Health News- FDA Probes Deaths Linked to Long-Acting Zyprexa June 18, 2013(MedPage Today) -- SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Two patients died 3-4 days after injections with the long-acting antipsychotic drug olanzapine pamoate (Zyprexa Relprevv), prompting an FDA investigation. […]
- Obesity Not a Disease, AMA Council Says June 17, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Obesity is hard to define and diagnose, and partly because of that is not a disease, an American Medical Association council said in a report issued here Monday. […]
- Berwick Enters Mass. Governor's Race June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Former acting Medicare chief Donald Berwick, MD, has announced that he is running for governor of Massachusetts. […]
- Undocumented Immigrants' Share of Health Bill Relatively Small June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare for unauthorized immigrants accounted for less than 2% of all healthcare spending in the U.S., according to an analysis of data covering a 10-year period. […]
- Outlier Hospitals May Choose Less Risky PCI Patients (CME/CE) June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Public reporting of mortality after percutaneous coronary interventions might have led operators at outlier hospitals to shy away from high-risk patients, investigators concluded after reviewing more than 100,000 cases. […]
- Students, Docs in Training Boost AMA Rolls June 17, 2013CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- The American Medical Association's membership rolls grew by nearly 7,000 in 2012, and almost two-thirds of the new members were either students or residents, reports revealed. […]
- N.Y. to Gay Pride Visitors: Get Meningitis Shot (CME/CE) June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Men planning to attend Gay Pride events in New York later this month and in early July should get vaccinated against meningitis, public health experts are urging. […]
- Cardio Notes: Arrhythmia May Trigger SIDS June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- Unique ECGs signal ventricular fibrillation in infants that may predict sudden death. Also in the news, Philadelphia is ready to lose weight and depression in older women is a risk for diabetes. […]
- Age Alone No Barrier to ICD (CME/CE) June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- The decision to forgo implanting a defibrillator (ICD) in the elderly should not be based on age alone, but should include other risk factors for death, a large registry study found. […]
- New Risk Model Puts MI, Shock at Top of PCI Mortality Risks (CME/CE) June 17, 2013(MedPage Today) -- A new scoring system for estimating mortality risk following percutaneous coronary intervention allows clinicians to predict 30-day as well as in-hospital mortality, researchers said. […]
- FDA Probes Deaths Linked to Long-Acting Zyprexa June 18, 2013
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Benefits of Exercise
We just want to take a minute to remind everyone the benefits of exercise. Really, we just want to motivate you to get going or get back into it (if you’re not already on a program). There are so many … Continue reading
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