Conn. Sues CVS, Alleging Stores Sold Expired Items
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut officials are suing CVS/Pharmacy Inc., alleging it has sold food and over-the-counter medications past their expiration dates at many of its Connecticut stores. [widget:become_a_nurse__logged_out_in_article] Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. say investigators found expired cough and allergy medicines, dairy products, baby formula, and other products at 20 stores in the summers ...
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Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor
By KEVIN SACK Published: February 6, 2010 KERMIT, Tex. — It occurred to Anne Mitchell as she was writing the letter that she might lose her job, which is why she chose not to sign it. But it was beyond her conception that she would be indicted and threatened with 10 years in prison for doing what she knew a nurse ...Submitted by lunarcaustic | Published about 1 hour ago | -
Medicare Leaves Physicians in a fix
The halt on medicare payments to physicians in a major bind!Submitted by onepowerfullady | Published about 4 hours ago | -
Britain to Replace Backless Hospital Gown with Designer Version
British hospitals will replace the traditional -- and often embarrassing -- backless hospital gown with a new style created by one of the world's top designers, the BBC reports. Ben de Lisi, whose creations have graced such red-carpet stars as Kate Winslet, says his "aspirational" new design will preserve patients' modesty. "The old hospital gown was hideous, embarrassing, ill-fitting and probably ...Published about 10 hours ago | -
Study: Babies' Low Serotonin Levels May Cause SIDS
Researchers may have solved the mystery of what makes some babies vulnerable to sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, which kills more than 2,300 babies a year. Infants who died of SIDS had low levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that helps the brainstem regulate breathing, temperature, sleeping, waking and other automatic functions, according to an autopsy study in today's Journal ...Published 1 day ago | -
Test Could Show How Quickly You'll Age
A genetic test for how quickly a person will age over the course of a lifetime may soon be possible, following a study that has for the first time identified DNA variations in the population that can be linked with biological ageing. Scientists found that people who inherit two copies of a particular DNA variant -- about 7 per cent of ...Published 1 day ago | -
Most Pregnant Women Never Tested for the Most Common Birth Defect
Three out of five women who have given birth to a child with a congenital heart defect (CHD) -- the number-one birth defect and leading killer of infants and newborns -- were never tested for the defect during pregnancy. This is according to a survey just released by Little Hearts, Inc., a national organization that provides support, education, resources, networking and ...Published 1 day ago | -
Help Your Community: Elderly Patients and Violence
Have you ever fallen victim to violence or hostile behavior by an elderly person? It’s more common than you think, especially in nursing. As a nurse, you want the best for your charges. You want to help, and are probably quick to dismiss hostile or rude comments from patients. Whether or not it’s their dementia or Alzheimer’s talking or not, the ...Published 1 day ago | -
Barrie, Canada to Benefit from a New NP-Led Clinic
TORONTO, Nov. 16 /CNW/ - The people of Barrie will soon have greater access to primary care thanks to today's announcement by the provincial government to fund a Nurse Practitioner (NP) clinic at Georgian College. "Nurse practitioners and all nurses take pride in this great achievement," said Wendy Fucile, president of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO). "This clinic will ...Published 1 day ago |
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