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Children’s Liquid Cold, Allergy Medicine Recalled

WASHINGTON – More than 40 over-the-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medications are being recalled in the United States and 11 other countries because they don’t meet quality standards.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare issued the recall for children’s versions of Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl after consulting with the Food and Drug Administration. Read More

Health For All – “DANCING FOR THE HEALTH OF IT!”

Health For All is excited to announce DANCING FOR THE HEALTH OF IT. Join us for an entertaining evening where “celebrity” dance teams will compete for bragging rights at this one-of-a-kind event! Read More

The Leader in Medical Jargon

Found a great site that list all the medical jargon possible.  Whether it is for medication, humor between nurses, you can find it all here.  *Little warning: as hospitals can be, this site is a bit crass. Read More

H1N1 Shot Available – January 2010

This is from the UPA Facebook Page. Read More

H1N1

Starting December 14th, H1N1 will be offered during regular immunization clinics. All immunization clinics will be held at the Brazos County Health Department. Anyone 6 months old or older is eligible to receive the vaccine. The health department continues to encourage those individuals included in the high risk priority groups to get vaccinated. Read More

Menopause Drugs and Hormones

Today the New York Times ran a story on menopause drug companies that are being sued for false information and potential cause of cancer.  It is an interesting read as the evidence is not so much facts as theory.  And if you know the medical field well, then you know it is always theory and not fact.  Even a study is outdated 6 months later, a clinical trial is always under fire, and doctor recommended is as easy to get as milk at the store.
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Doctors and Social Media

Fard Johnmar did a survey of approximately 200 respondents. It is available here. It didn’t speak to how many doctors but does have some insight into what they are doing and why. Here’s a nugget: Read More

Google and Flu Shots

From Google:

This year, it’s especially important to have clear information on what you can do to prepare for the flu season. With this in mind, we are happy to share a new feature for the U.S. which allows you to more easily find locations near you for getting both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine. After expanding Google Flu Trends to a total of 20 countries and 38 languages, allowing more people to see near real-time estimates of flu activity, we began brainstorming with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association on the flu shot finder and other ways Google can be helpful to people this flu season. Read More

Medical Records Security

Among the obstacles to adoption of computer-based patient records are patient, institutional and clinician concerns about privacy of confidential information. Yet adopting high quality security is itself sometimes resisted by medical record users. This article describes, from a primary care clinician viewpoint, the features that characterize an attractive solution to the implementation of patient record security goals, as well as some strategies for implementing these features. The accompanying sidebar traces the origins of typical unauthorized access and release of confidential patient information. Read More

The Med Gets Chest Pain Center

College Station Medical Center – College Station, TX received full Cycle II accreditation with PCI from the Accreditation Review Committee on August 2, 2009. Accreditation expires August 1, 2012. Read More

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