IHI To Host 20th Annual National Forum On Quality Improvement In Health Care The Institute for
Healthcare Improvement (IHI) will host its 20th annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in
Health Care December 8 - 11 in Nashville, TN. The event, is expected to be attended by more than 6,000 leading
health care professionals from across the U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSleep And Memory Problems In Elderly African-Americans Linked In Landmark Study A landmark study led by North Carolina State University researchers shows that African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher risk of having memory problems - raising the possibility that identifying and treating sleep difficulties in the elderly may help preserve their cognitive functioning.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMale Derived Cuticular Hydrocarbons Signal Sperm Competition Intensity And Affect Ejaculate Expenditure In Crickets Multiple mating by females can have a significant effect on male mating decisions because a male's sperm will have to compete with another male's sperm for fertilization. Using an innovative approach, this study investigates how males of the Australian field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus can determine a females mating history using chemical cues.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTribendimidine Successful In Fighting Intestinal Worms In a study testing the safety and efficacy of treatment with tribendimidine for intestinal worm infections, researchers have published some positive results.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comParatek To Present Clinical Data In Late Breaker Presentation At The 48th Annual Interscience Conference On Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the Company's lead product, amadacycline, formerly PTK 0796, a first-in-class aminomethylcycline, will be the subject of a Late Breaker poster presentation at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). ICAAC will be held in Washington, D.C. from October 25 - October 28, 2008. About Paratek Pharmaceuticals Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSteroids Aid Recovery From Pneumonia Adding corticosteroids to traditional antimicrobial therapy might help people with pneumonia recover more quickly than with antibiotics alone, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have found. Unlike the anabolic steroids used to bulk up muscle, corticosteroids are often used to treat inflammation related to infectious diseases, such as bacterial meningitis.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com'Healthy' Competition Aims To Educate Students About Dangerous MRSA Superbug Spreading the word, not the germ, about the dangers of a potentially fatal superbug is the goal of Students Fight MRSA, a new educational campaign launched in the Philadelphia region through a joint partnership of Independence Blue Cross, The
Health Care Improvement Foundation, and The Franklin Institute.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGrunting For Worms: Seismic Vibrations Cause Diplocardia Earthworms To Emerge From The Soil Harvesting earthworms by a practice called 'worm grunting' is widespread in the Southeastern USA. The technique involves rhythmically scraping a wooden stake driven into the ground with a flat metal object. A common assumption is that vibrations cause the worms to surface, but this phenomenon had not been studied.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSurgeons Test Blood Chemicals To Spot Early Signs Of Organ Injury Or Failure Investigators at two major academic medical centers in the United States are analyzing blood chemicals that may identify the patients who are in danger of organ injury after certain types of surgery or organ failure after trauma. The hope is to develop bedside blood tests that will quickly and reliably determine which patients are at risk for organ damage so they may receive preventive treatment.
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