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AACN to honor Detroit nurse with Flame of Excellence Award

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the Flame of Excellence Award to Margaret L. "Meg" Campbell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, a nationally known expert in hospital-based palliative care and end-of-life issues.

19 May 2012

JAT accepts five scientific articles co-authored by UCSD doctoral pharmacy students

The Millennium Research Institute (MRI), a nonprofit national research center formed in 2010, and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) announced today five scientific articles co-authored by UCSD doctoral pharmacy students have been accepted by the Journal of Analytical Toxicology.

19 May 2012

APS honors recipients of Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards

The American Pain Society (APS), honored the recipients of its sixth annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing the nation's outstanding pain care centers.

19 May 2012

Health professional training essential to reduce tobacco reliance

Health care professionals do a better job helping people quit smoking when they are trained in smoking cessation techniques, a new Cochrane Library review finds.

19 May 2012

American Legion applauds U.S. Army's decision to launch review of mental health cases

The nation's largest wartime veterans organization is applauding the U.S. Army's decision to launch a service-wide review of mental health cases dating back to 2001 to ensure that any soldiers suffering from behavioral health illnesses weren't denied appropriate medical retirement benefits.

19 May 2012

Specialized high volume centers linked with lower rates of death and disability from aSAH

People with bleeding brain aneurysms have the best chance of survival and full recovery if they receive aggressive emergency treatment from a specialized team at a hospital that treats a large number of patients like them every year, according to new guidelines just published by the American Stroke Association.

19 May 2012

BHI expresses concern over use of long-range acoustic devices

In preparation for the thousands of anti-war activists expected to protest outside the NATO summit in Chicago this week, the city has reportedly ordered $1 million worth of riot-control equipment including a 'sound cannon' that can be used to emit pain-inducing sound waves of up to 150 decibels.

19 May 2012

AACN to honor Seattle nurse with Flame of Excellence Award

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present the Flame of Excellence Award to Carol Jacobson, RN, MN, for her efforts to educate progressive care and critical care nurses in the care of patients with cardiac disease.

19 May 2012

IAS’ XIX International AIDS Conference to take place in Washington D.C.

This summer, more than 25,000 leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers, community members, and experts in the HIV/AIDS field from around the world will gather in our nation's capital for the International AIDS Society's XIX International AIDS Conference.

19 May 2012

Mount Sinai cancer researchers to present several landmark studies at ASCO meeting

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers will present several landmark studies, including data on treatment trends in late-stage cancer, a promising multiple myeloma vaccine, and predictive models of soft tissue sarcomas, prostate and bladder cancer, at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting June 1-5, 2012 in Chicago.

19 May 2012

UK-led technologies set to transform treatments on the NHS

Video games, pioneering gene therapies and new medical devices are set to transform treatments on the NHS, with support from the Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust.

19 May 2012

PharMEDium to present enhanced labeling for ICU services at NTI and Critical Care Expo

Amy Langan, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, announced that PharMEDium will highlight its enhanced labeling for sterile intravenous compounded ICU Services at the National Teaching Institute (NTI) and Critical Care Exposition, May 19-24, 2012 in Orlando, Florida.

19 May 2012

BIT Companies support Rays of Hope organization to help South African children

BIT Companies, developer/manufacturer of in-vitro diagnostic, clinical and hematology instrumentation, has announced its role as a supporter of Rays of Hope, a non-profit organization in South Africa which offers sustainable aid to underprivileged children in a small village on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa.

19 May 2012

Surgical community kicksoff Strong for Surgery initiative

Washington State's surgical community announces today the kickoff of the Strong for Surgery initiative. Strong for Surgery's goal is to educate the healthcare community on effective steps that can be taken to better prepare patients for surgery and provide the best outcomes possible. The initiative is led by the University of Washington's CERTAIN program and is working in partnership with the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP).

18 May 2012

Cautious optimism over prevalence of PTSD

A decade after the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, studies have shown that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among troops is surprisingly low, and a Harvard researcher credits the drop, in part, to new efforts by the Army to prevent PTSD, and to ensure those who do develop the disorder receive the best treatment available.

18 May 2012

PLoS blog responds to U.N.'s newly released maternal mortality estimates

Newly released "estimates of maternal mortality from the United Nations' Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) are good news – but not good enough," Peter Byass, professor of global health at Umea University in Sweden and director of the Umea Centre for Global Health Research, writes in this post in the PLoS "Speaking of Medicine" blog.

18 May 2012

Despite bishop's disapproval, Sebelius will speak at Georgetown University

The Health and Human Services secretary was invited in January to address graduates of the Public Policy Institute at the Jesuit institution.

18 May 2012

Budget politics and posturing continues at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue

Even as congressional leaders met with President Barack Obama on budget matters, the Senate voted on -- and rejected -- a series of budget proposals. Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner draws a line in the sand regarding the next vote to raise the federal debt limit.

18 May 2012

ACO model may improve populations-based outcomes for pain management

How will pain care be influenced by the anticipated reforms in the U.S. healthcare system? Current models of healthcare delivery offer both obstacles and opportunities for achieving quality and effectiveness in pain-related care, according to Daniel Carr, MD, Tufts University in his keynote address at the American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

18 May 2012

One Blog interviews USAID deputy administrator about upcoming G8 Summit

ONE Blog interviews Ambassador Don Steinberg, current deputy administrator at USAID, about the upcoming G8 Summit.

18 May 2012

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AACN to honor Detroit nurse with Flame of Excellence Award

JAT accepts five scientific articles co-authored by UCSD doctoral pharmacy students

APS honors recipients of Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards

Health professional training essential to reduce tobacco reliance

American Legion applauds U.S. Army's decision to launch review of mental health cases

Specialized high volume centers linked with lower rates of death and disability from aSAH

BHI expresses concern over use of long-range acoustic devices

AACN to honor Seattle nurse with Flame of Excellence Award

IAS’ XIX International AIDS Conference to take place in Washington D.C.

Mount Sinai cancer researchers to present several landmark studies at ASCO meeting

UK-led technologies set to transform treatments on the NHS

PharMEDium to present enhanced labeling for ICU services at NTI and Critical Care Expo

BIT Companies support Rays of Hope organization to help South African children

Surgical community kicksoff Strong for Surgery initiative

Cautious optimism over prevalence of PTSD

PLoS blog responds to U.N.'s newly released maternal mortality estimates

Despite bishop's disapproval, Sebelius will speak at Georgetown University

Budget politics and posturing continues at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue

ACO model may improve populations-based outcomes for pain management

One Blog interviews USAID deputy administrator about upcoming G8 Summit

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