Health Care :: SEIU nurse introduces Obama at IOWA health care event
Pauline Taylor, an RN and SEIU member from Iowa City, introduced Senator Obama at a campaign event to unveil his health care plan.
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Infant :: Abbott Similac Special Care Premature Infant Formula with Iron
Abbott informed consumers and healthcare professionals of a nationwide recall of three lots of two-ounce bottles of Similac Special Care 24 Cal/fl. oz. Ready-to-Feed Premature Infant Formula with Iron, a highly specialized liquid ready-to-feed formula used only for premature infants after discharge from the hospital.
Healthcare :: Physician Assistants vote on retail clinics, reparative therapy
Physician assistants (Pas) addressed a broad range of issues ? including overcrowding in emergency departments, retail clinics, reparative therapy, retail-based clinics, deceptive health care advertising, and apologizing for adverse outcomes ? during the 35th annual conference of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), meeting in Philadelphia through May 31.
Mobile Phone :: Urgent need for guidance on mobile phone use in clinical care
Both national and international guidelines on the use of mobile phones in the provision of clinical care are urgently needed, an editorial in the June issue of Quality and Safety in Health Care argues.
Psychiatry :: Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
Continuing medical education, newsletters and resource guides were only partially successful in changing the way that pediatricians handled behavioral health problems, according to a follow-up study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Alzheimer’s Disease :: Blood inflammation plays role in Alzheimer’s disease
People whose blood shows signs of inflammation are more likely to later develop Alzheimer’s disease than people with no signs of inflammation, according to a study published in the May 29, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
MRI :: Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury
Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists can better predict the likelihood of full or partial recovery of patients with acute spinal cord injuries (SCI), according to a study published in the June issue of the journal Radiology.
Cancer :: Tony Clement on Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control
The Honourable Tony Clement, Canadian Health Minister, congratulated the new Chair and the rest of the Board of Directors of the new Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Corporation, as they held their second Board meeting.
MRSA :: Drug-resistant superbugs MRSA on rise
The incidence of antibiotic-resistant staph infections associated with being acquired in the community and not in health care institutions increased almost seven-fold in Chicago’s Cook County Hospital system between 2000 and 2005, according to a report in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Pregnancy :: Screening pregnant women with syphilis tests would save babies
Screening pregnant women with newer, rapid syphilis tests would improve the survival and health of babies, according to research from Haiti.