November 4th, 2011 by Happy Hospitalist in Research
Tags: Chart, Compensation, Hospitalist, MGMA, Money, Payment, Salary, SHM, Subsidy, Support, Survey, Today's Hospitalist
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Want to know if your hospitalist compensation package is on par with other hospitalist groups around you? I have previously written about the results of the hospitalist salary compensation survey for 2010, 2011 (SHM and MGMA). The parabolic rise appears to have no end in site. Hospitalist demand continues to grow as witnessed by the rapid expansion of hospitalist subsidy/support payment for 2011, despite poor economic conditions.
Here’s another look at an exceptional 2011 Hospitalist Salary Survey done by the folks at Today’s Hospitalist. If you are a hospitalist, you owe it to yourself to stay well informed about what you are worth in the market place. As shown in the SHM/MGMA survey, hospitalist compensation Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*
November 3rd, 2011 by Medgadget in Research
Tags: ASPIRE, Automation to Simulate Pancreatic Insulin REsponse, Diabetes, FDA, Glucose Meter, Hypoglycemia, Insulin Pump, Medicine, Medtronic, Pancreas, Pediatrics, Technology, trial, Type 1
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Medtronic received the go-ahead to begin an at-home U.S. trial of its Low Glucose Suspend technology that aims to prevent hypoglycemia by automatically stopping basal insulin delivery when measured glucose reaches a critically low level.
The pump technology is already available in Europe on the company’s Paradigm Veo insulin pump.
This is the second phase of the ASPIRE (Automation to Simulate Pancreatic Insulin REsponse) study, following the completion of the in-patient clinical study. ASPIRE is a multi-center, randomized, pivotal in-home study being conducted at multiple investigational centers to determine the safety and efficacy of the Low Glucose Suspend feature in the sensor-augmented MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump. Medtronic’s newest continuous glucose sensor, the Enlite™ sensor, will be tested as part of the overall system.
ASPIRE will compare Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
November 3rd, 2011 by Linda Burke-Galloway, M.D. in Opinion, Research
Tags: Abuse, American Congress of Obstetrician-Gynecologist, CDC, Depression, Domestic Violence, Dr. Christie Palladino, Dr. Linda Burke-Galloway, Georgia Health Sciences University, Homocide, Mental Health, OB-GYN, Pregnant Women, Psychiatry, Social Work, Suicide, Unplanned Pregnancy
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In a recent medical study, violent deaths of pregnant women outnumber traditional causes of maternal deaths such as post partum hemorrhage or pre-eclampsia . I am not surprised. In September 2010, I wrote an article entitled 7 Reasons Why Pregnancy Becomes a Deadly Affair after an 18 year old college student almost lost her life at the hands of her football-playing boyfriend because she became pregnant. Pregnancy is not a benign act and 50% of them are unplanned.
Dr. Christie Palladino, an ob-gyn physician at the Georgia Health Sciences University and main researcher of the study, looked at data from 17 states and found 94 pregnancy-related suicides and 139 homicides from 2003-2007. Approximately 45 % of suicides occur during pregnancy, often precipitated by Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Linda Burke-Galloway*
November 3rd, 2011 by RyanDuBosar in Research
Tags: C21orf91, chromosome, cold sore, gene, Genital Herpes, Genomics, Heredity, herpes, herpes simplex labialis, HSL, Research, sexually transmitted diseases
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Investigators identified a specific, previously obscure human gene associated with susceptibility to herpes simplex labialis (HSL), the common cold sore.
Cold sores affect 70% of the U.S. population. This study follows previous ones identifying a region of chromosome 21 as a base for genes possibly linked to cold sore outbreaks.
To narrow in further on the chromosome, this study used Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
November 2nd, 2011 by RamonaBatesMD in Research
Tags: 70, Age, American Society of Nephrology, Chronic Illness, Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology, Disease, Donor, Elderly, Family Member, Genetically Related, Graft loss, Kidney, Living donor, Organ Donation, Parents, Related, Research, Siblings
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I happened to see this press release from American Society of Nephrology via Eurekalert regarding an article in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN) advocating the safety of kidney donation in individuals over 70 years old. The press release does note that kidneys from these elderly donors do not last as long as those from younger living donors.
Currently, as noted on the University of Maryland Medical Center website:
Donors need to be between the ages of 18 and early 70s and can include parents, children, siblings, other relatives, and friends. An ideal donor should have a genuine interest in donating and a compatible blood type with the recipient.
Donors should be in good general health. Donors do not need to be Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
