Hospital Law Weekly

Henri Mondor Teaching Hospital - Study reviews rotator cuff repair and total shoulder arthroplasty

Hereford General Hospital - Total hip replacement is feasible for displaced subcapital fractures

Hospital Bichat, Paris - Arterial injury often leads to in-stent restenosis

Information Technology - Bellevue Hospital automates ICU using CliniComp's Essentris

Matsunami General Hospital - Hypopituitarism linked to Hashimoto thyroiditis

Mental Health - Investigation into mental health launched in Connecticut

Mergers and Acquisitions - Long Term Care Group announces acquisition of competitor's TPA contracts

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York - PRO 542 shows promise as HIV salvage therapy

North General Hospital, Sheffield - Ferrous sulphate treatment of anemia after joint replacement is of no value

Regional Hospital of Lugano - Cytotoxic T cells from HCV patients use Fas-FasL to kill bystander cells

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center - Injectable bone graft substitute can fill defects from benign bone tumors

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center - No recurrence seen in patients with bone graft substitutes for benign bone tumors

Sir Charles Gairdiner Hospital - CASR gene changes may not be markers of postmenopausal osteoporosis

Southmead General Hospital, Avon - Cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty is effective in displaced femoral neck fracture

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Researchers find direct link between CBP gene and lymphoma

St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital - Folic-acid fortification policy a great success in reducing neural tube defects

Tampa General Hospital - Special considerations challenge the treatment of epilepsy in women

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Restaurant revenues unaffected by smoking ban

Univ. Hospital of the Princess, Madrid - Matrix enzymes use caveolae to traffic human endothelial cells

Univ. of Chicago Medical Center - Widely used antinausea drug may interfere with chemotherapy

Univ. of Health Science, Kansas City - Radiographs are used too often in patients with low back pain

Univ. of Michigan Health System - Minority and uninsured children far less likely to get eye exams or glasses