- University of Nevada School of Medicine, Aurora Diagnostics Western Pathology Announce Partnership (medicine.nevada.edu)
The University of Nevada School of Medicine and Aurora Diagnostics,…announced today a new educational and clinical affiliation,.. This unique public-private partnership is designed to enrich learning opportunities for students at the School of Medicine,…
- Do advocates overestimate the benefits of personalized medicine? (fiercehealthcare.com)
..advocates of personalized or precision medicine may have set up unrealistic expectations about its promise while leaving many questions unanswered,…."Even though personalized medicine will be useful to better understand rare diseases and identify novel therapeutic targets….the promise of improved risk prediction, behavior change, lower costs, and gains in public health for common diseases seem unrealistic,"….
- Doc groups call for ICD-10 grace period (fiercepracticemanagement.com)
The country's four largest state medical associations (Texas, California, Florida and New York) say two years of 'on-the-job training' will avert financial disaster for physician practices…"We believe that two years of transition time, on-the-job learning by physicians--plus our continued ICD-10 educational activities--will result in a much less disastrous transition to this overwhelmingly complicated new coding system,"......
- Pharmacists Mull High-Dose Flu Vaccine For seniors (ashp.org)
Pharmacists say a recent analysis of Medicare claims data from the 2012–13 flu season helps make the case that for seniors, high-dose influenza virus vaccine leads to better clinical outcomes than standard-dose vaccine…. retrospective cohort study.. found 22% reductions in probable flu infections and flu-related hospitalizations among high-dose vaccine recipients.
- EMCDDA: Europe’s cities offer valuable observation window on new drug trends (emcdda.europa.eu)
Drug problems often emerge,…in urban environments, making …cities a valuable observation window on new drug trends…latest report...European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction,.. looks at drugs in cities across Europe, ... gathered from a variety of sources…. from frontline services, hospital emergency departments and wastewater analysis networks….allows us to gain a more up-to-date view of the state of drug problems…
- A condom that changes colour when it comes into contact with STIs invented by a group of school pupils (independent.co.uk)
The 'S.T.EYE', brainchild of three 13 and 14-year-olds, has a built-in indicator to detect infections such as chlamydia and syphilis….condom that changes colour when it comes into contact with sexually transmitted infections….
- Genetic discovery uncovers key tool for morphine production in poppies (sciencedaily.com)
Scientists…have made a key genetic discovery in poppies, paving the way for more effective painkillers…The gene, called STORR, is only found in poppy species that produce morphinans….completes the set of genes needed for genetic engineering of morphine production in microbes such as yeast. Whether or not this can compete commercially with plant based production remains to be seen.....
- Antibiotic-resistant superbugs: ‘Health crisis of this generation’ (fiercehealthcare.com)
….the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, calling the dangerous infections the "health crisis of this generation... "Overuse and misuse of life-saving antibiotics has led to the spread of infections that are now impervious to the medications….at least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections, The crisis is no longer "looming," it is here now…..
- CVS Health partners with providers on electronic health information (fiercehealthit.com)
Four health providers will partner with CVS Health to allow communication between electronic health records and the pharmacy,….will feed prescription and MinuteClinic visit information into Sutter Health, Millennium Physician Group, Bryan Health Connect and Mount Kisco Medical Group….
- Many doctors misunderstand key facets of opioid abuse, study shows (sciencedaily.com)
prescription pain medications or how addictive formulations can be, which may be contributing to the epidemic of prescription opioid abuse....“Physicians and patients may mistakenly view these medicines as safe in one form and dangerous in another, but these products are addictive no matter how you take them,” ...