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Music Therapy Reduces Anxiety, Use of Sedatives For Patients Receiving Ventilator Support

Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sed... Full Article

Over One Million Seniors Have Problems with Medicare ‘Preferred Pharmacy’ Drug Plans
National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA issued the following statement today regarding a survey by Hart Research Associates regarding M... Full Article

Nearly 50% Increase in ICU Admissions
A study released by George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) researchers offers an in-depth look at hospitals nationwide and admissions... Full Article

Tavenner Confirmed as CMS Administrator
Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 91-7 vote makes Tavenner the first confirmed CMS l... Full Article

Tissue Damage from Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Appears Before Pain Symptoms Appear
Metal-on-metal hip implants can cause inflammation of the joint lining (synovitis) long before symptoms appear, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify th... Full Article

Physically Demanding Jobs Shift Cardiac Rehab Focus
After cardiac surgery, should a farmer and an attorney take the same physical test to be found fit for work? They do now. But new research from Jenny Adams, PhD, at Baylor Hea... Full Article

16 Youth Sports Safety Tips from NATA
With the spring sports season well underway and summer preseason practices and youth league games around the corner, young athletes are already enjoying warm weather activitie... Full Article

Map Shows Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the US
In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the... Full Article

Anesthesia Professionals Question Safety of Non-experts Giving Propofol to Patients via New Sedasys™ Machine
Responding to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve a new machine that allows healthcare providers who are not anesthesia experts to give propofol to... Full Article

May 6-12 is National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week is May 6 -12, with the 6th being celebrated as “National Nurses Day,” the birthday of Florence Nightingale who is considered to be the founder of modern n... Full Article

Nurse Week: Military Nurses Claim Special Tie to Nightingale
Nurses Week is to celebrate the accomplishment of nurses throughout the year. It is based around the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who was, ... Full Article

New Disease-Modifying, Personalized Cystic Fibrosis Treatment, Starting a Trend in Drug Development
Disease-modifying treatments are becoming a reality for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) sufferers, potentially transforming this life-threatening condition into a manageable one, accordi... Full Article

New Jersey, Maine Hospitals Recognized as ACR's First Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellence
The American College of Radiology (ACR) recognized medical facilities in New Jersey and Maine as the first-ever Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellent (DICOE), recognizing a ... Full Article

Diagnosis, Treatment of Common Outpatient Disorder Adds $238 Million a Year in ER Costs
A relatively common urinary tract disorder that can usually be managed in an outpatient setting is adding an estimated $238 million a year to the cost of emergency room visits... Full Article

Minimal Dose CT Superior to Chest X-Ray for Detection of Recurrent Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is associated with very high mortality, in part because it is hard to detect at early stages, but also because it can recur frequently after surgical removal. The ... Full Article

Helping Kids With Severe Respiratory Failure Survive Until Lung Transplantation
Adults with end-stage respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension requiring ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) have been “bridged” toward lung transplantation with ... Full Article

Some Prostate Cancer Patients More Likely to Die After Weekend ER Visits
Patients with prostate cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to other parts of the body face a significantly higher risk of dying when visiting a hospital emergency departm... Full Article

Effect of Different Oxygen Saturation Levels on Death or Disability in Extremely Preterm Infants
In a randomized trial performed to help resolve the uncertainty about the optimal oxygen saturation therapy in extremely preterm infants, researchers found that targeting satu... Full Article

Grants for Healthcare Trained Veterans to Pursue Nursing Careers
This week, at the White House Forum on Military Credentialing and Licensing, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new program to help milita... Full Article

Rehabilitation Hospital Provider Acquires New Facility
Post Acute Medical has announced the purchase of Twin Creeks Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Allen, Texas. The hospital name has changed to Wa... Full Article

Targeted Screening for C. difficile Upon Hospital Admission Could Potentially Identify Most Colonized Patients
Testing patients with just three risk factors upon hospital admission has potential to identify nearly three out of four asymptomatic carriers of C. difficile, according to a ... Full Article

Sharp Rise in Emergency Department Visits Involving the Sleep Medication Zolpidem
A new report shows that the number of emergency department visits involving adverse reactions to the sleep medication zolpidem rose nearly 220% from 6,111 visits in 2005 to 19... Full Article

‘Catastrophic’ Malpractice Payouts Add Little to Healthcare’s Rising Costs
Efforts to lower healthcare costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, h... Full Article

ATS Publishes Clinical Practice Guidelines on Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
The American Thoracic Society has released new official clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), the acute a... Full Article

Surgeon Improving Trauma Care with Global Initiative
Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, FACS, is the only trauma surgeon in the western United States recently invited to be part of the Global Alliance for the Care of the Injured (GACI)—a Wo... Full Article

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