Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 26th, 2005
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Alteon, Inc. - Pharma firm's alagebrium demonstrates promising effects on cardiovascular system
Eli Lilly and Company - Survey shows Medicaid patients' depression not effectively treated
Insense Ltd - Biotechnology company announces successful treatment for chronic wounds
MEDirect Latino Inc. - Hispanic-focused Medicare products provider reports Puerto Rico results
MEDirect Latino Inc. - Medicare products provider seeks copyright of Hispanic demographic algorithms
Meharry Medical College, Nashville - Findings in hypertension provide new insights
Michigan State University - Delayed gene therapy is efficacious in rat model of Parkinson disease
Pacer Health Corporation - Acute care hospital operator announces financial results
Akad Hospital, Uppsala - Researchers describe findings in stroke studies
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - First clinical trial of oral AP23573 initiated
Assiut University Hospital - Factors affecting uterine incision identified
Business Update - Atlanta Medical Center opens Cancer Pavilion
Business Update - Good Samaritan Hospital purchases Alliance Financial Management from Avega
Business Update - Huntington Hospital to build new patient care tower
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte - New D-dimer thresholds per trimester needed to detect VTE in normal pregnancy
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung - Protein expression in neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma studied
Children's Hospital, Cincinnati - Higher number of sexual partners related to HPV infection rate in young women
Civic Hospital, Brescia - Anatomic locations of periprosthetic leakage determined
Columbia University - Is robotic technology reducing healthcare costs for cardiac patients?
Conor Medsystems, Inc. - Company announces positive 12-month follow-up data from EuroSTAR study
Denver Health Medical Center - Carotid artery stents for blunt injury not recommended
Erasmus Medical Center - Varicella-zoster vaccine before transplant protects against infection
G. Montpied University Hospital - Risk of graft endoleak due to change in size of healthy aorta determined
Harris Interactive - Survey shows public modestly supportive of pay for performance model
Healthcare Coverage - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana offers HSAs
Hospital Center of Grenoble - Study evaluated ability of isoprostanes to reduce ischemic injury
Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid - Dual- and triple-drug tacrolimus regimens evaluated
Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia - Efficacy of irinotecan and raltitrexed as first-line treatment in colon cancer
Hospital University of Ramon y Cajal, Madrid - Microbiology labs have role in infectious disease surveillance/alert/response
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto - New playground equipment safer
IRCCS C. Mondino, Pavia - Apolipoprotein (a) isoforms have diagnostic and prognostic value
Invitrogen Corporation - Reagent maker to be acquired to strengthen firm's proteomics portfolio
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Univ Hospital, Frankfurt - PCEA plus continuous background infusion effectively reduces labor pain
Johns Hopkins University - Depression is widespread among heart attack patients
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm - Impact of epoetin-beta therapy on survival of patients with lymphoma assessed
Llandough Hospital, Wales - A diet high in milk may cut heart disease and stroke risk
Lund University Hospital - Peristernal soft tissue blood flow during VAC therapy characterized
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Polycation-mediated delivery of siRNAs prevent influenza infection
MemorialCare - California 5-hospital system leadership team named top in country
Mount Sinai Medical Center - Long-term efficacy, safety, and leukemogenic potential of anagrelide examined
North Shore Hospital, Auckland - Single-lead atrial pacing is usually best pacing choice
PharmaMar - Clinical trial results of drug in prostate, ovarian, breast cancer presented
Phoenix Health Systems, Inc. - Health information technology consulting company partners with ProActivity
Prince Wales Hospital, Hong Kong - Temporal-spatial SARS spread in hospital consistent with airborne transmission
Providence Portland Medical Center - Strategies to enhance tumor visibility improve cancer immunotherapy
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