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Blistex® Innovation Delivers Two New Lip Balms Targeting Cold Sufferers and Customized Lip Care Seekers
OAK BROOK, Ill. , Nov.
College of Pharmacy to Develop Programs to Improve Patient Safety
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received a $4.25 million federal grant to develop programs for safer medication use, including tools for detecting drug risks, training physicians, preventing medication errors and making drug information easier to understand. “Patients are not as safe as they should be,” said Bruce Lambert, professor of pharmacy administration and director of UIC’s Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTS), which will manage the program.
Hospira Launches Enhanced TheraDoc™ Clinical Surveillance System to Support Patient Safety and Help Improve Care
You are already following HSP LAKE FOREST, Ill. , April 1, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Hospira (NYSE: HSP ), a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, today announced the launch of its enhanced TheraDoc™ clinical surveillance system , used by hospitals to help improve patient safety and prevent adverse events such as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Hospira Board Names F. Michael Ball New CEO; Christopher B. Begley to Assume Executive Chairman Role
You are already following HSP LAKE FOREST, Ill. , March 7, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The board of directors of Hospira, Inc.
David Cassidy Arrested for DUI, Vows to Fight Charges
Former teen heartthrob David Cassidy was arrested for DUI in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Wednesday night after a highway patrolman spotted the ‘Partridge Family’ star weaving between lanes and nearly hitting another car. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report , Cassidy told the officer he’d had a glass of wine at lunch and that he also had prescription medication and hydrocodone in his system.
Report shows significant growth in number of osteopathic physicians
CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — As concerns mount over whether there will be enough physicians to meet the nation’s growing demand for health care, the number of osteopathic physicians (DOs) is reaching new heights, according to a report released today from the American Osteopathic Association.
Abbott Statement on the FDA Advisory Committee Recommendation on Sibutramine
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Sept. 15 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The U.S.
Psychiatrist who saw Anna Nicole Smith testifies (AP)
LOS ANGELES – A hospital psychiatrist has testified that medication given to Anna Nicole Smith by her doctor was “overkill” for the kind of pain she was describing Dr. Nathalie Maullin testified Friday in Los Angeles that she was on staff at Cedars-Sianai Medical Center when Smith was brought in pregnant and in withdrawal from Methadone and Xanax.
Prognosis good after Lefty reveals health issue (AP)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Phil Mickelson is being treated for a form of arthritis that surfaced just before the U.S.