Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 24th, 2005
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Legal Issues - Justices again to consider if fear of HIV exposure warrants lawsuit
MedImpact - Pharmacy benefit management company offers clients new Medicare drug benefits
State Medicaid - Montana's Hutterite colony in court over Medicaid coverage
Transplant Medicine - Transplant officials worry about backlash from brain-collection reports
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - Preliminary liver biopsies predict HCV-related liver fibrosis progression
Ankara Maternal & Women's Health Teach. Hospital - Reduced smooth muscle content of round ligament may be pathogenetic factor
AstraZeneca - U.S. FDA approves candesartan cilexetil for the treatment of heart failure
Awards - Ibex PulseCheck client receives Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Study investigated the effect of AT2 on myocyte contractile function
Biogen Idec - Research company reports efficacy and safety results of psoriasis treatment
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Not all leukemic oncogenes transform committed SCs lacking self-renewal capacity
China Medical University Hospital, Taichung - Angiotensin I-converting enzyme genotypes heighten the risk for endometriosis
City Hospital, Birmingham - Patients on COX-2 inhibitors should have an assessment of any CV risk factors
Columbia University, New York City - Growing evidence supports focus on mind-body connection in heart disease
Duke University Medical Center - Duke researchers uncover genetic link to kidney damage after heart surgery
Elekta Neuromag - Company wins MEG systems contracts to institutions in U.K., Japan, and China
Hanyang University of Hospital - Recent findings in diabetes genomics and genetics provide new insights
HealthLeaders-InterStudy - Texas HMO membership continues downward trend, PPO membership grows, study shows
Healthcare Coverage - Health Net of California launches new provider network in eight counties
Healthcare Coverage - Mississippi bill would give state employees option to pay for more coverage
Heidelberg University - Virologists illuminate HIV cell activity
Helen Hayes Hospital, New York - Hippocampal spine synapse formation studied, role of estradiol isomers revealed
John Radcliffe Hospital, London - Gene silencing sensitizes prostate cancer to cancer therapy
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford - HIV-specific CTLs from long-term survivors select a unique T cell receptor
Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Esp/vancomycin resistance may contribute to clonal enterococcal dissemination
Kanagawa Cancer Center Hospital - Ursodiol may prevent cancer in those with hepatitis C-linked liver cirrhosis
Mafraq Hospital, Abu Zaby - Metformin monotherapy improves ovulation, pregnancy rates in lean PCOS women
MassGeneral Hospital for Children - Many company benefits can help parents meet needs of children with ADHD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - Beta-adrenergic receptor-blockers are a cornerstone in managing heart failure
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - MIS inhibits proliferation of cell lines expressing MIS type II receptor
Medical Imaging - Children's Hospital installs new MRI machine and other upgrades
Medical License - Florida suspends license of troubled Panhandle hospital
Mental Health - Iowa House approves scaled-back mental health measure
Montreal General Hospital - Small increase in systolic BP may increase the burdens of CV disease
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center - Mycobacterium xenopi infection developed following heart transplantation
Personnel - DSS research names Michelle Dodd director of client services
Personnel - Healthaxis appoints Kent McRee as head of sales and marketing
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc. - New findings in the area of osteoporosis detailed
Royal Newcastle Hospital - Peptide vaccine has minimal benefit in patients with stage IV melanoma
St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna - IL-12-secreting dendritic cells generate anti-tumor immunity in mice
St. James University Hospital - Researchers' data advance metabolic syndrome research
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