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NEW ORLEANS – The incidence of hospitalizations for status epilepticus rose nearly fourfold during 1980-2009, according to researchers who analyzed the National Center for Health Statistics’ National Hospital Database Survey. The population-adjusted incidence increased from 3.7/100,000 to... »
Transcranial Neurostimulation Reduced Postop Pain, Opioid Use
NEW ORLEANS – Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation of the pain-modulating areas of the cerebral cortex markedly reduced postoperative pain and opioid use in a randomized trial involving total knee arthroplasty recipients. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a... »
Parkinson's Drug Errors Common in Small Study of Hospitalizations
NEW ORLEANS – When Parkinson’s disease patients are admitted to hospitals, they often end up on incorrect doses of levodopa during their stay – if it’s prescribed at all – and sometimes inappropriately get metoclopramide or neuroleptics, dopamine-blocking agents that could make their disease worse,... »
Conferences
Acetaminophen Safe in Alcoholics, Analysis Suggests
SAN DIEGO – Giving acetaminophen to patients who reported consuming ethanol did not adversely affect markers of liver damage in a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. "One of the questions we often get asked... »
NSAID Use Post MI Boosted A Fib and Stroke
CHICAGO – Patients who received treatment with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug following a first-time myocardial infarction had a significantly increased rate of subsequent atrial fibrillation or stroke, based on data... »
SAN DIEGO – Giving acetaminophen to patients who reported consuming ethanol did not adversely affect markers of liver damage in a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. "One of the questions we often get asked... »
NSAID Use Post MI Boosted A Fib and Stroke
CHICAGO – Patients who received treatment with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug following a first-time myocardial infarction had a significantly increased rate of subsequent atrial fibrillation or stroke, based on data... »
News
Status Epilepticus Hospitalizations Nearly Quadrupled Since 1980
NEW ORLEANS – The incidence of hospitalizations for status epilepticus rose nearly fourfold during 1980-2009, according to researchers who analyzed the National Center for Health Statistics’ National Hospital Database... »
Transcranial Neurostimulation Reduced Postop Pain, Opioid Use
NEW ORLEANS – Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation of the pain-modulating areas of the cerebral cortex markedly reduced postoperative pain and opioid use in a randomized trial involving total knee... »
Parkinson's Drug Errors Common in Small Study of Hospitalizations
NEW ORLEANS – When Parkinson’s disease patients are admitted to hospitals, they often end up on incorrect doses of levodopa during their stay – if it’s prescribed at all – and sometimes inappropriately get metoclopramide or... »
NEW ORLEANS – The incidence of hospitalizations for status epilepticus rose nearly fourfold during 1980-2009, according to researchers who analyzed the National Center for Health Statistics’ National Hospital Database... »
Transcranial Neurostimulation Reduced Postop Pain, Opioid Use
NEW ORLEANS – Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation of the pain-modulating areas of the cerebral cortex markedly reduced postoperative pain and opioid use in a randomized trial involving total knee... »
Parkinson's Drug Errors Common in Small Study of Hospitalizations
NEW ORLEANS – When Parkinson’s disease patients are admitted to hospitals, they often end up on incorrect doses of levodopa during their stay – if it’s prescribed at all – and sometimes inappropriately get metoclopramide or... »
Video Library
AMA and AT&T Merge Online Portals
LAS VEGAS – Merging the American Medical Association’s physician community portal with that of AT&T should provide physicians with a broader array of health information technology solutions, particularly for the... »
New Data Support Continuing Hydroxyurea for Pediatric Sickle Cell
SAN DIEGO – Mounting data from a federally funded follow-up to the BABY HUG study continue to demonstrate that hydroxyurea is a safe and effective treatment for young children with sickle cell anemia. The results confirm... »
LAS VEGAS – Merging the American Medical Association’s physician community portal with that of AT&T should provide physicians with a broader array of health information technology solutions, particularly for the... »
New Data Support Continuing Hydroxyurea for Pediatric Sickle Cell
SAN DIEGO – Mounting data from a federally funded follow-up to the BABY HUG study continue to demonstrate that hydroxyurea is a safe and effective treatment for young children with sickle cell anemia. The results confirm... »
Views
Should Physicians Prescribe Positivity?
Scott Jordan Harris is a U.K.-based blogger, editor, book author, movie critic, and sports writer. Remarkable, considering that he spends most of his time in bed. His primary diagnosis is myalgic encephalomyelitis... »
Sickle Cell Care Differs in Style, Not Substance
Historically, hematologists have cared primarily for patients with sickle cell disease, whether as inpatients or outpatients here at Duke University Medical Center. This patient population obviously had grown accustomed to... »
Think Smart to Improve the Safety of Patient-Controlled Analgesia
How often do errors with patient-controlled analgesia occur? More often than we know, research suggests. Researchers who studied more than 900,000 medication record errors say that the 1% of errors related to... »
Scott Jordan Harris is a U.K.-based blogger, editor, book author, movie critic, and sports writer. Remarkable, considering that he spends most of his time in bed. His primary diagnosis is myalgic encephalomyelitis... »
Sickle Cell Care Differs in Style, Not Substance
Historically, hematologists have cared primarily for patients with sickle cell disease, whether as inpatients or outpatients here at Duke University Medical Center. This patient population obviously had grown accustomed to... »
Think Smart to Improve the Safety of Patient-Controlled Analgesia
How often do errors with patient-controlled analgesia occur? More often than we know, research suggests. Researchers who studied more than 900,000 medication record errors say that the 1% of errors related to... »
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| May 11 - 21 Departs Civitavecchia, | Rheumatology and Orthopaedics |
| May 12 - 21 Departs Oslo, | Pain Management/Neurology/Compliance |
| May 18 - 23 San Francisco, CA | American Thoracic Society (ATS): International Conference |
| May 19 - 22 New York, NY | American Society of Hypertension (ASH): Annual Scientific Meeting |
| May 19 - 22 San Diego, CA | Digestive Disease Week (DDW 2012) |
| May 19 - 22 Sao Paulo, | XXX RADLA 2012: Annual Meeting of Latin American Dermatologists |
| May 19 - 24 Atlanta, GA | American Urological Association (AUA): Annual Meeting |
| May 19 - 23 Stockholm, | European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS): Annual Congress |
| May 20 - 23 Brisbane, | Australasian College of Dermatologists: Annual Scientific Meeting |