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Pain Scales For ER and Hospital Patients Must Be Adjusted For Allergy History
Pain is the 5th vital sign. Questions about patients' perception of how well their pain was controlled in the emergency department or hospital are part of patient satisfaction surveys that determine whether hospitals get paid or not. Some hospitals will use the AIDET method to try and get patients to forget about how painful their ruptured appendix really was and how it took the overworked nurse 2 hours to get them their shot of morphine. However, other hospitals have taken a new approach and have begun using modified pain scales to try and accurately predict real pain from drug seeking pain. I...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - August 3, 2012 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

Your Child May Get This Deadly Allergy After Being Vaccinated
Vaccines containing latex may be triggering allergic reactions to common products, like baby pacifiers. Millions of children worldwide are being injected with latex allergens over and over again in connection with vaccination schedules, often starting with the Hepatitis B vaccine when babies are only a few hours old. Is it any wonder that latex allergy affects millions and that the numbers are increasing? The presence of latex allergens in vaccines is due to leaching from syringe tip caps, plungers and multi-dose vial stoppers. Many suffer from latex allergy According to WebMD, In the US 1 – 5% of the population su...
Source: vactruth.com - August 2, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Sandy Lunoe Tags: Sandy Lunoe Top Stories Anaphylactic Shock Latex Allergy U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccines Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Once again, a shiny sun is hovering over the Pharmalot corporate campus where, surprisingly, things are rather quiet this morning. However, we have a very long to-do list that will keep us busy all day. So to fortify ourselves, yes, we are brewing that mandatory cup of stimulation. But we also plan to take a midday constitutional (otherwise known as a stroll) to recharge. Hope you get to do the same. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits to get you going. Have a successful day and do stay in touch… FDA May Take More Time To Review Pfizer’s Tofacitinib (Dow Jones) Hospira Resum...
Source: Pharmalot - August 2, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized ABPI ADHD Allergy Association Of British Pharmaceutical Industry Baxter International Bayer Bristol Myers Squibb Dr. Reddys FDA Holzyme Hospira India JJ Johnson & Johnson Mexico Michigan Natco New Zealand Source Type: blogs

Top 7 Reasons for Pediatricians to Implement Pediatrics specific EMR
As the trend toward EMR Software continues, many practices--both general practitioners and specialists--are making the decision to convert from paper charts to electronic medical records. Pediatricians are among the list of doctors who stand to benefit the most from implementing a Pediatrics specific EMR. Your patients will reap these benefits as the quality of the care they receive increases.EMR Creates An Efficient Medical OfficeElectronic medical records make practicing medicine more efficient, regardless of your specialty. However, as a Pediatrician, your patients have different needs than adults. &nb...
Source: EMR EHR Blog for Physicians - August 2, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Sr. Analyst Source Type: blogs

Top 10 Things to Do If You Suffer from a Dust Allergy
Tired of sniffling and sneezing because of a dust allergy? Ready to put dust mites in their place? Check out Top 10 Things to Do if You Suffer from a Dust Allergy. Required reading for anyone with dust allergy symptoms.Contributor: M.G. HardimanPublished: Aug 01, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - August 1, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

Feeding Infants to Prevent Food Allergies
Confused about what a new mother should eat and how to introduce solids to prevent food allergies in children? So was I. I read all the recent research so you don’t have to. Here’s what it said.Contributor: Holly Reardon, Ph.D.Published: Aug 01, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - August 1, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

A short letter and “patience, grasshopper” – some principles for improving health care
Please read Sanjay Gupta's excellent op-ed today as an introduction – More Treatment, More Mistakes Certainly many procedures, tests and prescriptions are based on legitimate need. But many are not. In a recent anonymous survey, orthopedic surgeons said 24 percent of the tests they ordered were medically unnecessary. This kind of treatment is a form of defensive medicine, meant less to protect the patient than to protect the doctor or hospital against potential lawsuits. Herein lies a stunning irony. Defensive medicine is rooted in the goal of avoiding mistakes. But each additional procedure or test, no matter...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - August 1, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs

Watch over-the-counter drugs for memory loss side effects
Most of us have grown used to taking over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, even if it's a daily aspirin now prescribed to many people as they age, or allergy medications
Source: Minding Our Elders - August 1, 2012 Category: Caregivers Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

Mass Tragedy Boilerplate and Rebuttal
By Jim HarperOn the road last week, and allergic to getting too heavily involved in the issue de l’heure, I only today saw Holman Jenkins’ Wall Street Journal commentary: “Can Data Mining Stop the Killing?” After the Aurora theater massacre, it might be fair to ask what kinds of things the NSA has programmed its algorithms to look for. Did it, or could it have, picked up on Mr. Holmes’s activities? And if not, what exactly are we getting for the money we spend on data mining? Other than to collect it in a great mass along with data about all of us, the NSA could not have “picked up on...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 31, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jim Harper Tags: Cato Publications Telecom, Internet & Information Policy Aurora data mining James Holmes national security agency NSA privacy Source Type: blogs

Toxic Cosmetics
Methylparaben, ethylparaben and propylparaben, oh my! After seeing what food changes (i.e., going gluten free and dairy free primarily, plus buying organic and non-GMO) could do for lupus, fibromyalgia and other ills (Foodie Alert), I started to think of my body as a chemistry project…and then I began to wonder what everyday products were doing to me. I started my research. After reading controversial findings about parabens cancer risks and parabens from a few sources, I put certain products back on the shelf and chose other options, like ones that said “paraben free.” I also began to run specific produ...
Source: A Life Less Convenient - July 29, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Jennifer Burke Tags: The Curious World allergies autoimmune autoimmune disease cancer risks Cover Girl CoverGirl Environmental Working Group fibromyalgia immunotoxicity lip stain lipstain make-up makeup paraben paraben free parabens safe cosm Source Type: blogs

Going Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Part 1
This is still ALLC.com, but it will morph into a bit of a foodie site. Why? Because food is now medicine. One of my pain management doctors, Dr. H, bluntly told me at the start of summer 2011 that it was time to commence a full commitment to eating gluten-free and dairy-free. This news did not give me a happy face. I was immediately trying to picture what my grocery trips would entail and whether I would ever enjoy chocolate again. Prior to this moment, I had confessed to Dr. H that I realized a few things about the impact of food on my symptoms: too much dairy triggered increased joint pain, and too much gluten-y deliciou...
Source: A Life Less Convenient - July 28, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Jennifer Burke Tags: Food as Medicine Sickie World chronic illness chronic pain corticosteroids dairy dairy free diet food allergies food intolerance food substitutions gluten free healthy eating IBS inflammation irritable bowel syndrome lupus Source Type: blogs

Cure for Egg Allergies
New study shows eating eggs might be the cure for egg allergies in children.Contributor: Brittney StewartPublished: Jul 27, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - July 27, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

FDA Approves Two New Weight-Loss Drugs
By Diane Fennell After roughly 13 years without a new weight-loss drug hitting the market, the US Food and Drug Administration has recently approved two new medicines for weight management. Belviq (lorcaserin hydrochloride) was approved on June 27, 2012 for use, in conjunction with a healthful diet and physical activity, in adults with a body-mass index of 30 or more (considered to be obese) or those with a body-mass index of 27 or more (considered to be overweight) with at least one weight-related condition such as Type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure. Belviq works by activating a receptor in the brain that increas...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - July 27, 2012 Category: Diabetes Authors: Diane Fennell Source Type: blogs

Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise as Treatment for Egg Allergy
Giving children and adolescents with egg allergy small but increasing daily doses of egg white powder holds the possibility of developing into a way to enable some of them to eat egg-containing foods without having allergic reactions, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study results will appear online in the July 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine [1]. Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said: Children with egg allergy are at risk for severe reactions if they are accidentally exposed to e...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - July 27, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: NIH Newsbot Source Type: blogs

Starting HIV Medications Within 10 Weeks from Infection Can Create Elite Controllers After 3 Years of Treatment
Distribution of the HIV reservoir in patients spontaneously controlling HIV infection after treatment interruption Presented by Charline Bacchus (France).C. Bacchus1, L. Hocqueloux2, V. Avettand-Fenoël3, A. Saez-Cirion4, A. Mélard3, B. Descours5, A. Samri1, C. Blanc6, B. Autran1, C. Rouzioux3, VISCONTI and ALT ANRS study groups 1Cellular and Tissular Immunology Laboratory, Pierre and Marie
Source: Nelson Vergel's HIV Blog - July 27, 2012 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Vergel Source Type: blogs

Starting HIV Medications Within 40 Days from Infection Can Create Elite Controllers After 3 Years of Treatment
Distribution of the HIV reservoir in patients spontaneously controlling HIV infection after treatment interruption Presented by Charline Bacchus (France).C. Bacchus1, L. Hocqueloux2, V. Avettand-Fenoël3, A. Saez-Cirion4, A. Mélard3, B. Descours5, A. Samri1, C. Blanc6, B. Autran1, C. Rouzioux3, VISCONTI and ALT ANRS study groups 1Cellular and Tissular Immunology Laboratory, Pierre and Marie
Source: Nelson Vergel's HIV Blog - July 27, 2012 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Vergel Source Type: blogs

Vaccines: How Would You Like the Truth for a Change?
Parents often have to dig for the truth to protect their child. When I first started writing for Vactruth in February, I wondered how I would be able to continue coming up with new topics. Now I can’t believe that was ever a concern. Every time I start one article, my research leads me in another direction and another and another. Now my problem is choosing what to write about. I have literally dozens of ideas on my laptop. And by the time one article is published, there’s something else to cover. My “dilemma” of picking a topic this week led me to a topic. HOW ABOUT THE TRUTH FOR A CHANGE? We are inundated with au...
Source: vactruth.com - July 25, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jennifer Hutchinson Tags: Jennifer Hutchinson Top Stories Autism Pentacel Vaccine Side Effects vaccines Source Type: blogs

Spectrum of gluten-related disorders: consensus on new nomenclature and classification
A decade ago celiac disease was considered extremely rare outside Europe and, therefore, was almost completely ignored by health care professionals. In only 10 years, key milestones have moved celiac disease from obscurity into the popular spotlight worldwide. Now we are observing another interesting phenomenon that is generating great confusion among health care professionals. The number of individuals embracing a gluten-free diet (GFD) appears much higher than the projected number of celiac disease patients, fueling a global market of gluten-free products approaching $2.5 billion (US) in global sales in 2010. This ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - July 25, 2012 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: blogs

FNIH Announces New President
Dr. Maria Freire has been appointed as the President of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Freire will begin her tenure on November 1, 2012. Dr. Freire comes to the FNIH from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, where she served as President since 2008. Prior to joining the Lasker Foundation, Dr. Freire served as President and CEO of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development from 2001 to 2008, Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 2001, and led the Office of Technology Development at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the Univer...
Source: Medicine and Technology by Dr. Joseph Kim - July 24, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Tags: NIH hhs Source Type: blogs

Rh (D) immunoglobulin (anti-D).
Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn may occur if the mother produces antibodies that cross the placenta and attack the foetuses red blood cells. It can lead to anaemia in the baby, and in severe cases the foetus may die in utero, or suffer neurological damage after birth due to high levels of bilirubin (kernicterus). Mother and foetus. Haemolytic Disease of the Newborn may occur if we have a Rh (D) negative mother [RED dots] with an Rh (D) positive foetus [GREEN dots]. The Rh factor is the name given to a blood group protein, Rh (D), which is attached to red blood cells. Some people have this protein on their re...
Source: impactEDnurse - July 21, 2012 Category: Nurses Authors: impactEDnurse Tags: the nurses desk: Source Type: blogs

100 Tips for Doctors on Call (Part 2)
The following post initially appeared in The Efficient MD. It demonstrates the unexpected power of blogs and Twitter for soliciting advice from large groups of people with specialized knowledge.]Addendum: For the most recent version of this page to which you can add your own advice, visit The Efficient MD Wiki.Have a printout of every patient you are covering in your pocket. “Keep to do list with check boxes next to each items. Write down tasks to be done at a particular time. For example, check labs on Mr. X, Mrs. Y, and Z at 2200. Keep commonly used numbers on the sheet or handy in your pocket (other residents, car...
Source: Kidney Notes - July 21, 2012 Category: Urologists and Nephrologists Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs

Study: Sleep Apnea Worsens During Winter Months
It's been shown that changes in weight and allergies can impact sleep apnea, but new research from Brazil suggests that sleep apnea worsens during the winter season. The study looked at sleep-study data from over 7,500 patients over a 10-year period. Researchers isolated factors such as humidity, temperature, and air pollution to see if they correlated with the severity of sleep apnea. read more
Source: Aviisha blogs - July 19, 2012 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: esmall Tags: apap Aviisha CPAP OSA Sleep Apnea sleep apnea news Sleep Apnea Worsens During Winter Months Source Type: blogs

Are Warnings About the Side Effects of Drugs Making Us Sick? | NeuroTribes
Your doctor doesn't like what's going on with your blood pressure. You've been taking medication for it, but he wants to put you on a new drug, and you're fine with that. Then he leans in close and says in his most reassuring, man-to-man voice, "I should tell you that a small number of my patients have experienced some minor sexual dysfunction on this drug. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and the good news is that this side effect is totally reversible. If you have any 'issues' in the bedroom, don't hesitate to call, and we'll switch you to another type of drug called an ACE inhibitor." OK, you say, you'll keep that in mind...
Source: Psychology of Pain - July 18, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs

Breathe Deeply: A Comeback For Primatene Mist?
Six months after the FDA banned Primatene Mist, which was the only over-the-counter asthma inhaler in the US, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals is attempting an unusual gambit to bring the product back, but only temporarily. The drugmaker hopes to convince Congress to pass legislation to allow up to 1.5 million units stored in warehouses to be sold to consumers while approval is sought – and, presumably, finalized – to sell a new version without chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. Toward that end, an Amphastar official will testify today before a House subcommittee that is considering the Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012 (...
Source: Pharmalot - July 18, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amphastar Pharmaceuticals CFC Chlorofluorocarbons Environmental Protection Agency EPA FDA Primatene Mist Source Type: blogs

Rabies Prevention and Control
: Advances and Challengesfrom Charles E. Rupprecht and Dennis Slate writing in Rhabdoviruses: Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Genomics, Ecology, Host-Vector Interactions, Cytopathology and Control:Rabies prevention and control techniques improved greatly over the 20th century. Gradual understanding of the etiology, transmission details, immunological facets, and inter-specific dynamics among mammalian reservoirs revolutionized current intervention theory and practice. Technical progress appears even more notable given the importance of the global distribution of lyssaviruses, the discovery of more than a dozen causative age...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - July 17, 2012 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs

Expert healthcare practitioners of the social web: Dr. Ronan Kavanagh
Dr. Ronan Kavanagh (@RonanTKavanagh) is one of the leading voices in the rheumatology conversation on the social web. Through his portfolio of social presences, Dr. Kavanagh maintains an admirable balance between approachable affability and informed professionalism, and I was delighted when he agreed to share some his insights regarding healthcare professional use of social media with the Symplur community. [AS:] Thank you for having agreed to take part in this interview, Ronan. I’d like to begin by asking what it was that prompted you to embark upon your personal healthcare social media journey? [RK:] My pleasure...
Source: Fox ePractice - July 16, 2012 Category: Health Managers Authors: Andrew Spong, PhD Tags: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media Expert healthcare practitioners medical social media physician blog Rheumatologist social web Source Type: blogs

Advanced Medical History Bracelets and Methods
“Check for medical alert tags or bracelets.” Your EMT instructor probably made you repeat this phrase dozens of times through the course of your EMT class. Checking for medical alert bracelets is a staple of the EMT medical and trauma stations. It’s right up there with, “I’m wearing my BSI. The scene appears to be safe.” and “Checking for DCAP BTLS TIC.” If our medical education is any indicator, the emergency medical community has fully embraced the medical alert bracelet concept. Now that these types of wearable medical histories have become common, it was predictable that ...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 15, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Assessment slider Source Type: blogs

How to Enjoy Wearing Jewelry when it Causes an Allergic Reaction
Is wearing a jewelry a painful experience because of allergic reactions? Learn how to flash your rings, wear tight bands and even be one of the 10% of women allergic to nickel who can still flash bling, baubles, spangles and trinkets.Contributor: Timothy SextonPublished: Jul 15, 2012
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - July 15, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs

A little too slow, a little too fast
It's Saturday and the only blank day on the calendar this week. Aaron and Katy traipsed off to the creek for trout fishing in the 90 degree heat, and the other kids are out in the cut hayfield tossing the ball around. I take my first deep breath of the morning and begin to process all we learned at Mayo Clinic yesterday, the good news and the bad, and begin to Google and research the news about Amy's immune system and what it will mean for her future. I trust you want to know, too - a passel of dear readers who've followed every step of her journey from health to encephalitis to seizures and now her latest cancer scare.Yes...
Source: Turquoise Gates - July 14, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: test results lymphadenopathy Amelia immune system answers to prayer immunodeficiency Source Type: blogs

All About Magnesium Citrate
Magnesium citrate is a form of magnesium that is readily absorbed. This form is used in mineral nutrition and quality nutritional supplements. Magnesium has many advantages to offer. They include the production of metabolic energy, supporting a healthy immune system and protein and fat synthesis, neuromuscular transmission, ammonia clearance and binding of calcium in the teeth. is also known to help strengthen your bones and is necessary for the healthy functioning of nerves and muscles. physical and emotional stress, anxiety, cardiac arrhythmias, chronic fatigue, cramps, asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, fluid ret...
Source: Pocono Paramedic - July 11, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: magnesium citrate Source Type: blogs

Top Secrets to Healthy Looking Skin - You Probably Know Them But You Don't Do Them
of the skin composed of cells that rely on the collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid for his health. As you grow older, the skin begins to hang and have wrinkles. You can, however, anti-aging, to spend more time in the care of your skin. Here are some secrets for healthy looking skin. How to maintain your skin's health How to clean your skin affects his health. One of the secrets to healthy skin appearance is proper cleaning. Do not overdo it, but do not let the day pass without washing. Get a mild soap and wash your face morning and night. If you have oily skin, running water will be sufficient, because the products can o...
Source: Pocono Paramedic - July 10, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: secrets to healthy looking skin secrets healthy skin probably Source Type: blogs

I Think The NEHRS / PCEHR Is Becoming Political And That Just Might Be A Good Thing To Get Some Sensible Change.
There were a couple of articles appear in the last day of so on the PCEHR - interestingly reflecting that both the Fairfax Press and News Ltd are increasingly covering progress. First we have: Slower than predicted start for personal e-health records Date July 9, 2012 - 1:38PM Only 320 people signed up for an electronic health record five days after the Federal Government's much anticipated July 1 e-health launch. With numbers like this, the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record project, which aims to streamline patient medical records to facilitate treatment, is unlikely to meet its own target of registeri...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 10, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs

Healthy Diet for Asthma Patients
patients should be very careful about their diet. They should have an asthma diet plan to prevent unhealthy života.Zdravi style, food, non-fat diet will help them to stay away from the adverse affects of asthma. Can also prone to food allergies, improper diet. Turmeric: Turmeric acts as a preventive and curative for asthma. This can be taken in any form. 1 tsp turmeric every day helps to prevent or cure asthma. This can be taken either with honey or warm milk. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric 2 teaspoons of honey mixed on an empty stomach. (Or) Take 1 teaspoon of turmeric mixed in a small glass of warm milk twice a day. Diet Help...
Source: Pocono Paramedic - July 9, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: healthy diet asthma patients asthma diet Source Type: blogs

Health Benefits of Avocado - Homemade Skin Care
There are many health benefits of avocado! This fruit has green skin, rough texture and shape of pears. This is known as "alligator" pears. Although there are more than eighty varieties Hass variety is most popular. Avocados can be eaten or used locally. They contain healthy fats and phytonutrients! They benefit from vitamins A, B5, B6, C, D, E and K. They are a good source of fiber, potassium and folic acid. They are healthy for the body, inside and out! Him Avocados contain high content of hydrocarbons, which relieves dryness and soothes skin. Dry skin is itchy, flaky dry skin, psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis, irritated sk...
Source: Pocono Paramedic - July 9, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: health benefits of avocado health benefits avocado homemade skin care Source Type: blogs

Spirulina - A Powerhouse Health Food
Have you tried spirulina cereal, pasta or shake? How about spirulina cream, coffee or chips? if you can give some importance to your health, and you know you need to take nutritious food, you should consider spirulina. Spirulina is blue - green algae which is in the form of a spiral under the microscope, what is the name of spirulina. It is gaining more and more popularity worldwide as a very healthy and nutritious hranu.Svjetska Health Organization (WHO) considers spirulina as a food for a healthy future. Here are the top three reasons why you should consider taking spirulina supplement. 1 As a natural multivitamin and mi...
Source: Pocono Paramedic - July 9, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: spirulina powerhouse health food Source Type: blogs

7 Shameful Examples of Big Pharma Fraud
Pharmaceutical companies have a history of shameful behavior. Over the last few months many drugs companies have hit the headlines for allegedly committing fraud, the most recent being Merck. This document reveals 7 companies who have been reported for committing fraud since January 2012. Pharma Fraud Number 1: Merck Recently Merck has been in the firing line for allegedly fraudulently representing the mumps component of its MMR vaccine. It has been alleged that Merck have been fraudulently informing the public that the MMR II, used to replace the MMR vaccine Pluserix, is an effective vaccine when this is not true because ...
Source: vactruth.com - July 9, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Abbott Laboratories GlaxoSmithKIine Medical Imports Ltd Merck pfizer Roche Takeda Pharmaceuticals Source Type: blogs

An App for Medical Emergencies - EmergencyLink - WSJ video
EmergencyLink is a free service that provides medical information and personal contacts to emergency responders - Mossberg for WSJ: Here is the URL: http://www.emergencylink.com The company explains how it can help if: - You Are In An Accident. A first responder locates the EmergencyLink ID and calls EmergencyLink as instructed. EmergencyLink provides the first responder with your emergency medical information and contacts your “Emergency Contacts” as you have instructed. - Your Child Is Missing. You can quickly create a a Missing Person report and forward it to the police. The police can immediately act on the i...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - July 9, 2012 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: WSJ Video Source Type: blogs

Healthy Diet for Asthma Patients
patients should be very careful about their diet. They should have an asthma diet plan to prevent unhealthy života.Zdravi style, food, non-fat diet will help them to stay away from the adverse affects of asthma. Can also prone to food allergies, improper diet. Turmeric: Turmeric acts as a preventive and curative for asthma. This can be taken in any form. 1 tsp turmeric every day helps to prevent or cure asthma. This can be taken either with honey or warm milk. Take 1 teaspoon turmeric 2 teaspoons of honey mixed on an empty stomach. (Or) Take 1 teaspoon of turmeric mixed in a small glass of warm milk twice a day. Diet Help...
Source: Pocono Paramedic - July 8, 2012 Category: Ambulance Crew Tags: healthy diet asthma patients asthma diet Source Type: blogs

A talk with Stephen Arkinstall of EMD Serono
At the recent BIO conference in Boston, we caught up with Dr. Stephen Arkinstall, senior VP, head of global external innovation and U.S. research at EMD Serono, to find out what was the extent and focus of the company’s oncology pipeline, what he was looking for at BIO, and what he thinks needs to be done across the industry to revive pharmaceutical and biotech R&D progams. Chris Truelove: How many compounds are in development in the oncology pipeline right now? Stephen Arkinstall: We have five in Phase I, four in Phase II, and four in Phase III. And we have approximately 25 to 30 programs that are pre-Phase I i...
Source: Pharmalot - July 6, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Ronnie’s Story: A son’s mysterious illness
By Ronnie and Lamar Tyler. I remember when my son was first diagnosed with asthma. I was a single mom living over 600 miles away from my family and friends. He was in the 2nd or 3rd grade, and it seemed like he was always getting sick. The nurse would call me at work and say, “Please come pick up your son. He has a low grade fever and he threw up on the playground.” Of course any child who throws up at school has to go home. So, I had to leave work to pick him up (it took about 30 to 45 minutes to get to his school). When I picked him up and took him home he was fine. No fever. No symptoms of sickness. No more throwing...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 6, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Chronic Conditions Disparities Guest Posts Asthma Conditions and Diseases Source Type: blogs

I am Hard on Ankles
About 6-8 weeks ago, I sprained my right ankle. I was out walking the dog in the still-dewy grass, turned my right ankle, and fell. I’ve turned that ankle a few times in recent years, and am convinced that I have a genetic structural instability – my dad’s a big ankle turner, too. Thankfully, I kept hold of the big scary dog’s leash, and she came over and licked my face while I decided whether I could just sit in the grass until Joel woke up, figured out I was gone, and came to find me. Eventually I hauled myself inside, where I proceeded to RICE but also to wait 3 weeks before seeing a doctor and s...
Source: Women's Health News - July 5, 2012 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Rachel Tags: Miscellaneous ankle calluses sprains stings wasps Source Type: blogs

FDA Warns Pfizer Over Zithromax Brochure
File this under ‘let’s see if anyone at the FDA is paying attention.’ Before distributing or airing various promotional materials, drugmakers are required to submit these items to the FDA for review. Why? The agency wants to make sure the materials include all the necessary safety and efficacy information. Every drugmakers knows this – and certainly, the largest drugmakers have regulatory and marketing personnel to plan for these submissions accordingly. Pfizer, nonetheless, managed to run afoul of the FDA with a promotional brochure for its Zithromax antibiotic. And Pfizer ran afoul in a big way. I...
Source: Pharmalot - July 5, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Antibiotics FDA Pfizer Zithromax Zmax Source Type: blogs

Herbal Remedies Anxiety Add Adhd
Anxiety medications in their prescription forms can come with some major side effects. These can range from severe allergic reactions to actual addiction problems. ADD and ADHD medications, too, can present with stomach complaints, headaches and they have even been known to cause sudden death in some patients that have heart conditions they are unaware of. ADD, ADHD medications on the prescription front are often stimulants by nature. This means that although dosing might not be at a ‘addiction’ level, patients who abuse them can face withdrawal symptoms when they are removed from daily routine. Considering th...
Source: Life With ADHD - July 4, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Authors: ADHD Dad Tags: ADHD Medication adhd medicine anxiety herbal remedies Source Type: blogs

Asthma Disparities series: The racial politics of asthma
By Dominique Browning. In the wake of the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida, there’s been a lot of talk about the risks to black children of being shot and by whom. Last week Harry C. Alford, the President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, testified against the new Mercury and Air Toxic Standards during a Senate committee hearing. “Poverty brings far worse health than mercury coming out of a coal plant or utility plant. Violence, crime. These kids that I see are far more likely to get a bullet in the head than asthma. And that’s the reality of it.” Two days later, during another Senate ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 3, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Disparities Guest Posts Air pollution Asthma Dominique Browning Immune system National Black Chamber of Commerce Source Type: blogs

Highly Cited Dental Journals
Thomson Reuters has announced the 2011 most highly cited journals. The top 15 cited journals in dentistry for 2011, according to their impact factor, are: Periodontology 2000 Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research Journal of Dental Research Dental Materials Journal of Clinical Periodontology Journal of Dentistry Journal of Endodontics Oral Oncology Oral Microbiology and Immunology [...]
Source: Bibby Library News and Tips - July 2, 2012 Category: Dentists Authors: emamo Tags: Bibby Library Dental Journals Journal Citation Reports Source Type: blogs

WTF Moment #1007
Mom busts through the doors with her young son. “He’s having an allergic reaction. Someone help!” Everyone drops what they are doing, rushes over, and brings the child into a room. Young child looks up at all the people and gives a big grin. “I was feeding him his bottle and some of it spilled on his chest. His chest got red almost immediately and started developing little blisters.” “What was in the bottle?” “Milk.” “Is this the first time he has drank milk?” “No he drinks it all the time, but it has never spilled on his chest before.” After the...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - July 1, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Patient Encounters Source Type: blogs

Solids
I also forgot to mention that we got the green light to start Dylan on solids. Almost all solids, in fact. Apparently there was a prospective cohort study done in Finland that came out in 2010 showing that if anything *late* introduction of solids was associated with food and inhalant allergies. Abstract here.Cool, huh? Epidemiology is so awesome!And I have to say, this is one thing that I love about our pediatrician: he discusses the literature with me at great length when talking about these issues. I'm probably a little unique in that I understand what he's talking about and will then go and look...
Source: The long road to medical school - June 29, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Summer Walk
I took this photo of Dear Son the other morning after I got him up into the chair. He's off school for the month of June and I've been pretty busy taking care of him 24/7 plus cooking all of his meals from scratch, doing the blenderized meals, plus everything else that comes with caring for him. He's been absolutely delightful though. He loves listening to his country music every day. Today we went out for a small walk around our neighborhood. This is the entrance to our apartment complex. I like taking a picture of him here because of the pretty flowers.It was really sunny (and hot!) so it made it a bit ...
Source: Dream Mom - June 24, 2012 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Dream Mom Source Type: blogs

People Are Inherently Weird. Everyone Wants To Be Normal But We Should Embrace Our Weirdness Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh’s VEF Talk
People Are Inherently Weird. Everyone Wants To Be Normal But We Should Embrace Our Weirdness Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh’s VEF TalkPost from: Adult ADD Strengths I went to a great talk last night by the CEO of I Can Haz Cheezburger Ben Huh. Twitter @benhuh His blog. It was sponsored by VEF Momentum Twitter @VEFMomentum VEF Momentum was founded under the Vancouver Enterprise Forum with the purpose of connecting, inspiring and mentoring aspiring and emerging technology entrepreneurs in Vancouver. Many entrepreneurs have ADHD I coach quite a few. Also quite a few people in high tech have ADHD it’s a competitive ed...
Source: Adult ADD Strengths - June 23, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Pete Quily Tags: ADD / ADHD and Technology Misc. Vancouver Source Type: blogs

A Registered Nurse’s Brush With Death
Good morning all! By way of introduction, my name is Stephanie Shore Jewett, a proud nursing graduate of Mercy Medical Center (class of 1977), a registered nurse with Mercy for over 20 years, a mother of two great sons, ages 17 and 25 AND a new grandmother to Anson Jewett, age 5 months. Further, I am the great grand-daughter of F.E.V. Shore, the 4th Chief of Staff of Mercy, who was also instrumental in bringing Mercy to Des Moines, Iowa. Both my grandfather, Gerald A. Jewett, Sr. and my father, Gerald A. Jewett, Jr. have been very active in serving on several of the Mercy Boards in the past. I continue the loyalty to...
Source: Nursing Comments - June 22, 2012 Category: Nurses Authors: Stephanie Jewett, RN Tags: About Me Advice/Education Caregiving General Public Home/Articles Nursing/Nursing Students Patients/Specific Diseases coma death endocarditis extubation infective endocarditis inflammation of the heart sac intubation pericadium Source Type: blogs