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Annual World Breastfeeding Week and the Benefits of Breastfeeding

Annual World Breastfeeding Week and the Benefits of Breastfeeding

by PEPID Newsroom | Aug 3, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Uncategorized

August kicks off with World Breastfeeding Week, now on its 27th year since it was first celebrated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) in 1992. Every August 1-7, WABA partners with a worldwide network of organizations to encourage breastfeeding,...

PEPID Announces its Participation in the 2018 ACEP Scientific Assembly

by PEPID Newsroom | Aug 1, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Press & Media

Phoenix, AZ, USA, August 1, 2018 — Medical information and clinical solutions developer, PEPID, LLC, will attend the largest emergency medicine (EM) convention in the country. The annual American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly will take...
What you need to know about Herbal-Drug Interactions

What you need to know about Herbal-Drug Interactions

by Megan Pullins | Jul 16, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

Evidence that Adverse Drug Interactions Occur from Herbal-Drug Interactions and Non-Prescription Drug Interactions. “Natural” is widely perceived by the public to ensure safety. However, studies show drug interactions with active pharmaceutical agents, and...
Suicide Rates Rising in the United States

Suicide Rates Rising in the United States

by Megan Pullins | Jul 3, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Primary Care

U.S. Suicide Rates Rising: Now the 10th Leading Cause of Death Over the past 19 years, U.S. suicide rates have increased in every state except Nevada. Suicide now stands as the tenth overall leading cause of death in the United States. Suicide was the second leading...
WHO Just Released ICD-11: 5 Notable Changes

WHO Just Released ICD-11: 5 Notable Changes

by Megan Pullins | Jun 22, 2018 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

The World Health Organization has released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Here are a few of the notable changes. ICD-11 is completely electronic with 40,600 more codes for injuries, diseases and cause of death than ICD-10....
Act to Protect Medical Volunteers Introduced to the House

Act to Protect Medical Volunteers Introduced to the House

by Megan Pullins | Apr 16, 2018 | Emergency Medicine

In 2017, the US had 16 natural disasters. Drought, wildfires, flooding, freezing, severe weather, tornadoes, and three hurricanes. Hurricane Harvey affected 13 million people from Texas to Kentucky. 300 volunteer organizations stepped up to help. Hurricane...
Preparing for New Year’s Eve with PEPID

Preparing for New Year’s Eve with PEPID

by Meredith Cunningham | Dec 27, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

The numbers are staggering. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) there are an average of 300,000 drunk driving accidents per day. It’s a problem magnified during the holiday season, capped off by New Year’s Eve. PEPID is here to help you prepare. Here’s a...
Repercussions of the Wildfires & How to Treat Them

Repercussions of the Wildfires & How to Treat Them

by Meredith Cunningham | Dec 8, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

California wildfires are ravaging thousands of acres of land in California. Many displaced victims will be seeking treatment away from home with many problems associated with the fires. Here are the most common health problems emergency departments will see. Click to...
World AIDS Day: 3 Reasons to be Optimistic

World AIDS Day: 3 Reasons to be Optimistic

by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 30, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Uncategorized

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

Killing Cancer with CAR-T Cell Therapy

by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 28, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

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

New Study Could Change the Way Doctors Prescribe Opioids in the ER

by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 20, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

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

5 Ways to Help Patients Quit Smoking

by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 14, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

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?

What Happened to the NFL and Breast Cancer Awareness Month?

by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 6, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care

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

PEPID Profiles: Saving Lives with Larissa Braun, RN, BSN

by Meredith Cunningham | Nov 6, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Uncategorized

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

7 Hospital Horror Stories for Halloween

by Meredith Cunningham | Oct 30, 2017 | Emergency Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Uncategorized

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 …...
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