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Safety of H1N1 Shots.
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One in every 10,000 Californians who contracted H1N1 died, statistics from the State Department of Health show. Out of 13 million Californians who were vaccinated for H1N1, three people died. In one case, the patient already had the flu and a streptococcus infection when vaccinated. One was a cardiac patient whose death the coroner ruled was related to pre-existing heart problems. And the final case is still being reviewed by health officials. Comment: Yet the anti immunization activists continue to get Media space, despite study after study showing how much safer immunizations are than the diseases they control.
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - February 8, 2010 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Immunizations Prevention epidemiology infectious diseases Source Type: blogs
DIY health care comes to the workplace: employers get into cold/flu preventionEmail this article to a colleague.
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While coughs, colds and seasonal allergies have always been a retail health category, this recession has bolstered the workplace channel for messaging and products.BigResearch's Workplace Media group has found that 85% of working consumers are concerned about this year's flue and cold season. Two-thirds of workers planned to get a flu shot. And, 9 in 10 workers would likely welcome and use an offer for flu/cold products delivered through the workplace.The H1N1 virus drives most working consumers to take extra precautions this cold/flu season. Other key findings are that:3/4 of employers will offer flu prevention tips to em...
Source: Health Populi - February 8, 2010 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
UK Health News 06-08/02/2010Email this article to a colleague.
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Gilderdale’s trial was horrific but necessary to retain a vital principle – The Guardian 8th February 2010
“It is dangerous, especially for the vulnerable, to think that assisted dying is the only way to take control of death”
tags: Suicide, Euthanasia, Legislation, Jurisprudence, Health, News, UHN, Ethics, The Guardian
Gordon Brown: All cancer patients to get home care – The Observer 7th February 2010
“Prime minister promises to make NHS treatment more personalised and of a standard equal to private healthcare”
tags: Cancer, Nursing, Personalisation, NHS, Health, News, Politics, ...
Source: Fade Library - February 8, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
Greater Manchester Health News 06-08/02/2010Email this article to a colleague.
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Hospital’s thousands on beds for 71-stone patients – Manchester Evening News 5th February 2010
“SOARING levels of obesity have forced Greater Manchester hospitals to to buy beds that can support up to 71 stone.
All 500 of Tameside General Hospital’s 20-stone capacity beds and mattresses have been replaced to accommodate patients weighing up to 37 stone. And, for patients who weigh even more, two specialist beds have been sourced to cope with 71stone – almost a ton”
tags: Obesity, Financial Management, Hospitals, Health, News, GMHN, Manchester Evening News
Fresh warning over swine flu –...
Source: Fade Library - February 8, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
TWiV 69: They’re all safecrackersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review recent outbreaks of mumps in the UK, US, and Israel, protection of mice against 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus by 1918-like and classical swine H1N1 vaccines, and a virus-like particle vaccine for chikungunya virus.
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Source: virology blog - February 8, 2010 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology antigen autism Chikungunya h1n1 influenza mumps pandemic paul ewert swine flu vaccine viral virus wakefield Source Type: blogs
Is The US Swine Flu Epidemic Over?Email this article to a colleague.
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I remember in this area, back in October 2009, when everyone just was not believing that H1N1 was around - or the "epidemic" was not real. Then, for about a 2-3 week span locally - BAM - it seemed like there were cases every where. When I walked throug the waiting room at the hospital, there were folding chairs out, and it was standing room only. Almost every day at the office, the phone was ringing off the hook. Then, as November came, everything calmed down...A report yesterday from the Associated press asks the question, "Is The US Swine Flu Epidemic Over." In the article, you see the graphic above which showed a spike ...
Source: Doctor Anonymous - February 6, 2010 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Source Type: blogs
New and Exciting in PLoS ONEEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are 26 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Sleep Deprivation Impairs Object-Selective Attention: A View from the Ventral Visual Cortex:
Most prior studies on selective attention in the setting of total sleep deprivation (SD) have focused on behavior or activation within fronto-pa...
Source: A Blog Around The Clock - February 5, 2010 Category: Medical Publishers Tags: Science News Source Type: blogs
Spending On Prescription Drugs Rose 5.2% In 2009Email this article to a colleague.
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Prescription drug spending is expected to have grown 5.2 percent in 2009, a 2 percent rise from 2008, to $246.3 billion, and growth in the use of prescription drugs per person was driven by an increase in the use of antivirals related to the H1N1 virus, according to a report in Health Affairs.
Another factor was higher price growth for brand-name drugs, as the Consumer Price Index for prescription drugs has increased from 2.5 percent in 2008 to a projected 3.4 percent rate in 2009. By 2011, drug spending growth is expected to accelerate to 5.6 percent. In 2012 and 2013, there will be a pause as big-selling meds lose paten...
Source: Pharmalot - February 5, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Consumer Price Index Health Affairs Prices Source Type: blogs
Random thoughts on CDC's swine flu effort: epidemiology and surveillanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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We still don't know if we are experiencing a lull in flu or the virus has burned itself out for the season, but it's as good a time as any to reflect a bit on where we've been and where we still need to go. Being otherwise occupied (I'm sure you are sick of hearing about my grant writing obsession but not half as sick as I am about having it!), I'll start with something relatively straightforward: how CDC did on the epidemiology and surveillance front. Historically this is the agency's strong suit and so it is expected they would have acquitted themselves well. And pretty much, they did. A lot of good epidemiology got done...
Source: Effect Measure - February 5, 2010 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: CDC Source Type: blogs
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Late night emergency consultants ‘could save up to 600 lives a year’ – The Guardian 5th February 2010
“Six hundred lives a year could be saved if hospital services for those who suffer life-threatening injuries in accidents were better managed, the National Audit Office will say tomorrow.
Many accidents and injuries happen at night and weekends, often to young people, when emergency consultants are not often at work. Without rapid diagnosis and treatment, people suffer serious disabilities and lives are lost.”
tags: Road Accidents, Trauma, UHN, Health, News, NHS, Quality, The Guardian
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Source: Fade Library - February 5, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
Dear Son Medical Update~Finally, A SmileEmail this article to a colleague.
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This past week has been mixed. The good news is that Dear Son has been sleeping better since the new regime I started last Friday. The new regime involved an extra can of formula and .5 ml of Risperdal at midnight, on the nights that he moans in his sleep, which has been every night except one. With the extra formula, he's not waking up hungry at 3:30 -5 for his formula to be started. In addition, after a few days of this regime, he started to seem like his old self. He would smile and be happy at times. I started talking to him about his "Make a Wish" trip and the possibility of going back to school, once he's feeling bet...
Source: Dream Mom - February 5, 2010 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Dream Mom Source Type: blogs
2009 U.S. Health Spending Estimated At $2.5 TrillionEmail this article to a colleague.
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According to annual government projections published today in Health Affairs, U.S. health care spending is expected to have reached $2.5 trillion in 2009—up an estimated 5.7 percent since 2008 despite a projected decline in the gross domestic product (GDP) in the same period. As a result, health care’s share of the economy grew 1.1 percentage points in 2009, to a projected 17.3 percent. This represents the largest one-year increase in GDP share since the federal government began keeping track in 1960, federal analysts report on the journal Health Affairs‘ Web site.
The 11-year health care spending projection...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 4, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: All Categories Hospitals Medicaid Medicare Pharma Physicians Spending Source Type: blogs
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Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness – The Guardian 4th February 2010
“Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.
The new research suggests that standard tests may overlook patients who have some consciousness, and that someday some kind of communication may be possible. “
tags: Neurology, Health, MRI, News, UHN, Communication, The Guardian
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Think tennis for yes, home for no: how doctors helped man in vegeta...
Source: Fade Library - February 4, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
CMS Releases National Health Expenditure ProjectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has prepared an analysis of projected national health care expenditures through 2019, which has been published on-line by the journal Health Affairs.The growth in U.S. health care spending is projected to be 5.7 percent in 2009 and reach $2.5 trillion. As a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), CMS projects that health care spending will increase to 17.3 percent in 2009 (from 16.2 percent in 2008), which would be the largest 1 year increase in history. CMS attributes the projected accelerated growth in 2009 to (among other things):
Spending growth for the Medic...
Source: Medicare Update - February 4, 2010 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Authors: Michael Apolskis Source Type: blogs
Modern dentistryEmail this article to a colleague.
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I had an appointment with my dentist this morning and this is what greeted me outside the entrance. They must have had a difficult patient today.
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Source: beth's myeloma blog - February 3, 2010 Category: Cancer Authors: Beth Tags: Humor North Carolina Pinehurst dentist Source Type: blogs
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There are 24 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Group Hunting--A Reason for Sociality in Molossid Bats?:
Many bat species live in groups, some of them in highly complex social systems, but the reasons for sociality in bats remain largely unresolved. Increased foraging efficiency throu...
Source: A Blog Around The Clock - February 3, 2010 Category: Medical Publishers Tags: Science News Source Type: blogs
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Wirral’s Arrowe Park Hospital pays compensation after boy disabled following traumatic birth – Liverpool Daily Post 2nd February 2010
“A MERSEYSIDE hospital agreed a “substantial level” of compensation to a nine-year-old boy after complications at birth left him disabled.
The undisclosed sum was granted yesterday by Manchester District Registry to Stephen Loraine.”
tags: Obstetrics, Negligence, Jurisprudence, Health, News, CMHN, Liverpool Daily Post
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Wirral boy left disabled wins payout from hospital trust after traumatic birth – Liverpool Echo 2nd February 2010
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Source: Fade Library - February 3, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
Roche Filed Most Domain Arbitration Cases In ‘09Email this article to a colleague.
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This can be a rather arcane corner of the world to watch, but glancing at the rate at which a company defends domain names can be interesting. For instance, it can tell you how aggressive their lawyers can be at defending various rights, such as intellectual property. And so DomainNameWire did just that to get a bead on the companies that were most active last year and the winner was Roche, followed by Lego. Another drugmaker, Sanofi-Aventis, was the sixth most-active filer.
Using data from UDRPSearch, Domain Name Wire tabulated the total number of UDRP cases filed by in 2009 and found that Roche filed 54 with the World In...
Source: Pharmalot - February 2, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Domain Names Domains Roche Tamiflu Valium Source Type: blogs
Pandemic or Profit and Panic? WHO Scientist Claims Swine Flu Pandemic Was Completely ExaggeratedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Inforwars (see also the Daily Mail) reports that a WHO scientist, Professor Ulrich Keil, director of the WHO’s Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology, has testified during hearings at Strasbourg France of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a body comprised of democratically elected representatives of 47 nations, that the Swine flu pandemic was completely exaggerated:
“With SARS, with avian flu, always the predictions are wrong…Why don’t we learn from history? It [swine flu] produced a lot of turmoil in the pubic and was completely exaggerated in co...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - February 2, 2010 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
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There are 21 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with just one click. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Drinking and Flying: Does Alcohol Consumption Affect the Flight and Echolocation Performance of Phyllostomid Bats?:
In the wild, frugivorous and nectarivorous bats often eat fermenting fruits and nectar, and thus may consume levels of et...
Source: A Blog Around The Clock - February 1, 2010 Category: Medical Publishers Tags: Science News Source Type: blogs
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Make right to die legal – Pratchett – The Guardian 1st February 2010
“Sir Terry Pratchett is to use a prestigious lecture to say that the “time is really coming” for assisted suicide to be legalised.
The author’s comments come after two polls found that a majority of people want assisted death to be allowed for the terminally ill.”
tags: Suicide, Euthanasia, Ethics, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian
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Sir Terry Pratchett calls for assisted death to be legalised – The Sunday Times 31st January 2010
Assisted suicide: 4 in 5 say do not prosecute – The Sunda...
Source: Fade Library - February 1, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
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Bill and Melinda Gates give $10bn for vaccines to save 8m children’s lives – The Guardian 29th January 2010
“One of the biggest charitable donations ever launches ‘decade of vaccines’ to push immunisation rates to 90%”
tags: Rotavirus, Pneumococcus, Measles, Malaria, Immunisation, Tropical Diseases, Health, News, IHN, The Guardian
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Bill Gates tells The Times about his $10bn plan to save 8 million children – The Times 30th January 2010
Bill Gates pledges $10bn for a ‘decade of vaccine’ – The Times 29th January 2010
Four targets for Bill Gates...
Source: Fade Library - February 1, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
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NW swine flu deaths up to 44 – Liverpool Daily Post 30th January 2010
“LATEST figures show 44 people died in the North-West from swine flu.
The majority had underlying conditions, and health leaders in Merseyside are urging those who are eligible to have the swine flu vaccine.
Dr Paula Grey, Director of Public Health for Liverpool said: “It looks like cases of swine flu are now on the decline, which is fantastic news. But I’m concerned that this might put off some people who should get the vaccine.”
tags: H1N1, Influenza, Pandemic, Mortality, Immunisation, Health, News, CMHN, Liverpool Daily Post
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Source: Fade Library - February 1, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
A Patient’s Perspective: The Real Cost of Lack of Organization in HospitalsEmail this article to a colleague.
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I remember the hospitalization well. Dear Son had just been put on the ventilator and we were only on day 3 of the hospitalization. After a while, you get to know the routine. Not only is it hard when your child is in the ICU, but after you have done it a few times, you know what to look for in terms of whether or not your child is really improving or not. I have little sayings that I’ve coined over the years to describe the way things are going, such as: “More people, bigger problem.” Back in 2006 when Local Hospital missed the MRSA pneumonia and I arranged for Dear Son’s transfer to Big Academic Medical Center (B...
Source: Dream Mom - January 31, 2010 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Dream Mom Source Type: blogs
How many Americans received the H1N1 vaccine?Email this article to a colleague.
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Originally published in MedPage Today
by Michael Smith, MedPage Today North American Correspondent
As 2009 ended, an estimated 55 million Americans had been infected with the H1N1 pandemic flu and roughly one in five Americans had been vaccinated against the disease, the CDC said.
The immunization data works out to about 61 million people, the agency said in an early release issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The proportion of people vaccinated was higher among those in priority groups, the agency said, including 29.4% of children ages 6 months through 18 years and 38% of pregnant women.
At the same time, th...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 30, 2010 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Drugs and Pharma patient Source Type: blogs
Dear Son Medical Update~BetterEmail this article to a colleague.
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Things have improved with the Scopolamine patch back on. While I can still hear the secretions, it is slightly better. Also, I made two changes that seem to help. He had been moaning in his sleep each night and while I tried to turn him over to make him more comfortable, it didn't seem to help. I am assuming the moaning was from pain since he never did it prior to this pain issue. Usually he would start moaning around 9 p.m. or so and when he did that, I gave him .5ml of Risperdal and it seemed to help and then another .5 ml around midnight, when I gave his other seizure medications. (Ped Neuro Doc had given me the o.k. to...
Source: Dream Mom - January 30, 2010 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Dream Mom Source Type: blogs
The Swine Flu Backlash.Email this article to a colleague.
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In the Lancet today is a valuable article on ”swine flu backlash” [Volume 375, Issue 9712, 30 Jan, 2010, Page 367] where the author considers whether the recent pandemic is the weakest on record, and how much the pharmaceutical industry and power politics caused needless waste of medical resources, engendering unnecessary fear. The author also asks “how was it that a new virus turned out on closer inspection not to be so new after all? Epidemiologists knew it was likely to be mild almost from the beginning, but we feared that because it was ‘new’ it would spread widely and kill a lot of ...
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 29, 2010 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: Economics Immunizations infectious diseases Prevention policy Source Type: blogs
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… The Weekend NearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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And so another week draws to a close. We hope you survived. What will you do this weekend? Errands? Taxes? How about something relaxing? While you contemplate, another day beckons, so here are a few items to help you get by. Whatever you do this weekend, we hope you have time for something refreshing. Enjoy, everyone, and see you next week…
Novartis Warns Countries Over Cancelled Vaccine Orders (AFP)
Merck Helicopter Pad Site Approved (nj.com)
Judge Rules Drugmakers Overcharged New York (Bloomberg News)
Alberta, Canada To Save Millions On Generics (Edmonton Journal)
Mississippi Senate Panel OKs Rx For Cold Meds (Asso...
Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alberta Average Wholesale Price AWP Helicopter Merck Mississippi Novartis swine flu Vaccines Source Type: blogs
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Ireland accused of exposing women to anti-abortion lies – The Guardian 28th January 2010
“Human rights group says women seeking information about terminations are told they will often cause irreparable damage”
tags: Abortion, Ethics, Legislation, Human Rights, Health, News, IHN, The Guardian
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Summary of the Irish abortion legislation report – The Guardian 28th January 2010
Canada donates excess swine flu vaccines to WHO – The Independent 29th January 2010
“Canada announced Thursday it has donated five million swine flu vaccine doses and six million Canadian dollars (5....
Source: Fade Library - January 29, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
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Swine flu vaccine warning as death toll reaches 44 – Manchester Evening News 27th January 2010
“SWINE flu has claimed 44 lives in the north west and put another 2,720 people in hospital.
Since the outbreak began last July, 250 people have also needed intensive care been after becoming critically ill with complications caused by the disease, new figures show.”
tags: H1N1InfluenzaPandemicMortalityGMHNHealthNewsImmunisationManchester Evening News
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Source: Fade Library - January 28, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
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How to make your medical grand rounds thriveEmail this article to a colleague.
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by Bob Wachter, MD
Early last year, my boss Talmadge King and I were at an ABIM meeting (we’re both on the board), and the group was debating a controversial topic. Another participant at the meeting, like Talmadge the chair of a prominent department of medicine, said, “We polled 250 people at our grand rounds last week, and they said ‘X’.” The audience gasped – ‘X’ was a completely unexpected response. Talmadge and I looked at each other with equally stunned faces, but for another reason. Nearly simultaneously, we said, “How the hell did they get 250 people to come to Medical Grand Rounds?!”
Grand Rou...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 27, 2010 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Medical education medical school residency Source Type: blogs
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UK must follow Michelle Obama’s lead with a better recipe to reduce obesity – The Guardian 27th January 2010
“The Land of the Free is also the world’s fattest country, but at least America’s First Lady has decided to make modern life’s greatest curse her top priority”
tags: Obesity, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian, IHN
Novartis chief warns states over cancelled vaccine orders – The Independent 27th January 2010
“The head of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis on Tuesday warned that governments now trying to cancel swine flu vaccine contracts might not be dealt with so ...
Source: Fade Library - January 27, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
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Drug giants to collaborate with university on nanotechnology – Liverpool Daily Post 26th January 2010
“LEADING drug companies will work with the University of Liverpool after its scientists received a £1.7m award to find how nanotechnology could improve pharmaceutical drugs’ impact.
AstraZeneca, Merck, Sharpe and Dohm, Gillead, Abbott and Iota Nano Solutions will be involved in the three-year project.”
tags: Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Research, Health, News, CMHN, Liverpool Daily Post
Parking permits plan near Liverpool’s Broadgreen Hospital – Liverpool Daily Post 26th Januar...
Source: Fade Library - January 27, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
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Cancer jab scheme is a success with town’s schoolgirls – The Bolton News 26th January 2010
“HUNDREDS of young schoolgirls have been immunised against a deadly cancer under a new health programme.
Around nine out of every 10 Year Eight girls — almost 1,700 of them — received a vaccine to help protect them from cervical cancer during the last academic year, new figures show. “
tags: Cancer, Immunisation, Cervical Cancer, Young People, Health, News, GMHN, The Bolton News
Swine flu ‘ready for comeback’ – The Bolton News 26th January 2010
“SWINE flu will be back, health chiefs warned las...
Source: Fade Library - January 27, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
Pandemic Flu Training Module for Mental Health Trusts, Tertiary and Associated Specialist TrustsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Pandemic Flu Training Module for Mental Health Trusts, Tertiary and Associated Specialist Trusts
Skinny: Updated guidance for Mental Health Trusts, Tertiary and Associated Specialist Trusts on handling flu pandemic.
Publisher: DH
Size of Publication: 34p.
Published: 22/01/2010
Posted in Grey Literature, Hospitals, Influenza, Mental Health, NHS, Pandemic, Training Tagged: Grey Literature, H1N1, Influenza, Mental Health, Pandemic, Training
Source: Fade Library - January 27, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Grey Literature Hospitals influenza Mental Health NHS Pandemic Training h1n1 Source Type: blogs
Reductil banned in Europe, but widely available “OTC” in MalaysiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Reductil is an anti-obesity drug which is a prescription only item which means you should not be able to purchase it OTC (or Over The Counter) in a pharmacy. It has potential for some serious side-effects and recent news is the drug is now Banned in Europe
One of the country’s most commonly prescribed anti-obesity drugs has been banned across Europe after it was blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or a stroke.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) ordered doctors across the continent to stop prescribing sibutramine and told pharmacists not to dispense the drug, which is marketed in...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - January 27, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Nation - Palmdoc Pharmacies Reductil Source Type: blogs
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Another day, another deadline. An old maxim from the old media world, but it continues to ring true. And most likely, many of you can relate. So while we hustle one of the short people off to the schoolhouse, here are a few items to help you cope with your own deadlines. Have a good day, everyone, and have a cup of stimulation on us…
FDA OKs Novo Nordisk’s Victoza For Diabetes (Associated Press)
Amgen Forecasts Higher Revenue In 2010 (Bloomberg News)
Doubts About Glaxo’s Sirtris Deal (Forbes)
WHO Denies Pharma Influenced Swine Flu Decisions (Reuters)
Source: Pharmalot - January 26, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Amgen GlaxoSmithKline Novo Nordisk Sirtris Victoza Source Type: blogs
Advanced Swine Flu Case ReportEmail this article to a colleague.
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by patience (Posted Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:36 am)Must share my swine flu close encounter story. I work at a private residential school and about two weeks ago the students were starting to get very sick. A few even hospitalized. I had to work right in the sick zone. A large number of staff got sick to varying degrees and finally one of the kids hspitalized came back as H1N1. Anyways, I take my usual 12 grams but one day all of a sudden I get really hot like a fever was starting so I loaded up a water bottle with the last of my c crystals I stored at work and I start taking 2 500mg tablets every half our. It was very strange, ...
Source: Med Student Guide - January 26, 2010 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs
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Welcome to the working week. We hope your weekend was refreshing and invigorating. Now, though, the time has come to return to the usual pile of meetings and deadlines. To arm ourselves, we are brewing the usual cup(s) of stimulation and scouring about for a few interesting items. We have uncovered this much so far. Hope your day goes well and stay in touch…
Alcon Investor Expects Higher Novartis Bid (Reuters)
China To Open Market To Indian Drugmakers (PharmaTimes)
Venture Capitalists Reduced Biotech Funding (Boston.com)
Japanese Market Forecast To Plummet (OutsourcingPharma)
Welsh MP Slams Swine Flu Vaccine Makers (...
Source: Pharmalot - January 25, 2010 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Alcon Amylin Pharmaceuticals Caprion China Diabetes India Novartis PPD swine flu Vaccines Venture Capital Source Type: blogs
Advanced Swine Flu Case ReportEmail this article to a colleague.
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by patience (Posted Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:43 am)Must share my swine flu close encounter story. I work at a private residential school and about two weeks ago the students were starting to get very sick. A few even hospitalized. I had to work right in the sick zone. A large number of staff got sick to varying degrees and finally one of the kids hspitalized came back as H1N1. Anyways, I take my usual 12 grams but one day all of a sudden I get really hot like a fever was starting so I loaded up a water bottle with the last of my c crystals I stored at work and I start taking 2 500mg tablets every half our. It was very strange, a...
Source: Med Student Guide - January 25, 2010 Category: Medical Students Source Type: blogs
Autism Rising? Dr. Eric Fombonne Says Yes It IsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Despite the recent figures from the CDC revising autism prevalence rates upward from 1 in 150 to 1 in 110 die hard deniers of the existence of an autism epidemic refuse to acknowledge the obvious. One of the most stubborn deniers is Kev Leitch at LBRB a Neurodiversity driven "autism" blog.
In a recent lbrb post denying the reality of the increasing rates of autism disorders Kev clings to the 1994 diagnostic changes and to social and ascertainment factors. He does so even though Dr. Tom Insel, head of the IACC, has recently stated that studies can only attribute slightly less than 50% of the startli...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 25, 2010 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Was the H1N1 a Fake Pandemic? A Council of Europe Motion to Investigate Drug Sellers InfluenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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In WHO to Clarify H1N1 Data After False Pandemic Claim Bloomberg reports that "The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe plans to debate the theme “Faked pandemics: a threat to health” at a plenary session in Strasbourg, France" next week.
Not to quibble too much with "B"but the debate is not just debate of a theme in an academic or abstract sense. It is debate on an actual motion which calls on the member states of the Council of Europe to conduct investigation of the influence of "drug makers" in defining and declaring pandemics.
I am not, and do not pretend to be, pre...
Source: Facing Autism in New Brunswick - January 24, 2010 Category: Autism Authors: Autism Reality NB Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
Computation Is So Pre-DarwinianEmail this article to a colleague.
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The New York Academy of Sciences recently moved into its new offices offering a spectacular view of Ground Zero and downtown New York. It's a great place to get new ideas.Download PDF of this post“Brains don’t compute thoughts, they evolve them,” Terrence Deacon told an audience at the New York Academy of Sciences last November at a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication The Origin of Species. If that claim holds true, then the words we speak are not put together by a computational procedure but emerge from some evolutionary process. Could that be?Deacon's remark summarized a presentation made that e...
Source: Babel's Dawn - January 24, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Blair Source Type: blogs
National Library of Medicine Launches Mobile MedlinePlus to Meet the Health Information Needs of an On-the-Go Public [Highlight HEALTH]Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Highlight HEALTH - January 22, 2010 Category: Medical Scientists Source Type: blogs
New data on how much infection in the first wave of the pandemicEmail this article to a colleague.
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It was some time after the pandemics of 1957 and 1968 that we were able to judge their severity and it will likely be some time after this one has finally burned itself out, most likely to become "just another" seasonal flu, that we will be able to gauge the 2009 swine flu pandemic. A lot of data is being generated but it will take time to harvest it and send it to the scientific market for consumption. A report in today's Lancet reminds us that we aren't seeing all there is to see, even with unprecedentedly rapid means of communication and better surveillance than ever in the history of our long battle with the influenza ...
Source: Effect Measure - January 22, 2010 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: swine flu Source Type: blogs
UK Health News 01/22/2010Email this article to a colleague.
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Rickets warning from doctors as vitamin D deficiency widens – The Guardian 22nd January 2010
“Sharp rise in problem blamed on kids indoors playing computers and parents using too much sunscreen”
tags: Rickets, Vitamins, Nutrition, Diet, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian
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Doctors warn of increase in rickets cases – The Guardian 21st January 2010
TV and computer games blamed for return of rickets – The Times 22nd January 2010
Rickets makes comeback among computer generation – Daily Telegraph 21st January 2010
Victorian disease rickets on the rise due to poor diet and lack...
Source: Fade Library - January 22, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Another 15 Minutes ... Health News from Fade Mass Media Source Type: blogs
Fringe — Episode 12 (Season 2): “What Lies Below”Email this article to a colleague.
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The plot of this episode of Fringe was, at best, so-so. They could have at least played up the “trapped in a building with a possible killer” angle. The science — and it’s generous calling it that — was painfully bad.
The Plot: In a large office building in Boston, a man walks into the office of a petroleum corporation, then drops dead, with his last breath spraying a fine mist of blood on all around him. Given the strange nature of the man’s death, the Fringe team is called in. Peter and Olivia arrive first and are interviewing bystanders. Walter, Broyles, and Astrid are on their way ...
Source: Polite Dissent - January 22, 2010 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Scott Tags: newtag Source Type: blogs
New tool to figure out what the flu virus does (and what it needs to do it)Email this article to a colleague.
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In my regular science trawling I noticed a fascinating paper in Nature (epub ahead of print) that I haven't seen anything about in the news. It seems to me it's worth a discussion, if for no other reason than it uses a relatively new approach, small interfering RNA (siRNA), to dissect the functions in the host cell the virus needs for the only thing it wants to do, make a copy of itself. It also lets me try out on you a new analogy I cooked up for a short talk on flu for high school students and their parents and teachers. It turns out that parts of it will be useful to explain the new siRNA paper. Read the rest of this po...
Source: Effect Measure - January 21, 2010 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: swine flu Source Type: blogs
Practice Management 2009 (Vol. 19 No. 10)Email this article to a colleague.
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Title: Swine flu and employment
Skinny: Discusses the impact of swine flu (H1N1) on employment. The pandemic has raised some challenging issues in the workplace and the article addresses some of these issues. Most practices will have issues maintaining a service, and article encourages practice managers to carry out a staff audit to minimise the chances of being caught out by staff absences. Includes a background history to the outbreak of swine flu.
Posted in Emergency Planning, General Practice, Influenza, Journals, Management Tagged: Audit, H1N1, Influenza, Practice Management, Swine Flu, Workforce Planning
Source: Fade Library - January 21, 2010 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: bsnnbrou Tags: Emergency Planning General Practice influenza Journals Management Audit h1n1 Practice Management swine flu Workforce Planning Source Type: blogs
