Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 6th, 2006
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American Shared Hospital Services - American Shared Hospital Services declares regular quarterly cash dividend
CHF Solutions, Inc. - Data show benefits of Aquapheresis therapy in treating heart failure patients with fluid overload
Inhibitex, Inc. - Favorable regulatory developments reported for Veronate may help smallest neonates
- Integrating claims/clinical data may enhance cost estimates for cancer therapy
251 General Airforce Hospital, Athens - Combination of intermediate dose of Thal/Dex deemed effective in patients with refractory/relapsed myeloma
Aarhus University Hospital - Use of NSAIDs showed no proof of reducing lung cancer risk
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge - Reduced-intensity conditioning allografts are feasible in CML in first or second chronic phase
Allina Hospitals & Clinics - Allina Hospitals & Clinics names Kenneth Paulus as chief operating officer
Carlos Haya Regional University Hospital, Malaga - HLA-B7 allele associated with susceptibility to breast cancer in Spanish women
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon-Sud - Report reviews evolution of antibiotic resistance in S. pneumoniae in Brittany
Daxor Corp. - Methodist Medical Center of Illinois acquires BVA-100 blood volume analyzer
ENRAM VA Hospital, Bedford - Measurements of clinical inertia can predict patient outcomes of glycemic control
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Diclofenac may accelerate progression of hip and knee osteoarthritis
First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang - Steel plate computed radiography used for portal imaging of nasopharyngeal cancer
Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem - Genetic predisposition and epigenetic events implicated in acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplasia
HealthGrades - Study shows nursing home deficiencies causing harm declined from 2003 to 2004
Healthcare Access - Hospital-level care provided at home may mean less complications and lower costs
Healthcare Coverage - Louisville, Kentucky, hospital merger fuels competition in the market
Herlev University Hospital - Asthma and COPD identified in cystic fibrosis intron-8 5T carriers
Hospital Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo - Tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms influence hepatitis B infection
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona - Extended-release indapamide is effective HT treatment for at-risk elderly
Information Technology - Prestige Care selects Achieve Healthcare Technologies clinical and financial software
Johns Hopkins University - Frailty and hospitalization are predictors of dependence in older women
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Hepatitis B vaccine non-responsiveness analyzed among health care workers from an endemic area
Kodak - Software offers secure transmission for electronic dental insurance claims
Latter Day St. Hospital, Salt Lake City - Intraoperative radiation therapy used to treat pancreatic or periampullary adenocarcinoma
Massachusetts General Hospital - Tests for markers NT-proBNP and BNP show comparable results in patients with kidney disease
Medicare - Burchfield Group launches Medicare Part D audit service
Misys Healthcare Systems - Information technology company names Atkin as president of hospital systems group
Mitate Hospital, Tagawa - Levodopa-induced hyperhomocysteine raises fracture risk in women with Parkinson disease
National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health (STAKES), Helsinki - Volume and pattern of alcohol consumption are both important in assessing CV risk
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center - New Jersey hospital enrolling heart failure patients in implantable pulse generator study
Personnel - Robert Connors, MD, selected to lead DeVos Children's Hospital
Quality Assurance - NCQA awards highest rating to Independence Blue Cross commercial, Medicare plans
Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqwa - Nonmyeloablative conditioning does not prevent telomere shortening after ASCT
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa - Pediatric nasopharyngeal carcinoma cured by combined radiation and chemotherapy
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopedic & District Hospital, Shrops - A-utrophin may be associated with tumors
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