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Prescription painkiller abuse: A worst drug overdose epidemic in history

The Centers for Disease Control calls prescription painkiller abuse "one of the worst drug overdose epidemics in history."

19 Feb 2015

Geriatric consultation could improve care for elderly patients admitted for traumatic injuries

Elderly patients who are admitted to the hospital for monitoring and surgical treatment of traumatic injuries could have better geriatric care if medical teams took one extra step—offering geriatric consultation, according to new research findings from surgical and geriatric medicine teams at the Ronald Reagan University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center.

19 Feb 2015

Survey finds high levels of abuse, serious harm associated with human trafficking

The largest survey to date of the health of trafficking survivors has found high levels of abuse and serious harm associated with human trafficking. For the first time, the findings reveal severe mental and physical health problems experienced by men, women and children trafficked for forced labour and sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia.

18 Feb 2015

New discovery could lead to potential treatment for preventing blindness

Scientists have made a major new discovery detailing how areas of the brain responsible for vision could potentially adapt to injury or trauma and ultimately prevent blindness.

18 Feb 2015

Patient questionnaire can help measure disability risk following surgery

Freedom from disability is one of the most important patient-centered outcomes after surgery, but there is currently no validated instrument to measure postoperative disability.

17 Feb 2015

UMHS opens Massey Emergency Critical Care Center

They come from highway accident scenes and nursing home beds, from factories and farm fields, from suburban homes, downtown sidewalks and small community hospitals.

16 Feb 2015

Loyola pediatrician offers tips to help ease spit-up in babies after feeding

A baby's feeding habits are a common source of questions for pediatricians. Though every baby will spit up, some do it considerably more than others, which can cause parents to think something might be wrong.

16 Feb 2015

Study shows in-flight blood transfusions improve outcomes in trauma victims

Air-lifted trauma victims who received blood transfusions in the helicopter before arriving at a trauma center had higher one-day survival rates and less chance of shock than air-lifted patients who did not receive blood transfusions until they arrived at the trauma unit, according to study findings published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

16 Feb 2015

Huntington Hospital, OBHG launch new program to improve women's healthcare

Huntington Hospital of San Gabriel Valley, CA recently partnered with Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) to provide on-site, Board Certified OB/GYN obstetric hospitalist services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

13 Feb 2015

Health Canada to review Cipher’s self-adhesive medicated plaster, Beteflam Patch

Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CPHR; TSX:CPH) ("Cipher" or "the Company") today announced that the Beteflam Patch (previously called the Betesil® Patch) has been accepted for review by Health Canada.

13 Feb 2015

Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare awards grants to support MIHS programs

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare announced today that it awarded $50,000 in community impact grants to help four programs that support the underserved, including a unique hospital-based domestic violence prevention effort.

13 Feb 2015

New study indicates that malaria-causing parasite is unlikely to cross from animals to humans

In recent years, public health experts have increasingly explored the idea of eliminating the most dangerous malaria-causing parasite. But they have questioned whether getting rid of this species, called Plasmodium falciparum, would allow other species of the parasite to simply jump into the gap and start infecting humans with malaria.

13 Feb 2015

Innovative single-use torque instruments utilize tough polycarbonate from Bayer

Makrolon® polycarbonate resin from Bayer MaterialScience LLC forms the handles of CMP’s TorqueSafe™ instruments, which are designed for trauma, reconstruction, small bone, cranio maxillofacial fixation, spine and extremity procedures.

12 Feb 2015

InterveXion receives federal grants for development of drug therapies to treat methamphetamine users

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures startup company, InterveXion Therapeutics LLC, has received two federal grants totaling $14.5 million for development of drug therapies that can help methamphetamine drug abusers break their addiction.

12 Feb 2015

Young adult survivors of leukemia and lymphoma report high distress than older survivors

Two University of Colorado Cancer Center studies published in the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology show that young adult survivors (ages 18-39) of leukemia and lymphoma are more likely to report high distress than older survivors (ages 65+).

12 Feb 2015

Opioid withdrawal in Ontario newborns increases 15-fold

The number of newborns suffering from opioid withdrawal increased 15-fold in Ontario over 20 years, according to research published today in CMAJ Open.

12 Feb 2015

Single-use TorqueSafe instruments use Bayer's Makrolon polycarbonate resin

For many years, torque-applying instruments have been among the surgical instruments typically used during orthopedic surgeries.

12 Feb 2015

Harborview's MCICU receives gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from AACN

Harborview Medical Center's Medical Coronary Intensive Care Unit has received a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

11 Feb 2015

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation offers tips to help caregivers cope with challenges

Husbands and wives, parents and children, siblings and others are taking on the role of caregiver for family members who are unable to care for themselves due to disabilities, chronic health conditions or the challenges related to aging. In fact, more than 90 million caregivers – two out of five adults – are now providing that daily care, an increase of 30% since 2010.

11 Feb 2015

DePuy Synthes announces acquisition of Olive Medical

Today DePuy Synthes Companies announced that it has acquired Olive Medical Corporation, a Utah-based privately held provider of high definition (HD) visualization systems for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

10 Feb 2015

Trauma News and Research

Prescription painkiller abuse: A worst drug overdose epidemic in history

Geriatric consultation could improve care for elderly patients admitted for traumatic injuries

Survey finds high levels of abuse, serious harm associated with human trafficking

New discovery could lead to potential treatment for preventing blindness

Patient questionnaire can help measure disability risk following surgery

UMHS opens Massey Emergency Critical Care Center

Loyola pediatrician offers tips to help ease spit-up in babies after feeding

Study shows in-flight blood transfusions improve outcomes in trauma victims

Huntington Hospital, OBHG launch new program to improve women's healthcare

Health Canada to review Cipher’s self-adhesive medicated plaster, Beteflam Patch

Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare awards grants to support MIHS programs

New study indicates that malaria-causing parasite is unlikely to cross from animals to humans

Innovative single-use torque instruments utilize tough polycarbonate from Bayer

InterveXion receives federal grants for development of drug therapies to treat methamphetamine users

Young adult survivors of leukemia and lymphoma report high distress than older survivors

Opioid withdrawal in Ontario newborns increases 15-fold

Single-use TorqueSafe instruments use Bayer's Makrolon polycarbonate resin

Harborview's MCICU receives gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from AACN

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation offers tips to help caregivers cope with challenges

DePuy Synthes announces acquisition of Olive Medical

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