Calls made on cellular phones have no negative impact on hospital medical devices, dispelling the long-held notion that they are unsafe to use in health care facilities, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.
Flora Foods of Pompano Beach, Florida, is recalling its 25oz jars of “Cerignola Olives” (UPC 0-20038-00693-5) because they have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has received a $100 million gift to launch a new research center that will combine the strengths of genomics and chemical biology to advance the understanding and treatment of severe mental illnesses.
World Kidney Day is a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF). It was launched for the first time in 2006 and it is held the second Thursday of March. The World Kidney Day is celebrated on 8 March, 2007 in more than 50 countries.
Patients admitted to hospitals for ischemic stroke on weekends had a higher risk of dying than patients admitted during the week, in a Canadian study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Novartis announced that the United States has become the first country in the world to approve Tekturna? (aliskiren), the first new type of medicine in more than a decade for treating high blood pressure – a condition estimated to affect nearly one billion people worldwide and still uncontrolled in nearly 70% of patients.
According to the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, every Canadian girl and woman should have the option to choose whether or not to protect themselves against HPV diseases like cervical cancer and genital warts. As it now stands, only those who can afford the HPV vaccine have a real choice.
The National Medical Association (NMA) issued a statement strongly encouraging “the appropriate use of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, but believes that patient participation should be voluntary.”
Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lipitor? (atorvastatin calcium) Tablets to reduce the risk of nonfatal heart attacks, fatal and non-fatal strokes, certain types of heart surgery, hospitalization for heart failure, and chest pain in patients with heart disease.
In US, different business groups are gathered to improve the health care quality in the state. The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality was recognized as a pilot site to pioneer new methods of reporting on quality of care.