The American Cancer Society study announced Monday involved 3.5 million patients with 12 of the most common types of cancer.
The recall affects all lots of the company's 25 mcg/hr Duragesic CII patches sold in the United States by PriCara and Sandoz Inc., with expiration dates on or before December 2009.
Private entities, they would collect and analyze patient safety events reported by health care providers -- encouraging voluntary reporting without fear of malpractice suits, the agency said.
The poll found that, in a vast majority of countries, medical cost increases are outpacing the general rate of inflation.
At a news conference with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the health agency's director-general released a new report looking at regulations, collected taxes, and anti-tobacco efforts.
A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African-Americans was released by the National Diabetes Education Program, a joint venture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.
Chairman Ted Kennedy said the president's proposed budget "continues the assault of this administration on affordable, quality health care for working families."
A $250,000 cap in states where there has not been effective reform could cut physicians' malpractice premiums by $1.4 billion, the group says.
Central Michigan University professor Mark Cwiek will present the book he co-authored, "Optimize Your Healthcare Supply Chain Performance: A Strategic Approach," and participate in a book signing session at the American College of Healthcare Executives annual congress March 10 to 13 in Chicago.
Valentine's Day isn't the only heart-related event going on this month as CDC, provider of this photo, reminds us that February is also American Heart Month.
Last year, the 6,000-squaremile National Capital Region around Washington, D.C., which includes the Pentagon and offices for about 340,000 federal workers, received the first seven Mobile Evacuation Buses produced by High Point, N.C.’s Sartin Services Inc. Ed Sartin, the company’s president, said emergency responders in many jurisdictions are looking for vehicles that can accommodate multiple patients.
Approximately half of 1 percent (0.47 percent) of the U.S. household population between the ages of 18 and 49 are living with HIV, according to estimates from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
"The diverse backgrounds and experience will help inform our work at SAMHSA to improve the capacity and effectiveness of the mental health and substance abuse service delivery systems that promote prevention, treatment and recovery," said SAMHSA Administrator Dr. Terry Cline.
Consumers and health care facilities with any of the recalled, pre-filled Heparin Lock or Normal Saline IV Flush syringes should stop using the product immediately. Health care facilities should immediately quarantine the products in their inventory and return them to their distributor.
The American Heart Association sees its 2010 goals being achieved early, but it warns major risk factors are still too high and are rising, in some cases.
The chief quality officer at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia explains how the facility and five other sites got the upper hand on these worrisome infections.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently heard oral arguments from San Francisco officials appealing an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California regarding the city's Healthy Security Ordinance, which comprises part of the "Healthy San Francisco" initiative. The ordinance requires covered private employers to make certain minimum expenditures by paying directly into health savings accounts, contributing to private health insurance plans, or participating in a city health plan created by the ordinance.