http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes Medical Health News, Advances & Technologies by Upstate HomeCare. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:30:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Upstate HomeCare Maintaints 797 Compliant Pharmacy To Ensure The Highest Level Of Safety In Our Compounded Drugs. During the 1960s, the practice of pharmacy began growing and evolving. In response to an increasing number of patient injuries due to medication delivery and sterile compounding, the industry began calling attention to safety. The ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/its-not-your-grandfathers-pharmacy-anymore/ iTunes University. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more, that you can enjoy on your iPod, iPhone, Mac or PC. Explore over 50,000 educational audio and video files from top universities, museums and public media organizations from around the world. With ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/itunes-u/   Study participants who ate two eggs for breakfast every day for two months lost 65% more weight than participants in the same study who ate a bagel for breakfast, even though the bagel and the eggs contained an equal number of calories. The egg-eaters also lost 61% more body mass ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/two-eggs-for-breakfast-speeds-weight-loss/ PHI Pharmacy is an independent Pharmacy dedicated to the art and science of compounding, and the dispensing of I.V. admixtures, oral & injectable medications. PHI's mission is to provide infusion services in the comfort of the patient's home while maintaining high quality care that is also cost effective. PharmHealth Infusion, Inc. (PHI) ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/upstate-homecare-merges-with-pharmhealth-infusion-inc/ US researchers working on a study comparing approaches to weight loss, found that keeping a food diary can double weight loss as part of a managed programme; they said that the more food records they kept, the more weight the participants lost. The study was carried out by investigators from Kaiser ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/want-to-lose-weight-keep-a-food-diary/ New research has shown that up to 90 per cent of people on asthma medications are using their inhalers incorrectly leading to poor asthma control, increased hospital visits and increased cost of treatment. The study then went on to show how a brief educational chat with a pharmacist about inhaler technique ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/pharmacists-improving-asthma-outcomes/ Upstate HomeCare has developed a comprehensive Nutrition Support Team specific to the needs of the Oncology Patient. Consisting of Registered Dieticians, Registered Pharmacists, Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners, we provide a turnkey solution to your patient's nutritional needs. The Nurition Support Team is proud to announce the addition ... http://www.upstatehomecare.com/healthnotes/upstate-homecare-nutrition-support-team-continues-to-increase/