May 17, 2012, 1:41 am
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Peter Banks, andErica Galvez
Think about the last time you were prescribed a medication. Did your doctor fill out a prescription on a paper pad and instruct you to get the medication filled at your local pharmacy? If not, chances are that he or she electronically routed the prescription to your pharmacy. This process—called electronic prescribing or “e-prescribing”—is helping prescribers and pharmacists make better clinical decisions, improve workflow, reduce costs, and ultimately enhance patient care.
E-prescribing Adoption: Where We Are Today
The nation has witnessed a significant increase in e-prescribing adoption over the last several years. Surescrip
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May 13, 2012, 12:55 am
I really dont know many people that like to diet.
Whether they are looking to lose weight, lower their cholesterol levels, help control their high blood pressure or just want to get healthier, dieting can be expensive and inconvenient.
For me its more about the expense than anything else. Were on a very tight budget after both my husband and I had lost our jobs. Although he has since found a temporary job ( I still havent) his wage is less than half than it was before so while I would love to buy the healthiest food possible we just cant afford it. If I can spend $1.00 on a loaf of French bread and that fills both of us up for the evening, then that would be our dinner. Yes, high in calories and simple carbs but affordable.
Then along comes spring & summer. During the end of spring and all during summer fruits and veggies are more plentiful and the prices are much lower.
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May 5, 2012, 2:18 pm
Cancer is a disease that is caused due to excess growth of cells. This is a condition that sometimes also recurs at a later stage even after it is treated. Normally cancer is seen to come back after a long period of time. During this intermittent period, the cancer that is within goes undetected. When the cancerous condition grows in the same pattern as before then it is called recurrence of cancer.
Recurrent cancer is thus that condition of cancer where it reappears after some time, even after treatment. Normally it is visible in the same place where it had initially been treated. Recurrent cancer is seen in organs like lungs and also in the bones. Cancer also recurs in cases of lymph node cancer and anal cancer. The treatment for recurrent cancer is the same as the one that was given for the initial cancerous condition.
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May 5, 2012, 12:38 pm
This case report describes an HIV-positive patient with recurrent tuberculosis in Uganda. After several failed courses of treatment, the patient was diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). As adequate in-patient facilities were unavailable, we advised the patient to remain at home, and he received treatment at home via his family and a community nurse. The patient had a successful clearance of tuberculosis. This strategy of home-based care represents an important opportunity for treatment of patients in East Africa, where human resource constraints and inadequate hospital facilities exist for complex patients at high risk of infection to others.
April 15, 2012, 9:06 am
“Officials in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, [in] northwestern Somalia, are appealing for food aid and potable water for thousands of families who have lost their livelihoods in the current drought,” IRIN reports. “In February, [the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP)] provided food assistance to nearly 150,000 people in Somaliland, according to Challiss McDonough, WFP’s senior spokesperson for East, Central and Southern Africa,” according to the news service. Food insecurity in some areas is classified at “crisis level,” with children, expectant and nursing mothers, and the elderly most affected, IRIN notes. “
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