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Mayo Clinic study suggests those who have chronic pain may need to assess vitamin D status

Mayo Clinic research shows a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain. This correlation is an important finding as researchers discover ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Pharmacists crucial in plan for terrorist chemical weapons

Terrorist attacks with chemical weapons are a real possibility, according to a study that appears in the online open access journal, Journal of Pharmacy Practice, published by SAGE. Thanks to their extensive knowledge of tox ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Drug disposal can be tricky

Getting rid of a television, a gallon of kerosene or a set of tires in an environmentally friendly way can be done with relative ease in most states.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds women used 30 percent less analgesia during labor when self-administered

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that when women administer their own ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medication dosing errors for infants and children

Preparing small doses of medication from syringes may be inaccurate and can result in crucial dosing errors for infants and children, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug addicts get hooked via prescriptions, keep using 'to feel like a better person,' research shows

If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Tiny pump means pain relief for big cats

Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective pain relief to some of their most difficult patients: ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

3 states investigating hep C-infected scrub tech

(AP) -- Hundreds more patients have been advised to get tested for hepatitis C as health officials in two more states launched investigations into an infected Colorado surgery tech who allegedly swapped clean ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scrub tech causes major hepatitis scare in Colo.

(AP) -- Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. The rambunctious child stuck a BB in his ear and doctors had to ...

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created Jul 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Colo. scrub tech hears charges in hepatitis C case

(AP) -- A Denver hospital said Monday it has asked every patient who had surgery there over a six-month period to come in for a blood test amid allegations that a former technician exposed up to 6,000 people to hepatitis ...

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis

(AP) -- A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2


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