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Hospital Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . April 30th, 2006

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Drexel University, Philadelphia - Findings in cardiovascular disease provide new insights

Finance - Advocat reports income of $4.69 per share

Finance - Universal Hospital Services reports Q4 2005 revenues of $53.9 million, up 4% over year ago

Healthcare Reform - Mayo Clinic leaders offer health reform vision

Philanthropy - Michigan nonprofit hospitals provided more than $1.3 billion in community benefits during FY 2004

Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto - Physician barriers may prevent accrual of elderly cancer patients into trials

AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki - Open-angle glaucoma travoprost efficacy slightly greater in evening

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam - Pneumococcal meningitis dexamethasone treatment mortality risk factors identified

Athens University Laiko Hospital - Rheumatoid arthritis leflunomide and cyclosporine combination superior to monotherapy

Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston - Fosphenytoin may cause hemodynamically unstable bradydysrhythmias

Business Update - Highmark Life & Casualty Group changes name to HM Insurance Group

Business Update - New Jersey healthcare system signs 2-year contract for voice networking services with AT&T

Business Update - South Carolina's Providence Hospitals selects Time Warner Telecom's connectivity system

Cancer Research - Racial disparities in cancer are not as simple as black and white

Cardiology Hospital, Lille - In heart failure, LV asynchronism at rest worsens mitral regurgitation during exercise

Central Hospital of Mikkeli - Mammographically detected cancers may have better prognosis than non-screened cancers

Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires, Lille - Intragastric balloon reduces preoperative weight in massively obese undergoing LRYGBP

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Hsien - Cervical adenocarcinoma prognosis may be predictable by preoperative CA125 levels

Children's Hospital, Philadelphia - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of transplant medicine

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc. - Columbia U Medical Center uses Cyberkinetics' NeuroPort System to research brain activity

Facilities - Belgium-based TiGenix opens New York office, announces orthopedics collaboration

Glostrup University Hospital - Albuminuria lowering in hypertension and diabetes patients appears to be beneficial

Great Ormond St. Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London - Habitual inclusion of pelvis on abdominal CT for abdominal tumors not justified

H:S Hvidovre Hospital -  Candida glabrata with amphotericin B and caspofungin resistance isolated

Hadassah University Hospital - Recurrent Ta G1 bladder tumors could be managed by watchful waiting policy

Healthcare Access - Young cancer patients have better survival rates in countries with national health insurance

Healthcare Coverage - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers new plan for individuals

Hospital Carlos III, Madrid - Hepatitis C virus liver fibrosis predicted in patients coinfected with HIV

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona - New research in the area of atherosclerosis detailed

Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki - Link between morphometrical features and prognoses of non-bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma reviewed

Karolinska Hospital - Findings advance knowledge in diabetes pathogenesis research

King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh - Trachoma progression is a derivative of fibrotic and angiogenic activity

Massachusetts General Hospital - AMPK genes PRK4A2, PRKAB1, and PRK4B1 plus BMI appear to be linked to type 2 diabetes

Massachusetts General Hospital - Patients with peripheral arterial disease have less functional decline with statin therapy

McGill University, Montreal - Reports advance knowledge in lung cancer research

Medicaid - States to have new options for Medicaid Programs

Medicare - Medicare announces funding for health insurance counseling programs

Mergers & Acquisitions - IPC expands into Tennessee with the acquisition of Inpatient Medicine Services

Mergers & Acquisitions - Summit Insurance agrees to sell health insurance business to Medical Mutual of Ohio

Montreal Children's Hospital - Elevated homocysteine reduces ApoA-I expression in hyper-homocysteinemic mice

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Diabetes programs during pregnancy may not translate to better long-term management

National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan - HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B is more responsive to entecavir than to lamivudine

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