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St. Elizabeth Healthcare Drives Kentucky's Largest Electronic Medical Records Initiative With IBM
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that St. Elizabeth Healthcare is connecting hospitals, clinics and physicians offices in Northern Kentucky in the state"s largest roll-out of electronic medical records to improve patient care and lower costs.
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Lower College GPA And Evening Chronotype In High School Students Linked
According to a research abstract at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, students who consider themselves to be evening types (that is someone who feels more alert and does their best work later in the day) have poorer sleep hygiene scores than morning and intermediate types. Sleep hygiene is the group of behaviors linked to good sleep and alertness. Examples include having a regular bedtime routine, a regular wake time, a regular bed time, and sleeping in a comfortable bed. The researchers found that this poor sleep hygiene was related to poorer academic performance and a decline in grade point average (GPA) during the transition from high school to college.
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Tuberculosis Vaccine Too Risky For HIV-Infected Infants

HIV-infected infants risk contracting a deadly form of tuberculosis from the bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, instead of receiving protection against the disease, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. While the BCG vaccine is given to approximately 75% of newborn babies worldwide, a South African study has found that its harm may outweigh the benefits for HIV-infected infants. The study recommends delaying vaccination until the infant"s HIV status is known. "There is an urgent need to assess the risk versus benefits of this vaccine in settings where both HIV infection and tuberculosis burdens are high," says co-author Professor Simon Schaaf, from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Read the research paper here. The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is one of the world"s leading public health journals. It is the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization, with a special focus on developing countries. Research papers are peer reviewed and are independent of WHO recommendations and guidelines. Further items in this Bulletin issue include: - Could an expansion of antiretroviral treatment reduce HIV transmission? - The Ethiopian Health Minister talks about a new approach to aid for health - Spanish research shows car drivers should take a special test before riding a motorcycle - How Asian countries are tackling multi-drug resistant tuberculosis - Chagas disease 100 years after its discovery - How Kenya developed services for victims of sexual violence - Are pre-employment medical examinations useful? - Struggling to pay the medical bills in Armenia The Bulletin"s table of contents can be found here. The complete content of the Bulletin, since 1948, is now available free to all readers worldwide through PubMed Central, available here. WHO


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