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Electronic system in hospital helps reduce medication errors in children

When children are admitted to the hospital, sometimes the medications they take at home are lost in the shuffle, or they may be given the wrong dose.

6 May 2014

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopy with polypectomy reduces hospital utilization

A surgical method combining two techniques for removing precancerous polyps during colonoscopies can substantially reduce the recovery time and the length of hospital stays, potentially saving the health-care system millions of dollars, according to research presented today at Digestive Disease Week- (DDW).

6 May 2014

Study shows cognitive deficits, structural differences in brains of school-age children born late preterm

The brains of children who were born just a few weeks early differ from those born on time, and these differences may affect learning and behavior, according to a study to be presented Monday, May 5, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

6 May 2014

Bristol-Myers Squibb to present new immunotherapy study data at ASCO Annual Meeting

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that new data from studies investigating its immunotherapies in adjuvant and advanced melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) will be presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago from May 30-June 3.

6 May 2014

Highlights: High Colo. insurance rate changes; La. hospital plan rejected; VA delays in care

A selection of health policy stories from Colorado, Louisiana, Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan.

6 May 2014

Session at PAS Annual Meeting to focus on reducing violence in video games and media

Research has demonstrated a link between screen violence and real-world aggression, both in traditional media like violent movies and in newer media including first-person shooter games.

6 May 2014

Kinex receives FDA allowance for Oratecan anti-cancer drug irinotecan with enhanced oral absorption

Kinex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Oratecan, an oral form of an approved anti-cancer drug irinotecan with enhanced oral absorption.

6 May 2014

Scientists identify benign bacterium that blocks Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes

Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have identified a benign bacterium that shows promise in blocking Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes.

6 May 2014

Tufts licenses novel silk technology for treatment of chronic skin wounds to Akeso Biomedical

Tufts University today announced that it has licensed a novel silk technology for the treatment of chronic skin wounds to Akeso Biomedical, Inc., an early stage medical device company.

6 May 2014

Calif. enrollment campaign focused on exchange at expense of Medicaid backlog

The California Health Report examines how the state's efforts prioritized the marketplace issues but fell short in handling Medicaid enrollment. In other Medicaid expansion news, the Arkansas director announces he's leaving and Maine's legislature cannot override the governor's veto.

6 May 2014

LUHS celebrates Nurses Week on May 2014

Loyola University Health System (LUHS) will celebrate Nurses Week on May 5-9. This event takes place each year just prior to May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The theme for the week is "A Leading Force for Change."

6 May 2014

Study shows room for improvement in medical management of women with PAD

Women face greater limits on their lifestyle and have more severe symptoms as a result of peripheral artery disease (PAD), but minimally invasive procedures used to unclog arteries are just as successful as in men.

6 May 2014

People who have uncontrolled seizures are at heightened risk for SUDEP

One in 26 Americans will develop epilepsy over the course of a lifetime leading to nearly three million Americans now living with epilepsy. For nearly one-third of them, their seizures are uncontrolled by medicine and other common forms of treatment.

6 May 2014

UCB announces results from PRECiSE clinical trial of Cimzia in patients with Crohn's disease

UCB announced today results from the PRECiSE 3 7-year open label extension clinical trial of Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), the longest continuous trial of an anti-TNF therapy evaluating long-term safety in Crohn's disease.

6 May 2014

Standard test that measures everyday activities may help prevent rapid return to inpatient care

Patients freshly discharged from acute care hospitals with low scores on a standard test that measures how well they perform such everyday activities as moving from a bed to a chair are far more likely to need readmission to a hospital within 30 days than those who score better, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

6 May 2014

Do Hospices decline to treat dying patients in crisis?

For more than a million patients every year, the burgeoning U.S. hospice industry offers the possibility of a peaceful death, typically at home.

6 May 2014

Compound Formula Rehmannia reduces levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease

Levodopa is the preferred treatment for Parkinson's disease in the clinic. However, long-term use of levodopa may lead to various motor complications, among which levodopa-induced dyskinesia is the most common, severely affecting patients' quality of life.

6 May 2014

Children with ADHD experience higher rates of trauma

When children struggle with focusing on tasks, staying organized, controlling their behavior and sitting still, they may be evaluated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

6 May 2014

Massachusetts' health reform law decreases mortality by 2.9%

In the first four years after Massachusetts instituted comprehensive health reform in 2006, mortality in the state decreased by 2.9% compared with similar populations in states that didn't expand health coverage, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health researchers.

6 May 2014

Rates of infant immunization with pertussis-containing vaccine do not increase with epidemic

Conventional wisdom holds that when the risk of catching a disease is high, people are more likely to get vaccinated to protect themselves.

6 May 2014

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Electronic system in hospital helps reduce medication errors in children

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopy with polypectomy reduces hospital utilization

Study shows cognitive deficits, structural differences in brains of school-age children born late preterm

Bristol-Myers Squibb to present new immunotherapy study data at ASCO Annual Meeting

Highlights: High Colo. insurance rate changes; La. hospital plan rejected; VA delays in care

Session at PAS Annual Meeting to focus on reducing violence in video games and media

Kinex receives FDA allowance for Oratecan anti-cancer drug irinotecan with enhanced oral absorption

Scientists identify benign bacterium that blocks Salmonella from colonizing raw tomatoes

Tufts licenses novel silk technology for treatment of chronic skin wounds to Akeso Biomedical

Calif. enrollment campaign focused on exchange at expense of Medicaid backlog

LUHS celebrates Nurses Week on May 2014

Study shows room for improvement in medical management of women with PAD

People who have uncontrolled seizures are at heightened risk for SUDEP

UCB announces results from PRECiSE clinical trial of Cimzia in patients with Crohn's disease

Standard test that measures everyday activities may help prevent rapid return to inpatient care

Do Hospices decline to treat dying patients in crisis?

Compound Formula Rehmannia reduces levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease

Children with ADHD experience higher rates of trauma

Massachusetts' health reform law decreases mortality by 2.9%

Rates of infant immunization with pertussis-containing vaccine do not increase with epidemic

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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