MD Week

American Shared Hospital Services - Contract signed for 20th Gamma Knife Center in Tennessee

Asthma & Allergy Fdn. of America - Survey shows allergy treatment more costly due to insurance restrictions

Patient Safety - Pioneering program to target physician fatigue, impairment

Pellegrin Hospital - Response to hepatitis C virus therapy can be predicted within 4 weeks

Pfizer - Pharmaceutical distributors face new requirements to reduce counterfeiting

Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane - Cardiovascular effects of growth hormone therapy reviewed

Prince of Wales Hospital - Elevated PSA in prostate cancer cells may indicate tumor metastasis

Rabin Medical Center - Renal function improves in pediatric liver transplant by switch in monitoring

Radiation Poisoning - Hospital gets grant to screen downwinders for cancer

Restructuring - Oregon health insurer lays off 170 employees

Roche - FDA approves labeling for use of Xenical in adolescent patients

Roche Diagnostics Corp. - New 3-year hospital blood glucose contract awarded

Azienda Osped San Camillo Forlanini - Intragastric balloon effective for weight loss in obese patients

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Bone invasion alone doesn't predict survival rates for oral cancer patients

San Bortolo Hospital - Growth hormone prevents skeletal muscle atrophy in rats

Solove Research Institute - Researchers get easy access to leukemia gene information

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System Hospital - AT₁ blockade enhances vasorelaxation during heart failure

St. Jude Children's Hospital - Pharmacokinetic models are important for childhood cancer drug development

St. Jude Children's Hospital - Usefulness of FISH in morphologically ambiguous gliomas examined

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Etoposide treatment triggers chimeric Mll gene fusions in vitro

Staffing - LSU hospital chief to lead Erlanger Health System

State Univ. of New York, Buffalo - Utilization of virtual reality for endotracheal intubation training evaluated

State University of New York, Buffalo - Epidemiology of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection reviewed

Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital, Rome - Liver transplant patients with renal dysfunction from CNI may improve with MMF

State-Sponsored Health Insurance - Finance commissioner says TennCare can be fixed

State-Sponsored Health Insurance - Minnesota Senate Democrats offer health plan

Tokyo Metropolitan Neurology Hospital - Neurons in Duchenne, myotonic dystrophy have excess non-cholinergic synapses

Treviglio Hospital - Effort needed to develop new prophylaxis, treatment for venous thromboembolism

U.S. Naval Medical Center - Obesity linked to aggressive prostate cancer

Ullevaal University Hospital - HAART has limited effect on hypertension risk

Univ. Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven - Chorioamniotic membrane separations follow invasive intrauterine procedures

Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics - Interventions needed to promote adoption of evidence-based acute pain management

Univ. of Nottingham Hospital - Contact lenses can relieve pain, promote healing

Univ. of Rochester Medical Center - Study finds many early-stage breast cancer patients not completing chemotherapy

Baptist Health System, Birmingham - Alabama system names new president and CEO

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - LDL receptor-related protein controls blood-brain barrier permeability

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Piccolo proteins pique neurons

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Researchers discover first effective treatment for exercise disorder

University Hospital Dusseldorf - Toxin-gene profile heterogeneity found in group A streptococcus

University Hospital, Bordeaux - Potential genetic links to diabetes and cardiovascular disease discovered

University Hospital, Nottingham - Pharmacological therapy for chronic heart failure reviewed

University Hospital, Orebro - Low incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Sweden may result from carcinogen bans

University Hospital, Pamplona - Vaginal reconstruction by modified rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap

University Hospital, Uppsala - Regimen of HiDAC, AMSA and G-CSF provides efficient stem cell mobilization

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital - A new line probe assay identifies hepatitis B virus precore variants in sera

University Medical Center, Nijmegen - Donor lymphocyte infusions effective against post-SCT indolent NHL

University of Groningen Hospital - Novel hyaluronan-based biomaterials support nerve repair

University of Hull - Cholesterol paradox: Lower values bad omen for heart failure patients

University of Lund Hospital - Cancer cells are characterized by having aberrant chromosomes

University of Munich - Time spent learning how to treat foreign patients would ultimately reduce costs

University of New South Wales - DHEA increases macrophage foam-cell formation

University of Pittsburgh - Patients diagnosed with hip fracture are not receiving adequate follow-up

University of Toronto - New understanding of why brain cells die after stroke will lead to new treatments

University of Uppsala Hospital - Neuropsychological assessment useful as complement to neurological exam

VA Medical Center, Kansas City - 2-Methoxyestradiol has a biphasic effect on new vessel growth

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Endothelial cells can express PD-L1, PD-L2 that downregulate activated T cells

VA Medical Center, Minneapolis - High-sodium diet has blood pressure-independent adverse vascular effects

Washington Homeopathic Products - Some turn to homeopathic remedies to combat flu

Weight Loss - Hospital's fat-fighting program sets the standard

Weill-Cornell Medical Center - Potassium iodide should be available to people living near nuclear power plants

Westmead Hospital, New South Wales - CnLYSO1 is an extracellular lysophospholipase of Cryptococcus neoformans

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Neutrophil functions involving phosphorylation can be tracked with antibodies

Brigham & Women's Hospital - The calcium-sensing receptor has been implicated in cancer promotion

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Opsonophagocytic assay may be a useful test for safe enterococcal strains

Business & Finance - Humana announces deal to purchase Louisiana managed-care business

Chindex International, Inc. - Supply agreement signed with Chinese hospitals for ultrasound systems

Cardinal Health - Program designed to help hospitals, physicians slow spread of flu, SARS

Cardiovascular Disease - Report: Lupus patients at increased risk for heart attacks

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Specialist suggests pregnant women request vaccine to protect both mom and baby

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Targeting of chemokine receptors may help stop allograft rejection

Children's Hospital, Westmead - Changes in the noradrenergic system underlie anorexia nervosa risk

Correctional Health - New network for Kentucky inmates saving money

Cytyc Corporation - 20th ThinPrep imaging system shipped to Pennsylvania hospital

Domestic Violence - A third of women in Utah emergency rooms are abuse victims, 40% consider suicide

Duke University - Having appendix removed by laparoscopy means faster recovery