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US cancer care system in crisis

Delivery of cancer care in the U.S. is facing a crisis stemming from a combination of factors -- a growing demand for such care, a shrinking oncology work force, rising costs of cancer care, and the complexity of the disease and its treatment, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

11 Sep 2013

Researchers assess prevalence, cost of critical care therapies seen as futile by doctors

In one of the first studies of its kind, a joint UCLA/RAND Corporation study addressed the prevalence and cost of critical care therapies provided in intensive care units that were perceived by physicians as "futile."

10 Sep 2013

Mental illness increases risk of physical illness by 10 times in men and women

Men were more likely to develop a physical illness than women during a 10-year period studied by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

10 Sep 2013

PMSI, Progressive Medical collaborate to deliver comprehensive workers' compensation pharmacy benefit management services

Progressive Medical and PMSI announced today that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement to merge. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter subject to receipt of regulatory clearance. The combined company, which will be led by Executive Chairman Eileen Auen from PMSI and Co-CEOs Emry Sisson and Tommy Young from Progressive Medical, will deliver comprehensive workers' compensation pharmacy benefit management services including end-to-end pharmacy, ancillary and settlement solutions.

7 Sep 2013

Saban Research Institute hosted symposium on MUCMD at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

The Saban Research Institute recently hosted the 3rd annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium. Organized by Randall Wetzel, MD, chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, MUCMD is a forum that fosters communication between physicians and "Big Data" experts in order to make use of the large amounts of medical data.

7 Sep 2013

Researchers explore distinctions between natural sleep and anesthetic unconsciousness

Falling asleep in your bed at night and being "put to sleep" under general anesthesia - as well as waking up in the morning or coming out of anesthesia - aren't quite the same thing, yet they share some important similarities. Max Kelz, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, along with colleagues from Penn, UCSD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Thomas Jefferson University, explored the distinctions between anesthetic unconsciousness and sleep by manipulating the genetic pathways known to be involved in natural sleep and studying the resulting effects on anesthetic states.

6 Sep 2013

Critically ill patients benefit from new program designed to improve care at Mayo Clinic

Critically ill patients are benefiting from a new program designed to improve care and shorten hospital stays. Mayo Clinic's Enhanced Critical Care program offers 24/7 remote monitoring of the sickest patients at six Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals.

6 Sep 2013

Problem gambling, substance abuse problems are correlated, finds new study

Problem gamblers are a hidden population among people with mental health or substance abuse issues who often don't get the treatment they need, a new study shows.

5 Sep 2013

Holistic approach to understand and treat TB

For years, physicians around the world have watched as strain after strain of the deadly bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis evolves resistance to drugs.

2 Sep 2013

High waist circumference associated with greatest risk of death in heart attack survivors

Having a big belly increases the risk of death in heart attack survivors, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2013 by Professor Tabassome Simon and Professor Nicolas Danchin from France.

2 Sep 2013

BP and headache drug effectively speeds up treatment of TB

Infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins have found, in studies in mice, that a drug better known as a treatment for high blood pressure and headaches effectively speeds up treatment of TB when added to the standard, daily antibiotic regimen. Test animals were cured in four months instead of the usual six.

30 Aug 2013

Pulmonary hypertension may be caused by molecular pathway that damages blood vessels

Pulmonary hypertension, a deadly form of high blood pressure that develops in the lungs, may be caused by an inflammation-producing molecular pathway that damages the inner lining of blood vessels, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

29 Aug 2013

AACN offers online educational support for cardiac nurses

Nurses caring for acutely or critically ill cardiovascular patients can take heart: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses offers online educational support for cardiac nurses interested in deepening their expertise and acquiring subspecialty certification.

28 Aug 2013

Teleflex to showcase anesthesia and pain management products at ESRA Congress

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, will showcase its regional anesthesia and pain management products featuring improved practices during the ESRA Congress in Glasgow, UK, on September 4-7, 2013.

26 Aug 2013

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Of the over 1,900 errors already reported in the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, it is unclear how many of them actually contribute to the inherited disease. Now a team of researchers reports significant headway in figuring out which mutations are benign and which are deleterious. In so doing, they have increased the number of known CF-causing mutations from 22 to 127, accounting for 95 percent of the variations found in patients with CF.

26 Aug 2013

Ability to draw spontaneously may be preserved in brains of artists even after vascular dementia

The ability to draw spontaneously as well as from memory may be preserved in the brains of artists long after the deleterious effects of vascular dementia have diminished their capacity to complete simple, everyday tasks, according to a new study by physicians at St. Michael's Hospital.

26 Aug 2013

Study confirms exposure to arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function

A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in well water-about 12 times the dose generally considered safe-produced lung damage comparable to decades of smoking tobacco. Smoking, especially by males, made arsenic-related damage even worse.

23 Aug 2013

Assumption that uterine blood redistributed into maternal circulation after delivery challenged

In an examination comparing the effects of two drugs on blood pressure, pulse, heart rate and cardiac output in women having elective delivery by cesarean section, an old assumption that uterine blood is redistributed into the maternal circulation after delivery was challenged, according to a study in the September issue of Anesthesiology.

22 Aug 2013

Antipsychotic drug not effective in treating delirium in critically ill patients

Haloperidol, an antipsychotic drug used in many hospitals to treat delirium in critically ill patients, is no more effective than placebo in reducing the number of days that critically ill patients spend either delirious or in a coma, according to new research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

22 Aug 2013

State highlights: Hundreds lost D.C. Medicaid without cause, some allege; N.Y. firms accused of political wrongdoing in Medicaid; unions fight NYC health care plan

A selection of health policy stories from the District of Columbia, New York, California, Florida, North Carolina and Colorado.

13 Aug 2013

Critical Care News and Research

US cancer care system in crisis

Researchers assess prevalence, cost of critical care therapies seen as futile by doctors

Mental illness increases risk of physical illness by 10 times in men and women

PMSI, Progressive Medical collaborate to deliver comprehensive workers' compensation pharmacy benefit management services

Saban Research Institute hosted symposium on MUCMD at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Researchers explore distinctions between natural sleep and anesthetic unconsciousness

Critically ill patients benefit from new program designed to improve care at Mayo Clinic

Problem gambling, substance abuse problems are correlated, finds new study

Holistic approach to understand and treat TB

High waist circumference associated with greatest risk of death in heart attack survivors

BP and headache drug effectively speeds up treatment of TB

Pulmonary hypertension may be caused by molecular pathway that damages blood vessels

AACN offers online educational support for cardiac nurses

Teleflex to showcase anesthesia and pain management products at ESRA Congress

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Ability to draw spontaneously may be preserved in brains of artists even after vascular dementia

Study confirms exposure to arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function

Assumption that uterine blood redistributed into maternal circulation after delivery challenged

Antipsychotic drug not effective in treating delirium in critically ill patients

State highlights: Hundreds lost D.C. Medicaid without cause, some allege; N.Y. firms accused of political wrongdoing in Medicaid; unions fight NYC health care plan

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