Screen asymptomatic patients for PAD.
Results from the German Epidemiological Trial on Ankle-Brachial Index (getABI), presented at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology, provide good evidence that there is a real need for primary care physicians to screen asymptomatic patients for peripheral artery disease (PAD). In the study, 6,880...

CV safety studies needed for new diabetes drugs.
SILVER SPRING, MD.--A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has agreed in a 14-2 vote that developers of new drugs or biologics for type 2 diabetes should be required to conduct a long-term study evaluating cardiovascular safety or should provide "equivalent evidence" to rule out an unacceptable cardiovascular risk...

Opioid analgesic, respiratory depression: court upholds nursing negligence lawsuit.
The Court of Appeals of Texas ruled the parents had grounds to sue the hospital and eight nurses named individually in the lawsuit for the death of their sixteen year-old daughter. Sequence of Events The patient was seen in her primary care physician's office for...

Urgent Care set to leave Eugene.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard In a long-planned move, PeaceHealth Medical Group is closing its Urgent Care clinic on Willamette Street in downtown Eugene this weekend and opening its new Urgent Care on the campus of Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. The...

Global perspectives on medical practice; In for the long haul: primary care in Honduras.
Feeling frustrated with the limits of some charitable care medical organizations, Dr. Jay Martin decided to start his own--a U.S.-based organization called Total Health. "I started the charity with the belief that primary care was a better way of helping the poor and that it could be...

Bill Is Too Little, Too Late'.
I read with amazement about "legislation aimed at addressing the potential crisis in providing care for elderly Americans" ("Senate Bill Would Encourage Practitioners to Care for the Elderly," May 1, 2008, p. 59). What kind of journalism doesn't face reality? "Potential"? We are already in deep trouble...

Gore Gets FDA OK to Market Its Endoprosthesis for Iliac Occlusive Disease.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-22 September 2008-Gore Gets FDA OK to Market Its Endoprosthesis for Iliac Occlusive Disease(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com W. L. Gore & Associates announced it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the Gore Viabahn Endoprosthesis for use...

ACP Releases New Guideline for Drug Treatment of Men and Women with Osteoporosis.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-17 September 2008-ACP Releases New Guideline for Drug Treatment of Men and Women with Osteoporosis(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The American College of Physicians (ACP) released a new clinical practice guideline on drug treatment of osteoporosis or low bone density to prevent fracture in...

MEDICAL MEMOS.
MEDICAL MEMOS The National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review has selected Dr. Schahram Akbarian, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, to serve as a member of the Molecular Neurogenetics Study Section. Dr. Akbarian's research interests include the long-term...

Food Safety inspector.
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