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Hospital Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . October 22nd, 2006

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Claude Bernard University of Lyon, France - New data from France and the United States lluminates research in osteoporosis

Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Brain tumor and subdural hematoma management in the elderly is reviewed

Federal University of Bahia, Brazil - Position on use of hormone therapy in Latin America women has been released by expert panel

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy improves left ventricular diastolic function

Medicare - Wolters Kluwer study indicates Medicare Part D "doughnut hole" pushes seniors to drop meds

Metabolic & Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cincinnati, U.S. - Increased cancer incidence not associated with fluvastatin treatment

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals - Sucampo's Amitiza effective in treating constipation in people age 65 and older

AZ Waasland Hospital, St. Niklaas, Belgium - Mobile-bearing knee replacement kinematics are compared to fixed-bearing

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Optimal management of Marfan syndrome requires careful monitoring of entire aorta

AdvanDx - Published study finds Candida albicans rapid diagnostic text saves on antifungal therapy costs

Alexandra Hospital, Singapore, Singapore - Single nucleotide polymorphisms do not indicate increased diabetes nephropathy risk

American Roentgen Ray Society, U.S. - Diverticulitis, common in older adults, is now seen in young, obese adults

Anis Rassi Hospital, Goiania, Brazil - Risk score for Chagas' disease mortality prediction has been developed and validated

Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, U.S. - Recent findings in breast cancer described by researchers from the United States

Baylor University, U.S. - Researchers hope a new injected gene therapy is effective in preventing prostate cancer

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, U.S. - Pathological angiogenesis is alternately regulated by Akt and rapamycin

Cardium Therapeutics - Neurosurgeon reports benefits of InnerCool system in inducing hypothermia during aneurysm surgery

CareTech Solutions - Detroit Medical Center wins Infrastructure Management World's best practices award

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - Studies from the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates advance knowledge in meningitis research

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, U.S. - MLL-AF9 initiates transformation from committed progenitor to leukemia stem cell

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S. - New findings from the United States and Spain in the area of brain cancer detailed

Children's Hospital, Bronx, U.S. - Glucagon receptor gene ablation raised fetal lethality and altered islet development

Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, U.S. - Children on maintenance dialysis are at high risk for cardiovascular disease

ClearWay Minnesota - ClearWay Minnesota board approves new officers, transitions leadership

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, U.S. - Research from the United States, People's Republic of China and Canada add new data to cardiology body of knowledge

Columbus Children's Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Studies from the United States and Scotland describe new findings in obesity research

Curis - Curis augments scientific advisory board with leaders in cancer research and development

Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Reports from Netherlands and United States add new data to HIV/AIDS research

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Angiogenesis rates in fibrin matrix hinge on fibrinogen variants

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Breast cancer linked to thirteen new p53 gene mutants

Erciyes University, Turkey - Polycystic ovary, but not polycystic ovary syndrome, is common in women with type 2 diabetes

Facilities - SmartCare opens retail family medical centers in three North Carolina Kerr Drug stores

Foch Hospital, Foch, France - Cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane were not supported

Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel - tPA activation of smooth muscle cells is mediated by LRP and alphaV beta3

Healthcare Costs - U.S. annual hospital bill is approaching $800 billion

Healthcare Coverage - Humana introduces individual health insurance in Iowa

Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland - EuroSCORE model predicts mortality, morbidity risk of cardiac surgery in octogenarians

Hospital General Valle Hebron, Barcelona, Spain - Novel p53 related genes are downregulated in colon and lung carcinomas

Hospitals & Health Networks - LifePoint Hospitals to sell two West Virginia hospitals

Hospitals & Health Networks - Terry Belmont named CEO of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Miller Children's Hospital

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K. - Findings from the United Kingdom and Brazil advance knowledge in anesthesia research

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden - Studies from Sweden and the United States describe new findings in diabetes research

Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey - Researchers from Turkey and Thailand describe findings in cardiology studies

King Fahd Medical City, Saudi Arabia -  Burkholderia cepacia bacteremia outbreak caused by contaminated nebulized sulbutamol

Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan - Researchers from Japan, the United States and the South Korea describe findings in lung cancer studies

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