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Malignant Hyperthermia Travel Award To San Diego, CA

MHAUS announces availability of a $1,500 Travel Award to anesthesia resident/fellow or anesthesiologist who is within five years of ending his/her training to attend the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in San Diego CA. The Daniel Massik Fund at The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies in Buffalo, NY was established by Mr…

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Antidepressants: People?s Beliefs About Using These Drugs

People who are hesitant to use antidepressants most often are young, have never taken antidepressants, view their depression as mild and temporary, and feel unclear about the reasons for their depression.

This is according to an interesting medical study, Explaining Patients? Beliefs About the Necessity and Harmfulness of Antidepressants, that looked at patients? beliefs about the use of medications to treat their depression.

Guidelines for the treatment of depression recommend that people with a diagnosis of depression take medications for at least eight months after their depression symptoms have lessened. However, more than 50% of patients stop their medication too soon or take it erratically, which may increase their risk for a return of depression symptoms.

The authors of this study suggested that physicians need to address these concerns with their patients to help them make better informed decisions about whether to use antidepressant medications. However, a physician?s indifference about these issues may increase the likelihood that their patients will not take their medications and, therefore, not recover.

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Antidepressants: People?s Beliefs About Using These Drugs originally appeared on About.com Drugs on Friday, January 30th, 2009 at 12:56:30.

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New study finds 70 percent of able-bodied hockey players have abnormal hip and pelvis MRIs

Seventy percent of healthy professional and collegiate hockey players had abnormal hip and pelvis MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging), even though they had no symptoms of injury, according to a new study. The study’s surprising findings could serve as a warning for surgeons to not depend excessively on imaging when diagnosing patients.

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Baxter Presents Clinical Efficacy Results From Phase III Study Of Seasonal Flu Vaccine

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), in conjunction with DynPort Vaccine Company LLC (DVC), a CSC Company (NYSE:CSC), presented Phase III study data measuring the clinical efficacy for PREFLUCEL, a trivalent seasonal influenza candidate vaccine. PREFLUCEL is made using Baxter’s Vero cell culture platform and does not contain an adjuvant or preservatives…

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Minimally invasive sports hernia repair may get athletes ‘back in the game’ faster, study says

A new minimally invasive sports hernia repair gets athletes back in the game 3 times faster than the traditional repair, according to a new study. Sports hernias were often difficult to diagnose and prior to this new repair had a lengthy rehabilitation time.

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15 years after ACL knee reconstruction, 84 percent of male patients still highly active, study says

Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the front of the tibia or shin bone) graft continue at a high level of activity 15 years later, according to a new study. Additionally, these patients have not developed severe osteoarthritis and their knees remain stable.

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Behavioral problems in childhood doubles the risk of chronic widespread pain in adult life

Bad behavior in childhood is associated with long-term, chronic widespread pain in adult life, according to the findings of a study following nearly 20,000 people from birth in 1958 to the present day. The research found that children with severe behavior disturbances had approximately double the risk of chronic widespread pain by the time they reached the age of 45 than children who did not have behavior problems.

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John mccain’s Blatant Medicare Hypocrisy

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Medicare Ends Contract With Fox Insurance Company Drug Plan

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today terminated its contract with Fox Insurance Company. After an onsite review of the plan and its services, CMS determined that the plan’s significant deficiencies – not meeting Medicare’s requirements to provide enrollees with prescription drugs according to recognized standards of care – jeopardized the health and safety of Fox enrollees…

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Does Medicare ‘Doughnut Hole’ Spur Increase In Foreign Drug Imports?

Medill Reports: “Unless federal legislation closes the Medicare coverage gap colloquially known as the ‘doughnut hole,’ seniors may opt for online drug imports to alleviate steep prescription costs. … ‘As seniors start falling into the doughnut hole, they are going online to find deals on prescription drugs, whether they’re based in the U.S…

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