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BWH researchers identify cells responsible for fibrosis

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have identified what they believe to be the cells responsible for fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue. Fibrotic diseases, such as chronic kidney disease and failure, lung disease, heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver, are estimated to be responsible for up to 45 percent of deaths in the developed world.

2 Dec 2014

Press Ganey announces launch of Child HCAHPS survey solution

Press Ganey today announced the launch of its Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Hospital Survey (Child HCAHPS) survey solution, complementing the company's Inpatient Pediatric solution and expanding its portfolio of industry-leading CAHPS solutions.

2 Dec 2014

Real-time surgical guidance study to evaluate TriVersa NanoMate with LESA capability from Advion

Advion, Inc. announces that is its TriVersa NanoMate with liquid extraction surface analysis (LESA) capability will be evaluated as part of a study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

From Advion 2 Dec 2014

EU-designed forecasting model developed to predict spread of Ebola

Forecasters predicting the spread of Ebola are using one of the most sophisticated modeling systems in the world - the result of an EU research project.

2 Dec 2014

GlySure awarded three U.S. patents for proprietary calibration technique, sensor membrane

GlySure Limited, developer of in-hospital continuous blood glucose monitoring (CBGM) systems, announced today that it has been awarded three U.S. patents covering the company's core proprietary calibration technique and sensor membrane.

2 Dec 2014

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals' Zalviso device gets CE Mark approval

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of acute and breakthrough pain today announced that it has received CE Mark approval (Conformite Europeenne) for the Zalviso device.

2 Dec 2014

New educational initiative aims to help health professionals improve adverse event reporting

A new educational initiative by NPS MedicineWise and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) aims to improve both the quality and quantity of adverse event reporting relating to medicines, vaccines and medical devices to the TGA.

2 Dec 2014

Mercy Medical Center partners with Everseat to employ new scheduling platform for Women's Services

Mercy Medical Center has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Everseat to employ an all new mobile scheduling platform for its Women's Services, including: Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Breast Disease and Breast Cancer, Imaging Services such as mammograms, and Endocrinology, including diabetes, thyroid and bone health.

2 Dec 2014

New book urges nurses to speak up and be heard

Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom (Springer Publishing, 2014) implores nurses to speak up and be heard, from the hospital corridors to the floors of Congress.

2 Dec 2014

Virginia Mason named to The Leapfrog Group's annual list of Top Hospitals in the nation

For the ninth consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group today named Virginia Mason to its annual list of Top Hospitals in the nation.

2 Dec 2014

Identifying infant and toddler injuries that require emergency medical care

Bianca Edison, MD, MS is an attending physician in the Children's Orthopaedic Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and is assistant clinical professor of Orthopaedics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Edison is a licensed, Board-Certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics who completed a fellowship in Primary Care SportsMedicine. Her interests and experience include orthopaedic conditions affecting young children, teens, and athletes. Here she reviews common infant and toddler injuries, and how parents can determine if emergency medical care is needed.

2 Dec 2014

Children with change in SUFU gene more likely to develop brain tumour

Gorlin syndrome causes an increased risk of developing cancers of the skin and, rarely, in the brain. Around 1 in 30,000 people has the condition.

From The University of Manchester 2 Dec 2014

New therapeutic targets can prevent scarring within transplanted kidneys

Kidneys donated by people born with a small variation in the code of a key gene may be more likely, once in the transplant recipient, to accumulate scar tissue that contributes to kidney failure, according to a study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

2 Dec 2014

Researchers explore how to turn on the activity of paternal gene

Most genes are inherited as two working copies, one from the mother and one from the father. However, in a few instances, a gene is imprinted, which means that one copy is silenced. This is called genomic imprinting. If the active copy is mutated, then disease results, even though the silenced gene copy may be normal.

2 Dec 2014

Restrooms are no more healthy, unhealthy than your home

Microbial succession in a sterilized restroom begins with bacteria from the gut and the vagina, and is followed shortly by microbes from the skin. Restrooms are dominated by a stable community structure of skin and outdoor associated bacteria, with few pathogenic bacteria making them similar to other built environments such as your home.

2 Dec 2014

Commonly used osteoporosis medications may also prevent lung, breast and colon cancers

The most commonly used medications for osteoporosis worldwide, bisphosphonates, may also prevent certain kinds of lung, breast and colon cancers, according to two studies led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

2 Dec 2014

President of Institute of Medicine to deliver presentation at University of Louisville

The president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies will present the 2014 Leonard Leight Lecture at the University of Louisville.

2 Dec 2014

Study provides insight into variable impact of TBI on long-term memory

Kessler Foundation researchers have authored a new article that provides insight into the variable impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on long-term memory. The article, "Working memory capacity links cognitive reserve with long-term memory in moderate to severe TBI: a translational approach," was epublished ahead of print on October 7 in the Journal of Neurology (10.1007/s00415-014-7523-4).

2 Dec 2014

Orthopedic surgeons recommend prompt medical attention for shoulder dislocations

Prompt and appropriate treatment of a dislocated shoulder--when the head of the upper arm bone (humerus) is completely knocked out of the shoulder socket (glenoid)--can minimize risk for future dislocations as well as the effects of related bone, muscle and nerve injuries, according to a literature review appearing in the December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS).

2 Dec 2014

UC San Diego Health System, IVFCMG partner to enhance health care services

UC San Diego Health System and Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group are pleased to announce a comprehensive affiliation that will enhance the depth and quality of multi-specialty health care services and clinical trials available to patients in the Imperial Valley and surrounding communities.

2 Dec 2014

Hospital News and Research

BWH researchers identify cells responsible for fibrosis

Press Ganey announces launch of Child HCAHPS survey solution

Real-time surgical guidance study to evaluate TriVersa NanoMate with LESA capability from Advion

EU-designed forecasting model developed to predict spread of Ebola

GlySure awarded three U.S. patents for proprietary calibration technique, sensor membrane

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals' Zalviso device gets CE Mark approval

New educational initiative aims to help health professionals improve adverse event reporting

Mercy Medical Center partners with Everseat to employ new scheduling platform for Women's Services

New book urges nurses to speak up and be heard

Virginia Mason named to The Leapfrog Group's annual list of Top Hospitals in the nation

Identifying infant and toddler injuries that require emergency medical care

Children with change in SUFU gene more likely to develop brain tumour

New therapeutic targets can prevent scarring within transplanted kidneys

Researchers explore how to turn on the activity of paternal gene

Restrooms are no more healthy, unhealthy than your home

Commonly used osteoporosis medications may also prevent lung, breast and colon cancers

President of Institute of Medicine to deliver presentation at University of Louisville

Study provides insight into variable impact of TBI on long-term memory

Orthopedic surgeons recommend prompt medical attention for shoulder dislocations

UC San Diego Health System, IVFCMG partner to enhance health care services

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