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March 18, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today ordered Glenmark Generics of Mahwah, N.J., and Konec Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., to stop marketing unapproved nitroglycerin tablets. The tablets are placed under the tongue to relieve chest pain or to stop a heart attack and are marketed in 0.3 mg, 0.4 mg, and 0.6 mg dosages. The FDA does not anticipate a supply problem for these products. Pfizer Inc. markets FDA-approved sublingual nitroglycerin tablets in the same strengths and is able to supply the market with approved products…
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March 18, 2010
The Royal College of Nursing in Wales in partnership with a local nurse from Abertawe Bro Morganwg Local Health Board has organised an event for health care staff working within the NHS and independent sector at the Aberavon Hotel, Port Talbot on Monday, 1 March, 2010. This event was sponsored by the Welsh Union Learning Fund. The event is a motivational seminar for health care staff and in the spirit of partnership, invitations have been offered to other local union members. A selection of inspirational speakers will feature throughout the day…
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March 18, 2010
Authors: Fong BM, Tam S, Leung KS
Determination of urinary free cortisol is one of the first lines in screening for the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome where its measurement is mostly done by immunoassay. Although easy to perform, immunoassays suffer from the problem of assay interferences and are unable to measure cortisone levels. To enhance such techniques for clinical diagnosis, an improved liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method was developed for the simultaneous determination of urinary free cortisol and cortisone. The leftover urine samples from immunoassay were collected and subjected to facile solid-phase extraction cleanup. In the analysis of 130… Continue reading
March 18, 2010
Royal College of Nursing Applauds Welsh Assembly Government’s Plan to Help Military Veterans Tina Donnelly, Director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, said: “The Royal College of Nursing in Wales is pleased that the Welsh Assembly Government is allocating additional funding to support our military veterans. Our military veterans have demonstrated unmatched dedication to public service and our government should be able to help them out in their time of need…
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March 18, 2010
US researchers who analysed over a decade’s worth of statistics on non-melanoma skin cancers in the US (the country’s most common form of cancer) found they have been rising steadily every year, and concluded that their findings reveal the “most complete evaluation to date of the underrecognized epidemic of skin cancer in the United States”. A paper on the study, which was conducted by lead author Dr Howard W. Rogers, a dermatologist from Norwich, Connecticut, and colleagues, appears online in the March issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology…
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March 18, 2010
Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report Improving dementia services in England – an interim report, Janet Davies, Executive Director of Nursing and Service Delivery at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: “It is deeply concerning that dementia care is still not being dealt with as a priority. Training and education for healthcare staff working in all settings is absolutely vital if care for dementia patients is to improve. Greater investment is also needed for specialist dementia nurses, who provide invaluable support for dementia patients, their carers and families…
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March 18, 2010
Fox News’ Bret Baier interviewed the president this afternoon: “President Obama is not worried about the ‘procedural’ debate over whether House Democratic leaders should go ahead with a plan to approve health care reform without a traditional vote … ’What I can tell you is that the vote that’s taken in the House will be a vote for health care reform.’” Fox has video of the interview (3/17).
Reuters: “Party leaders are considering using a complicated process to avoid a direct vote on the Senate-passed bill, which is unpopular with House Democrats. Instead, they would declare the Senate bill passed… Continue reading
March 18, 2010
Ever since Harold Varmus’s January public letter stating he asked Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s board to start looking for his successor as president, people have been wondering what the Nobel laureate is going to do next.
Now there may be an answer: Varmus is expected to be nominated by the White House very soon to head the National Cancer Institute, according to The Cancer Letter, a publication read by many in the cancer field.
There hasn’t been any official confirmation of the news. Rumors about his imminent appointment have circulated before but they were shot down earlier this month by Varmus… Continue reading
