- Study links Prozac, Paxil use with birth defects (newsdaily.com)Specific SSRIs and birth defects: bayesian analysis to interpret new data in the context of previous reports (bmj.com)study...has found links between...Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared...Celexa, Lexapro and.. Zoloft..
- Should You Be Concerned About The ‘Weekend Effect?’ (forbes.com)
Increased Death Risk Internationally–If Admitted To A Hospital Over The Weekend...Emergencies happen 24/7–so why is it when we are admitted to a hospital on a weekend, the care we receive might not be exactly the same as the care we are given during a standard work week?..
- Scientists find new evidence on GSK vaccine link to narcolepsy (newsdaily.com)
Scientists investigating why a GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine triggered narcolepsy in some people say they have the first solid evidence the rare sleep disorder may be a so-called "hit-and-run" autoimmune disease… Pandemrix…as withdrawn from the market after the 2009/2010 pandemic..
- Study: Med sync programs a ‘win-win-win’ (drugstorenews.com)
...adoption of technology-driven medication synchronization by community pharmacies results in improved patient adherence, increased revenue streams, and overall improvement in business optimization for pharmacies. That’s according to an analysis of five pharmacy case studies conducted for the National Community Pharmacists Association.
- Southern Nevada doctors push for mammograms after study says they don’t reduce breast cancer deaths (reviewjournal.com)
new study showing mammograms might not reduce breast cancer deaths doesn’t change the advice of Southern Nevada doctors who say women should screen themselves on a regular basis...“Mammograms remain our most important diagnostic tool to detect breast cancers at the earliest stage,...In Nevada, 1,700 women will be newly diagnosed each year, and 150 will die.
- Survey shows care coordination lacking (healthcareitnews.com)
Health IT support in care coordination inconsistent….leaves much to be desired, according to a new survey of clinicians….survey showed that although 78 percent of the 350 respondents viewed timely notification of hospital discharges as very important, only about 49 percent used health IT systems to accomplish this task.
- Study Predicts Huge Toll Of Hepatitis C Drugs On California Budget (khn.org)
California Association of Health Plans estimates that paying for the patients’… hepatitis C medications in prisons and state hospitals, or through Medi-Cal (Medicaid) and other state programs, could range from $512 million to $5.1 billion..
- Number of US heroin users rose 300,000 over a decade (hosted.ap.org)
number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade,..think the increase was driven by people switching from opioid painkillers to cheaper heroin...
- Overuse of nursing home antibiotics may put all residents at risk (newsdaily.com)
…. nursing home facilities prescribe antibiotics more often than others, which is tied to increased health risks, even for residents who don’t receive the medications, according to a new study… consistent finding that one-third to one-half of antibiotic treatments are unnecessary or inappropriate,"..
- Express Scripts, CVS Rank in Worst Companies for Workers (pharmacytimes.com)
Express Scripts has been named the worst company to work for in the United States, while CVS ranked 12th on the same list. 24/7 Wall St. compiled the rankings using data from career website Glassdoor, which gathers ratings on more than 400,000 companies globally.