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Why Having A Pet Tends to Improve Your Heart Health
There is a correlation between having a pet such as a dog or cat and an improved health status. Exactly how this works was the subject of a recent article (See: American Heart Association: Pets, especially dogs, are good for the heart). Below is an excerpt from it: An animal companion may not just warm your heart, but also help you maintain a healthy heart....Pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, is probably associated with a decreased risk of heart disease," [said the] director of the cardiac care unit at Baylor College of Medicine....[T]here are 78.2 million owned dogs and 86.4 million owned cats in...
Source: Lab Soft News - May 20, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Healthcare Delivery Medical Consumerism Source Type: blogs

Where is the best place to get medication for my pet?
Not from your vet. They sharply mark up their drug prices, and tack on a $5 to $15 dispensing fee, according to the American Animal Hospital Association. For many pet meds, a better bet is your local pharmacy. Kmart, Rite Aid, Target, and Walgreens all fill prescriptions for Fluffy and Fido, so long as that same drug is also prescribed to humans. Prices can go as little as $4 for a month's supply. Walgreens allows customers to enroll pets as family members and take advantage of its prescription savings club. Giant/Eagle, Kroger, and Target also open their discount programs to pets. "While our pharmacies do not carry al...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - May 16, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: tcarr Tags: 1-800-PetMeds amoxicillin drs. foster & smith giant/eagle kmart kroger kv vetsupply medication for pets pet meds petcarerx. prednisone prescription savings club rite aid target tramadol walgreens Ask the Pharmacist Dr Source Type: blogs

Q-fever in Spain
The following background data on Q-fever in Spain are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2] Time and Place: The first cases of Q-fever in Spain were reported in 1950. Q-fever rates are highest in the Basque region (accounting for 60% of community-acquired pneumonias) and Navarre. Pneumonia is the predominant clinical presentation in the north, and hepatitis in the south. Ten outbreaks were registered during 1981 to 1985. 130 cases of Q-fever were reported in the Basque Country during 1981 to 1984; and 1,261 cases in Gipuzkoa (Basque Country) during 1984 to 2004. Rates of Q-fever i...
Source: GIDEON blog - May 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Graphs ProMED Q-fever Spain Source Type: blogs

UPenn Medical School Establishes Biomedical Informatics Institute
Medical schools are getting much more interested in developing more expertise in the field of bioinformatics. Here's an excerpt from an article about the development of a new bioinformatics center at the UPenn School of Medicine (see: Big data gets a home at University of Pennsylvania’s medical school): University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia has established a dedicated center for biomedical informatics, underscoring the expansion of big data from drug development to population health. The Institute for Biomedical Informatics will focus on improving patient care and the resear...
Source: Lab Soft News - May 3, 2013 Category: Pathologists Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Industry News Clinical Lab Testing Healthcare Information Technology Hospitals and Healthcare Delivery Lab Information Products Laboratory Industry Trends LIS Definitions and Strategy Medical Research Source Type: blogs

Trying to sort out all the STEM and STEM related departments, graduate programs , at #UCDavis
Well, I was in a meeting yesterday for the UC Davis ADVANCE program. This program is an NSF funded project to improve presence of women and underrepresented minorities on the faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). So I decided to see - how many departments at UC Davis might participate in such an initiative. And, well, wow. I knew there were a lot of STEM or STEM-related departments at UC Davis but I did not know there were this many. Here is a list I compiled of UC Davis STEM or STEM-related Departments. I included medical departments here since many people in such...
Source: The Tree of Life - April 27, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs

The Most Dangerous Greeting Your Child May Ever Receive
Conclusion What appeared at first glance to be an act of charity on behalf of Hallmark Cards now appears to be something far more sinister. Hallmark Cards is doing more than making a tax-deductible donation to the government. In addition to recommending that parents keep up to date with their children’s vaccine schedules (because the corporate leaders will profit from increased vaccination rates), they are also heavily linked to the testing of vaccines on innocent animals and humans. Once highly regarded as an organization of love and caring, Hallmark Cards now has tarnished its trademark crown with what can only be ...
Source: vactruth.com - April 15, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories David Hall Donald Hall For America's Babies Hallmark MenAfriVac MRIGlobal PATH Quinvaxem Unicef Source Type: blogs

International Trade in Online Medical Services
Simon Lester The hard-working Cato interns pointed me to this article discussing a constitutional challenge to restrictions on the online provision of veterinary services: A retired Texas veterinarian has filed a federal lawsuit challenging state regulations that bar him from evaluating animals and giving veterinary advice over the Internet. Since 2002, Ronald Hines, 69, of Brownsville, Tex., has used his website to provide veterinary advice—sometimes for free and sometimes for a flat $58 fee. Sometimes his clients are overseas with limited access to veterinary services. He gets lots of questions from people who find w...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs

Veterinary Applications of Real-time PCR for Detection and Diagnosis of Infectious Agents
from Alan McNally writing in Real-Time PCR: Advanced Technologies and Applications:The detection and diagnosis of veterinary infectious diseases is an area in which the potential of Real-time PCR has been best demonstrated. In particular Real-time PCR has been successfully applied as a front line tool in the diagnostic algorithm for notifiable veterinary viral pathogens such as Avian Influenza, foot-and-mouth disease, bluetongue virus, as well as rabies and Newcastle disease virus. The rapidly transmissible nature of these agents necessitates near real-time detection and diagnosis in suspected infected animals to allow imp...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - April 11, 2013 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs

2013 UK Medicine applicants wanted...
by hcp20 (Posted Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:45 am)Hello Medics,I'm an educational researcher at the University of Kent conducting a research project into gender differences in clinical applications (i.e. for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine) in the 2012-13 UCAS application round.If you've applied for UK Medicine this academic year, regardless of the status of your application(s), I'd be really grateful if you would complete this short (12 questions) survey about your course choices: [url="https://survey.kent.ac.uk/clinical13"]https://survey.kent.ac.uk/clinical13[/url]It's entirely anonymous - as it's a gender study, th...
Source: Med Student Guide - March 26, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Celebrating my Father's Life
As I sit at my father's bedside, managing the increasing heaviness of his breathing, I'm doing my best to keep his lips moist, his extremities warm, and the dosing of his comfort care medications appropriate so there is no air hunger.People from my parents' past are calling and emailing me, telling me their stories and reveling in the impact my father had on their lives. They've told me:He inspired them to go into engineering (he's a patent lawyer trained as an engineer)He inspired them with his kindness and gentlenessHis tenacity living with multiple sclerosis for 23+ years inspired them to approach their own illnes...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - March 11, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs

Nativis Returns
Well, since it's Friday, I thought I'd quickly revisit one of the favorite companies I've written about here: Nativis. You'll recall that this is the outfit that claimed "photonic signatures" of drugs were as effective as the physical molecules themselves. My comments (and those of the readership here) led to some public exchanges with the company's chief financial officer, but last I heard of them they had moved out of San Diego and back to Seattle. Readers mentioned that the company was developing some sort of cancer-treatment device based on their ideas. A couple of alert readers have now sent along links to the latest...
Source: In the Pipeline - February 22, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Snake Oil Source Type: blogs

FDA offers new guidance on developing drugs for Alzheimer’s disease
The purpose of this guidance is to assist sponsors in the clinical development of drugs for the treatment of the various stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia. Alzheimer's Reading Room The diagnosis of AD for the purpose of clinical trial enrollment is generally based on consensus diagnostic criteria developed by the National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke – Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) (now the Alzheimer’s Association) that were proposed in 1984. These criteria are clinical in nature (with the exception of the diagnosis of defini...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - February 9, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs

“We’re talking about a hamster, for God’s sake!”
Janice Lynch Schuster of the Altarum Institute has written a warm and delightful article for Aging Today, the newspaper of the American Society on Aging. It's called "Goodbye to Jumpy: Lessons for the health system." Using the example of the family's pet hamster, she draws some good lessons about end-of-life work. Excerpts:In the early days of what would prove to be, in hamster years, a long illness, Jumpy just didn’t look right: his ears were swollen and he scratched incessantly. Diagnosing either a parasitic infection or an allergic reaction, our vet treated Jumpy with the full arsenal of veterinary w...
Source: Running a hospital - February 6, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Physician Payment Sunshine Act Final Rule: Definitions
Discussion CMS provided clarification for some of the above definitions based on comments. First, CMS noted that for “applicable manufacturer,” they never intended to “capture foreign entities that may contribute to the manufacturing process of a covered product, but have no business presence in the United States.” However, “entities based outside the United States that do have operations in the United States are subject to the reporting requirements.” CMS also clarified that “entities that have operations in the United States are not permitted to circumvent the reporting requirements by making paym...
Source: Policy and Medicine - February 5, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

Goodbye to Jumpy: Lessons for the health system
This article was originally published in Aging Today, the newsletter of the American Society on Aging. (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care)
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 29, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Caregiving Children End of Life Source Type: blogs

Essentials of Veterinary Parasitology review
Excerpt from a book review of Essentials of Veterinary Parasitology:"a nice instructional resource for both veterinary students and veterinary technology students. Although it may be viewed as a little more involved than is necessary for students studying veterinary technology it is quite informative and educational for those wanting to go the extra mile in their education ... Throughout this book, excellent pictures and diagrams are shown of various parasites from the microscopic perspective as well as gross examination of an animal. Pictures depict the effects observed to various internal organs on post mortem exam. Pict...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - January 25, 2013 Category: Microbiology Tags: Microbiology Book Reviews Parasitology Book Reviews Source Type: blogs

Natalie Irish: Artist with Diabetes.
Natalie Irish is an artist who paints portraits with her mouth, using lipstick as her "paint" and her lips as the brush. While this is impressive all on its own, she creates her art all while wearing her pink insulin pump on her hip. I heard of Natalie through my friends at Animas, and when I watched her on Conan O'Brien, talking about her artwork with her insulin pump infusion set up on her arm, I knew I wanted to know more. Natalie was kind enough to spend some time chatting with me on the phone, and the girl is an advocacy powerhouse, using her talent and creativity to bring both art, and dia...
Source: Six Until Me. - January 23, 2013 Category: Diabetes Tags: Diabetes Advocacy Source Type: blogs

But Not For My Head…
I recently mentioned using toupee glue to keep my Navigator CGM sensors attached. With all of the packing and unpacking from our recent move, I found it! You’re looking at a genuine bottle of “Ultra Hold” toupee glue. This internet purchase landed my information on at least one hair replacement e-mail list. No irony there, right? The Navigator CGM was a pretty sweet continuous monitor system. Unfortunately it’s not available in the U.S. anymore. I really liked that system, but the transmitter was really hard to keep on. It was much bigger than anything out today, but it made up for it...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - December 29, 2012 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts CGM Navigator sensor toupee glue Source Type: blogs

FDLI: Insights in Enforcement, Litigation & Compliance for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers
Last week, we were fortunate enough to attend the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (FDLI) Enforcement, Litigation & Compliance conference, hosted in Washington, DC. The two-day conference and agenda was packed with extremely informative topics, and included an astounding number of high-level government officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and several other related offices. Below is a summary of some of the panels we attended, quotes from participants, and some overall analysi...
Source: Policy and Medicine - December 18, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

Maggie, the Incredible Pouting Dog…
Maggie just can’t understand that torrential downpours mean no walk this morning. She’s currently laying at my feet hoping for all it’s worth that we will walk. As each hour passes then the chances of a walk grow more unlikely. I will have to be at the Literacy Center at 8am. I’ve already had my shower and shave and feel optimistic about the day. A Date with Dr. Thomas This afternoon, Maggie has a scheduled check up with Dr. Thomas at the veterinary clinic. I hope she gets a good bill of health as I have been religiously giving her medications to her. Poor Maggie. It will make her shake and ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - December 17, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Keeping your pet healthy during the holidays
Has your kitty been chewing the tinsel? Is Fido getting extra treats under the table? The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine has compiled a list of holiday pet health hazards: http://bit.ly/12nluaq Want tips for keeping your pet safe throughout the year? Check out the Pet Health page at MedlinePlus: http://1.usa.gov/12aM4nP (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - December 13, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kate Flewelling Tags: General Websites Source Type: blogs

ObamaTax for Vets
No, not those vets, but veterinarians.Now, you may be wondering what the ironically-named Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the ObamaTax) has to do with pet care, but it's nothing new to long-time IB readers. Almost 2 years ago, we reported on BoCare©, "to extend federal funding for vet's (as in veterinarians) in order to spend even more money (that we don't have) so that Fido can enjoy the same kind of health care that we enjoy."Apparently, they take this pretty seriously in DC, and so now we have a new IRS rule that "some medical devices used in veterinary practices will be hit by Obamacare’s 2.3 percent dev...
Source: InsureBlog - December 11, 2012 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Source Type: blogs

Real-Time PCR
Nick A. Saunders and Martin A. Lee present a new book on Real-Time PCR: Advanced Technologies and Applications This essential manual provides both the novice and experienced user with an invaluable reference to a wide-range of real-time PCR technologies and applications and provides an overview of the theory of this increasingly important technique. Renowned international authors present detailed technical insights into the underlying principles, methods and practice of real-time PCR. The initial chapters cover the important aspects of real-time PCR including choosing an instrument and probe system, set-up, nucleic acid sy...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - December 7, 2012 Category: Microbiology Tags: Molecular Biology publications Microbiology publications PCR Applications PCR publications PCR Technology PCR Troubleshooting Real-Time PCR Source Type: blogs

Prions
Akikazu Sakudo and Takashi Onodera present a new book on Prions: Current Progress in Advanced Research In this book, renowned prion experts review the most recent advances to provide a timely and up-to-date overview of the field. Topics covered include: prion proteins (PrP) and their family members; PrP function; molecular mechanisms of prions diseases; immunological strategies for the prevention and treatment of prion disease; microglial inflammation and prion diseases; methods for prion inactivation; clinical aspects of CJD; the BSE and scrapie prions; chronic wasting disease; future strategies for the prevention and tre...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - November 26, 2012 Category: Microbiology Tags: Microbiology publications Virology Virology publications Molecular Biology publications Source Type: blogs

Chloramphenicol detected in Ayamas chicken
Health ministry orders products to be taken off shelves GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA – The Health Ministry has ordered all Ayamas products in the same batch that was found to contain a banned antibiotic be taken off the market. Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said yesterday his ministry had ordered the withdrawal of the products pending tests. “I am now waiting for the results of the tests done on the samples. We view this seriously and that is why we decide to withdraw the batch from the market.” However, he said Ayamas products that were not from the same batch could continue to be sold. Liow was commenting...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - November 5, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Health tips - Palmdoc Antibiotics Ayamas chicken Source Type: blogs

Building Unity Farm - Animal Healthcare
In addition to physical maintenance of the farm (food, water, and manure management), my wife and I are responsible for all the animal healthcare. We have a traveling vet, Cindy Fuhs, who can manage the major issues (what do you do when your llama has a breech birth?), but there are daily and monthly aspects of care and wellness we manage ourselves.Here's a summary of what we do by speciesChickens:Like all flocks, ours has a pecking order. Those lowest on the pecking order can develop dermatological conditions when their feathers are pulled out or they are scratched by chickens higher on the pecking order. &nbs...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - November 1, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs

Essentials of Veterinary Parasitology review
Excerpt from a book review of Essentials of Veterinary Parasitology:"There has long been a need for a concise parasitology textbook covering essential and emerging topics of clinical importance. This book fulfils this requirement and is an excellent up to date resource for researchers, veterinarians and students. The topics are clearly and precisely presented in an easy to read format. There are six sections and each is accompanied by very good pictorial presentations of life cycles and photographs of the major parasites to assist with diagnosis ... This is an excellent, accurate and up to date parasitological textbook tha...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - October 26, 2012 Category: Microbiology Tags: Microbiology Book Reviews Parasitology Book Reviews Source Type: blogs

Genus Lyssavirus
from Ivan V. Kuzmin and Noel Tordo writing in Rhabdoviruses: Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Genomics, Ecology, Host-Vector Interactions, Cytopathology and Control:Viruses from the genus Lyssavirus cause rabies: an acute progressive encephalomyelitis, with the highest fatality rate among conventional infectious diseases. Despite millennia of recognition and centuries of control attempts, rabies still kills over 55,000 people in the world every year. In contrast to the majority of rhabdoviruses, lyssaviruses do not require an arthropod vector, but rather are transmitted between mammals via bites. Although the domestic dog is...
Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. - October 23, 2012 Category: Microbiology Source Type: blogs

Spillover and science communication
David Quammen, whose book Spillover was recently published, has been the recipient of a good deal of publicity in the past week. Last Wednesday he participated in a New York Academy of Sciences Symposium called ‘Wrath Goes Viral‘; on Saturday he was profiled in the New York Times (The Subject is Science, the Style is Faulkner), and yesterday Spillover was reviewed in the Sunday Book Review by Sonia Shah. Publicity for science is always good, but Shah identifies a key shortcoming of the book. Shah notes that Spillover describes the “unfolding convergence between veterinary science and human medicine, and...
Source: virology blog - October 22, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Information david quammen outbreak science communication spillover viral virology virus zoonosis Source Type: blogs

Building Unity Farm - the Barn
To me, the barn is the centerpiece of any farm. The tools, the hay/food, animal stalls, season specific items, and heavy equipment are all protected from the elements in the barn.In New England, barns are a classic barn red or white, having sliding access doors, and ventilation such as a cupola. Ours is red with black accents.At Unity Farm, our barn is about 40x40 feet in size, has two post and beam stories, and three access doors. The front of the barn holds our grains and seeds in water proof metal cans held closed by spring loaded metal chains and hooks of my own design - call them...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 18, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs

FDA & Compounders: More Oversight Needed?
Over the past two years, compounded medications have figured in two highly controversial episodes. In one instance, Roche attempted to prevent ophthalmologists from using its older Avastin med for treating wet macular degeneration when its newer and more expensive Lucentis is the only approved treatment. The drugmaker has claimed that rejiggered vials of Avastin pose a safety risk (read here and here). In another, KV Pharmaceutical caused a huge ruckus by initially charging $1,500 for its Makena premature birth drug and trying to use its FDA approval under the Orphan Drug Act to prevent compounding pharmacies, which charge...
Source: Pharmalot - October 5, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Avastin Compounding Compounding Pharmacies FDA Franck's International Academcy of Compounding Pharmacies KV Pharmaceutical Lucentis Makena Meningitis New England Compounding Center Premature Births Roche Wet AMD Source Type: blogs

Weary and So Very Worried…
I’ve seen Maggie scratch her ear some during the past few weeks, but I never dreamed she had such a terrible yeast infection in her ear like she has now. I feel like such a terrible, terrible lout of a pet owner for not catching that. I was growing suspicious yesterday when it got to be around 4pm in the afternoon and the Veterinary Technician still hadn’t called me yet to come pick Maggie up. I took the initiative and called the Vet Tech. She gave me the terrible news about Maggie's infected ear. Maggie will be at the Animal Clinic until about Monday or Tuesday as they administer antibiotics. I am already...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Unexplained pain in woman’s mouth caused her to lose weight, disrupt her life - The Washington Post
The 80th birthday party for Josephine van Es marked two milestones, only one of which was apparent at the time.Held in November 2004 at her daughter's house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., the event was a celebration of her longevity, good health and loving family. It also marked one of the last times van Es can remember feeling well and not beset by the pain that developed soon afterward and has left the inside of her mouth feeling perpetually scalded and with a constant metallic taste."It's awful," said van Es, 87, who says the burning is worse than the taste, which she likens to "sucking on a penny."Her daughter Karen van Es s...
Source: Psychology of Pain - September 26, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs

Cool Technology of the Week
Now that we have 50 animals at Unity Farm, we're responsible for their medical care. Veterinary medications and equipment are very similar to those I use in human health care. How do you tell if your llama is pregnant? Search for two heart rhythms.How do you tell if your guinea fowl has ingested foxglove (digitalis) leaves? Look for bradycardia .How can you get an EKG device that works in the barnyard?There's an app for that!The AliveCor Veterinary Heart Monitor iPhone case and application provides a comprehensive EKG device that can be used on any animal. It's not FDA approved for humans, but certainly...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - September 21, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs

Digital Pathology Issues Will be Sorted Over Time
Conclusion Digital pathology is a promising field within In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Its use case extends to pathologists, labs, hospitals, teaching and research institutes, veterinarians, pharmaceutical companies and toxicologists Until now, early adopters of digital pathology systems have been the pharmaceutical companies who need to do toxicological studies, and veterinary pathologists One of the biggest roadblocks is that digital pathology systems as a primary diagnostic tool have not been approved by the FDA The cost of the systems and the image sizes generated by DP systems are also contributing to the slow u...
Source: Digital Pathology Blog - September 19, 2012 Category: Pathologists Authors: Kaps Source Type: blogs

Mob Doctor, Episode 1. A Medical Review
This is a very busy show. Grace Devlin is a surgical resident at a big hospital in Chicago. But when the show starts, she’s not there — instead, she’s in the back of a veterinary clinic, helping a baseline incompetent crook who got a screwdriver plunged into his frontal lobe. After fixing him up, she returns to the hospital just in time to remove a bullet from a young boy (and treat a cardiac tamponade. Just three minutes into the first episode and we’ve already got our rare-in-real-life-but-mentioned-on-every-medical-show diagnosis). Just as she is going off shift, the FBI makes sure everyone knows they’re b...
Source: Polite Dissent - September 18, 2012 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Scott Source Type: blogs

Would experience as a Veterinary Tech help or hurt?
by BraveLittleToaster (Posted Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:26 pm)Due to the general state of the job market, I haven't been able to find a part-time job that both works with my class schedule and would provide experience in a clinical setting... for humans. I have, however, found an opportunity to be a part-time veterinary technician. My question: would accepting this job offer help or hurt my chances in getting accepted to medical school? Any feedback would be much appreciated. (Source: Med Student Guide)
Source: Med Student Guide - September 10, 2012 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs

Novartis Begs Vets To Stick With Its Animal Meds
For months, Novartis has struggled to resolve numerous quality control problems at various manufacturing plants that have caused shortages of many popular over-the-counter medicines, such as Excedrin and Bufferin (back story). But an equally vexing issue continues to plague its Animal Health division, since one of the troubled plants makes several widely used treatments that veterinarians purchase to market to pet owners. The drugmaker has become so worried, however, that a letter was sent earlier this week to vets in hopes of convincing them that Novartis is “working diligently” to resume production, according...
Source: Pharmalot - August 30, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Animal Health Bufferin Clomicalm Deramaxx Excedrin Heartworm Intercepter Novartis Sentinel Veterinarians Source Type: blogs

AliveCor Launches iPhone Veterinary Heart Monitor Ahead of Human Version (video)
AliveCor, developer of the highly-anticipated-but-yet-to-be-released iPhone-ECG attachment, has released a veterinary version ahead of the one for humans. The Veterinary Heart Monitor is intended for obtaining single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythms from dogs, cats, and horses. It has been designed for the iPhone 4 and 4S, and consists of a plastic case that snaps on the back of the phone and has two large metal electrodes on its back. The case wirelessly communicates with the app on the phone.The corresponding AliveECG Vet app can be downloaded for free from iTunes. It displays the ECG waveform and recording can be pe...
Source: Medgadget - August 27, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Wouter Stomp Tags: Cardiology Diagnostics Informatics Source Type: blogs

ShARM: Better Organization for Animal Studies of Aging
Animal studies of aging are costly, especially when researchers are working with genetically altered breeds: in order to see what happens, you have to wait. In mice, you wait for years, and that requires considerable ongoing expenditures to maintain laboratory animals and the staff who tend to them. This is one of the reasons why nowhere near every open question is well investigated at this time: a gap in the knowledge of aging biology has to be fairly compelling to justify the cost of a mouse study. Over at the SENS Foundation, you'll find an interesting article on the application of better organization to this issue, wi...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 20, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Of Interest Source Type: blogs

Senators Tell FDA To Boost Antibiotic Monitoring
Last April, the FDA issued various guidances that were designed to tighten the use of antibiotics in animals that are used to produce food. As part of its plan, the agency hoped to convince drugmakers to voluntarily curtail their “injudicious” use of antibiotics – specifically, labeling changes were sought so that antibiotics are not used for production purposes. And three drugmakers – Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Merck – subsequently agreed to do so. In its reports, the FDA recommended that farmers obtain prescriptions to get antibiotics for their livestock and antibiotics should only be given when ...
Source: Pharmalot - August 16, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Antibiotics Eli Lilly Merck Pfizer Source Type: blogs

Bombshell Interview Reveals DNA Fragments Discovered 6 Months After Vaccination
Interview With Norma Erickson, President, S.A.N.E. VAX, Inc Part 1 | Part 2 Sin Hang Lee, MD, is a medical practitioner historically qualified to practice medicine in the People’s Republic of China, the District of Columbia, New York State, and the State of Connecticut in the USA, plus in Canada and British Commonwealth countries via his registration with the General Medical Council of the UK. Currently Dr. Lee holds a medical license in the State of Connecticut, USA. Dr. Lee has staff privileges at the Milford Hospital in Milford, Connecticut. He was certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomical pathology ...
Source: vactruth.com - August 16, 2012 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Catherine J. Frompovich Tags: Catherine Frompovich Top Stories Writers Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gardasil rDNA Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Source Type: blogs

Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
Rise and shine, another day is on the way. And as always, we expect this will be a busy one. To prepare, yes, we are brewing our treasured cup of stimulation – our flavor today is Cinnamon Cream Swirl – and munching on banana bread prepared by our own Mrs. Pharmalot. This will help us tackle our ever-growing to-do list. We trust you can relate. So here are a few tidbits to get you going. Hope you day goes well and you conquer the world… Amgen Shuts Epogen Manufacturing In California Plant (Longmont Times-Call) AstraZeneca Pays $135M For Equal Say In Amylin Drugs (Reuters) Amgen Ends Pancreatic Drug Study ...
Source: Pharmalot - August 9, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen Amylin Pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca Bristol Myers Squibb Canines Eli Lilly Epogen FDA Forteo Ganitumab Groton Head-To-Head Studies India Insulin Merck Novo Nordisk Pancreatic Cancer Pfizer Strides Source Type: blogs

Mobile Health Coming to a Pasture Near You
There have been only two times in my life that I have paid attention to cows. I’m in the midst of the second as we speak. I call this current stage “the age of Chick-fil-A,” a time common to any parent with young children. The first happened during my sophomore year at the University of Georgia. Fresh out of the dorm and into my first apartment, I got to know cows quite well, and one in particular, as the backyard of my domicile looked out onto verdant pastures belonging to UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - August 7, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Jennifer Dennard Tags: College of Veterinary Medicine Georgia Industry News Jennifer Dennard Missouri University of Georgia University of Missouri Mobile/Wireless Source Type: blogs

Research suggests untreated rabies may not be fatal for certain individuals.
"Rabies is generally thought to be universally fatal, but new evidence," published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, "suggests that is not always the case. Researchers "interviewed 92 people in northern Peru and gathered blood samples from two-thirds of them." More than "half reported previous bat bites, and nine individuals were found to have rabies antibodies; only one person had been previously vaccinated." Comment: this interesting report concerns the virus found in a specific type of bat. This adds to several recent examples of survival in other countries with intensive care ...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - August 3, 2012 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Immunizations Prevention epidemiology infectious diseases policy research Source Type: blogs

Research suggests untreated rabies may not be fatal for certain individuals.
“Rabies is generally thought to be universally fatal, but new evidence,” published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, “suggests that is not always the case. Researchers “interviewed 92 people in northern Peru and gathered blood samples from two-thirds of them.” More than “half reported previous bat bites, and nine individuals were found to have rabies antibodies; only one person had been previously vaccinated.” Comment: this interesting report concerns the virus found in a specific type of bat. This adds to several recent examples of surviv...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - August 3, 2012 Category: Epidemiologists Authors: cbuttery Tags: epidemiology Immunizations infectious diseases policy Prevention research Source Type: blogs

Are You AWARxE of Counterfeit Drug Dangers Online?
In difficult economic times, it’s tempting to look for ways to save money by purchasing expensive medications online. However, many online pharmacies are fake and their products can cause more harm than good. The AWARxE consumer protection program aims to educate and raise public awareness about rogue Internet drug outlets, counterfeit drug dangers, prescription drug misuse and abuse, and medication safety. Supported by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) Foundation, AWARxE information is developed to reach all consumers and encourages the public to rely on pharmacists for credible information on me...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - August 1, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Walter Jessen Source Type: blogs

Become AWARxE of Counterfeit Drug Dangers Online
In difficult economic times, it’s tempting to look for ways to save money by purchasing expensive medications online. However, many online pharmacies are fake and their products can cause more harm than good. The AWARxE consumer protection program aims to educate and raise public awareness about rogue Internet drug outlets, counterfeit drug dangers, prescription drug misuse and abuse, and medication safety. Supported by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) Foundation, AWARxE information is developed to reach all consumers and encourages the public to rely on pharmacists for credible information on me...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - August 1, 2012 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Walter Jessen Source Type: blogs

In UK Research, Pigs Are Up, Monkeys Are Down
For those tracking the use of animals in research, the annual report from UK officials provides some interesting data concerning which creatures are used most often in experiments. In short, pigs are a hot commodity. There was a 37 percent increase last year, followed by increases for cats, birds and fish. Conversely, the use of new-world monkeys fell 68 percent and old-world monkeys declined 41 percent. Fewer rats, guinea pigs and dogs were also used. Overall, about 3.79 million scientific procedures were begun in the UK last year, which amounted to a 2 percent increase, to 68,100. These procedures include gathering blood...
Source: Pharmalot - July 13, 2012 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Biomedical Research Monkeys Pigs Primates UK UK Home Office Wellcome Trust Source Type: blogs

Quantitative histopathology services in neurodegenerative disease and neurotoxicity
Stereological and classical image analysis approaches help to more accurately quantify neuropathology and model treatment efficacy. Westminster, CO — July 9, 2012 — Flagship Biosciences, a leading provider of tissue analysis for pharmaceutical and medical device development, has expanded services with dedicated staff and novel techniques in neuroscience pathology services. The central nervous system is a fundamental part of the human body’s response system. As life expectancy lengthens, a wide range of disorders (including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, MS, dementia and depression), are becoming incr...
Source: Digital Pathology Blog - July 12, 2012 Category: Pathologists Authors: Kaps Source Type: blogs