Generic pill color switch tied to noncompliance
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People seem less likely to take their medications if the pill color
changes between prescriptions, says a new study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Use of new Boston Scientific device should be limited, one expert says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp's new leadless implantable heart defibrillator, hailed by
some as a breakthrough, should be used on a limited basis until more data are collected, a prominent cardiologist
wrote in an editorial of a top medical journal. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Premarital sex taboo can lead to tragedy in Oman
MUSCAT (Reuters) - When unmarried 19-year-old Sama got pregnant, she ran away from home to have an
abortion rather than face family wrath. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Antidepressants don't raise stillbirth risk: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in pregnancy
doesn't increase the risk of stillbirth, according to a new study of over one million Nordic women. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
WTC workers show higher incidence of prostate Ca
Among rescue and recovery workers exposed to dust, debris, and fumes following the World Trade Center
terrorist attack, there was an increased incidence of prostate and thyroid cancers and multiple myeloma, although
it is not clear how big a factor medical screening and non-WTC risk factors contributed to these increases,
according to a recent study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
2013 EHR Web Seminar Series
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Total face mask may allow extended noninvasive ventilation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In do-not-intubate patients in acute respiratory failure, switching to a
total face mask may allow prolonged, continuous noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV), researchers
report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Transfusing with lower Hb threshold safer for GI bleeding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding, the current practice of
not transfusing red cells until the hemoglobin (Hb) level falls below 7 g/dL lowers the risk of death and further
bleeding, a team of Spanish doctors reports online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Link between healthcare spending, quality unclear
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether states, hospitals and smaller practices that spend more money on
healthcare provide better treatment is still an open question, according to a new meta-analysis. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Physician groups respond to SGR patch with relief, disappointment
Physician organizations expressed relief, but also renewed their calls for action, following
last-minute negotiations by lawmakers to stave off 28.5% in Medicare reimbursement cuts. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Drug for chronic idiopathic constipation meets study goals
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
2013 EHR Web Seminar Series
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Mass spectrometry aids Gram-negative bacteremia management
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A mass spectrometry technique for analyzing fragile biomolecules is
superior to Gram staining for guiding treatment of Gram-negative bacteremia, Swiss researchers say. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Uncomplicated S. aureus bacteremia needs 14 days of treatment
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia should be treated for at
least 14 days to prevent relapse, Korean researchers say. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
CT for kidney stones delivers more radiation to obese patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese patients absorb extra radiation from computed tomography (CT) scans,
a new study shows. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 2, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
