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VIMPAT (lacosamide) Significantly Improved Partial-onset Seizure Control, Increased Seizure Freedom Rates And Enhanced Patient Function
New pooled clinical data presented at the 28th International Epilepsy Congress (IEC) in Budapest, Hungary showed that VIMPAT® (lacosamide), a new antiepileptic drug (AED) with a novel mode of action,1,2 significantly improved seizure control, increased seizure freedom rates during the maintenance phase and enhanced quality of life and patient function, when used as adjunctive therapy in adult patients with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures.2,3

Pain Medicine Experts Recommend Safe And Responsible Use Of Acetaminophen
In response to the advisory committee"s recommendations to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put new restrictions on acetaminophen this week, physician leaders from the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), have released the following statement:
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Likelihood Of Survival May Be Improving For Extremely Preterm Infants
Infants born extremely preterm are surviving at a high rate, with about 70 percent of infants born alive between 22 and 26 weeks of gestation in Sweden surviving at least one year, with high rates of interventions being used to improve survival, according to a study in the June 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on child and adolescent health.
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National Care Service A "historic Opportunity" - Nurses, England

Welcoming the publication of the Government Green Paper, Shaping the future of care together, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said the current social care system was "confusing, bewildering and unacceptable" and that today"s plans provide "a historic opportunity to establish fair care under the welfare system in England." He said: "Today"s plans offer a historic opportunity to establish a fair social care system where people understand what care they are entitled to and how to access it. The current system is confusing, bewildering and unacceptable, with people unclear about how care is funded and a care "lottery" operating across the country. "The NHS is responsible for funding the nursing care of patients who have health needs, regardless of whether they are in hospital, a care home or their own home. We would fiercely oppose a system where responsibility for meeting the costs of nursing care was shifted onto the patient and subject to means-testing when it should be free on the NHS. "We will be looking at the detail of today"s paper to see what could be included in the care package. While we welcome the commitment to basic universal entitlements we are concerned that "basic" can also mean "very limited". "We congratulate the government for tackling this issue head on. Social care must not be turned into political football over the coming months. Future generations will depend on the right decisions being taken now." Royal College of Nursing (RCN)


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