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Hospital Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 24th, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hospital Law Weekly | Other Publications

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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