PSA supports the call for pharmacy to play a more prominent role as the first port of call for people seeking assistance for minor ailments. PSA National President Warwick Plunkett said today that pharmacists are uniquely placed to provide primary health care delivery. ‘Community Pharmacies are already the first place many people go when the have a minor ailments such as a cough or cold.
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21Nov
Tags: Australia, Cold, Health, Health Care
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21Nov
A “biomass plant should not be built” in Leon County, Fla., Edward Holifield, a retired Tallahassee physician writes in a Tallahassee Democrat opinion piece.
Tags: Infant, mortality rate, Physician
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21Nov
“I strongly disagree with your interpretation” of a Medicaid regulation announced last week that “clarifies” services covered under the program’s outpatient hospital benefit, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt writes in a New York Times letter to the editor dated Nov. 14, responding to a Nov. 12 Times editorial (Leavitt, New York Times, 11/20).
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21Nov
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday released a draft bill that would link Medicare reimbursement levels for inpatient hospital care to the quality of care, rather than the number of services provided, CQ HealthBeat reports.
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21Nov
More than one-third of HIV-positive men in Scotland’s capital of Edinburgh are unaware of their status, according to a recent study conducted by the Dutch group Wolters Kluwer Health, the Edinburgh Evening News reports. According to the News, HIV tests were conducted among 599 men at universities and gay bars throughout Edinburgh, and 33 men tested positive for HIV.
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21Nov
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) on Monday recommended that the state Department of Social Services rebid contracts with managed care organizations for HUSKY and the Charter Oak health plan, but Gov. Jodi Rell (R) said that rebidding is not necessary, the New Haven Register reports (O’Leary, New Haven Register, 11/18).
Tags: Gene, Health, Health Insurance
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21Nov
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) in a Wednesday meeting that included other Senate leaders discussed plans for health care overhaul legislation to be proposed next year, CongressDaily reports (CongressDaily, 11/19).
Tags: Health, Health Care
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21Nov
A recent study appearing in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that centenarian offspring (children of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old) retain important cardiovascular advantages from their parents compared to a similarly-aged cohort.
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21Nov
While the physiological damage and social havoc created by alcohol abuse and dependency are well-known, it is also true that light-to-moderate drinking has certain health benefits.
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21Nov
Dioxins, environmental pollutants resulting from the production and combustion of chlorinated compounds, have been linked to an increase in ischemic heart disease (IHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates, as reported in a review article in the November 2008 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).
Tags: Health, Heart, mortality rate
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21Nov
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of clinical-stage product candidates for central nervous system disorders, reported today that the FDA has accepted Vanda’s resubmission of the iloperidone New Drug Application (NDA).
Tags: Drug
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21Nov
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an expedited approval of a supplemental application that allows for changes in the manufacturing of Sucraid (sacrosidase) Oral Solution.
Tags: Drug, Food and Drug Administration, U.S.
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21Nov
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, Banzel (rufinamide), for use as an adjunctive (add-on) treatment for seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Tags: Drug, Food and Drug Administration, Treatment, U.S.
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21Nov
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for PROMACTA (eltrombopag) for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who have had an insufficient response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or splenectomy.
Tags: Drug, Food and Drug Administration, Steroids, Treatment
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21Nov
Bionovo, Inc. has announced the company will present results from the Phase 1B clinical trial of their lead drug candidate for advanced metastatic breast cancer, BZL101, at the Society for Integrative Oncology’s Fifth International Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tags: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Drug
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21Nov
Scientists have new insight into the response of human skin to radiation and what drives the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer.
Tags: Cancer
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21Nov
The so called bad cholesterol (LDL) inhibits the breakdown of fat in cells of peripheral deposits, according to a study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.
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21Nov
Hazardous drinking among college students is a public-health concern, often exceeding that found among other young adults who are not attending college.
Tags: Health
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21Nov
Now’s the perfect time to increase anti-smoking campaigns - Nov. 20 is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout.
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21Nov
Smith & Nephew’s Endoscopy Division has announced the launch of the CROSSTRAC Hip Guide System, which enables surgeons to accurately establish pathways to diagnose and repair the hip joint using arthroscopy, or minimally invasive, repair procedures.
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