Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 9th, 2005
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Medicare - Canadian offers suggestions for fixing U.S. Medicare system
Select Medical Corporation - Acute care hospital company reports positive financial results post merger
Universal Health Services, Inc. - Hospital company reports Q3 earnings, financial impact of hurricane Katrina
Academic Teaching Hospital of Dresden-Friedrichstadt - Cutaneous manifestations of metabolic diseases help identify at risk patients
Accuray - Baptist Cancer Services now treating lung tumors with CyberKnife
Ace BioSciences A/S - Infectious disease-focused company enters alliance to discover antibody therapies for pneumonia
Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Dublin - Imaging protocols for pancreatic insulinoma detection are reviewed
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of cardiology
Cardiology - Northwestern University surgeons implant heart pump in comparative study of two devices
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo - Platelet counts and ultrasonography predict liver fibrosis in hepatitis C chronic hepatitis
Children's Hospital Los Angeles - COX-2 inhibitors enhance the efficacy of photodynamic therapy
Children's Hospital, Cincinnati - HPV vaccines show potential to reduce cervical cancer prevalence
Children's Hospital, Westmead - Waist measurements indicate obesity is larger problem than earlier BMI based predictions
Churchill Hospital, Oxford - Effect of fatty acid metabolism on cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is reviewed
Cookridge Hospital, Leeds - Appropriate diagnostic imaging to detect and stage prostate cancer requested
Errikos Dunant Hospital, Athens - Irinotecan and docetaxel therapy found effective in pre-treated metastatic breast cancer patients
Finance - Healthcare liability insurance provider reports net loss of $3.1 million
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC - Nanodelivery systems target primary and metastatic tumors
GlaxoSmithKline - Follow-up study shows malaria vaccine effective over 18-month observation period
Hammersmith Hospital, London - Mild hypothermia reduces cerebral lesioning in neonates with HIE
Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul - Parenteral iron replacement might contribute to hepatocellular injury
Healthcare Access - The private health sector in India is burgeoning but at the cost of public healthcare
Healthcare Costs - Cigna HealthCare expands health savings accounts in Mid-Atlantic region
Healthcare Coverage - Guardian Life Insurance and Health Net of the Northeast launch new plans
Heraklion University Hospital, Iraklion - Amino-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide marks patients with highest sudden death risk
Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City - Expedition to bring smallpox vaccine to New World and Asia in 19th century is outlined
Hyogo Medical Center for Adults - Maximum androgen blockade using flutamide suited patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer
Information Technology - AHIP selects Evergreen Rx to join AHIP Solutions Program
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec - Research in breast cancer provides new insights
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Cook County, Chicago - Rapid HIV testing preceding hospital admission improves the quality of inpatient care
Laboratory of Oral Microbiology, Bergen - Dental plaque considered respiratory pathogen for those hospitalized with chronic lung disease
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin - Host immune responses are vital in hepatitis C virus clearance
McGill University, Montreal - Researchers' findings advance coronary artery bypass research
Medical History - U.S. Surgeon General urges Americans to know their family health histories
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York - Capsule endoscopy is best method for noninvasive detection of small-bowel disease
National Defense University, Taipei - Occupationally related recurrent varicella is reported in hospital nurse
National Hospital Organization, Hiroshima - Diversity in neuroblastomas discriminated into three groups
Ohio State University - Study finds stress interferes with problem-solving; beta-blocker medication may help
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