World AIDS Day: 3 Reasons to be Optimistic
World Aids Day is Friday, December 1. It’s a day to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS, a disease that took more than one million lives in 2016 alone. Luckily, we’re closer than ever before to finding a cure. Here are three methods that could hold the keys to curing...
Killing Cancer with CAR-T Cell Therapy
There’s a new immunotherapy approach that could change the way cancer is treated in the future. It’s called CAR-T cell therapy and it’s showing promising results in small clinical trials treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and adults with...
New Study Could Change the Way Doctors Prescribe Opioids in the ER
Finally, some encouraging news about the opioid crisis. The results of a recent study could lead to a change in the way doctors prescribe opioids for pain in emergency departments. Findings from a randomized clinical trial, authored by Dr. Alex Chang, show that a...
5 Ways to Help Patients Quit Smoking
An estimated 480,000 Americans die each year from issues associated with smoking cigarettes. According to the CDC, tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of death in the United States. Even worse, these illnesses cost more than $300 billion each...
What Happened to the NFL and Breast Cancer Awareness Month?
Every Sunday from September to February, millions of people pack into NFL stadiums. Another 15.1 million settle into their couch and watch the big game on TV. That makes the NFL the perfect platform to raise awareness for a number of causes. This October, however,...
PEPID Profiles: Saving Lives with Larissa Braun, RN, BSN
Listening to her mother’s stories about being air ambulance paramedic, Larissa Braun knew she wanted to be a nurse at an early age. Fueled by adrenaline, she knew she was meant for intensive care medicine, and now she thrives in public health.
7 Hospital Horror Stories for Halloween
Any health care professional can tell you, Halloween or not, some pretty scary things can happen on the job at any given moment. ’Tis the season to be spooky, so we’ve decided to round up a few hospital horror stories to make your Halloween a little bit more …...
Will We See You at ACEP17?
We’re very excited to be attending this year’s ACEP Scientific Assembly in Washington, D.C, from October 29 to November 1. We’ve attended this conference every year since 2011, and it never ceases to amaze. This year, more than 350 courses and labs will be offered to...
Celebrating the Best of the Best for American Pharmacists Month
October 23, 2017 – A 2015 JAMA study that found nearly three in five Americans take at least one prescription pill. Pharmacists are an integral part of the health care community and play a vital role in patients’ day-to-day lives. To recognize and celebrate...
PEPID Salutes Emergency Nurses in Las Vegas for #ENWeek
At PEPID, we are extremely proud to be part of an industry dedicated to helping those in need. This week is Emergency Nurses Week, and we want to take this opportunity to thank emergency nurses around the world for all of their hard work and dedication to patients,...
Celebrating National Health IT Week 2017 with HIMSS
October 2, 2017 – PEPID is a proud partner of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society – better known as HIMSS – and National Health IT Week. There’s no doubt that when information technology and health care work hand in hand, patient...
Mosquitoes Pose New Threat to Hurricane-Affected Areas
September 18, 2017 – Floodwaters are receding in Texas and Florida after hurricanes Harvey and Irma. But there’s a new threat on the rise that’s sure to affect areas hit by the incoming hurricane Maria too: mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, like Zika...
First Case of Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus of 2017
Caution to those traveling to Zika infected areas continues as the Florida Department of Health reports the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in 2017. The case has been confirmed in Pinellas County, FL. According to the report, “There is no evidence of...