Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 1st, 2005
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Kent & Canterbury Hospital - Increased BMI raises carpal tunnel syndrome risk in patients under 63
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Drug company reports resolution over rebates to Medicaid, other programs
Massachusetts General Hospital - Meditation appears to be associated with structural changes in the brain
Medicare - Medicare Prescription Drug Law: Is Part D right for you?
U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Cultural focus on heart failure prevention and treatment needed
U.S. Institute of Medicine - Cancer survivors require tailored follow-up plans and new clinical guidelines
Alfa HealthCare - Recent studies add new data to anti infectives research
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne - HIV-1 from patients with drug-resistance and low CD4+ T-cell counts is more pathogenic
American College of Physician Executives - Physician executives group wary of pay-for-performance programs
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Research helps identify precursors to foot disease in diabetes patients
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - The Cbl protein mediates fibroblast growth factor-2-related endothelial cell proliferation
Biomist, Inc. - Disinfectant deemed effective against Norovirus
Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa - Basic biology of apoptosis and implications for pediatric surgery reviewed
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Studies describe new findings in breast cancer research
Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin - New findings in the area of addiction medicine described
Children's Hospital, Columbus - Low-dose chemotherapy effective in children with EBV+ post-transplantation disease
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago - Cellular cross-talk fosters neuroblastoma differentiation and angiogenesis inhibition
Children's National Medical Center - Fentanyl patch is a safe alternative to oral opioids for pediatric pain patients
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte - Metaplastic breast cancer and adenocarcinoma should have similar treatment plans
Collaborations - AIMS Healthcare Associates inks agreement with The Family Hospital Group of Companies
Denver Health Medical Center - Prehospital hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier resuscitation attenuates postinjury acute lung injury
Duke University - Supplement use among men with prostate cancer tracked
Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Decoy agent fails to prevent bypass graft narrowing
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta - Endocrinologist-supported advice for providers improves diabetes therapy
Erasmus Medical Center - Recent findings illuminate research in measles vaccines
Finance - Risk management company reports third quarter net income of $4.7 million
Global Med Technologies, Inc. - Cameron Memorial Community Hospital selects firm to automate blood bank system
Healthcare Coverage - Cigna HealthCare expands health savings accounts in Kansas and Missouri
Hiroshima City Asa Hospital - Myocardial performance index useful for determining optimal pacing mode
Hospital Saint Andre, Bordeaux - Arterial stiffness and creatinine are linked in hypertensives with renal function
Hospital Sao Joao, Oporto - Intravesical resiniferatoxin increases bladder capacity in spinal NDO patients
Information Technology - IT provider selected to manage network for Hamilton Health Sciences
Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milan - Outcomes of newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients in Lombardia followed trends of other case series
Karolinska University Hospital - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics
Massachusetts General Hospital - Broad CD8+ T-cell responses alone may not contain HCV replication
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. - Florida Preferred Administrators acquires Insurance & Benefit Consultants
Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center - New RSV treatment for at-risk infants is under study
New York University Medical Center - Closed reduction and fluoroscopically assisted percutaneous stabilization effective
Novadaq Technologies Inc. - Medical device company adds Ferguson and Fitzgerald as chief medical advisors
Osaka City General Hospital - Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with regional lymph node dissection safe and effective
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - U.S. Department of Defense awards grant for prostate cancer study
Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris - Single 0.5 mg/kg i.v. enoxaparin dose provides adequate anticoagulation
Purpan Hospital, Toulouse - Hepatitis patients in Cameroon display heterogeneous hepatitis C genotypes
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