Arthritis Awareness Month: More than 27 million adults currently suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. In the past, doctors have been unable to diagnose patients with arthritis until they begin to show symptoms, which include joint pain and stiffness. By the time these symptoms are present, it is often too [...]
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Test Predicts Arthritis at Much Earlier Stage
May 15th, 2012 
John BuckMatching Depressed Patients with the Best Antidepressant
May 15th, 2012 John BuckMental Health Awareness Month: UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists are leading a national clinical trial to find biomarkers that can better predict how people suffering from depression will respond to medications so physicians eventually can personalize treatments. The new trial, launched at UT Southwestern and three other US institutions, is an effort to bring clinical [...]
NYSSLHA Announces Honors and Awards Recipients
May 14th, 2012 John BuckThe New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA) honored several recipients at its annual convention recently. The Association’s honors are awarded to members who have distinguished themselves as leaders in the professions of Speech-Language Pathology and/or Audiology and/or in the discipline of Communication Sciences and Disorders. “These professionals are some of New York State’s finest and [...]
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No Comments »ASPEN Releases Multi-vitamin Shortage Survey Results
May 14th, 2012 John BuckThe American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) continues to express its deep concern about the ongoing shortage of parenteral nutrition (PN) multi-vitamins. Multi-vitamins are a critical parenteral nutrition component; shortages of this drug in the past have been associated with serious illness and death. “The shortage issue with PN multi-vitamins is serious. We [...]
Oncology Nurse Receives Top Honor from UCLA School of Nursing
May 14th, 2012 John BuckSandra Rome, RN, MN, AOCN, a clinical nurse specialist in hematology and oncology at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UCLA School of Nursing. She is among seven nurses recognized for their inspiring efforts to transform the nursing profession and to raise public awareness of [...]
