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EMERGENCY MEDICINE | Yes, this column is about you and your diabetes (The Columbus Dispatch) Every once in a great while, I'll walk into a room and a patient will say: "Hey, aren't you the doctor that writes a column in the paper?" us.rd.yahoo.com
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine (EurekAlert!) ( American College of Physicians ) Please find two summaries of studies being published in the Dec. 2, 2008 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The information is not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. Information in press materials is copyrighted. Please note that Annals of Internal Medicine attribution is required for all coverage . us.rd.yahoo.com
Simplify Your Medicine Cabinet (Lexington Clipper-Herald) (ARA) - If opening the medicine cabinet can be hazardous to your health, you are not alone. With the many items each family member uses daily, it's hard to keep this area clean and clutter-free. Update your medicine cabinet by opting for all-in-one products that save time and shelf space. us.rd.yahoo.com
SwiftMD Empowers Consumers, Businesses with Breakthrough Telemedicine Service (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SOMERS, N.Y.----SwiftMD , the first U.S. telemedicine company staffed exclusively with board-certified emergency medicine physicians, announced today the launch of its Web- and phone-based medical consultation and patient education services. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Aviation Medicine Department of Bangkok Hospital Medical Center receives the European Aero Medical Institute ... (Thailandnews.net) One of the greatest concerns that patients seeking treatment away from their home countries have, is the standard of service in non-Western hospitals. Bangkok Hospital recently achieved EURAMI Accredi... us.rd.yahoo.com
Experts say reducing number of trauma centres long 'overdue' (News-Medical-Net) According to the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) any move which reduces the number of major trauma centres in New South Wales hospitals is long overdue. us.rd.yahoo.com
Saint Barnabas Medical Center Pioneers New Program Bringing Humanities and Humanism to Medicine (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) What do poetry, art, literature, film and history have to do with medical practice? "Everything," according to Richard S. Panush, M.D., Chair of Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, who has pioneered an innovative program bringing humanities to the bedside for residents in internal medicine. us.rd.yahoo.com
These tips on colds are good medicine (The Charlotte Observer) A big change this year: The flu vaccine is targeting the entire school-age population up to age 18, not just children 6 months to age 5. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommend that anyone who lives or works with children younger than 5 should get a shot, mainly to protect the children. As with treating a cold, rest, liquids and ... us.rd.yahoo.com
5 Minn. counties declared ag disaster areas (Pioneer Press) ST. PAUL — Farmers in five western Minnesota counties are eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the federal Farm Service Agency because of last summer's storms. us.rd.yahoo.com
Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31 (AP via Yahoo! News) Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers — the albuterol that quickly opens airways during an asthma attack — isn't changing. But the chemicals used to puff that drug into your lungs are. us.rd.yahoo.com
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