Archives from July 2005
Heat
Illness: A Preventable Condition
A few years ago, football lost a valuable and well-loved player to a severe case
of dehydration. Korey Stringer, a Pro Bowl offensive lineman for the Minnesota
Vikings, died while in a coma brought about by heat stroke. His unexpected and
easily preventable death shocked the sports world. It also forced us to take
a new, more serious look at all heat illnesses from dehydration to heat exhaustion
to heat stroke.
Celebrating
Nurse Practitioner anniversaries
Two significant events in the Nurse Practitioner movement will be celebrated
this summer at Keystone Resort. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the
National Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Symposium and the 40th anniversary
of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Program.
School
of Medicine in top 20 for NIH
research awards and ninth among public universities
Out of 126 private and public medical schools nationwide, the University of
Colorado School of Medicine ranks 20th overall and ninth among public institutions
in total award funding received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2004.
University
of Colorado Hospital offers
new high cholesterol treatment
The University of Colorado Hospital is now offering a new medical treatment
for people with extremely high levels of cholesterol who have not had success
lowering cholesterol through prescription drugs and diet.
Study
looks at environmental causes
of Type 1 Diabetes in infants
An international study at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at
the University of Colorado Denver is currently
recruiting participants. The study is seeking families with or without a history
of diabetes, who are either expecting or have a new infant up to three months
of age to participate in genetic screening to identify indicators of increased
risks for type 1 diabetes.
Shingles
vaccine proves
effective in large trial
In one of the largest adult vaccine trials ever, researchers from the University of Colorado Denver have shown that an experimental
vaccine against shingles prevented about 51 percent, of cases of shingles – a
painful nerve and skin infection – and dramatically reduced its severity
and complications in vaccinated persons who got shingles.
Fewer
prescriptions, lower costs after
Claritin’s over-the-counter switch
After the allergy drug Claritin became available without a prescription
in 2002, insurance plans and consumers spent less on the prescription
form of
its main ingredient, loratadine, and all similar allergy drugs, according to
a new report published in this month’s The American Journal of Managed
Care.
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