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Table of Contents . . . June 5th, 2005
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Cost Report Data Resources, LLC - New study challenges specialty-hospital profit assumptions
Emory University - Prospects for disease-modifying therapy of Alzheimer disease outlined
Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans - Illinois association urges adoption of mandatory managed care to control costs
Kaiser Permanente - Health plan shows membership growth and strong financial performance
Mayo Clinic, Rochester - Lower-dose estradiol's affect on procollagen differs with menopausal status
Myriad Genetics, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical company gives results of phase 2 trial of Alzheimer treatment
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Data show that millions of adults forgo treatment for chronic health conditions
Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Hospital corporation announces results for first quarter ended March 31, 2005
The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati - Survey finds Ohio residents in favor of tax increases to support Medicaid
American Academy of Dermatology - Survey finds majority of women still associate a tan with beauty and health
American College of Physician Executives - Poll finds physician leaders distressed by ER specialist shortage
Assuta Medical Center, Israel - CABG recovery quicker without early aspirin withdrawal
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - Increase in antibodies to MUC1 associated with reduced cancer risk
Business Update - GTCR announces partnership to form Capella Healthcare
ChemBridge Research Laboratories, Inc. - St. Jude Children's renews collaborative cancer therapy discovery agreement
Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital - Benign hyperplasia in the prostatic outer gland confused with prostate cancer
Christian Medical College & Hospital, Tamil Nadu - Penicillium marneffei diagnosed in HIV-infected patients in south India
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - Endothelial cell activation examined, differentiation revealed
Deltex Medical Group, plc - Study: CardioQ reduces hospital stay by 2 days in colorectal surgery patients
Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam - Research add new data to kidney transplantation body of knowledge
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta - LANA sensitive/specific KS marker in general and HIV-infected populations
Erasmus Medical Center - Dendritic cells, macrophages needed to retain lymphocytes in insulitis
Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands - Certain noncardiac drugs increase risk of death threefold
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Paclitaxel-eluting stents have similar outcome to sirotimus-eluting stents
Fairview Hospital, Cleveland - Necrotic changes in metastatic lymph nodes linked to patient survival
Finance - American Shared Hospital Services reports 5% increase in revenue
Finance - Hospital improvements may fail without corporate finance discipline
Group Hospital Cochin St. Vincent de Paul, Paris - QOL is unaffected by height in young women with TS treated with growth hormone
HELIOS Children's Hospital, Germany - PegInterferon-alfa-2b with ribavirin shows promise for children
Health Promotion - HealthEast launches online prenatal education program
Hospital Santa Cruz & San Pablo, Barcelona - Findings describe new data in atherosclerosis research
Huddinge University Hospital - Short-term starvation and refeeding studied, effects on muscle clarified
Hyland Software, Inc. - UT Southwestern Medical Center selects electronic medical records software
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford - Study analyzed factors affecting high-shear platelet reactivity
Karolinska University Hospital/Huddinge - Guide for vaccination of stem cell transplant recipients released
Keio University Hospital - Dynamic role of post-maxillectomy buttress reconstruction determined
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - Recent findings in oncology provide new insights
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. - OTC pharma company announces first quarter 2005 financial results
Medtronic, Inc. - Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with minimal access study released
Mercury General Corporation - Insurance organization announces first quarter results
Merge eFilm - Healthcare software and services company releases Web portal module
Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp - Researchers' work adds to assisted reproduction body of knowledge
National Taiwan University Hospital - Continuous intravenous epoprostenol therapy has long-term efficacy
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