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Simple Interventions Help Decrease Narcotic-Related Pediatric Adverse Drug Events
A study shows that implementation of various simple interventions decreases narcotic-related adverse drug events in hospitalized children.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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Procalcitonin May Help Detect Serious Bacterial Infections in Febrile Infants
In an observational study, use of procalcitonin was effective in detecting serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants, especially in detecting the most serious occult infections.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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Management of Acute Lumbar Disk Herniation Reviewed
A review suggests that patient preference and the severity of the disability from acute lumbar disk pain should be considered when treatment modalities are chosen.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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Healthcare Ads Heat up Presidential Race
In a new series of ads Obama attacks McCain's health insurance proposals; McCain aide calls the ads 'deceitful.'
WebMD Health News, October 2008
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AIDS Pioneers, Cancer Researcher Win Nobel Prize
Two French scientists who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus and a German who identified human papilloma virus as the cause of cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Prenatal Anemia May Heighten Schizophrenia Risk in Offspring
Iron deficiency during pregnancy appears to be a risk factor for the development of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) among offspring in adulthood, according to findings from a large prospective birth cohort study reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry for October.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Pneumococcal Vaccination May Lower Risk of Heart Attack
The risk of myocardial infarction in at-risk patients appears to be cut in half by vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, a new study indicates.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Vitamin D Analog May Improve Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy
Combining a vitamin D analog with an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker can further reduce the renal injury seen with diabetic nephropathy, the results of an animal study suggest.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Intradermal Influenza Vaccine Immunogenic in Elderly Patients
Two phase III studies presented here at the 2008 Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society show that an intradermal vaccine against the influenza virus, delivered by microinjection, triggers protective levels of antibodies against the virus.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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S. Africa on Alert After Fatal Bleeding Sickness
South African health authorities are on high alert after three people died in hospital from an unknown, infectious disease similar to hemorrhagic fever, health officials said.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Merkel Pledges to Offset Health Contribution Hikes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday sought to deflect criticism of a planned increase in mandatory contributions to state healthcare providers by pledging to trim unemployment benefit levies.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Salivary Proteomics Identifies Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Biomarkers
Protein patterns in saliva may be able to identify patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), according to a report in the October 1st Clinical Cancer Research.
Reuters Health Information, October 2008
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Obama's Healthcare Plan Insures More People Than McCain's, Study Says
Twice as many uninsured people in the United States will have health insurance in 10 years under Sen. Barack Obama's healthcare plan than under Sen. John McCain's plan, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, but a critic challenges the group's projections.
WebMD Health News, October 2008
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Hepatitis B Virus Associated With Pancreatic Cancer
Exposure to the hepatitis B virus could increase the risk for pancreatic cancer, and chemotherapy treatment might cause reactivation of the virus in cancer patients.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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Studies Identify Factors Associated With Remission, Relapse in Alcohol-Dependent Individuals
The findings of 2 new studies that identify factors associated with remission and relapse in alcohol-dependent individuals may ultimately aid in designing more effective treatment and prevention programs.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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Research Into Colorectal Cancer Uncovers Early Clues
Researchers believe a molecule abnormally found in the colon might be a key to colorectal cancer development; another study reveals the first genetic link between obesity and this cancer.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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FDA Mulls Limits on Kids' Cough Medicine
Some experts want to end sales of over-the-counter cough and cold medicine for children.
WebMD Health News, October 2008
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Baroreflex Failure Linked to Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer
Baroreflex failure following chemotherapy is an underrecognized cause of labile blood pressures, resulting in hypertension, orthostatic hypotension, and syncope, researchers warn.
Medscape Medical News, October 2008
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Transapical Valve Data: Climbing Survival Rates Speak to Improved Skill, Technology, and Patient Selection
Surgeons say the bleak six-month survival rate of 55% in the preapproval PARTNER EU data set reflects the learning-curve period. Refinements to the technology, growing expertise, and better patient selection are captured in the later SOURCE data set and those of single European centers, where 30-day survival approaches 90%.
Heartwire, October 2008
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Pfizer to Drop Development of Drugs for Hyperlipidemia, Atherosclerosis, and Heart Failure
Forbes reported the news online after obtaining an internal Pfizer memo.
Heartwire, October 2008
