Julia Ernst, MS

As President Obama's economic stimulus plan travels through Congress, the allocated $20 billion for health IT has remained an intact part of the bill.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have published the first study to document methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in swine and swine workers.

Antioxidant supplements are an effective treatment for relieving pain and reducing levels of oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis.

A new study has found that HIV-positive infants are about 20 times more likely to develop tuberculosis (TB) than infants without HIV.

Researchers have discovered a protein in mammalian cells that plays a large role in two aspects of cancer development.

"Aging in place" researchers have found that sensors, computers, and communication systems put into seniors’ homes leads to earlier identification of healthcare problems and better intervention.

Scientists in London have discovered the mechanism by which cells normally repel each other, a process that is often skipped in cancer cells.

Hospitalists who are assisting in preoperative and perioperative care need to consider the likelihood of delirium in patients, which can have an increased role in morbidity and mortality, according to Neil Winawer, MD, the director of the hospital medicine service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA.

Certain antipsychotics, particularly olanzapine and quetiapine, are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), whereas others—like perphenazine, risperidone and ziprasidone—lead to a decreased risk of CHD, results of a new study in the Journal of Schizophrenia Research show.

Several common therapies used in the treatment of breast and prostate cancers have been found to have a higher incidence of bone loss and a higher rate of bones breakage, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Montreal who looked at data from breast and prostate cancer patients

The use of PTH as an enhancer to the body’s own bone-building mechanisms could lead to new drugs for treating osteoporosis.

Although hospital patients are generally satisfied with the care that they receive as in-patients, there is a need for improvement in other areas, like pain management and discharge instructions, according to a new study conducted by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)...

Acute severe hypertension (ASH) accounts for up to 25% of all patients seen in "busy urban emergency departments."

The FDA has started development on a MedWatch/Plus/Portal that will aim to be a fully automated system with current data.

People learning that they have cancer tend to remember less than half of what their physician tells them during an office visit.

A new "Smart Card" project in development by the IAEA will aim to keep track of how much radiation patients are exposed to.