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<title><![CDATA[ASHP Names New Vice President of Accreditation Services]]></title>













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		The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has announced that Janet Silvester, MBA, FASHP, will join the organization as vice president, accreditation services, on August 17. Silvester is a former member of the ASHP Board of Directors and served as president from  2007-2008.  She also ...

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<title><![CDATA[Nurses Recognized By March of Dimes for Dedication to Maternal, Infant Health]]></title>













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		Four exceptional nurses have been awarded nursing scholarships by the March of Dimes for graduate and doctoral studies in the field of maternal-child nursing.“These promising candidates are poised to make great strides in their fields, and the March of Dimes is proud to help them continue their ed...

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<title><![CDATA[PCORI to Invest $17 Million to Answer Long-Standing Questions About Disparities in Asthma Burden and Care]]></title>













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		Recognizing the persistent disparities in controlling asthma among African-American and Hispanic/Latino populations in the United States, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) issued a call for research proposals  to provide new information on ways to solve this problem. PCORI w...

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<title><![CDATA[ASHP Publishes Analysis of Infections Related to Compounding Pharmacies]]></title>













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		In the wake of the deadly infections in 2012 from drugs compounded at the New England Compounding Center (NECC), a new study examines similar outbreaks in the US over the last 12 years in an effort to discover factors that may hinder outbreak detection. The article, “Description of Outbreaks of Heal...

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<title><![CDATA[Rotavirus Vaccine Given to Newborns in Africa is Effective]]></title>













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		Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60% effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration. In developed nations, the condition often results in an emergency room vis...

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<title><![CDATA[Alliance Life Sciences Expands Offering, Appoints Vice President of Health Policy and Strategy]]></title>













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		Alliance Life Sciences Consulting Group (ALSCG), an innovative management and technology consultancy, has announced the appointment of Joel Owerbach, PharmD, as vice president of Health Policy and Strategy. Dr. Owerbach is a 36-year veteran in managed care pharmacy, and an early innovator in the dev...

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<title><![CDATA[Incontinence Takes Mental Toll on Younger Women]]></title>













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		Research from the University of Adelaide shows middle-aged women are more likely to suffer depression from a common medical problem that they find too embarrassing to talk about: urinary incontinence.However, help is available for women if they seek medical advice, researchers say.In a study of ...

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<title><![CDATA[Global Collaborative Effort Will Study Abuse-Related Pediatric Traumatic Injury in China]]></title>













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		Child abuse and neglect are considered a serious public health problem in modern China. A number of factors, including social and cultural traditions and a lack of public awareness regarding appropriate child discipline, have caused child abuse to remain an understudied issue.A new global collabor...

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<title><![CDATA[Emergency Departments Still Missing Signs of Pelvic Disease in Teens]]></title>













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		Despite government efforts to expand diagnostic criteria for pelvic inflammatory disease, emergency department doctors are not identifying the condition any more often in adolescent girls, finds a new study in Journal of Adolescent Health.Pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, is a complication of s...

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<title><![CDATA[Researchers Conclude that What Causes Menopause is&mdash;Wait for it&mdash;Men]]></title>













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		After decades of laboring under other theories that never seemed to add up, a team led by biologist Rama Singh has concluded that what causes menopause in women is men.Singh, an evolutionary geneticist, backed by computer models developed by colleagues Jonathan Stone and Richard Morton, has determ...

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<title><![CDATA[Laws Help Limit Junk Foods in Schools]]></title>













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		District policies and state laws help reduce the availability of sugar- and fat-laden foods and beverages in elementary schools, according to a study published online in JAMA Pediatrics.Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago looked at the association between established policies and ...

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<title><![CDATA[Men with Restless Legs Syndrome May Be at Higher Risk of Early Death]]></title>













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		Men who experience restless legs syndrome (RLS) may have a higher risk of dying earlier, according to research that appears in the online issue of Neurology®. The disorder is characterized by an irresistible urge to move the legs and often causes leg sensations of burning, creeping, and tugging, whi...

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<title><![CDATA[Cyberbullying Puts Teens at Risk]]></title>













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		Teenage victims of cyberbullying, defined as the use of the internet or cell phones to send hurtful and harassing messages, are more likely to develop symptoms of depression, substance abuse and internet addiction, reports a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Conversely, teens who are de...

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<title><![CDATA[Teens Have Unsupervised Access to Prescription Drugs]]></title>













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		A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that 83.4% of teens had unsupervised access to their prescription medications at home including 73.7% taking pain relief, anti-anxiety, stimulant and sedative medications that have the potential for abuse."It was surprising to me that parents w...

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<title><![CDATA[Mount Sinai Researchers Provide the First Comprehensive and Prospective Characterization of a Genetic Subtype of Autism]]></title>













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		In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provide new evidence of the severity of intellectual, motor, and speech impairments in a subtype of autism called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS). The data are published online ...

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<title><![CDATA[St. Louis CyberKnife Promotes SSM Cancer Care, Offers Treatment]]></title>













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		St. Louis CyberKnife joins efforts to raise awareness for its partner, SSM Cancer Care at St. Clare Health Center, newly launched preventive lung cancer screenings as part of the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP).The screenings use annual spiral low-dose CT scans to search f...

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<title><![CDATA[Obstructive Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death]]></title>













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		People who have obstructive sleep apnea—when a person stops breathing for periods during sleep—have a greater risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. An estimated 12 million American adults have obstructive sleep apnea...

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<title><![CDATA[Women and Sleep: One Simple Step to a Longer, Healthier Life]]></title>













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		Sleep shortfalls can lead to a range of health problems, from being more likely to catch a cold or gain weight to increased risk of developing heart disease or diabetes.For optimum health and function, the average adult should get seven to nine hours of sleep daily. But more than 60% of women regu...

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<title><![CDATA[Brain-Imaging Technique Can Help Diagnose Movement Disorders]]></title>













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		A new University of Florida study suggests a promising brain-imaging technique has the potential to improve diagnoses for the millions of people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.Utilizing the diffusion tensor imaging technique, as it is known, could allow clinicians to assess pe...

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<title><![CDATA[Re-Analysis of Diabetes Drug Finds No Higher Heart Attack Risk]]></title>













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		A re-analysis of the data from a pivotal study of rosiglitazone found no increased risk of cardiovascular events associated with the controversial diabetes drug, according to researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).The DCRI study of the drug, marketed in the United States as Ava...

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<title><![CDATA[Leading the Way in Completely Managing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting]]></title>













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		From a clinical-based perspective, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) can be characterized as an unmet global phenomenon in which anesthesia practitioners and PACU nurses worldwide are seeking more efficient clinical strategies for preventing PONV. With patient risk factors having been develop...

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<title><![CDATA[Sickle Cell Anemia Therapy Advances to Phase II Clinical Trials]]></title>













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		Seeking to improve the lives of sickle cell anemia sufferers around the world, researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, the Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center in Boston and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and others are preparing to launch Phase II of ...

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<title><![CDATA[Web-based Tool Aimed at Reducing Burden and Improving Health for Hispanic Caregivers of Dementia Patients]]></title>













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		Dementia often claims two victims: The patient and the caregiver.  That’s because caring for people with dementia requires close supervision and constant care, which can place a caregiver’s psychological, physical and financial health at risk.Dementia prevalence is more than twice as high national...

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<title><![CDATA[New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand with Brain-Computer Interfaces]]></title>













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		Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to execute those actions. This technology could improve communication and daily life for a person who is paralyzed or has lost the ability to speak from a st...

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<title><![CDATA[Hearing Loss in Older Adults Tied to More Hospitalizations and Poorer Physical and Mental Health]]></title>













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		Older adults with hearing loss are more likely than peers with normal hearing to require hospitalization and suffer from periods of inactivity and depression, according to results of a new study by experts at Johns Hopkins.The Johns Hopkins team’s analysis of the health survey data from 1,140 men ...

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