Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . July 18th, 2004
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American Academy of Pediatrics - Recommendations for influenza immunization of children released
Axonyx, Inc. - Second phase III trial initiated with Phenserine
Cleveland Clinic - Analysis shows early response to FORTEO in postmenopausal women
Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Clinical results reported from confirmatory phase II trial of AQUAVAN Injection
Healthcare Coverage - Many leave public meeting frustrated over Medicaid confusion
Healthcare Coverage - Montana officials scrape together funds for CHIP program
Legal Issues - Grand jury eyes project opposed by HealthSouth in Alabama
Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev - Obese pregnant women without complications can undergo trial of labor
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. - Suplasyn study in osteoarthritis of the knee demonstrates reduced pain, costs
Business Update - Minnesota firm takes over Lakeside Nursing & Rehabilitation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Protein shift predicts brain cancer grade, recurrence, patient survival
Chest Pain - Tennessee medical center and hospital receive chest pain center accreditation
Cognet-X, Inc. - Prilosec OTC garners Procter & Gamble top place in report
Corixa Corp. - Combination therapy shows promise in treating "incurable" form of lymphoma
Duke University Medical Center - PSD-95 protein involved in psychostimulant-induced plasticity
Energex Systems, Inc. - FDA approves study to evaluate non-pharmacological treatment for hepatitis C
Facilities - Riverside emergency room to close as part of hospital conversion
Georgia Medical Care Foundation - High rates of kidney disease seen in heart disease patients
Healthcare Access - Wayne County OKs plan for a city-county health agency
Healthcare Coverage - Britain's health service debated by Prime Minister Blair and chief opponent
Hiroshima City Hospital - Choke point stents relieve dyspnea in patients treated for lung cancer
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York - Perioperative morbidity is acceptable in bilateral, one-stage TKA
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - Epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea in Iranian children reported
MassGeneral Hospital for Children - Antenatal vitamin K unnecessary for pregnant women taking anticonvulsants
Massachusetts General Hospital - Cancer virus reprograms cells
Massachusetts General Hospital - ICD electrograms useful for estimating pre-arrythmic repolarization alternans
Massachusetts General Hospital - Leiomyosarcoma of somatic soft tissue described
Massachusetts General Hospital - Muscle adiposity important determinant of hyperinsulinemia in HIV infection
Medicare Fraud - Indiana hospital official denies alleged fraud
Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba - HIV viral load of subtype C underestimated in assays optimized for subtype B
Muscular Dystrophy - Mattie Stepanek, poet and muscular dystrophy advocate, dies at 13
Nerima Hikarigaoka Nihon University Hospital - GRAP gene may be involved in Sjogren syndrome pathogenesis
Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospital - Retrograde commercial colonic hydrotherapy examined
Ohio State University - "Clot-busting" at stroke site is viable option
Personnel - Allina consolidates board of directors
SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Skeletal muscle progenitor cells isolated and enriched from bone marrow
St. Francis Medical Center, Honolulu - Tumor necrosis may enable liver cancer patients to wait longer for transplants
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Sts-1 and -2 proteins regulate TCR signaling
Stanford University Medical Center - Diabetes medication treats polycystic ovary syndrome symptoms in study
Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay - New approach to head and neck reconstruction surgery described
The Endocrine Society - Research highlights important roles of testosterone and DHEA in women
Univ. of Southern California - New test may provide answers for women with chest pain
Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - BOLD contrast discerns vascular disruptions after tumor therapy
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