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The number of pediatric concussions may be significantly underestimated

Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

The number of pediatric concussions may be substantially greater than what is reported in the United States, according to a recent study in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) enrolled 8,083 patients into the study. Participants were aged 0 to 17, and their median age was 13.

CDC: Nasal flu vaccine offers little protection

Suzanne Mason Medical & Allied Healthcare

With recommendations that everyone should be vaccinated against the flu every year, new changes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may hinder some from following the advice of doctors. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) just voted down the use of the nasal spray flu vaccine for the upcoming 2016-17 flu season after a study showed the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) had a low effectiveness rate from 2013-2016.

Telehealth gets ethical

Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

Telehealth efforts continue to gain traction as more health systems explore ways to implement the strategies to meet patients and move more people to out-patient care. With the growth have come the vendors, the technology and the regulation. Now comes a set of ethics guidelines from the American Medical Association.

Physicians still battling NPs over turf with no solutions in sight

Joan Spitrey Healthcare Administration

In the wake of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposal to allow full practice authority for all VA advanced practice nurses (APRN), the turf battle over who is best suited to provide healthcare has been fired up again. Although this is not a new battle, the tides have been changing in favor of more authority for ARPNs, which causes the question of quality care to be raised once again.

Making medical strides in nanotechnology

Rosemary Sparacio Medical & Allied Healthcare

Nanotechnology is clearly playing a transformative role in the future of healthcare and medicine. Nanoparticles are being used inside the body in a variety of ways, including fighting cancer, treating atherosclerosis and killing bacteria. Here is a look at some of the latest developments on the microscopic level.

Man who lived 555 days with artificial heart finally receives transplant

Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

A man who lived 555 days using an artificial heart finally received a transplant of a human heart in May. The 25-year-old Michigan man had his real heart removed in November 2014. A total artificial heart powered by an external battery pack kept him alive and allowed him to stay home instead of in a hospital while a donor heart was sought.

iPharmacist: Will robots take over the profession?

Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

The year is 2116 and Mr. Smith approaches the counter of his local ABC Pharmacy. There are no lines as he casually moves into one of the open booths and seats himself into a comfortable and private dispensing chamber. Air conditioned, with pleasant music playing in the background the cyber-pharmacy screen lights up as he is greeted by the video-pharmacist welcoming him to ABC. After tapping the screen to answer a few questions and inserting his driver’s license and credit card into the device, an on-screen pharmacist begins to address him personally.

#HeatStrokeKills: Do you know the facts?

Dr. Denise A. Valenti Transportation Technology & Automotive

It is that time of year. Temperatures soar, and so do the deaths of children related to heat stroke. The National Highway Traffic Safety Association wants to get the message out: “Heat Stroke Kills.” The NHTSA reports that a child dies of heat stroke every 10 days in the United States from being left in a car. If you discover a child left in a hot car, do you know what to do?

Nurses and the transgender patient community

Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

In the 21st century, increasing acceptance of transgender lifestyles is allowing many transgender individuals to more readily interface with health care providers and institutions. However, transgender individuals still face humiliation, judgment, intimidation and gross maltreatment within the health care industry, and recent lawsuits corroborate that fact. Nurses can be at the forefront of providing the transgender community with comprehensive, sensitive and compassionate care.

Pregnant women face another challenge this summer

Lynn Hetzler Pharmaceutical

Most pregnant women and women of childbearing age are worried about the Zika virus this summer, but they also face another serious concern — a shortage of Bicillin L-A to treat syphilis. Caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum, syphilis was once on the verge of elimination but re-emerged as a health threat in 2001. The only recommended treatment for syphilis in pregnant women, Bicillin L-A, is now on back order due to a manufacturing delay.

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