Saint John's Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Only 37, Janie Lee had endured excruciating back pain for 20 years. She couldn't stay in one position for more than five minutes, and walking hunched over was the only way she could get around. Her
search for help took her to several doctors and an emergency room, but it wasn't until she found Hyun Bae, M.D., a renowned spine specialist at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica that she received the diagnosis and care that would return her life to her.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTime To Consider Expanding Prescribing Rights Governments and health professionals across Australia need to give full and detailed consideration to granting pharmacists and other non-medial health professionals the right to prescribe medications, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says. President of the PSA, Warwick Plunkett, said today that some non-medical health professions have already been granted prescribing rights and it was time that this right was also granted to pharmacists.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDrugScope: NTA Naloxone Pilot Scheme Can Help Reduce Drug-related Deaths, UK DrugScope has today welcomed the National Treatment Agency's announcement of a pilot scheme that will see families and carers of opiate users trained in drug overdose management and the administration of naloxone, a drug which reverses the effects of a drug overdose [1]. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist which blocks the effects of opiates, such as heroin or methadone.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Guidance On Making Work Less Of A Pain In The Back New guidance for employers, patients and doctors on helping people with back pain return to work will be announced on Tuesday May 5 at the University of Leicester. It is estimated that it costs society in excess of £12 billion a year with people taking time off work because of back pain. Around 80% of these costs, were not associated with healthcare but due to lost work production and associated wage replacement benefits.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNCPA To Congress: Health Reform Should Empower Community Pharmacies To Improve Patient Outcomes, Reduce Costs National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Executive Vice President and CEO, Bruce T. Roberts, RPh testified today before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, offering four different recommendations to strengthen a health care reform proposal currently working its way through Congress.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIFPMA Announces Johnson & Johnson As New Member Company The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) is pleased to announce that Johnson & Johnson has become its newest member company. IFPMA Acting Director General Michael D. Boyd said: "Johnson & Johnson is an important company in our industry and one which is particularly active in working to help improve health in developing countries.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHoward County Pharmacy Owner Indicted For Health Care Fraud A federal grand jury yesterday indicted Pamela Arrey, age 48, of Glenelg, Maryland, for health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. According to the 13 count indictment, Arrey owned and operated two pharmacies trading as the Medicine Shoppe, on Liberty Road and Reisterstown Road in Baltimore.
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Many U.S. Residents Test Positive For HIV Late In Illness, Few High School Students Many people who test positive for HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their infection when treatment might be less effective, according to a report published Thursday in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Reuters Health reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNACDS To Honor Len DeMino At NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference As Industry Icon Announces Retirement As Consultant To The Association The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) today announced that the 2009 NACDS
Pharmacy & Technology Conference will provide a forum at which to provide further recognition to Leonard J. DeMino, RPh., a chain
pharmacy icon whose resume already includes some of the industry's highest honors and achievements. This news comes as DeMino announces his retirement as senior
pharmacy consultant to NACDS, effective in June 2009.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBiosite brand Triage Cardiac Panel Use of affected lots of the Triage Cardiac Panel may lead to false negative results, possibly resulting in missed or incorrect diagnosis.
Source: www.fda.govFDA Approves Generic Prescription-Only Version Of Plan B Emergency Contraceptive For Women Ages 17 And Under The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of the emergency contraceptive Plan B (levonorgestrel) tablets, 0.75 mg. The generic product will be available by
prescription only for women ages 17 and under. Plan B was first approved in 1999 for
prescription use only for women of all ages. Plan B is manufactured by Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Cincinnati. In 2006, Plan B was approved for nonprescription use for women ages 18 and older.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStimulant Medications used in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review FDA provides its perspective on study data published in the American Journal of Psychiatry on the potential risks of stimulant medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children. The study authors concluded that there may be an association between the use of stimulant medications and sudden death in healthy children.
Source: www.fda.govHealthcare Reform Expert And Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle To Address NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) announced former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) as this year's keynote speaker at the NACDS
Pharmacy and Technology Conference. Senator Daschle will speak on Sunday, August 9, 2009, at the Business Program to be held from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. "Senator Daschle is a healthcare expert," commented NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMember Support Helps Breakthrough In Decriminalisation Of Dispensing Errors Campaign The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's campaign to change the unjust law which automatically criminalises any dispensing error has reached a significant milestone after the Department of Health announced plans to amend the Medicines Act 1968 at the earliest opportunity.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInternational Society For Pharmaceutical Engineering Asks Pharma Professionals To Share Their Knowledge ISPE, a global not-for-profit association of 25,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, announced that it is accepting proposals from pharmaceutical professionals for content that can be included in a variety of its educational resources. "As a membership organization, ISPE truly relies on the contributions of dedicated and altruistic pharmaceutical professionals to advance their industry," said Robert P. Best, ISPE President and CEO.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAmerican Society of Health-System Pharmacists Awards Viso-Gurovich Honorary Membership The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has named Fela Viso-Gurovich, Ph.D., an honorary member of the Society for her pioneering work in the development of hospital
pharmacy in Mexico. Dr. Viso-Gurovich received the honor during ASHP's Summer Meeting in Rosemont, Ill. Dr. Viso-Gurovich is a professor at the University of the State of Hidalgo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comProstate Cancer Screening Benefits Are Small, Says US Report The recently released results of two large randomized trials suggest there are no big benefits from prostate cancer screening, and if anything, they are quite small, says a new report by US researchers. And an accompanying editorial goes so far as to suggest that while screening has doubled the risk of a diagnosis, it has done little to reduce the risk of death from prostate cancer.
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Why Are There Variations In Costs Of Diabetes Non-Adherence? There are important variations in the reported costs of diabetes non adherence which are due to methodological differences among studies. Therefore, decision makers need to identify those sources of variation, and based their decision only on high quality studies. The objective was to review and analyze carefully all published studies related to costs of diabetic patients who do not adhere to medications and identify sources of differences among studies.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCWRU Receives 5 Million Dollars From Ohio Third Frontier Commission The Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM), comprised of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic (CC), University Hospitals (UH), and Athersys, Inc. has received 5 million dollars from Ohio's Third Frontier Commission under the Research Commercialization Program.
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