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Researchers find next generation of medications to help schizophrenics
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that a new generation of medications called "atypical antipsychotics" can significantly lower the risk of violent behavior in people with schizophrenia who are being treated in community-based centers.
Alzheimer's patients more prone to heart disease, but undergo fewer related surgeries
Persons with Alzheimer's disease suffer from ischaemic heart diseases more frequently than others, yet they undergo related procedures and surgery less frequently than persons with no diagnosed AD, according to a nation-wide register-based study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland.
IGI Laboratories submits three additional ANDAs to FDA
IGI Laboratories, Inc., a New Jersey based specialty generic pharmaceutical company, today announced it has submitted three additional abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which brings the Company's total number of ANDA submissions in 2014 to eleven, with twenty-two submissions now pending at the FDA.
Tampa, Florida-based medical institution purchases Streamline Health's document workflow solutions
Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that a leading Tampa, Florida-based medical institution has purchased three additional workflow licenses to expand the use of Streamline Health's document workflow solutions to help optimize business processes across the enterprise and improve operational efficiencies. Streamline Health expects at least two of the workflow solutions to be fully implemented and operational prior to the conclusion of the current fiscal year.
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.