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Monthly Archives: June, 2012

UK IT Strategy helps patients select GPs and hospitals

Implementation of part of the UK IT Strategy promises to publish patient-derived scores on individual practices - allowing patients to select a practice most...

Geriatric Facility Bathes Patients Daily With Antiseptic Cloths, Reducing MRSA Incidence

The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus incidence at a Canadian geriatric...

Europe meets Swiss eHealth at 2012 IHE connectathon

Europe met Swiss eHealth at this year's European Connectathon for Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) held May 21 to 25, 2012 with a record attendance...

DoH announces guidelines to drive AIDC

The Department of Health is today announcing new guidelines, using standards from GS1 UK, the independent supply chain standards and solutions organisation, to drive...

Cymbalta Helps Treat Chemotherapy-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy

Antidepressant Cymbalta (duloxetine) has been found to relieve the symptoms of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a painful tingling sensation many patients experience after undergoing chemotherapy....

Disparities In Cancer Care Associated With A Patient’s Socioeconomic Status

Though it would seem logical, cancer patients don't always choose therapies with the best chance for survival - cost and side effects are also...

Eating Disorders Predicted Earlier By What Girls Are Consuming When They Are Young

According to a new study conducted by researchers in the Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Behavioral Medicine at Cincinnati Children's hospital, doctors might be...

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