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Sandy’s Impact on Our Regional Libraries
Check out these two recent articles in Library Journal and School Library Journal about our regional libraries affected by Hurricane Sandy: NYU Medical Library Recovering from Superstorm Sandy http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/12/buildings/nyu-medical-library-recovering-from-superstorm-sandy/ In Sandy’s Wake, Library Systems Help City Keep Students Connected http://www.slj.com/2012/12/public-libraries/in-sandys-wake-library-systems-help-city-keep-students-connected/#_
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - January 12, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: mjharvey Tags: Disaster / Emergency Preparedness In the Region Source Type: news

First case-report: designer Quaalude intoxication
methylmethaqualone methaqualone 3.5 out of 5 stars Acute neurotoxicity associated with recreational use of methylmethaqualone confirmed b liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Ceschi A et al. Clin Toxicol 2013;52:54-7. Abstract Methylmethaqualone (MMQ) is a designer drug made by adding a methyl group to the long-restricted sedative-hypnotic molecule methaqualone (Quaalude). This paper represents the first case report describing a confirmed case of methylmethaqualone toxicity. A 24-year-old man presented to the emergency department approximately 2-3 hours after washing down se...
Source: The Poison Review - January 12, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical Keith Richards mandrax methaqualone methylmethaqualone quaalude Source Type: news

NLM Director’s Podcast: Hospital Readiness for Hurricane Sandy
This podcast discusses a recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the readiness of New York City hospitals for hurricane Sandy — compared to the preparedness of New Orleans’ medical centers for hurricane Katrina in 2005. NLM Director’s Podcast Page includes a link to the transcript http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directorscomments.html Podcast: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/podcast010713.mp3
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - January 12, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: mjharvey Tags: Disaster / Emergency Preparedness News from NLM/NIH Source Type: news

Incident Command Decision Making for Public Health Leaders
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice University of Washington January 15, 2013 12:00 PT / 1:00 MT / 2:00 CT / 3:00 ET In this one-hour Hot Topics webinar, representatives from state and local health jurisdictions deconstruct their decision-making processes to activate Incident Command, respond to emergencies, and ensure business continuity. Representatives from Washington State [...]
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - January 12, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: mjharvey Tags: Disaster / Emergency Preparedness Public Health Source Type: news

Real-Life Suicide Assessments: Who, What, When, How
Hollywood's portrayals of suicidal characters and therapeutic suicide assessments and interventions are often grossly inaccurate. Learn how real suicide assessments are done, what safety plans are, how hospitalization works, and what the aftermath of a suicide attempt can look like.read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - January 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Carolyn Kaufman, Psy.D. Tags: Depression Ethics and Morality Media Therapy 911 assessment blood car carbon monoxide committal confidentiality consults crisis center dange danger death death emergency Die emergency room evaluation processes Ewan Source Type: news

Flu: N.Y. declares public health emergency
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Saturday declared a public health emergency for the entire state in response to the increasingly severe flu season.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nokia Joins UNFPA to Support Safe Births in Emergencies - 04 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA and Nokia announced today that the mobile communications company will donate the equivalent of 3,000 clean delivery kits to the Fund. The donation will be made as a result of UNFPA’s social media campaign Safe Birth. Even Here launched earlier this year. The kits, designed and distributed by UNFPA, help ensure safe delivery of babies in humanitarian settings.
Source: UNFPA News - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Emergency frames: gender violence and immigration status in Spain - Pérez M.
This study analyzes the humanitarian...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Social Etiologies and Disparities Source Type: news

Do patients and clinicians differ in their assessment of suicidal intent after self-harm using the same suicide questionnaire scale? - Hatcher S, Pimentel A.
There have been no studies looking at differences in clinicians and patients assessment of suicidal intent in adults after presenting to emergency departments with intentional self-harm. In a non-experimental correlational study patients were asked to comp...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Helping international non-government organisations (INGOs) to include a focus on gender-based violence during the emergency phase: lessons learned from Haiti 2010-2011 - Davoren SJ.
This article examines some of the reasons why measures to ensure protection from gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation and abuse, do not always take precedence for humanitarian actors during an emergency response, and what can be done to supp...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Group decisions for the emergency response process: a case of a high-speed railway accident in China - Xie K, Wu Q.
Quick and efficient decisions should be made when unconventional emergencies occur. This paper develops an emergency group decision-making mechanism for use in unconventional emergency responses. The scenario analysis approach provides analysis results of ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

The First-aid Advice and Safety Training (FAST) parents programme for the prevention of unintentional injuries in preschool children: a protocol - Mytton JA, Towner EM, Kendrick D, Stewart-Brown S, Emond A, Ingram J, Blair PS, Powell J, Mulvaney C, Thomas J, Deave T, Potter B.
BACKGROUND: Unintentional injury is the leading cause of preventable death in children in the UK, and 0-4-year-olds frequently attend emergency departments following injuries in the home. Parenting programmes designed to support parents, promote behaviour ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Emergency department surveillance of injuries associated with bunk beds: the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), 1990-2009 - McFaull SR, Fréchette M, Skinner R.
INTRODUCTION: Due to space constraints, bunk beds are a common sleeping arrangement in many homes. The height and design of the structure can present a fall and strangulation hazard, especially for young children. The primary purpose of this study was to d...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

As Australia heatwave hits new high, warning that bushfires will continue
As crews battle 'atrocious conditions' fire chiefs say that lives have been saved by better ways of predicting outbreaksAustralia's heatwave set a new high of almost 50C as authorities warned that large uncontrolled bushfires would continue to threaten areas in the south-east of the country.Meanwhile, in remote Moomba, a gas exploration and processing town in the outback of South Australia, the temperature hit 49.6C by mid-afternoon, making it the hottest of the two-week spell, and 48.6C in the town of Bourke, 500 miles north-west of Sydney.In other parts of New South Wales (NSW) authorities fought nearly 100 bushfires wit...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 12, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alison Rourke Tags: Asia Pacific Meteorology World news Natural disasters and extreme weather The Observer Australia Science Source Type: news

Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns
Preparation, caution can help keep elderly safe from injuries and illness related to season Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Seniors' Health, Winter Weather Emergencies
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Movement Disorder Emergencies
Diagnosis and Treatmentseries:Current Clinical NeurologyUpdated and expanded with nine additional chapters, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for general neurologists, specialists, fellows, and residents eager to improve their approach toward the patient with a movement disorder emergency. In this comprehensive second edition, prominent neurologists from around the world logically ...
Source: Springer Medicine titles - January 12, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Neurology Source Type: news

Restless legs syndrome in the emergency room
Source: European Journal of Neurology - January 12, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: M. Manconi, S. Fulda Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Severe exacerbation of undiagnosed restless legs syndrome presenting as a movement disorder emergency
Source: European Journal of Neurology - January 12, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: S. H. Mehta, D. D. Dees, J. C. Morgan, K. D. Sethi Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Plastic surgical trauma: A single-centre experience
Conclusion: Males in their young age mainly presented with plastic surgical trauma with RTA as the main mechanism and laceration as the most common type of these injuries. The upper limb was the most commonly affected region. The frequency of different types of surgical procedures and postoperative complications observed are comparable with international literature except for the microvascular surgery which is not performed in our centre. Regular audit of the plastic surgical trauma should be conducted in all plastic surgical units to both improve trauma care and reaffirm the role of Plastic Surgery in the new age trauma.
Source: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery - January 12, 2013 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Mansoor KhanAsif AzizShazia NazImran M KhanAtif UllahHidayat UllahTahmeed UllahMuhammad Tahir Source Type: research

Longitudinal surveillance for meningitis by Acinetobacter in a large urban setting in Brazil
Abstract The study aim was to describe the emergency of carbapenem resistance and clonal complexes (CC), defined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), in Acinetobacter baumannii in a surveillance system for meningitis. Starting in 1996 at an urban setting of Brazil, surveillance detected meningitis by Acinetobacter sp for the first time in 2002. Until 2008, 35 isolates were saved. Carbapenem resistance emerged in 2006, reaching 70% of A. baumannii isolates in 2008, including one colistin‐resistant. A. baumannii belonged to CC113/79 (University of Oxford/ Institute Pasteur schemes), CC235/162 and CC103/15. Dissemination o...
Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - January 12, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Talita Coelho‐Souza, Joice N. Reis, Natacha Martins, Ianick Souto Martins, Ana Paula O. Menezes, Mitermayer G. Reis, Neide O. Silva, Rubens C. S. Dias, Lee W. Riley, Beatriz Meurer Moreira Tags: Research Note ‐ online only Source Type: research

Winter Holds Many Hazards for Seniors, Expert Warns
Preparation, caution can help keep elderly safe from injuries and illness related to season
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - January 12, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Emergency Medicine, Nutrition, News, Source Type: news

Anxiolytic medication use is not associated with anxiety level and does not reduce complications after acute myocardial infarction
ConclusionUse of anxiolytics in patients with AMI was not associated with anxiety level and did not reduce the probability of in‐hospital complications. Relevance to clinical practiceClinicians need to regularly assess anxiety and treat it appropriately. Regular anxiety assessment may promote appropriate use of anxiolytic medication. Clinical guidelines for the management of patients with an AMI should address anxiety assessment and appropriate use of anxiolytic medication to improve patients' outcomes.
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - January 12, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Mona A Abed, Susan Frazier, Lynne A Hall, Debra K Moser Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

NYC hospitals get new opioid guidelines
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said new guidelines prohibit city public hospital emergency departments from prescribing long-acting opioid painkillers.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Flu vaccines available but harder to find
ATLANTA, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- With U.S. influenza widespread and some cities reporting crowded hospital emergency rooms, some may have to shop around for a flu shot, officials say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Young Child Dies In Boston After Contracting Flu
BOSTON (CBS) – A child under the age of six who had influenza has died, a source told WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Carl Stevens. The Boston resident, whose identity was not released, passed away earlier this week. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Carl Stevens reports Download: stevens-child-death-voicer1.mp3 Officials say the child was not in the hospital at the time. Officials have not determined the cause of death. They are still looking into whether the child may have had any preexisting conditions or whether something else may have contributed. A Boston public health offici...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: stevesaleeba Tags: Health Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Boston Carl Stevens Child Death Flu flu death influenza Source Type: news

Hot Topics in Practice: Incident Command Decision Making For Public Health Leaders
Tuesday, January 15, 2013, Noon – 1pm Pacific Presenters: Jefferson Ketchel, Jennifer Tebaldi, David Kennedy, Robert Howarth, Kimberly Link Because obvious public health emergencies like catastrophic storms disrupt the daily activities of a health department, leaders and managers often utilize the Incident Command System to organize resources in these situations. But, how do public health leaders determine when a routine incident evolves into a more complicated situation that requires activating the structure? In the January Hot Topics, representatives from state and local health jurisdictions will decsontruct t...
Source: Dragonfly - January 11, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gail Kouame Tags: Emergency Preparedness Training & Education Source Type: news

Doctor: Flu shot not perfect, but helpful
The flu outbreak spreads, straining emergency rooms in some parts of the country. CNN's Mary Snow reports.
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Young Child With Flu Dies In Boston
BOSTON (CBS) – A child under the age of six who had influenza has died, a source told WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Carl Stevens. The Boston resident, whose identity was not released, passed away earlier this week. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Carl Stevens reports Download: stevens-child-death-voicer1.mp3 Officials say the child was not in the hospital at the time. Officials have not determined the cause of death. They are still looking into whether the child may have had any preexisting conditions or whether something else may have contributed. A Boston public health offici...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: stevesaleeba Tags: Health Heard On WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Local Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Boston Carl Stevens Child Death Flu flu death influenza Source Type: news

More Emergency Room Visits Linked to Energy Drinks, Report Says
The number of annual hospital visits related to energy drinks doubled from 2007 to 2011, with patients from 18 to 25 accounting for the largest group by age, a federal report found.
Source: NYT Health - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Energy Drinks Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Emergency Medical Treatment Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news

EMS Strategy Change Gets Heart Patients Faster Care
People with a certain type of heart attack get better care when paramedics take them directly to a medical center that can perform stent procedures - even if it's not the closest hospital, according to new research from North Carolina.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Emergency Medical Services, Health Facilities, Heart Attack
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Interventions for women exposed to acute intimate partner violence: emergency professionals’ perspective
Conclusions. There is a need for more effective change of information and cooperation with different help providers concerning how to act with women and their family members in intimate partner violence situations. Emergency department professionals do not know enough about the legislation concerning intimate partner violence and their professional duty, e.g. if a child’s health and well‐being are in danger. Relevance to clinical practice. This information can be utilised in research, professional education, further training and practical work and when planning the prevention of intimate partner violence.
Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing - January 11, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Tuija Leppäkoski, Eija Paavilainen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Philips Lifeline enters cellular-enabled mPERS with GoSafe launch at CES
This was the first year that personal emergency response service (PERS) provider Philips Lifeline setup a booth at the massive Consumer Electronic Show, where it launched GoSafe, a cellular-enabled, mobile version of its popular Lifeline PERS service. For the past few years companies like GreatCall, Verizon, AT&T, Lifecomm, SecuraTrac, Vesag and others have announced or [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - January 11, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Dolan Tags: Uncategorized Aging in Place Technology CES 2013 Consumer Electronics Show consumer health devices digital health Greatcall 5Star mobile emergency response MPERS Philips LifeLine Skyhook Source Type: news

Nokia Joins UNFPA to Support Safe Births in Emergencies - 04 December 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA and Nokia announced today that the mobile communications company will donate the equivalent of 3,000 clean delivery kits to the Fund. The donation will be made as a result of UNFPA’s social media campaign Safe Birth. Even Here launched earlier this year. The kits, designed and distributed by UNFPA, help ensure safe delivery of babies in humanitarian settings.
Source: UNFPA News - January 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

A 5-year retrospective evaluation of snakebite cases in Hatay, Turkey - Karakus A, Zeren C, Celik MM, Arica S, Ozden R, Duru M, Tasin V.
This study aims to evaluate snakebite cases in terms of medical follow-up, antivenom therapy and antivenom reactions. Medical records of patients admitted to em...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news

Investigating the bystander effect using virtual reality
The bystander effect is well-known in behavioural psychology and suggests that the more people who witnessing a violent emergency the less likely it is that someone will intervene. It was first identified in the 1960s, but conducting research on the phenomenon has been difficult. Most experiments rely upon staging fake emergencies or violent encounters using actors, but it is tricky to gauge how genuine a response is.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 11, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Acute ischemic stroke - from symptom recognition to thrombolysis.
CONCLUSIONS: As neuronal death in stroke patients occurs in a time-dependent fashion, all effort should be made to decrease time from symptom onset to treatment start with rtPA: major challenges are stroke recognition in the public, transport times to hospital and an efficient stroke triage in the hospital. PMID: 23190293 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum - January 11, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Kurz MW, Kurz KD, Farbu E Tags: Acta Neurol Scand Suppl Source Type: research

Nigeria: FMC Lokoja to Establish Oxygen Plant
[Daily Trust]Lokoja -The Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, will soon establish an oxygen plant to take care of emergency case in the state, Chief Medical Director Dada Eleshin has said.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Kenya: MSF Assists Traumatized Survivors of Tana Delta Conflict
NAIROBI, KENYA, JANUARY 11, 2013—The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing psychological and medical support to traumatized survivors of conflict in the Tana Delta region of Kenya's Coast Province. Beginning in August 2012, a series of violent clashes have killed and wounded hundreds of people and driven more than 2,500 families from their homes. Health facilities have also been vandalized. The extreme violence and fear of further conflict is damaging the physical and mental health of the population. "Women are the most affecte...
Source: MSF News - January 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Flu epidemic strikes millions of Americans already vaccinated against the flu
The USA is in an official flu pandemic panic right now, with Boston declaring a public health emergency and hospitals setting up flu treatment tents as if cities were war zones. The CDC says it's the worst flu pandemic in a decade, and it's of course urging everybody...
Source: NaturalNews.com - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Blacks Missing Out on Critical Early Treatment for Strokes
01/10/2013, Ethnicity & Disease, Getting to the emergency room within the first few hours of recognizing stroke symptoms can help prevent permanent brain damage, but a recent study in Ethnicity & Disease finds that Blacks are only half as likely as Whites to get timely treatment.
Source: Health Behavior News Service - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

National Trends in Emergency Department Use, Care Patterns, and Quality of Care of Older Adults in the United States
ConclusionOlder adults accounted for 156 million ED visits in the United States from 2001 to 2009, with steady increases in visits and resource use across the study period. Hospital admissions grew faster than outpatient visits. If changes in primary care do not affect these trends, facilities will need to plan to accommodate increasingly greater demands for ED and hospital services.
Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - January 11, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jesse M. Pines, Peter M. Mullins, James K. Cooper, Lisa B. Feng, Katalin E. Roth Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research

Common laboratory tests predict imminent medical emergency team calls, intensive care unit admission or death in emergency department patients
ConclusionsCommonly performed laboratory tests can help predict imminent MET calls, ICU admission or death in ED patients. Prospective investigations of the clinical utility of such predictions appear desirable.
Source: Emergency Medicine Australasia - January 11, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Elsa Loekito, James Bailey, Rinaldo Bellomo, Graeme K Hart, Colin Hegarty, Peter Davey, Christopher Bain, David Pilcher, Hans Schneider Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Whole‐body computed tomography in the initial assessment of trauma patients: Is there optimal criteria for patient selection?
ConclusionThe decision to perform WBCT scans in trauma should be at the discretion of the treating clinician. Applying a prediction rule would increase the number of WBCT scans performed without improving overall accuracy.
Source: Emergency Medicine Australasia - January 11, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kai Hsun Hsiao, Michael M Dinh, Kylie P McNamara, Kendall J Bein, Susan Roncal, Charbel Saade, Richard C Waugh, Kee Fung Chi Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Prevalence of pain in a university veterinary intensive care unit
ConclusionsIn this study population, dogs undergoing surgery needed a more intense analgesic approach to ensure that they were nonpainful. The SDS identified the highest number of painful observations of the scoring systems, at the given levels for defining pain.
Source: Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care - January 11, 2013 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Clara E. Moran, Erik H. Hofmeister Tags: Original Study Source Type: research

Respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants and correlation with meteorological factors and air pollutants
Conclusions: RSV epidemic trend in Bologna (Italy) is related to the mean minimum temperature, and the mean PM10 concentration.
Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics - January 11, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Silvia VandiniLuigi CorvagliaRosina AlessandroniGiulia AquilanoConcetta MarsicoMarica SpinelliMarcello LanariGiacomo Faldella Source Type: research

U.S. mulls tougher rules to keep 911 running
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may require telecommunications companies to do a better job of safeguarding the 911 systems that are used to call for emergency help, according to an official at the Federal Communications Commission.
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

NY: 4 times as many flu cases as last year
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- There are more than 19,000 confirmed flu cases in New York, emergency rooms are crowded but officials say they are not calling a public health emergency.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New York City to Restrict Powerful Prescription Drugs in Public Hospitals’ Emergency Rooms
In an effort to crack down on drug abuse, most patients at the 11 hospitals will no longer be able to get more than three days’ worth of narcotic painkillers like Vicodin and Percocet.
Source: NYT - January 10, 2013 Category: American Health Authors: By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Tags: New York City Pain-Relieving Drugs Drug Abuse and Traffic OxyContin (Drug) Bloomberg, Michael R Hospitals Emergency Medical Treatment Source Type: news

Novel Acetylcysteine Regimens for Treatment of APAP OverdoseNovel Acetylcysteine Regimens for Treatment of APAP Overdose
Does IV acetylcysteine prevent acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity as well as oral therapy? Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news

National Briefing | New England: Massachusetts: Archdiocese Is Guarding Against Flu
The Archdiocese of Boston told priests that they could make changes to church services to prevent the spread of flu, one day after Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared a public health emergency.
Source: NYT Health - January 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By JESS BIDGOOD Tags: Epidemics Massachusetts Menino, Thomas M Influenza Roman Catholic Church Source Type: news