Hospital shows simple steps curb infection during knee surgery
Bellevue Washington Overlake Hospital Medical Center reduced surgical infections by focusing on basic measures. Patient Scott Adams received preoperative antibiotics, hair clipping not shaving, and kept warm with a bear hugger, contributing to an infection rate drop from 12 to five cases in 2003.
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Bellevue
Wash
Scott Adams
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Adams
U.S
Overlake Hospital
Seattle
Overlake
Qualis Health
Renton
Greg Engle
Lucas Anderson
Novartis offers blood pressure therapy money back guarantee
Washington reports a new Novartis program offering a money back guarantee to encourage patients to stay on expensive antihypertensives like Diovan HCT Lotrel. The plan includes free 30 day trials, a free monitor, and up to four months reimbursed costs if goals aren’t met, amid debate over cost and medical practice.
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Washington
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Novartis
Barbara Alving
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Diovan
Jerry Avorn
Harvard
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Exercise helps older adults keep mental sharpness
Ohio State University researchers report regular workouts help elderly adults with chronic lung disease maintain memory and cognitive function. After 10 weeks of aerobic activity, participants improved, and a year later only those who kept exercising stayed level while those who stopped declined. Health experts urge more rehab programs to sustain the benefits.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Terrie Wetle
Gerontological Society of America
Medicine
Public Health
Brown University
Charles Emery
Ohio State
Duke University
Durham
N.C
Emery
Dental X-rays Linked to Low Birth Weight Risk
A Wednesday study finds pregnant women who receive dental X-rays may face up to triple the odds of delivering a low birth weight infant at full term. Researchers note uncertainty over whether head and neck radiation affects thyroid or other hormonal pathways, or if other factors are involved.
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Philippe Hujoel
Dental Public Health
University of Washington School of Dentistry
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