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When discussing risks for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), you cover such topics as condom use, but do you also address alcohol use, specifically binge drinking? Results of a new study indicate that you should.
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On July 30, President Bush signed a law revising and renewing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
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Pharmacists and staff at Florida hospitals are well prepared for the disasters wrought by 100-mile-per-hour winds, rain, and hurricanes. But pharmacists and hospital staff at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL, could never have prepared themselves emotionally for the tragedy of the on-site murder of a friend and co-worker.
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Hospital staff deal with other people's tragedies every day, but when something horrific happens in the hospital, it pushes the site into disaster mode.
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Summer 2008," health care professionals need to be alert to a dangerous drug-device interaction of icodextrin (Extraneal®) and point-of-care glucose monitoring. The report says the following:
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The past decade has featured devastating hurricanes, floods, fires, and terrorist acts that have captured headlines often for weeks at a time.
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Pharmacists residing in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas are well aware of the disaster drill.
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One of the key strategies for preparing for a disaster or crisis is to encourage pharmacists and other health care professionals to take care of their own families and homes and themselves first, and then they can prepare for the public's needs.
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A new class of drugs, called peripheral-acting mu opioid receptor antagonists, offers cancer patients and other advanced illness patients relief from some of the debilitating side effects of opioid use.1
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"We were interested in understanding the safety of respiratory medications in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)," says Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD, a research assistant professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, OH. Lee also is a senior investigator at Hines Veteran Affairs Hospital in Hines, IL.
