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PAH survival unaffected by rheumatoid arthritis origin

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension have comparable survival to those with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, researchers report.

13 Feb 2015

Radionuclide angiography-assessed RVEF predicts PAH outcomes

Baseline right ventricular ejection fraction as evaluated by conventional planar equilibrium radionuclide angiography is significantly associated with outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, research suggests.

13 Feb 2015

Landmark stroke studies presented at ISC, published in NEJM suggest new treatment protocol on the horizon

Research presented today at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) in Nashville, Tenn. and published online in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that the addition of the Solitaire™ Device stent thrombectomy procedure to current pharmaceutical treatment significantly reduced disability in patients suffering stroke.

From Medtronic 13 Feb 2015

Jazz Pharmaceuticals to present defibrotide results for hepatic VOD at BMT Tandem meetings

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced today that researchers will present data on the use of defibrotide, an investigational medicine being studied in the United States (U.S.) for the treatment of hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD), a rare, potentially life-threatening, early complication in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) therapy.

13 Feb 2015

Clinical trial proves ‘inside the artery’ therapy improves patient outcomes after stroke

"This clinical trial proves beyond any doubt that inside the artery therapy is the best possible treatment for patients suffering an acute ischemic stroke from a large artery occlusion," according to Donald Frei, MD, Neuro Interventional Surgeon at Swedish Medical Center and Radiology Imaging Associates in Englewood, CO.

13 Feb 2015

Huntington Hospital, OBHG launch new program to improve women's healthcare

Huntington Hospital of San Gabriel Valley, CA recently partnered with Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) to provide on-site, Board Certified OB/GYN obstetric hospitalist services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

13 Feb 2015

Elusys presents positive results of obiltoxaximab for treating inhalational anthrax, post-exposure prophylaxis

Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. (Elusys), a biopharmaceutical company developing antibody therapies to treat infectious disease, presented data demonstrating that obiltoxaximab (ETI-204) demonstrated a statistically significant survival benefit across a range of disease severity in animal model studies assessing treatment of inhalational anthrax, as well as effectiveness in post-exposure prophylaxis.

13 Feb 2015

Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 gets ONC HIT 2014 Edition COMPLETE EHR certification

Medflow, Inc., Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition COMPLETE EHR certification, which designates that the software is capable of supporting Eligible Providers with meeting the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

13 Feb 2015

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network saves record number of lives in 2014

February 14th is National Donor Day. To celebrate, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network announced a record number of lives saved by helping 334 donors and their families donate 1,020 organs to patients waiting for a transplant, giving them a second chance at life last year.

13 Feb 2015

Cochlear announces winners of Graeme Clark and Anders Tjellstrom Scholarships

Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today the winners of the 13th annual Graeme Clark and the fourth annual Anders Tjellstrom Scholarships.

13 Feb 2015

Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare awards grants to support MIHS programs

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare announced today that it awarded $50,000 in community impact grants to help four programs that support the underserved, including a unique hospital-based domestic violence prevention effort.

13 Feb 2015

Astute Medical previews upcoming AKI & CRRT 2015 conference to be held in San Diego

Astute Medical, Inc., developer of the NephroCheck® Test, today previewed the upcoming AKI & CRRT 2015 conference to be held in San Diego from February 17 to February 20.

13 Feb 2015

GoAnywhere file transfer solution helps AnMed Health achieve considerable IT cost savings

Linoma Software, a leader in secure enterprise file storage and transfer software, is pleased to announce a new case study featuring one of its customers has been published on http://www.GoAnywhere.com/casestudies.

13 Feb 2015

Risk factors associated with pregnancy are more harmful in advanced maternal age

Many of the risk factors associated with pregnancy are more harmful when the expectant mother is over 35.

13 Feb 2015

Henry Ford physicians use AngioVac device to remove tumor in kidney cancer patient

Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital successfully suctioned a cancerous tumor from a major vein in a patient with metastatic kidney cancer, clearing the way for him to undergo a minimally-invasive kidney removal.

13 Feb 2015

TeamHealth announces acquisition of Ruby Crest Emergency Medicine

TeamHealth Holdings Inc., one of the nation's largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, announced the acquisition of the operations of Ruby Crest Emergency Medicine, the group that manages and staffs the hospital emergency department for Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital in Elko, Nev. Ruby Crest Emergency Medicine's clinicians provide care for approximately 24,000 cases annually.

12 Feb 2015

Groundbreaking research aims to provide more effective treatment for women with cervical cancer

UNIVERSITY of Huddersfield researcher Dr Tsitsi Chituku is taking part in a project that seeks to learn more about the genetic factors that make some women more susceptible to cervical cancer. It was a recent visit to Africa, to carry out a health screening project involving hundreds of women, which helped to shape the emphasis of her research.

12 Feb 2015

InterveXion receives federal grants for development of drug therapies to treat methamphetamine users

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures startup company, InterveXion Therapeutics LLC, has received two federal grants totaling $14.5 million for development of drug therapies that can help methamphetamine drug abusers break their addiction.

12 Feb 2015

Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care receives CoC accreditation

Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, a premier cancer center that provides patient-centered care for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, today announced that it has received Three-Year Accreditation with Silver Level Commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

12 Feb 2015

$Lenvatinib therapy improves survival in patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer$

Lenvatinib therapy improves survival in patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer

In a pivotal Phase III study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the oral anti-angiogenic therapy lenvatinib has shown dramatic improvement in progression-free survival in patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer.

12 Feb 2015

Hospital News and Research

PAH survival unaffected by rheumatoid arthritis origin

Radionuclide angiography-assessed RVEF predicts PAH outcomes

Landmark stroke studies presented at ISC, published in NEJM suggest new treatment protocol on the horizon

Jazz Pharmaceuticals to present defibrotide results for hepatic VOD at BMT Tandem meetings

Clinical trial proves ‘inside the artery’ therapy improves patient outcomes after stroke

Huntington Hospital, OBHG launch new program to improve women's healthcare

Elusys presents positive results of obiltoxaximab for treating inhalational anthrax, post-exposure prophylaxis

Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 gets ONC HIT 2014 Edition COMPLETE EHR certification

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network saves record number of lives in 2014

Cochlear announces winners of Graeme Clark and Anders Tjellstrom Scholarships

Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare awards grants to support MIHS programs

Astute Medical previews upcoming AKI & CRRT 2015 conference to be held in San Diego

GoAnywhere file transfer solution helps AnMed Health achieve considerable IT cost savings

Risk factors associated with pregnancy are more harmful in advanced maternal age

Henry Ford physicians use AngioVac device to remove tumor in kidney cancer patient

TeamHealth announces acquisition of Ruby Crest Emergency Medicine

Groundbreaking research aims to provide more effective treatment for women with cervical cancer

InterveXion receives federal grants for development of drug therapies to treat methamphetamine users

Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care receives CoC accreditation

Lenvatinib therapy improves survival in patients with advanced radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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