By funding TRACK, as well as our Warriors to Work program, the wards and CSX are giving the severely wounded men and women of our armed forces access to all of the skills, education and preparation necessary to not only...

Golden Meditech Pioneers into China's Hospital Market

...n Beijing with a Shanghai branch, the Daopei hospitals have over 200 hospital beds in Beijing and Shanghai, and the largest number of laminar air-flow wards in Asia. As a leading specialist hospital for diagnosis and treatment of blood- related diseases and malignant tumors, Daopei Hospitals are renowned...

Drink and drugs fuel Scottish suicide and homicide rates

...ecently admitted to hospital removal of ligature points from in-patient wards prevention of absconding from wards through improvements in the ward environment and tighter control of exits ...