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As Number of AIDS Deaths Reaches 25 Mil, Treatment Said To Be Cutting Global Rate Of HIV Infection
When it comes to the worldwide HIV epidemic, new reports offer both good news and bad. The bad news is that the number of AIDS deaths worldwide has exceeded 25 million. The good news is that HIV infection rates have dropped 17 percent around the world.
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Investigative Report: Hospitals And Clinics Struggle with Digitizing Medical Records
There is little doubt that the days of printed medical records are numbered, but according to a report from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund and American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop, the transition from paper to paperless is producing mixed results.
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H1N1 Update: U.S. Influenza Activity Decreased Slightly in Last Week
Fewer states (43) reported widespread influenza activity in the week ending November 14 than in previous weeks, the CDC reported Friday. Still, the activity was higher than is often seen at the peak of influenza seasons.
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Four Duke Patients Positive For New H1N1 Mutation – CDC Sees No Current Cause For Alarm
Although this outbreak represents the largest cluster of H1N1 mutation in the United States so far, these four patients had other health issues and experts in infectious diseases say the mutations are rare and not a cause for alarm at this point.
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Pandemic Flu Monitor: H1N1 Presents Extra Challenge For Kids With Asthma
The CDC recommends that children with breathing issues get the shot form of the vaccine – two doses spread out by a month in those under age 9 – instead of the nasal mist. If a child does get flulike symptoms, especially if there is fever, chest pain, a bad cough or extreme fatigue, see a doctor right away.
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Pandemic Flu Monitor: WHO Investigation Finds No Link Between Deaths And H1N1 Vaccine
A World Health Organization investigation into the small number of deaths among recipients of the H1N1 vaccine worldwide found no instances in which the vaccine was the related to the cause of death. Meanwhile, a new version of the vaccine is set to be released in December.
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Study: Despite Zero-Tolerance, Disruptive Behavior Persists Among Doctors and Nurses
Ninety-seven percent of respondents experienced unprofessional outbursts and overreactions, with most saying these happened several times a year and sometimes even weekly. Most survey respondents, 48 percent, said doctors and nurses were equally culpable for the conflicts, but 45 percent said doctors were mostly to blame.
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Virtual Doctor Visits Could Help Keep Elderly Patients In Their Homes Longer
Pilot projects in the D.C. area are deploying easy-to-use electronic systems in the homes of the elderly in order to perform daily diagnostic measurements. The over-arching purpose of the testing is to closely monitor the patients’ vital signs in order to catch serious problems earlier and thereby avoid, or at least delay, costly hospitalizations and long-term care.
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Must-Read for Parents: FDA Failed To Warn Schools About Companies That Provided Tainted Food
An investigation by USA Today has found that in its reaction to outbreaks of food-born illnesses in schools, the FDA has sometimes put the interests of corporate food producers over those of school children. In one case, tortillas made by the Del Rey Tortilleria in Chicago caused 101 school children to become violently ill, but that the FDA had failed to issue a warning from its own scientists about Del Rey products.
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Study: Uninsured More Likely to Die after Trauma
A new report in the Archives of Surgery, a publication of the the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), finds that Americans without health insurance are more likely to die after suffering traumatic injury than insured people are.
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