GlaxoSmithKline and Adolor Corporation announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted as complete, Adolor?s response to the November 2006 New Drug Application (NDA) approvable letter for Entereg? (alvimopan) for the management of postoperative ileus (POI).
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting the Iraqi Government in responding to a recent outbreak of cholera in the northern governorate of Sulemaniyah which has already claimed 10 lives and left thousands ill.
Two new studies led by researchers at the University of Iowa and the Department of Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System provide reassuring findings for patients evaluated in the emergency room for possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the physicians who treat them.
NHS policy changes may be contributing to problems recognising serious illness in feverish young children, warns a senior doctor in this week?s BMJ.
A novel software application will help engineers and planners select the most efficient and site specific methods of controlling the amount of pollutants that enter the receiving waters through stormwater runoff.
Thousands of World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers were still suffering serious mental health effects three years after the disaster, the Health Department reported.
What keeps a newly licensed nurse on the job” Answers to that question are important to hospitals across the U.S., many of which are confronting serious nursing shortages.
A study, published in the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), provides new insight into the work experiences of newly-licensed RNs that may help reduce the turnover rate of hospital nurses.
To ensure consistent delivery of the highest quality of care possible throughout the province, the Alberta government will address five key areas identified in the report Provincial Review of Infection Prevention and Control.
Using magnetic resonance images of the brain, researchers have identified a new abnormality related to disease progression and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiology.