The relationship between intranasal zinc gluconate gel and anosmia meets criteria for causality, according to the findings of a literature review and an observational published in the July Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
Patients could gain greater access to their health information and have more power to limit disclosures of certain personal information to health plans under a new proposal from the Health and Human Services department.
Inhalers stolen from a GlaxoSmithKline warehouse in Virginia have started to turn up for sale at some pharmacies, the Food and Drug Administration announced on July 16.
Newest postings (July 14, 2010): Associate University Librarian for Information Services and Research Support, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. The MLANET job page is updated weekly on Wednesdays. Jobs appear chronologically, with the most recent postings at the top of the page, and then alphabetically by state. (Source: Medical Library Association News)
New health plans will soon be required to offer a range of recommended preventive health services to patients free of charge under the Affordable Care .
Intranasal insulin boosted cognitive function and even brain activity in patients with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimers disease in a 4-month, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Updated diagnostic criteria for Alzheimers disease will allow physicians to identify patients in the earliest possible stages of the disease, capitalizing on the treatments now available and enriching the research into new therapies.
The Queens Health Systems will renovate the Hawaii Medical Library building, located on the Punchbowl Street campus of The Queens Medical Center, in November. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
