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Table of Contents . . . March 18th, 2005
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Business Update - Hospital asks Vermont to approve cost increase
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. - Hospital company reports fourth quarter ended December 31, '04 revised estimates
MedeFinance - Hospitals select financial analytic software
Province Healthcare - Healthcare co. reports fourth quarter results, continued intent to be acquired
Radiation Therapy Services, Inc. - Radiation therapy company reports strong fourth quarter results
AKH University Hospital, Aarhus - HER3 and HER4 expression associated with better survival in bladder cancer
Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital - Features of slowly progressive type 1 diabetes described
Barcelona Hospital Clinic - Celecoxib safe for short-term use in patients with cirrhosis
Birth Defects - Egyptian surgeons separate conjoined twins linked at head
Business Update - Community Health Systems signs definitive agreement to sell three hospitals
Business Update - Coventry Health up, company backs 2005 earnings view
Business Update - Horizon Health announces letter of intent regarding Friends Hospital
Business Update - Hospital study finds doctor-owned services draw from profits
CHU Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier - Agents targeting signal transduction pathways ease rheumatoid arthritis
Cardinal Health, Inc. - Wireless infusion information system becoming standard among hospitals
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Life-changing gastric bypass surgery advances to the outpatient arena
Centers for Obesity Related Illness - New York hospital, Centers for Obesity Related Illness address obesity epidemic
Children's Hospital Boston - Mechanical tension helps shape lung development
Chindex International, Inc. - Healthcare product distributor awarded EUR 8.1M for medical equipment
Christie Hosp. NHS Trust, Manchester - Most concerns of female cancer patients aren't identified by nurses
Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo - Incidence of MXA-measured vertebral deformities described in female RA patients
Employment Policies Institute - Study says passage of health care proposal would destroy jobs
Genetics - Ohio research center to tailor healthcare based on genes
Healthcare Costs - Poll: Higher copays most significant change to health insurance coverage
Healthcare Coverage - Arkansas House approves insurance bill expanding doctor lists for providers
Heartlab, Inc. - Hospital implements cardiology picture archiving and communication system
Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil - VEGF levels in lung tissue fall during acute respiratory distress syndrome
Hill-Rom - Integrated system helps health care facilities improve patient flow
Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm - Tyrosine kinase inhibitors disrupt malignant mesothelioma growth factors
Information Technology - Boston Medical Center chooses integration platform
Kitasato University East Hospital, Sagamihara - The DDW-J scale categorizes drug-induced liver injury with accuracy
Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong - SARS survivors suffer from increased distress and poor quality of life
MedMira Inc. - Rapid HIV test is in use by U.S.-based teaching hospitals
Millennium Biotechnologies, Inc. - Biotech company enters alliance to launch Resurgex and Resurgex-Plus
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx - Selective use of off-pump surgery safely managed patients at higher risk
Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York - Repeat balloon aortic valvuloplasty is a viable treatment strategy
Muenster University Hospital - Enhanced estradiol secretion occurs briefly after IVF embryo transfer
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei - LPA induces IL-6 expression via a Gi/PI3K-Akt/NF-kappaB pathway in cancer cells
New Mexico Software Inc. - Digital lifecycle management solutions launches new product
dbMotion Ltd. - IT company helps create health information network of patient records in Israel
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