WASHINGTON — Many doctors may lose their ability to prescribe 24 popular narcotics as part of a new effort to reduce the deaths and injuries that result from these medicines’ inappropriate use, federal drug officials announced Monday.
A new control program will result in further restrictions on the prescribing, dispensing and distribution of extended-release opioids like OxyContin, fentanyl patches, methadone tablets and some morphine Read the rest of this entry »
SAN RAMON, Calif., & WASHINGTON —
24 Hour Fitness(R), the largest privately-owned U.S. fitness chain
and a health club industry pioneer, and KaBOOM!, a national non-profit
dedicated to bringing play back into the lives of children, are
teaming up to build new playgrounds in Houston communities impacted by
Hurricane Ike. The partnership will help children in the region get
fit and stay healthy while aiding communities that are recovering from
the Read the rest of this entry »
“Nurses are the catalyst for the patient care
team, and we understand that collaboration with support services is
essential, because of the many critical patient touch points that these
groups have,” said John Babiarz, Group
President of ARAMARK Healthcare. “We are using
this survey data to help train our support service teams to be the eyes
and ears of the nurse; to ensure that we are focused on helping Read the rest of this entry »
Team Kennedy Aligns Congress, Health Lobbyists Behind Overhaul
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — Senator
, battling a
deadly brain tumor, is pushing ahead on a plan to overhaul the
U.S. health-care system, ordering meetings with interest groups
and negotiating with colleagues to ready a proposal that
can act on after taking office.
Kennedy, 76, had surgery for his
in June, and has
since been treated with chemotherapy and radiation. While the
type of Read the rest of this entry »
Board of Supervisors has until May to decide whether to allow HCA Virginia to build the 164-bed Broadlands Regional Medical Center at Route 659 and the Dulles Greenway. Council members, expressing concern that Inova might reduce its Loudoun operations if its competitor’s project is approved, passed a resolution Tuesday expressing support for maintaining and expanding the Leesburg facility.
Street, which used to be the county’s only 24-hour hospital, Read the rest of this entry »
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Biopharmaceutical company Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (ALTH:
) Tuesday said that the final results of the study on lymphoma drug pralatrexate revealed that the median duration of response exceeded 9 months with 27% response rate, a key secondary endpoint of the trial. Based on these results, the company said it plans to submit a New Drug Application, or NDA, to the FDA in the first half of 2009, seeking Read the rest of this entry »
Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, Jan. 8, from AP Financial News:
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) – Cardinal Health Inc. cut its fiscal 2009 profit estimates Thursday, saying it expects hospitals to keep delaying equipment purchases.
SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) – Women’s apparel retailer Dress Barn Inc. on Thursday cut its full year guidance after heavy markdowns during a weak holiday shopping season.
NEW YORK (AP) – Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. Read the rest of this entry »
People with once-stable insurance and jobs are coming to the Chandler Family Health Center to see if they qualify for their discounted services.
The new demand began about six months ago, said Pam Cox, nurse manager. It’s a need that picked up as the beleaguered economy began taking its toll on families.
The center, part of Maricopa Integrated Health System, has been tapped for a potential expansion project along with the center’s Mesa campus Read the rest of this entry »
Services at one of England’s leading children’s hospitals are being investigated after complaints from its own consultants.
A review of services at Birmingham Children’s Hospital was commissioned after management meetings in August.
The Observer newspaper said the review has been highly critical but the hospital said the paper was not quoting an official report from the review.
The hospital said none of the concerns related to serious clinical Read the rest of this entry »
The ground buckles, buildings shake, fires dot the island and people are injured and/or frightened to the point of chest pains. Will Alameda Hospital be able to handle the surge of people suddenly arriving for medical attention?
Yes. Hospital CEO Deborah Stebbins said Alameda Hospital, like others, is required by law to have a disaster plan. While the island’s hospital is small compared with other Bay Area facilities, the threat that a large earthquake Read the rest of this entry »