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Smiths Medical Issues Nationwide Voluntary Recall
September 16, 2009 3:56 PM by Colleen Mullarkey
Smiths Medical and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified health care professionals about a nationwide voluntary recall of Portex Uncuffed Pediatric-Sized Tracheal Tubes (sizes 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 mm). A small number of tubes were manufactured with Read More...
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Pregnant Women & Children First for H1N1 Vaccine, CDC Advisors Say
September 14, 2009 3:41 PM by Kristen Ziegler
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP ) has released recommendations for use of vaccine against novel influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu. ACIP met to develop recommendations on who should receive vaccine against H1N1 when it becomes available, Read More...
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Who Needs Flu Vaccinations This Year?
September 14, 2009 9:19 AM by Vern Enge
To get vaccinated against the flu this season or not get vaccinated; This is a huge question currently dividing the nation's medical community. Some states like New York currently require such immunizations, including the new one for H1N1 (swine flu); Read More...
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A Current Take on Health Care Legislation
September 10, 2009 5:19 PM by Vern Enge
Ah, yes. Let's look at health care for a minute, specifically the proposed health care legislative package that has Congress and much of the nation in an uproar right now. President Obama took to the nation's airwaves Wednesday night to explain his latest Read More...
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Life Expectancy in U.S. Up
September 2, 2009 4:33 PM by Vern Enge
Children born in 2007 can expect to reach age 78, according to new data released by the National Center for Health Statistics earlier this year. It is part of a trend that has been going on for years. While the increase represents an improvement over Read More...
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Separating Reality From Hype in Swine Flu
August 31, 2009 2:48 PM by Kristen Ziegler
The votes are in: swine flu is a global pandemic. Ahem; Make that a global media pandemic. H1N1 has dominated the news since its first emergence in April. As someone tracking the story for our Swine Flu Resource Center , I should know. News release after Read More...
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Government Releases H1N1 Flu School Closure Guidelines
August 7, 2009 5:39 PM by Kristen Ziegler
While parents are out buying backpacks and school supplies, the government began preparing for back-to-school season today by releasing national guidelines to prevent the spread of H1N1 swine flu and to curtail unnecessary school flu closures. "Influenza Read More...
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University Funds in Jeopardy Due to Closed Hospital
August 7, 2009 3:12 PM by Vern Enge
Budget battles raging across most states today can have a major impact on hospitals and the patients they serve. In the process, even large hospital systems can feel the sting of lawmaker displeasure. A prime example is a recent battle being waged in Read More...
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Aisle 3: Asthma Treatment
June 23, 2009 12:38 PM by Colleen Mullarkey
Could the local Walgreen's or CVS become your asthma patients' first stop when they need an allergy shot or nebulizer treatment? It certainly seems like that's what the pharmacy giants are hoping . With retail sales floundering, outpatient medical care Read More...
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Respiratory Care: What a Tweet?
April 2, 2009 11:55 AM by Kristen Ziegler
This morning, Sherman Health in Elgin, Ill. simulcast the first surgery ever on Twitter and Facebook. With one twitter-ready computer, a mini HD camera, a mini DV camera, digital SLR, and two iPhones present,. Raja Chatterji, MD and Humberto Lamoutte, Read More...
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Face Masks: To Wear or Not to Wear?
January 30, 2009 12:00 PM by Frank Visco
Wearing a face mask may increase your chances of avoiding the flu by 400 percent, according to a recent Australian study. During the winters of 2006 and 2007, researchers at the University of New South Wales observed more than 280 adults from 143 families Read More...
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Sending wishes of lung cancer to your friends
January 28, 2009 8:48 AM by Colleen Mullarkey
Chinese health officials are celebrating the New Year with an anti-smoking campaign to end the tradition of giving cigarettes as gifts. The campaign from the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention stresses that giving such gifts is like "sending Read More...
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Live from AARC: 'Tis the Season to Speak Out
December 16, 2008 12:51 AM by Colleen Mullarkey
Economic troubles have many pinching their pennies and cutting down their gift lists this holiday season. But this year, there's at least one valuable gift respiratory specialists can give their profession without spending a dime: their voice. While many Read More...
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What's your Monday Resolution?
November 19, 2008 4:45 PM by Kristen Ziegler
"I will exercise every day" ... "I will commit an act of kindness every week." ... "I will quit smoking." When the clock strikes midnight on the last day of the year, people make resolutions for a better life. But how many people keep them? Only about Read More...
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ACAAI 2008: Embracing the Challenges of Change
November 8, 2008 12:53 PM by Colleen Mullarkey
In keeping with the College's theme for this year's meeting, "Embracing the Challenges of Change," ACAAI President-Elect Rich Gower, MD, welcomed attendees at this morning's opening ceremony and encouraged them to broaden their horizons in allergy, asthma, Read More...
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