' My vet wanted £120 for a cream. Total rip off '
Hundreds of people have contacted BBC News about struggling to pay for medicine for their pets, while vets have got in touch saying that they provide "cost-effective" care and that pet owners need to "take responsibility" and pay for insurance. "I've just had my dog at the vet. They wanted £120…#bbcnews #anaesthesia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

GE Healthcare, Hartford HealthCare extend Care Alliance agreement
GE HealthCare (GEHC) and Connecticut-based Hartford HealthCare have extended their "Care Alliance" collaboration through 2030. Under the collaboration, Hartford HealthCare will upgrade its imaging technology using a phased approach for the acquisition, deployment, and redeployment of CT, PET/CT, MRI, x-ray, nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, and OEC 3D surgical imaging C-arm systems, according to GEHC. Many of the new systems in the collaborative effort will include tested AI and machine-learning software, and patient monitoring, anesthesia, maternal infant care, and diagnostic cardiology technologies are also in...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Installations Source Type: news

Virtual reality reduces interventional radiology procedure pain, anxiety
Using virtual reality (VR)-based sedation during interventional radiology procedures reduces patient pain and anxiety, researchers have found. And it appears to do so without increasing procedure time, according to a team led by Ryan Schaake of Temple University in Philadelphia. The study results were published March 12 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. "While it has not been the standard of care to medically treat patient anxiety during these procedures, high anxiety levels have been associated with longer procedure times, increased need for medication, and exacerbated physiological stress," the g...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Advanced Visualization Source Type: news

Precautions Needed When Folks Taking Ozempic, Wegovy Undergo Anesthesia
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2024 — Nurses who specialize in anesthesia have issued new guidelines to reduce the risk that patients taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy throw up during surgery. " These medications have exploded in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

FL Jury Fails to Agree on J & J Talc Verdict
Bob Sugarman sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company’s talc products caused the death of his wife, Marilyn Seskin, MD. The case has ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.  The jury note the judge read aloud in court stated: “We are hopelessly deadlocked with absolutely, positively no way to resolve it.”  The closely watched trial was held in Florida’s Circuit Court for the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County. It was the first talc powder trial against J&J in 3 years after litigation had been paused during the company’s failed bankruptcy proceedings...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 11, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos Exposure Companies johnson Lawsuit Legal talc Talcum Powder Verdict Source Type: news

Study Sounds Alert About GLP-1 RA Use and Aspiration Risk Study Sounds Alert About GLP-1 RA Use and Aspiration Risk
Patients on a weekly GLP-1 RA had a higher prevalence of increased residual gastric content before surgery, a major risk factor for aspiration under anesthesia, a small study found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news

How Psychedelics Could Help Soldiers Overcome Trauma
“The soldier above all others prays for peace,” the former American military general Douglas MacArthur once said, “for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” But what about peace with oneself?  [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] More than 120,000 U.S. veterans have died by suicide since record keeping began in 2001, according to Veterans Affairs department data. Many more, in the U.S. and elsewhere, suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as conflicts spiral around the world. Ukraine’s health ministry estimates that 3 to 4 ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mattha Busby Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

February 14-15, 2018: Meeting of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement - 02/13/2018
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

UPDATED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION: October 11, 2018: Meeting of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement - 10/10/2018
October 11, 2018: Meeting of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

One-Week GLP-1 Agonist Hold Not Enough Before Anesthesia?
(MedPage Today) -- Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was linked with increased residual gastric content on preprocedural gastric ultrasonography, even after fasting for the guideline-recommended duration, a cross-sectional study showed. In 124 patients... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 7, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Safe scope of practice for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs)
British Medical Association -This national guidance outlines how MAPs (medical associate professionals) can work safely and effectively in the NHS and sets out the responsibilities of MAPs including PAs (physician associates) and AA (anaesthesia associates). It uses a traffic light-style system to illustrate what clinical duties MAPs should be able to carry out, as well as those responsibilities from which they should be prohibited.GuidanceBritish Medical Association - news (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 7, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Wegovy, Ozempic Use Could Complicate Your Surgery
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 -- Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic can increase a person’s risk of throwing up during surgery while under anesthesia, a new study reports. People are typically asked to fast prior to surgery because general... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

High level principles concerning physician associates (PAs): Academy consensus statement
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges - This document outlines some practical and high-level principles that doctors and healthcare teams should use to determine whether and how to integrate PAs into existing teams. Given that PAs will join more varied and diverse teams than anaesthesia associates (AAs), these principles are directed at the PA workforce.Consensus statement  (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 5, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: news

Ketamine Clinics Diverge From APA Recommendations
(MedPage Today) -- The proliferation of ketamine clinics in the U.S. has veered far off course from the recommendations of the nation's premier psychiatric association when it comes to using the anesthetic to treat mood disorders, experts say... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Management of recurrent pinna haematoma following rugby injury: a surgical approach - Hu H, Hulse K, Iyer A.
A young adult male developed a left-sided pinna haematoma after a rugby injury. The haematoma reaccumulated after multiple attempts at drainage under local anaesthetic in emergency rooms and required incision and drainage in the theatre under general anaes... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news