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 
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Matching 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 [...]
Women’s Health Week: May 13-19
May 14th, 2012 John BuckNational Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to promote women’s health. The theme for 2012 is “It’s Your Time.” National Women’s Health Week empowers women [...]
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 [...]
Loyola Names Nurse of the Year
May 11th, 2012 John BuckCinthia La Porte, BSN, RN, was named Loyola University Health System’s Fanchon Knight Nurse of the Year during its annual Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony on Wednesday, May 9. La Porte is the nurse manager of the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. “Cindi is deserving of this honor. She takes great pride [...]
