http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/Latest CareConnection News from CareConnection.comen-us6012019http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gifhttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:04 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257769-66.htmlAt least 1,013 people died of overdoses in several U.S. cities from 2005 to 2007 after illegally injecting the highly potent painkiller fentanyl, U.S. officials said on Thursday.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257769-66.htmlWed, 23 Jul 2008 18:26:04 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257666-66.htmlRap star DMX has been indicted in Arizona on charges that he used a false identity to try and avoid paying medical expenses incurred during a hospital visit, prosecutors said on Tuesday.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257666-66.htmlWed, 23 Jul 2008 15:27:01 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news-257638-66.htmlMortality rates in Scotland are substantially higher than they are in England and Wales - the so-called "Scottish effect." New research suggests that loss of life related to problem drug use accounts for a significant portion of the higher death rate.http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/news-257638-66.htmlWed, 23 Jul 2008 15:27:01 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/cold-flu/news-257636-66.htmlEssential health care workers would be immunized first if a flu pandemic broke out in the United States, the government said on Wednesday.http://www.healthcentral.com/cold-flu/news-257636-66.htmlWed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:01 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257173-66.htmlBritain's 150,000 doctors will have to show they are fit to practice once every five years in the nation's biggest change to medical regulation for 150 years.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257173-66.htmlTue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/cold-flu/news-257079-31.htmlOnly a quarter have emergency plan, less than half have educated staff, study findshttp://www.healthcentral.com/cold-flu/news-257079-31.htmlTue, 22 Jul 2008 16:26:05 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257071-66.htmlEmmy-winning actress Estelle Getty, best known as a wise-cracking octogenarian on the popular 1980s and '90s sitcom "The Golden Girls," died on Tuesday. She was 84.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257071-66.htmlTue, 22 Jul 2008 12:26:04 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257020-66.htmlPatients often fail to fully comprehend the treatment they receive during an emergency department visit or recall instructions for their care after they leave, new research suggests.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-257020-66.htmlMon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:03 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256990-66.htmlPeople who are overweight as adolescents are at greater risk of dying from a number of causes in early adulthood and middle age, research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology demonstrates.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256990-66.htmlMon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256985-31.htmlDoctors can earn additional money by initiating computerized prescribing systemshttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256985-31.htmlMon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:01 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256970-66.htmlA Bush administration plan to define several widely used contraception methods as abortion is a "gratuitous, unnecessary insult" to women and faces tough opposition, Sen. Hillary Clinton said on Friday.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256970-66.htmlSat, 19 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256769-31.htmlNot all homes are the same, but common sense measures can reduce the risk, expert sayshttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256769-31.htmlFri, 18 Jul 2008 09:26:05 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256669-66.htmlThe health situation in parts of China hit by the massive earthquake in May remains grim though there have been no epidemics, the government said on Friday.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256669-66.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2008 10:26:05 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256549-66.htmlThe United States fails on most measures of health care quality, with Americans waiting longer to see doctors and more likely to die of preventable or treatable illnesses than people in other industrialized countries, a report released on Thursday said.http://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256549-66.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256547-31.htmlLack of access to insurance called a primary stumbling blockhttp://www.healthcentral.com/caregiver/news-256547-31.html