Archive: 04/12/2014

British drugmaker cutting hundreds of US jobs

Hundreds of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline's 17,000 U.S.-based employees will lose their jobs by the end of next year under the pharmaceutical industry's latest restructuring.

Dec 4, 2014

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Sexually active teens should get IUDs, doctors group says

With "Sesame Street" characters gracing the walls and building blocks on the floor, the pediatrician's office may seem like an unlikely place to discuss birth control.

Dec 4, 2014

Obama to get most of $6.2B request to fight Ebola

President Barack Obama will be awarded the bulk of his $6.2 billion request to fight Ebola in Africa, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee said Thursday.

Dec 4, 2014

Treatment recommendations developed for nail psoriasis

(HealthDay)—Treatment recommendations have been developed for patients with nail psoriasis. The recommendations were published online Dec. 3 in JAMA Dermatology.

Dec 4, 2014

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Activity decreases bleeding risk from anticoagulation meds

(HealthDay)—For elderly patients on anticoagulant therapy, a high level of physical activity is associated with a decreased risk of major bleeding, according to a study published online Nov. 18 in the Journal of Thrombosis ...

Dec 4, 2014

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Images of brain after mild stroke predict future risk

A CT scan of the brain within 24 hours of a mild, non-disabling stroke can predict when patients will be at the highest risk of another stroke or when symptoms may worsen, according to new research published in the American ...

Dec 4, 2014

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Coordinated care beneficial to kids with complex respiratory, gastrointestinal disorders

Coordinated care by specialists for children with complex respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders helped lower hospital charges by reducing clinic visits and anesthesia-related procedures in a small single-center study, ...

Dec 4, 2014

Teleophthalmology for screening, recurrence of age-related macular degeneration

No relevant delay between referral and treatment was found when teleophthalmology was used to screen for suspected age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and, while teleophthalmology monitoring for recurrence of AMD did result ...

Dec 4, 2014