Troubling symptoms.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Visits to emergency rooms in Lane County increased 6.3 percent between 2005 and 2007 - nearly triple the rate of population growth. And the number of visits from patients with alcohol and mental health issues saw double-digit increases during that period, according...

`Culture of care'; M-POWER stands up for rights of the mentally ill in emergency rooms.
Byline: Lee Hammel People with psychiatric disabilities can be the most vulnerable citizens in the state, while hospitals and their allies have been called the most powerful force in Massachusetts politics. Yet for the past five months, people with histories of psychiatric illnesses have sat...

Pilot Programs Reduce Emergency Room Use, Promote Better Health.
Initiative Releases Evaluation of Project Targeting Frequent Users OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A report issued today, A Dollars and Sense Strategy to Reducing Frequent Use of Hospital Services, provides evaluation data from six California counties demonstrating that programs that provide services to "frequent users" of...

Avoidable care costs; Medical waste adds to health care burden.
COLUMN: In our opinion If the Patrick administration hopes to close the revenue gap and restrain budget growth in years to come, reining in the cost of health care entitlements, programs and benefits needs to be a priority. Now, useful perspective on the issue is coming from...

Urgent Care Awareness Week Launches.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-11 November 2008-Urgent Care Awareness Week Launches(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Urgent Care Association of America has established November 10 -14 as the first annual Urgent Care Awareness Week, with November 12 as Urgent Care Awareness Day. According to a release,...

Toys'R'Us, Inc. Offers Toy Shopping and Play Tips to Help Parents Keep Kids Safe This Holiday Season.
In Collaboration with Safe Kids Worldwide, Company Provides Valuable Information on Selecting the Right Gifts, Proper Toy Assembly and Supervising Play WAYNE, N.J., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- As holiday shoppers begin to purchase gifts on little ones' wish lists, Toys"R"Us, Inc., in collaboration with Safe Kids Worldwide,...

FDA Approves Astellas' Vaprisol(R) (Conivaptan Hydrochloride Injection) Premixed in 5% Dextrose for the Treatment of Hyponatremia.
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) receptor antagonist now approved in single-use premixed formulation DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma US, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new premixed formulation of Vaprisol: Vaprisol(R) (conivaptan hydrochloride injection) Premixed in 5% Dextrose....

Medizone International, Inc. Announces Strategic Consulting Relationship With TDV Global, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Medizone International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MZEI) announces the establishment of a strategic consulting relationship with TDV Global, Inc. (TDVGlobal.com). TDV Global is a highly professional and experienced strategic management consulting firm. Approximately 70% of their business involves consulting for government agencies and projects, the...

MichBio Expo Draws Nearly 500 Professionals; Career Day Raises Profile.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MichBio, the association for Michigan's biosciences industry, welcomed nearly 500 biosciences professionals and service providers to its fourth annual Expo on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week at the Rock Financial ShowPlace in Novi, MI. The MichBio Expo is the premier annual...

ER rights bill for mentally ill gets lost in crush; Legislative process helps air needs.
Byline: Lee Hammel A bill to ensure the rights in emergency rooms of people with psychiatric histories went into the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading and did not emerge before the end of formal legislative sessions July 31. But the chairman of...