Threats And Weaknesses In Preventive Care Model, Australia The need to expand
pharmacy's preventive health-care involvement is clear and while the strengths and opportunities for the community
pharmacy model are not hard to see, not so obvious are some of the serious weaknesses and threats of that model. This issue will be addressed by Phill Woods during one of the sessions of the Professional Practice stream at the
Pharmacy Australia Congress in Sydney from 15-18 October.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLevemir Insulin (Novo Nordisk) [UPDATED 08/26/2009] Stolen vials of Levemir still may be on the market.
FDA received multiple reports of patients who suffered adverse events due to poor control of glucose levels after using vial from stolen lots.
Source: www.fda.govASHP's Online Quality Improvement Resource Center Offers New Tools The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has added a number of tools and resources to a dynamic, online reference that assists hospital and health-system pharmacists in taking a leadership role in efforts to improve the quality of medication use within their institutions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMaking Stem Cells From Liposuction Leftovers Is Easier Say Researchers Writing in a new study, US researchers said it was easier and just as safe to make stem cells from fat cells freshly isolated from patients, for instance from cells present in liposuction "leftovers", than it was to make them from skin cells as other studies have done recently.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGreat Day Houston Honored As NACDS "Pharmacy Great Communicator" Yesterday the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) recognized Great Day Houston, and its host Deborah Duncan as a NACDS "
Pharmacy Great Communicator". Great Day Houston, which broadcasts on KHOU-TV (Houston, TX), recently aired a segment entitled, "Buffalo
Pharmacy Joins The H-E-B Family," which highlighted H-E-B
Pharmacy and H-E-B Pharmacist Steve King. The five-minute television news segment can be viewed
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPatient Rescheduling, Delayed Tests Due To Worldwide Isotope Shortage SNM recently conducted a survey of nuclear pharmacies - pharmacies that supply the critical radioisotope Technetium-99m, which is used in more than 16 million nuclear medicine tests each year in the United States - to assess, anecdotally, the impact of the worldwide medical isotope shortage. According to the survey, 60 percent of radiopharmacies have been impacted by the most recent shortage. Technetium-99m is a product of Molybdenum-99, which has been in short supply recently.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPhilips Avalon Fetal Monitors Safety alert issued due to complaints of inaccurate output readings that may lead to failure to identify fetal distress.
Source: www.fda.govYale Researchers Succeed In Repairing Brain Damage Caused By Chronic Stress, Lead Poisoning, Potential Implications For Bipolar Disorder Yale University researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (September 7-11 edition) that damage to the brain caused by chronic stress or lead poisoning can be repaired by blocking a key molecular pathway. Research shows that rats exposed to chronic stress develop damage to the prefrontal cortex.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comImprovement In Survival For Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia With Dexamethasone-Based Therapy An article published Online First and in the October edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that a dexamethasone-based treatment reduces the risk of relapse and improves the rate of cure in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). This can be achieved without the use of cranial radiation and some commonly used chemotherapy drugs, therefore minimising the risk of unnecessary side-effects.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHospira, Inc. Device Recall Potential risks from Hospira, Inc. power cord failure include electrical shock, delay in setup and therapy, interruption of therapy, device failure, and fires.
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