Four suspected Los Angeles pill mills allegedly issued prescriptions for pain medications from two physicians who were dead, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Andreas Kaiser, MD, an associate professor of colorectal surgery at the University Southern California in Los Angeles, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, according to a Dove Medical press release.
Researchers have found that dendritic cells in the liver can protect against the toxicity of acetaminophen, according to a Hepatology report.
As drug companies begin to collaborate with the academic medical community on long-term projects focusing on a specific disease, the same relationships could form in the device industry, according to a MedCity report.
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said more patients in group settings are being exposed to blood-borne infections during diabetes testing, glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
A new drug being developed by Calpain Therapeutics in Australia can delay cataracts forming and slow cataract growth, according to an Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing report.
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Researchers in St. Louis say patients who sometimes appear to be sedated but are awake for procedures should be measured with a new brain wave-monitoring device, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists joined 24 other medical specialties and the American Medical Association in signing a joint letter to the Patient-Centered Research Outcomes Institute regarding recommendations for the organization's national priorities, according to an ASA release.
Although there has been an overall decrease in population-based and visit-based antibiotic prescribing rates for children from 1993-1994 to 2007-2008, inappropriate prescribing rates for children are still too high, according to recent research from the CDC.