Health 

ASHP, Infectious Disease Specialists Take New Look At Vancomycin - A consensus statement recently published in the January 1, 2009 , issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP), sheds new light on the appropriate use and monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients. Vancomycin is one of the most-widely used antibiotics for the treatment of serious gram-positive infections involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA ). Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:00:00 PST

WFP Appeals For Rapid Expansion Of Humanitarian Access To Gaza - The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP),  Josette Sheeran, expressed deepening concern about the severe breakdown  of  food supplies and distributions in Gaza, and said the agency would scale up its operations to respond to urgent needs. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:00:00 PST

Fluorescent Mice Help Disease Research - Painting mice fluorescent colours might not be as crazy as it sounds. Scientists reporting in the latest issue of the Royal Society journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B have used the technique to show which mice are likely to spread a disease which is potentially fatal to humans. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:00:00 PST

Teens Should Be Taught How To Handle School Stress - Teenagers are turning to alcohol and cigarettes to relieve school stress. This is the finding of a study presented at The British Psychological Society's Division of Educational and Child Psychology annual conference. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:00 PST

New Study Finds Over Half Of US Hospitals Utilize Hospitalists - Data from the 2007 survey of 4,897 community hospitals conducted by the American Hospital Association (AHA) indicates over half of US hospitals have hospital medicine programs, and that there were over 23,000 hospitalists in the US. Annually, AHA provides the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) with a special analysis on the prevalence of hospitalists. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 PST

New Year Honours For Nurses And Midwives - The NMC congratulates the registered nurses and midwives who were awarded honours in this year's New Year Honours List. They awards were as follows: Dame Commander (DBE) - Liz Fradd, independent health service adviser, for services to nursing. Commander (CBE) - Prof Anne-Marie Rafferty, Dean, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, for services to healthcare. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:00 PST