Amazing Charts and athenaClinicals were named the best EHR systems for practices with one to 75
physicians, based on interviews by a Utah-based research firm.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services may be collecting information about you or your
practice if you received help from a regional extension center in implementing an EHR system.
In conclusion, an increase of body fat after renal transplantation was associated with an increase of ADMA and leptin, TNF-α, MCP-1, and visfatin and decrease of adiponectin. Our study documented there was now long-term beneficial metabolic effect of peritoneal dialysis in developing posttransplant obesity. (Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition)
Among a sample of sheltered homeless women, we examined health, access to health care, and health care use overall and among the subgroup of participants with and without intimate partner violence (IPV). We recruited homeless women from a random sampling o... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
A 1,700-year-old curse tablet written in ancient Greek has been translated. A fiery ancient curse inscribed on two sides of a thin lead tablet was meant to afflict, not a king or pharaoh, but a simple greengrocer selling fruits and vegetables some 1,700 years ago in the city of Antioch, researchers find. Written in Greek, [...]
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Some primary care physicians are wary of sharing visit notes with patients, but nearly all patients
think it is a good idea, according to the results of a study published in the Annals of Internal
Medicine.
An initiative created to curtail the spread of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is bringing
together the FDA, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
OphthaliX Inc. (formerly known as Denali Concrete Management) has begun enrolling patients in a phase
III clinical study of the safety and efficacy of CF101, daily administered orally, in patients with moderate to
severe dry eye syndrome.
Prevent Blindness America (PBA) has launched a free program designed to help ophthalmologists and
others build public awareness of eye and vision basics, common adult vision disorders, eye safety precautions, and
proactive behaviors that give the best chance for a lifetime of healthy vision.
A proprietary laser system that combines a femtosecond laser, integrated optical coherence tomography
(OCT) imaging, and a proprietary pattern scanning technology (Catalys Precision Laser System, OptiMedica) has
received FDA 510(k) market clearance for capsulotomy and lens fragmentation.
Konan Medical USA’s quality management (QM) system has been certified to the
requirements of both ISO 13485:2003 and the Canadian Medical Device Conformity Assessment System by Intertek, a
notified body based in the United Kingdom.
Bioptigen has received regulatory approval to market a hand-held spectral domain optical coherence
tomography (OCT) imaging system (Envisu C2000) for clinical use within the European Union.
A 3-year study conducted at Retina Health Center and centers around the world has confirmed that
patients who have the neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and who received aflibercept for
intravitreal injection (Eylea, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) over 2 years achieved visual improvements with fewer
treatments compared with patients who received an alternative medication.
Even though pain is by far the leading reason people seek medical care, pain education at North American medical schools is limited, variable and often fragmentary, according to a Johns Hopkins University study published in The Journal of Pain. The study examined the curricula at 117 medical schools in the United States and Canada and went beyond a simple analysis of historical presence-or-absence criteria in assessing pain education for medical students. This measurement does not distinguish the number of classroom hours devoted to pain education or coverage of various pain topics... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
December 27th is Louis Pasteur's birthday. Pasteur was a French chemist best known for developing the pasteurization process to slow the development of microbes in milk and wine. The process ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
Archaeologists working in Israel have unearthed a 1,600-year-old bathhouse. “This is a bathhouse that measures 20 by 20 meters and dates to the fourth-fifth centuries CE (A.D.),” excavation director Rina Avner said. “The remains visible in the field include the frigidarium (cold room), tepidarium (warm room) and caldarium (hot room), as well as a courtyard [...]
A prehistoric settlement which dates back to the Iron Age has been found at Bare, in southern Serbia. Due to torrential waters and intensive agriculture at the location, the multilayer site Bare is now largely destroyed. “Had the site been investigated in the sixties of the last century, the archaeologist’s findings would have been far [...]
A new study suggests that abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport, Medicis) may be more effective in treating
orbital rhytids — crow’s feet — than onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox,
Allergan).
University of Illinois researchers have developed a “microvascular stamp”
bandage that stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of a wound.
Researchers here say they have found a link between celebrity worship and young adults’
desire for elective cosmetic surgery — and that celebrities themselves could help educate their fans
about surgery choices.
Dartmouth College researchers are seeking ways to provide consumers with more accurate images of
models and celebrities than the images seen in highly retouched and computer-altered advertising
photos.
The remains of Jane Austen’s Steventon home, where she wrote drafts of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, have been unearthed in Hampshire, UK. Debbie Charlton, of archaeologists Archaeo Briton, who led the dig, said: “Our main focus for the project is putting together the puzzle of what Jane’s first home was like.” Although [...]
: HMS Countway Library of Medicine Director's Blog Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine and the new frontiers in biomedical computing 2011-12-21 Crystallizing Methods for Drug Effects Yet another powerful example of the novel syntheses in which the aggregation of individual knowledge sources becomes a lot more than the sum of its parts : Using only the most well accepted and conventional of compedia of drug characteristics , Cami et . al demonstrate the power of integrative reasoning and systematic applications of guilt-by-association to predict accurately , across an interval of 5 years , hundreds of novel adverse events across more than 800 drugs . This performance is likely to improve further as they proceed to integrate healthcare data from electronic health records
Testing for streptococcal infections in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remains
controversial. There is some evidence that Streptococcus is linked to the sudden onset of OCD symptoms and that
antibiotics appear to resolve the neurologic problems associated with OCD, but experts are divided about when to
test children with sudden OCD for strep and whether to treat them with antibiotics and for how long. New
investigations now are underway.
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals says early results of a phase 2 clinical study show that its AgaDerm NVC-422
gel is effective in treating impetigo caused by methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus.
The coming years will be good ones for dermatologists, with industry revenues expected to rise by 6.1
percent in 2012, according to a leading market research firm.
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Researchers have confirmed the precise origin of some of the rocks at Stoneheneg to Pembrokeshire, Wales. It has long been suspected that rhyolites from the northern Preseli Hills helped build the monument. But research by National Museum Wales and Leicester University has identified their source to within 70m (230ft) of Craig Rhos-y-felin, near Pont Saeson. [...]
Archaeologists have unearthed several graves in a cemetery in Poland which contain all sorts of treasures and weapons. Archaeologists stumbled upon the cemetery, which dates to the late 10th and early 11th centuries, after surveying a highway-construction site near the village of Bodzia, roughly 90 miles (150 kilometers) northwest of Warsaw. The find is reported [...]
The fossilized remains of a tusked, wombat-like creature found in Tasmania have been identified for the first time as a dicynodont. The dicynodont, similar to a mammal, lived about 250 million years ago, predating dinosaurs. The University of Tasmania unveiled the fossils and images yesterday for the first time, five years after bushwalkers Bob and [...]
The remains of a church which dates back to the late 17th century has been found in Florida. Now archaeologists are trying to determine if it is one of two possible churches. First, we know that in 1677, the governor of Florida ordered a stone church built in St Augustine to honor Nuestra Señora de [...]
Archaeologists are using ground-penetrating radar to survey the ancient city of Isos in Turkey. A team of archeologists has begun working on examining the site of the ancient city of Isos in southern Turkey by making use of ground-based sensors to visualize the underground features of the city’s structures, the district governor has said. skender [...]
Two men in Greece have been arrested for illegally unearthing a 2,600-year-old helmet. The two Greek suspects were arrested on Thursday in the southern town of Pyrgos. Police say one of the men also had six antique silver coins in his house. Under Greek law, all antiquities found in the country are state property. That [...]