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Abstract

Background  Physicians, influenced by various pressures, may document information in patient records that they did not personally observe.

Objective  To evaluate the hospital chart documentation practices of internists and internal medicine sub-specialists in the Northeastern
United States.

Design  An anoNY (New York)mous mail survey questionnaire.

Participants  One thousand one hundred twenty-six randomly selected internists and internal medicine sub-specialists.
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(Mesothelioma News) ROCKVILLE, Md. — Human Genome Sciences, Inc. today announced that it has completed the enrollment and initial dosing of patients in a randomized Phase 2 trial of HGS-ETR1 (mapatumumab) in combination with the chemotherapy (serious, serious drugs) agents paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). “There is [...]

(Mesothelioma News) BOTHELL, WA and VANCOUVER — OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals announced today that OGX-011, also known as custirsen sodium, received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in combination with docetaxel for progressive metastatic prostate cancer. OGX-011 is currently completing five Phase 2 clinical studies in prostate, lung and breast cancer, and [...]

(Mesothelioma News) The biotech company that Justin Murdock, the son of Dole Food Co. owner David Murdock, leads has begun stage-III clinical trials for a lung cancer vaccine. NovaRx, based in San Diego, is testing its Lucanix vaccine in about 700 patients with lung cancer — a disease which the American Cancer Society says is [...]

DRUGS & RX: See Web site for additional information on this current drug shortage

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Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages; Zanosar (Streptozocin) Injection was another wonderful and informative drug and pharmaceutical article from your drug and pharmacy information clearance-house iHateHospitals.com!

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DRUGS & RX: See Web site for additional information on this current drug shortage

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Drug Shortages: Current Drug Shortages; Methadone Hydrochloride Injection was another wonderful and informative drug and pharmaceutical article from your drug and pharmacy information clearance-house iHateHospitals.com!

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DRUGS & RX: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it has cleared for marketing a non-invasive test that uses molecular expression techniques to assist doctors in managing heart transplant patients post-surgery for potential organ rejection.

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FDA Clears Test to Help Doctors Manage Heart Transplant Patients was another wonderful and informative [...]

DRUGS & RX: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Nplate (romiplostim), the first product that directly stimulates the bone marrow to produce needed platelets in patients with a rare blood disorder that can lead to serious bleeding.

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FDA Approves First Bone Marrow Stimulator to Treat Immune-Related Low Platelet Counts [...]

DRUGS & RX: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers against eating certain frozen cooked mussel products made by Bantry Bay Seafoods, imported from Ireland, because they may be contaminated with azaspiracid toxins, a group of naturally occurring marine toxins known to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps.

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DRUGS & RX: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xenazine (tetrabenazine) for the treatment of chorea in people with Huntington’s disease. Chorea is the jerky, involuntary movement that occurs in people with this disease.

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FDA Approves First Drug for Treatment of Chorea in Huntington’s Disease was another wonderful and [...]

DRUGS & RX: ANTONY, France, August 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –
- Oralair(R) Grasses 300IR Highly Positive Clinical Results in a Pharmacodynamic Study Conducted in an Allergen Challenge Chamber
Stallergenes S.A. announces the highly positive results of a…

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Stallergenes: New Study VO 56 Highly Positive Results Conducted in an Allergen Challenge Chamber was another [...]

DRUGS & RX: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 27, 2008 - Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a drug development company focused on developing next generation proprietary targeted medicines for cancer treatment, today announced the publication of preclinical data…

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Curis Announces Nature Publication Elucidating a Paracrine Mechanism of Action in Hedgehog-Expressing Tumors was another wonderful [...]