News

Do you have a plan if your office communications come to a screeching halt?

HealthPartners is finding success with a medication therapy management pilot program based on the Asheville Project.

West Virginia pharmacists and pharmacy students are appealing to legislators to be covered as health care providers under malpractice protection.

New research shows that drug facts boxes are an effective way to help patients make informed choices about their prescription medications.

NIOSH, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is gathering data on violent crimes against pharmacists.

Evidence from a meta-analysis has researchers recommending that physicians "should not immediately order routine scans for low-back pain unless they observe features of a serious underlying condition."

Who watched the President’s speech last night?

Researchers are evaluating a magnetic device that may provide a long-term solution for patients with GERD.

Medicare might not cover non-invasive, CT-based colonoscopies that screen for colorectal cancer.

Although generics decrease the cost of drug treatments, they may not always produce the same clinical effects as their brand-name counterparts.

A recent meta-analysis suggests that bevacizumab (Avastin) is significantly associated with increased risk for VTE.

We need to move away from the current fee-for-service (FFS) payment system: it fosters piecework; that fractionalizes care, which is costly

Lateral Violence is the predominant form of bullying among nurses.

Increasing microbial resistance to antibiotics is leading to an increase in MRSA infections in a variety of populations.

Radioimmunotherapy "holds promise for treating various infectious diseases, including HIV and cancers caused by viruses."

Estrogen receptors have been discovered in medulloblastoma, the highly malignant brain tumor most commonly found in children.

Researchers found that "high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular disease."

Stem cell transplants may be a new, revolutionary way to treat Crohn's disease.

New data from the Netherlands suggest that young patients who undergo post-lumpectomy radiotherapy using tangential fields have an increased risk of cancer arising in the other breast.

This is an exciting time to be in the endoscopy center business. Although there are many pressures on the industry, there are also some terrific opportunities to be gained by the consistent focus in a few key areas.

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) sufferers must take medication on a regular basis to ward off the irritating condition, and while surgical procedures have proven effective, some sufferers would rather have an option that was less invasive. There is new evidence to show that several non-surgical procedures could prove to be very successful in relieving GERD symptoms.

Aloe was mentioned by Pliny the Elder and also in the New Testament. "And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes," (John 19:3940). It is long been in use as an herbal medicine in the Orient and Asia.

Once rare digestive disease now striking 1 in 133 Americans

Those at Sunrise Bowling Alley Sunday afternoon weren't looking for a perfect game, but instead to Strike Out Crohn's and Colitis in an annual Bowl-A-Thon.

Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy became the first deep brain stimulation device approved by the FDA to treat a psychiatric condition.

A new initiative was launched at the Mobile World Congress trade show that aims to take advantage of mobile phones to help foster better healthcare worldwide.

Vanderbilt University professor Nilanjan Sarkar "developed a method that uses physiological measurements, including heart rate, galvanic skin response, temperature and muscle response, to monitor the emotional state of individuals."

A new study published has found that Internet surfing can significantly relieve chronic pain in seniors.

IT companies focusing on healthcare solutions must have taken a deep breath yesterday after the passing of the stimulus bill.

Researchers have modified a plant virus to create "smart bombs" that deliver chemotherapy agents only to specific cells, without harming surrounding tissue.