New Web Site Promotes Interoperable Newborn Screening Data

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http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

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In an effort to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for England and Whales) just released the most updated guidelines for “Respiratory tract infections – antibiotic prescribing Prescribing of antibiotics for self-limiting respiratory tract infections in adults and children in primary care.” The most recent issue of BMJ has [...]

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Bright Futures from the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) are available for free online. From the AAP website…
The centerpiece of the Bright Futures program, the guidelines, provide child health promotion information and guidance for health professionals from pediatricians to public health officials to school nurses.
The Bright Futures Guidelines can help you be prepared for visits [...]

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We had a longer spring then usual with bearable temperatures and a surprising lack of humidity – ah – it was so nice! But it is now officially summertime in St. Louis with the telltale signs… daily temperatures in the 90’s and higher and the kind of humidity that feels like a impenetrable wall. According [...]

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From the AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) Patient Safety Exchange…
AACE Calls For New Standards for Safer Insulin Pump Use
2008-05-24 15:56:18
By: Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE
JACKSONVILLE, FL – “The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists applauds the FDA’s efforts to protect the safety of children and adolescents who are using insulin pumps,” said Dr. Richard Hellman, [...]

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The first practice guidelines on complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for cancer patients from the Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO). Integrative Oncology Practice Guidelines are available for free online! http://www.integrativeonc.org/documents/JCI_2007_002.pdf

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