Teams of highly respected Alzheimer’s researchers failed to replicate what appeared to be breakthrough results for the treatment of this brain disease when they were published last year in the journal Science. Those results, presented online February 9, 2012, suggested that the drug bexarotene (marketed as Targretin®) could rapidly reverse the buildup of beta amyloid [...]
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Multiple Research Teams Unable to Confirm High-Profile Alzheimer’s Study
May 23rd, 2013 
John BuckPitt/UPMC Study IDs Potential Asthma Treatment
May 21st, 2013 John BuckAn experimental, lab-made molecule was able to stick to certain inflammatory proteins and reduce acute breathing problems among people with a type of moderate-to-severe asthma, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, coinciding with their presentation of the study [...]
Innovations & Technology: Report Suggests Neutral IV Connector is Safest
May 21st, 2013 John BuckResearch on different types of IV connectors led a Johns Hopkins cancer center to pilot a “neutral pressure” IV connector, according to a scientific presentation at the annual meeting of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). Since the Hopkins poster was presented at the ONS meeting, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has adopted the IV connector hospital-wide. [...]
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No Comments »Map Shows Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the US
May 15th, 2013 John BuckIn the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first US map that pinpoints hotspots for infection and severe sepsis related-deaths – with notable clusters located in the [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Lab, Long Term Care, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant, Respiratory, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health Tags: Coolspots, Emergency Medicine, Hotspots, Infection, Map, Mortality, Penn Medicine, Sepsis, Trauma No Comments »New Lung Cancer Guidelines Recommends Offering Screening to High-Risk Individuals
May 8th, 2013 John BuckThe American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) third edition of evidence-based lung cancer guidelines, Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, recommends offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for lung cancer screening to people with a significant risk of lung cancer due to age and [...]
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