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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

20, 2023 -- How big is a hospital bed’s carbon footprint? One hospital bed alone was roughly equivalent to the carbon footprint of five Canadian households, according to researchers studying a. WEDNESDAY, Sept. Pretty big, new research shows.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

3, 2024 -- The average cost of hospital care for COVID-19 patients skyrocketed during the pandemic, outstripping what might be expected under inflation, a new study shows.Average hospital costs for COVID patients increased five. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

DECEMBER 22, 2023

People who maintain or increase their aerobic fitness are at less risk of being hospitalized in future, particularly if they were hospitalized previously. These are the findings of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

27, 2023 -- When hospitals support trauma survivors' mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report.There's no uniform guidance on how to offer mental health services to. WEDNESDAY, Dec.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

9, 2024 -- It's an approach that's becoming more widespread: Receiving hospital-level care in the home.A new study finds that folks "hospitalized" at home tend to do at least as well as if they’d been checked into a hospital for. TUESDAY, Jan.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

19, 2023 -- Hospital coffee machines have received some side-eye as a potential source of spreading infection, but a new study debunks the belief.“To TUESDAY, Dec. To our great relief…a general ban on coffee makers doesn’t seem necessary,”.

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Drug Channels

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As many of you know, hospitals and health systems have emerged as significant participants in the specialty pharmacy industry. A new American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) survey provides fresh insights into these specialty pharmacies. I then highlight how hospitals steer prescriptions to their internal specialty pharmacies.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

12, 2024 (Healthday News) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, who spent time in intensive care last month for complications related to prostate cancer surgery performed in December, has returned to the hospital with bladder issues, MONDAY, Feb.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

MAY 16, 2024

Houck — Employee diversion of controlled substances from hospitals has been an issue since at least 1986 when I became a diversion investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). The Kentucky hospital resolved the allegations for $4,394,600 and entered into a three-year MOA in November 2021.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

DECEMBER 13, 2023

. – Ochsner Health announces plans for The Gayle and Tom Benson Ochsner Children’s Hospital, made possible through a transformational gift from Mrs. Gayle Benson. Ochsner Health announces plans for The Gayle and Tom Benson Ochsner Children’s Hospital, made possible through a transformational gift from Mrs. […]

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Hospitals 95

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CLEVELAND—University Hospitals (UH) Brain Health & Memory Center is now treating patients with LEQEMBI® (lecanemab), a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Increased use of Paxlovid, the antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19, could prevent hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and save tens of billions of dollars a year, according to a new epidemiological model published by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

16, 2023 -- New hospitalizations for Americans with severe COVID are climbing once again. The number of patients being admitted to hospitals has grown for each of the past four weeks, U.S. WEDNESDAY, Aug. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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APRIL 1, 2024

MONDAY, April 1, 2024 -- In a letter sent to teaching hospitals and medical schools across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that written consent must be obtained from patients before performing sensitive.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

20 , 2023 -- Salmonella-tainted cantaloupe has landed 17 people in the hospital, warns the U.S. MONDAY, Nov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 43 people across 15 states and Canada have been sickened in the outbreak, which are.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

19, 2023 -- A person’s toothbrush could be a true lifesaver if they land in a hospital ICU, according to new evidence review.Regular toothbrushing is associated with lower rates of death in the intensive care unit (ICU), shorter. TUESDAY, Dec.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

21, 2023 -- Peaches, nectarines and plums tainted with Listeria have caused one death and put 10 people in the hospital with food poisoning across seven states, federal officials say. TUESDAY, Nov. The Listeria outbreak also has caused one.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

16, 2024 -- Following two weeks of hospital care for complications from prostate cancer surgery, U.S. TUESDAY, Jan. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pentagon announced.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Toronto, ON, December 4, 2023 – There was a disproportionate rise in pediatric eating disorder hospitalizations among males, younger adolescents, and individuals with eating disorder diagnoses other than anorexia or bulimia, according to a new study from researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and ICES.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

CLEVELAND – Jeanne Lackamp, MD, DFAPA, FACLP, has been selected to serve as Chair of Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatrist in Chief for University Hospitals (UH), and Director of the UH Behavioral Health Institute.

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Drugs.com

OCTOBER 4, 2023

An infant given probiotics at an undisclosed hospital has died, U.S. TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Federal regulators are cautioning doctors not to give probiotics to preterm infants. Food and Drug Administration officials said in a recent warning.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

DECEMBER 11, 2023

On December 11, 2023, UC San Diego Health successfully completed the purchase of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center from Prime Healthcare.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

8, 2023 -- As the war in the Ukraine rages on, new research shows that hospitals there are waging a battle of their own against a different kind of enemy: antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that are spreading at an alarming rate.In FRIDAY, Dec.

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Drug Channels

JUNE 12, 2024

pharmacy industry—act as contract pharmacies for the hospitals and federal grantees that participate in the 340B program. Federal grantees are aligned primarily with the vertically intergated organizations' retail pharmacies, while hospitals rely on mail and specialty pharmacies.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Food and Drug Administration has received at least three reports of people being hospitalized after taking counterfeit versions of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs known as semaglutides. WEDNESDAY, Nov 8, 2023 -- The U.S. At least one of these.

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SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

AUGUST 31, 2023

DETROIT – All five of Henry Ford Health’s acute care hospitals have earned a full three-year reaccreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

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Drug Channels

APRIL 4, 2024

For updated data on hospital-owned specialty pharmacies, see Chapter 3 of DCI's new 2024 Economic Report on U.S. As many of you know, hospitals and health systems have emerged as significant participants in the specialty pharmacy industry. I then highlight how hospitals steer prescriptions to their internal specialty pharmacies.

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Drugs.com

MARCH 11, 2024

FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- Real-world data show that a shot that protects babies against RSV is 90% effective in keeping them out of the hospital. Those numbers outstrip what had been expected of Beyfortus (nirsevimab), which in clinical trials had.

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MAY 14, 2024

TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Having private insurance may not be all it is cracked up to be when it comes to hospital bills, new research warns.In a report published Monday by the nonprofit research institute RAND Corp., researchers discovered that.

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Drugs.com

JANUARY 31, 2024

31, 2024 -- For people with schizophrenia hospitalized after a psychotic episode, getting a long-acting antipsychotic injection works far better than pills to keep them from returning to hospital care.That's the finding of a new. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

8, 2023 -- Most people know that even though vaccination doesn't eliminate their risk of getting COVID-19, it does lower their odds for severe illness -- including their risk for hospitalization and death. TUESDAY, Aug. Now scientists believe they.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to approve new draft guidelines for hospital infection control this week, the first update since 2007. FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2023 -- Advisors to the U.S. But healthcare workers worry whether the.

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Drug Channels

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

However, buy-and-bill appears to have rebounded substantially at hospitals. As I explain below, this resurgence likely reflects the success of vertically-integrated hospital/specialty pharmacy/physician mega-systems against the large insurer/PBM/specialty pharmacy/provider mega-organizations.

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JUNE 6, 2022

We found that retail pharmacies and drugstores employed fewer pharmacists, while hospitals and outpatient centers continued to add positions. As a result, the share of pharmacists who work in non-retail practice settings reached a new high.

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JUNE 7, 2023

WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 -- Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days after a planned surgery to repair a hernia that is causing him “recurrent, painful and worsening” symptoms. The Vatican announced plans for the surgery and.

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Drugs.com

MARCH 4, 2024

MONDAY, March 4, 2024 -- Major surgery is a dicey proposition for many seniors, with a substantial number landing back in the hospital just weeks or months after their operation, a new study warns.Nearly one in eight seniors (12%) who undergo.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

29, 2023 -- A new COVID-19 surge is underway, with seasonal changes and new variants fueling an increase in hospitalizations and deaths. TUESDAY, Aug. A new Omicron variant, named Eris, has become dominant in the United States amid signs that an.

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