Surgical site infection, UTI endorsed by NQF as outcomes-based measures
The National Quality Forum recently endorsed two outcomes-based measures from the American College of
Surgeons that are pertinent to urology: surgical site infection and urinary tract infection.
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22 February 2012
Drugs That Affect Serotonin Signaling May Combat Bone Loss
Scientists have long known that calcium leaches from the bones both during lactation and in certain types of cancer. The driver behind these phenomena is a molecule called parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP), which is secreted by the mammary glands. The signal that regulates the secretion of PTHrP, and where this other unknown molecule exerts its influence, has remained a mystery...
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22 February 2012
Drugs That Affect Serotonin Signaling May Combat Bone Loss
Scientists have long known that calcium leaches from the bones both during lactation and in certain types of cancer. The driver behind these phenomena is a molecule called parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP), which is secreted by the mammary glands. The signal that regulates the secretion of PTHrP, and where this other unknown molecule exerts its influence, has remained a mystery...
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22 February 2012
Combined vaccine tied to fever-related seizures
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies who got a single shot that included vaccines against tetanus and
pertussis were at higher risk of having a fever-related seizure on the same day in a new study from
Denmark.
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21 February 2012
Preventing maternal influenza during pregnancy may improve neonatal outcomes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Offspring of women who receive influenza immunization during pregnancy
have better intrauterine growth and fewer respiratory illnesses during flu season, according to a new
study.
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21 February 2012
Egyptian firm in fake Avastin scam proves elusive
CAIRO (Reuters) - The trail of counterfeit copies of the multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin leads
to an address in a crowded Cairo suburb, with no sign of the firm named by international suppliers as the source of
the product.
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21 February 2012
FDA staff oppose Northera hypotension drug
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators recommended that Chelsea Therapeutics International
Ltd's hypotension drug Northera not be approved for use in the United States, sending the company's shares down
over 14%.
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21 February 2012
Heart attack with no chest pain more likely in women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women, especially younger women, are more likely than men to show up at
the hospital with no chest pain or discomfort after having a heart attack, a new study suggests.
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21 February 2012
Obesity rates rise, threaten health in OECD nations
LONDON (Reuters) - More people in developed countries are overweight or obese than ever before,
dooming them to years of ill health, pushing up healthcare costs and piling more pressure on health systems,
according to a report put out for "Fat Tuesday."
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21 February 2012
CORRECTION: In first human trial, microchip device delivers osteoporosis drug
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An implantable, wireless microchip delivered osteoporosis medicine to a small
group of Danish women, raising hope for a new kind of drug delivery device that might allow patients to skip
regular injections, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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21 February 2012
Preventing maternal influenza during pregnancy may improve neonatal outcomes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Offspring of women who receive influenza immunization during pregnancy
have better intrauterine growth and fewer respiratory illnesses during flu season, according to a new
study.
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