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Hospital and health system pharmacist salaries revealed in Drug Formulary Review's 2007 salary survey are following industry trends.
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A 54% reduction in medication administration errors was recorded at Pennsylvania's Lancaster General Hospital as a result of direct-observation methodology used to monitor medication administration before and after deployment of electronic medication administration records and bar-coded medication administration.
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In the midst of multiple outbreaks of norovirus infection in Maryland in 2004, infection control personnel at Johns Hopkins Hospital were notified that 2 healthcare workers (HCW) had acute gastroenteritis, resulting in the initiation of active surveillance of gastrointestinal illness among patients and staff.
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The association between migraine and ischemic stroke has been noted in multiple clinical trials of both men and women. The correlation seems greatest in young women with migraine with aura, as noted in the Women's Health Study (WHS) (Kurth. JAMA. 2006).
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Goal: to assess the effect of long-term selenium supplementation on the incidence of new onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).
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Zometa and hip fractures; Merck HIV Vaccine Ineffective in Clinical Trial; Thimerosal and Mercury Exposure; FDA Actions
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Methamphetamine abuse has been an acknowledged problem among HIV-positive and at-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) since 2000. But there is still much HIV clinicians and researchers do not know about how it interacts with HIV to create greater physical and behavioral problems.
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With findings suggesting that male circumcision reduces risk of HIV acquisition for men, researchers now are turning attention on circumcision's impact on acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for women.
