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isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11550</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/23/multiple-research-teams-unable-to-confirm-high-profile-alzheimers-study/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Magnetic Device Now Available for Patients Unable to Wear Hearing Aids</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/23/magnetic-device-now-available-for-patients-unable-to-wear-hearing-aids/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/23/magnetic-device-now-available-for-patients-unable-to-wear-hearing-aids/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:27:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Colleagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family/General Practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Physician Assistant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Products]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Radiology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Speech/Language/Hearing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[audiology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Columbia University Medical Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hearing Aids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Implants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NewYork-Presbyterian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sophono Alpha 2]]></category> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11537</guid> <description><![CDATA[More than 40% of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic “gold standard” for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a US-based study that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/22/copd-over-diagnosed-among-uninsured-patients/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pitt/UPMC Study IDs Potential Asthma Treatment</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/21/pittupmc-study-ids-potential-asthma-treatment/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/21/pittupmc-study-ids-potential-asthma-treatment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:09:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acute/Ambulatory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Associations & Groups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cardiovascular/Pulmonary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colleagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family/General Practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lab]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nurse Practitioners]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Physician Assistant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Respiratory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Asthma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PACCM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pulmonary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thoracic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UPMC]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11525</guid> <description><![CDATA[An 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/21/pittupmc-study-ids-potential-asthma-treatment/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Innovations &amp; Technology: Report Suggests Neutral IV Connector is Safest</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/21/innovations-technology-report-suggests-neutral-iv-connector-is-safest/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/21/innovations-technology-report-suggests-neutral-iv-connector-is-safest/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:59:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acute/Ambulatory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Associations & Groups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cardiovascular/Pulmonary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Emergency/Urgent Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family/General Practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lab]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Long Term Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nurse Practitioners]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Physician Assistant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Products]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bloodstream Infection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[InVision Plus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[IV Connector]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neutral Pressure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oncology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ONS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Product]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RyMed]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11520</guid> <description><![CDATA[Research 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. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/21/innovations-technology-report-suggests-neutral-iv-connector-is-safest/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vermont Death-with-Dignity Bill Signed into Law</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/vermont-death-with-dignity-bill-signed-into-law/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/vermont-death-with-dignity-bill-signed-into-law/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acute/Ambulatory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Associations & Groups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cardiovascular/Pulmonary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colleagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Emergency/Urgent Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family/General Practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Long Term Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nurse Practitioners]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Physician Assistant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Respiratory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death with Dignity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11517</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin’s signing into law of the nation’s first death-with-dignity bill passed by a legislature is a “breakthrough” moment, according to the nation’s leading end-of-life choice advocacy group, Compassion &#38; Choices. Vermont also will become the first eastern state and fourth state nationwide where aid in dying clearly is legal and accessible starting [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/vermont-death-with-dignity-bill-signed-into-law/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Over One Million Seniors Have Problems with Medicare ‘Preferred Pharmacy’ Drug Plans</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/over-one-million-seniors-have-problems-with-medicare-preferred-pharmacy-drug-plans/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/over-one-million-seniors-have-problems-with-medicare-preferred-pharmacy-drug-plans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:34:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Associations & Groups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colleagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pharmacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Professions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Specialties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MedPAC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PDP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preferred Drug Plan]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11514</guid> <description><![CDATA[National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA issued the following statement today regarding a survey by Hart Research Associates regarding Medicare Part D “preferred pharmacy” drug plans, which often exclude independent community pharmacies from offering patients the plan’s lowest advertised co-payments: “Officials with Medicare and MedPAC, 16 US Senators and more [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/over-one-million-seniors-have-problems-with-medicare-preferred-pharmacy-drug-plans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>7 Top Posts from NEWS-Line: May 12-18</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/7-top-posts-from-news-line-may-12-18/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/7-top-posts-from-news-line-may-12-18/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Associations & Groups]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colleagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Professions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Specialties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Top Posts]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11511</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here are the most read and most shared posts from May 12 through May 18.  Please &#8220;Like&#8221; and &#8220;Share&#8221; on your favorite Social pages. &#160; Actress Angelina Jolie Has Preventive Double Mastectomy What do you think about Jolie’s decision?  Was it a wise choice or an unnecessary procedure?  Comment below. Hollywood film star Angelina Jolie [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/20/7-top-posts-from-news-line-may-12-18/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Video: Men Experiencing Labor Contractions</title><link>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/16/video-men-experiencing-labor-contractions/</link> <comments>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/16/video-men-experiencing-labor-contractions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:54:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Buck</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Break Room]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Professions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Specialties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Men]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Simulation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.news-line.com/blog/?p=11504</guid> <description><![CDATA[Watch two men experience simulated labor pain with their wives looking on and acting as coaches. No thanks. I know I&#8217;m a wimp. &#160; Labor Pain Simulation from Kensington on Vimeo. Source: Thought Catalog]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.news-line.com/blog/2013/05/16/video-men-experiencing-labor-contractions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>