Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 6th, 2004
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Forest Laboratories, Inc. - Data highlight positive effect of Namenda on brain activity in AD patients
Health Care - Pharmacy Care Alliance launches Medicare-approved drug discount card
Healthcare Access - Rite Aid to accept Medicare Approved Discount Cards
Medicare - Elderly learning about Medicare discount cards
National Stroke Association - Alzheimer disease treatment effective in stroke survivors with dementia
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association - New government data suggest seniors will save hundreds of dollars per year
Premier, Inc. - Lipid-lowering therapy may reduce fatal heart attacks after noncardiac surgery
Acologix, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical firm closes $40M series B financing
Basel University Hospital - Intranasal influenza vaccine causes facial paralysis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Mouse cardiac surgery techniques described
Breast Cancer - myDNA.com announces publication of breast cancer channel
Cancer - Heather Urich to serve as LifeRamp national spokesperson
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Effects of procainamide on electrical activity in thoracic vessels clarified
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Human metapneumovirus infection similar in severity to RSV in children
Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing - Cost-effectiveness analyses needed to evaluate HIV/AIDS prevention and care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Radiation therapy reduces morbidity in children with medulloblastoma
Drug Benefits - CMS endorses discount drug card
Healthcare Access - Hospital community benefits increase despite financial constraints, poll shows
Healthcare Costs - Study finds more choices, more availability, more affordability in health plans
Healthcare Coverage - Democratic senators say health insurance law should go
Healthcare Coverage - Uninsured Oklahomans get attention
Healthcare Coverage - Utah health insurance pool financial unstable
Healthcare Professionals - Texas Health training program to receive $4 million grant
Holstebro Hospital, Denmark - Laparoscopic ovarian drilling: Effective first-line treatment for PCOS patients
Hospital Robert Ballanger, Aulnay Sous Bois - Researchers discuss valvular heart disease in 2003
Information Technology - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh cuts medication errors in half
Information Technology - New Jersey healthcare provider to deploy clinical, financial IT solutions
Information Technology - New medication administration system launched
Kyoto University Hospital - Nifedipine retard and ACE inhibitors both reduce cardiac events
Legal Issues - Former nurse Cullen admits to a killing in Warren County
Linkoping University Hospital - Impaired cytokine regulation may play role in SS patients with myalgia
Medicare Fraud - Company says Kentucky county defrauded Medicare program
Menopause - More exercise and a little soy may reduce hot flashes
National Higashi-Utsunomiya Hospital - Preliminary optimal indication for nateglinide released
Newcastle General Hospital - Application of genomics and proteomics to neurosciences outlined
Pennsylvania State University - $5 million NIH contract to fund development of pediatric heart assist device
Portland VA Medical Center - Synthetic androstene analogue ameliorates murine collagen-induced arthritis
Ricardo Gutierrez Children Hospital - P6 protein intranasal vaccine protects against Haemophilus influenzae
Royal Free Hospital, London - Trend in case selection and PSA recurrence after prostatectomy reported
Royal Perth Hospital - HLA-B*5701 and Hsp70-Hom M493T alleles necessary for abacavir hypersensitivity
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown - MMF does not decrease viral load in chronic HCV liver transplant recipients
Rush University - Alternative medicine therapy now being tested for heart disease
Rush University - Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
San Martino Hospital, Genoa - Safety and efficacy of coronary rotational atherectomy evaluated
St. Jude Children's Hospital - Gleevec reverses cellular resistance to topotecan and SN-38
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