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Use of antibiotics is associated with increased risk of breast cancer and death from breast cancer in a dose-dependent way.
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Old habits are hard to break. But the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, is asking home health nurses to break some habits theyve had since nursing school.
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Educating physicians about the cost-effective, high-quality care provided by hospice is only half of the hospice marketing equation. Patients are the other half, and in many ways theyre a tougher nut to crack.
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Milan F, Fallek R. Valerian for the treatment of insomnia. Altern Ther Women's Health 2004;6(2):9-12.
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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Aspirin in Polycythemia Vera; Coronary Artery Calcium Score Plus Framingham Score for Risk Prediction; Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
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The FDA has approved a combination of olanzapine and fluoxetine for the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder.
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Intranasal fluticasone helps sleep-disordered breathing in patients with allergic rhinitis.
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During testimony late last year before the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Janlori Goldman, director of the Health Privacy Project (HPP) in Washington, DC, presented 13 myths that persist about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acts (HIPAA) privacy regulation and facts addressing those myths.
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Rehab usually isnt considered the most glamorous unit in the hospital. Emergency department, intensive care unit (ICU), obstetrics they get all the press. But the rehab unit at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City isnt going to take it anymore. Last year, they declared war on the rest of the hospital, and won hands down or hands clean, as the case may be.
