Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 09-02-2010
In patients whose mild cognitive impairment affects executive function but not memory, the presence of hypertension signals an increased likelihood of progression to full dementia, according to a report in the February issue of the Archives of Neurology.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 06-02-2010
The federal government has granted states and territories $119 million to reduce tobacco use, increase physical activity, and fight obesity, the Health and Human Services department announced on Feb. 5.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 05-02-2010
A closed-loop system linking continuous glucose measurements to insulin delivery reduced the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia, compared with standard continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in a three-part randomized crossover study involving 17 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 04-02-2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Feb. 2 that 50 lots of vaccine for pandemic influenza A(H1N1) are losing potency faster than expected.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Stuff | Posted on 31-01-2010
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 30-01-2010
Large group health plans must treat mental health and substance abuse services the same way they treat medical and surgical services under new government regulations that will take effect July 1, 2010.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 29-01-2010
Event-free survival at 3 years was significantly greater among women with HER2-positive locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer who received trastuzumab as neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy in the international, open-label, phase III NOAH trial, investigators reported.
Posted by Admin | Posted in Medical Lawyers | Posted on 28-01-2010
Internal tocodynamometry during induced or augmented labor failed to reduce the rate of operative deliveries compared with external monitoring of uterine contractions, according to a report in the Jan. 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.