| A talented student rebuilds his life after battling depression - and ...
On the evening of Sept. 28, at an apartment complex in King of Prussia, a tragedy and a miracle occurred 2.5 seconds apart. The tragedy took place when Jordan Burnham, 18, a senior just nominated to the homecoming court at Upper Merion High School, jumped out his ninth-floor window. The miracle happened 90 feet below, when he hit the ground at 50 m.p.h. - and survived. Jordan has no recollection of going out the window. Even though he was suffering from depression, neither he nor anyone close to him ever expected him to do something so impulsive, so lethal. "I had everything to live for," he says now. Today, 114 days later, Jordan's body remains badly broken. With the help of three therapists, he stood on his right leg last week for 60 seconds.
Researchers succeed in giving carrots a boost of calcium
Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M University have figured out how to get more calcium into carrots and then how to get the vital mineral out of the popular vegetable and into the bloodstream of people. The amount of calcium in the genetically modified carrots still pales in comparison to the quantity in milk. But the work demonstrates that laboratory-engineered fruits and vegetables can contribute more of the important nutrient, researchers said. Lots of small increases could add up to a big nutritional punch, said Jay Morris, a scientist at the Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor and a lead author in the study. "Increases across the board in many different fruits and vegetables in a diet could have a significant impact in the amount of calcium in a diet," said Morris, a San Antonio native.
A Rectum, a Finger, and a Lawsuit in New York
Some cases are medical. Some are legal. Some, unfortunately, end up being both. New York State's Supreme Court is poised to consider the double-sided case of Brian Persaud, a 38-year-old construction worker who has reportedly sued a New York hospital for performing a rectal exam that he says he didn't want. After receiving a head injury, Persaud was taken to the emergency room at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where ER docs conducted a work-up. The New York Times's blog City Room reports: According to a lawsuit he later filed, Mr. Persaud was then told that he needed an immediate rectal examination to determine whether he had a spinal-cord injury. He adamantly objected to the procedure, he said, but was held down as he begged, "Please don't do that." As Mr.
Pharm MD Solutions Becomes an ASCP MTM Provider Partner
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) announces that PharmMD Solutions has become one of ASCP's Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Provider Partners. This announcement was made today at Senior Care Pharmacy '07 - ASCP's 38th Annual Meeting and Exhibition taking place in Philadelphia. The need for skilled clinicians to deliver MTM services has increased dramatically since the coverage of MTM services under Medicare Part D, especially for patients residing outside of nursing facilities. Our MTM Provider Partners, recognizing the excellence of ASCP members, turned to the Society to help them enlist consultant and senior care pharmacists to deliver MTM services to their contracted enrollees. Consultant and senior care pharmacists are clinicians specially trained in geriatric pharmacotherapy who review patients' medication regimens to ensure they are receiving the most appropriate, safe, and most effective medications, and that they are used appropriately.
Doctor Shortage…How Do We Fill the Prescription?
It takes a fair amount of time for growing pains to get worked out when expansion comes to professional sports. The athlete pool is diluted and sometimes importing players from other countries fills the void. Baseball has Japan and Latin America to draw from, hockey has Europe, and soccer has the whole world. These imports remind us that there is plenty of opportunity to hone athletic skill outside of the United States. The medical world is slowly realizing that the U.S. is running out of doctors and a real shortage is looming. Within a dozen years, there is the potential need for 200,000 more physicians and the training may not be available for those doctors in this country. While medical schools are increasing enrollment and 15 new schools of medicine and osteopathy have opened, those newly minted MDs may not have a place to get their graduate training.
Colorado Bioscience Association Showcases the State’s Most Promising ...
Colorado research institutions have begun reaping the rewards of legislation allocating state funds for bioscience research. HB 1360, sponsored by Representative Jim Reisberg (D-Greeley) and Senator Ron Tupa (D-Boulder), was signed into law by Governor Bill Owens last summer. $2 million in state funds was awarded to 27 bioscience proof of concept projects at six Colorado universities and research institutions. Initial reports are expected by the end of 2007. .
Kane County's resident expert botanist to sign copies of new book
The Kane County Forest Preserve District is calling botanists and nonbotanists alike to attend a book-release party featuring area nature expert Dick Young. The event is from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at district headquarters, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Building G, Geneva, where Young will sign copies of his latest book, the third edition of Kane County Wild Plants & Natural Areas . .
Trouble Brewing? - Merck, Schering-Plough Get New York Subpoena Over ...
1/27/2008 1:43:13 AM New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) and Schering-Plough Corp. (SGP) on Saturday seeking documents to probe whether the companies had concealed the study results of their controversial blockbuster drug Vyotrin.
Cuomo in a statement said, We will investigate and, when appropriate, hold accountable drug companies for engaging in irresponsible and deceptive conduct and any deceitful marketing of prescription drugs."
The issuance of this subpoena comes a day after the FDA said it would review the effectiveness of Vyotrin after Merck released the long-awaited study results of that drug.
MRK closed Friday's trade down 3.57% or $1.77 at $47.79 on a volume of 64.98 million shares. In after-hours, the stock shed another $0.19 and was at $47.60.
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