University Of Queensland Prescribes A New Way For Medicine University of Queensland research into how hospital doctors prescribe medication is leading to safer patient outcomes. Dr Ian Coombes, a trained pharmacist, undertook research into safe prescribing practices for junior doctors as part of his PhD with UQ's Schools of Pharmacy and
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClinical News From Annals Of Internal Medicine Vitamin D Deficiency Puts Older Women at Risk for Hip Fracture Previous studies of the effect of low blood vitamin D levels on the risk for hip fractures in older women have given inconsistent results. In this study, researchers took blood to measure vitamin D levels and gathered information about fracture risk from 800 women between the ages of 50 and 79. After following the women for up to nine years, the researchers re-examined them to see who developed hip fractures.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKarolinska Institute To Test Vical's Vaxfectin(R) Adjuvant With Preventive Vaccine Against HIV Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL) announced a research collaboration with the Karolinska Institute, a leading European medical university, and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI), a governmental expert agency, to evaluate Vical's Vaxfectin(R) adjuvant with the Biojector(R) 2000 needle-free injection system (Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., OTCBB:BJCT) for a multivalent preventive DNA vaccine against HIV. Professor Eric Sandstrom, M.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFDA Approval, Oversight Of Mifeprex 'Consistent' With Other Drugs, GAO Report Says FDA's approval process and postmarket oversight of Danco Laboratories' medication abortion drug Mifeprex, also known as RU-486, were "consisten[t]" with how the agency handles other
drugs with restricted distribution, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday,
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