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Weisman Children's introduces telehealth robot to monitor patients

Weisman Children's Rehabilitation Hospital, a leading provider of pediatric rehabilitation services in the Delaware Valley, is adding a new member to its clinical staff -- "VEGO", the telehealth robot.

9 May 2014

Study: Pravastatin slows down growth of kidney cysts in children, young adults with ADPKD

Results from a study by University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers show that pravastatin, a medicine widely used for treatment of high cholesterol, also slows down the growth of kidney cysts in children and young adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).

9 May 2014

Axial Exchange launches new Spanish-language version of mobile application

Axial Exchange, Inc., a pioneer in using mobile applications to deepen the patient's role in improving outcomes, launched a new Spanish-language version of its mobile application, making the company's innovative patient engagement tools available to a greater population.

9 May 2014

BTMed, SCCA expand early lung cancer detection program for high risk construction workers

Today, the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) expanded their early lung cancer detection program (ELCD) for high risk construction workers in Western Washington.

9 May 2014

HHS finds hospitals getting safer

The administration credited the improvements at least partially to the Affordable Care Act.

9 May 2014

ApolloMed's revenues grow 35% to $10.5 million in fiscal 2014

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., an integrated, physician-centric healthcare delivery company, today announced financial results for the 12 months ended January 31, 2014.

9 May 2014

Neurovance reports positive results from EB-1020 SR phase 2a pilot study in adult ADHD patients

Neurovance, Inc. today announced complete results from its phase 2a pilot study of EB-1020 SR, a non-stimulant, in adult male patients with all subtypes of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

8 May 2014

Freeman Health System wins 2014 Truven Health Advantage Award for Overall Performance

Mike Boswood, president and CEO of Truven Health Analytics presented the 2014 Truven Health Advantage Award for Overall Performance to Freeman Health System, a not-for-profit, three-hospital system in Joplin, Missouri.

8 May 2014

Adults with learning disabilities hear better through new support service in Sheffield

MORE adults with learning disabilities and impaired hearing are using their hearing aids correctly thanks to a new technical support service provided by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

8 May 2014

Genetic changes linked to altered default mode network in psychosis

Researchers have identified biological processes likely to underlie altered activity in the resting-state default mode network in patients with psychosis.

8 May 2014

First Edition: May 8, 2014

Today's headlines include reports from a Capitol Hill hearing featuring health insurers' testimony about their experiences with new enrollment under the health law.

8 May 2014

Consumer Reports finds that only some hospitals help mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections

A Consumer Reports analysis of over 1,500 hospitals in 22 U.S. states suggests that some hospitals do a much better job than others at helping mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections.

8 May 2014

MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat pain from bone metastases

InSightec Ltd, the leader in magnetic resonance imaging guided Focused Ultrasound therapy (MRgFUS), announced that the results of its ExAblate® Phase III clinical trial for treating painful bone metastases have been published online in the JNCI, Journal of National Cancer Institute.

8 May 2014

New technique expands number of functional cord blood stem cells for transplantation

Adults suffering from diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood-related disorders may benefit from life-saving treatment commonly used in pediatric patients. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new technique that causes cord blood (CB) stems cells to generate in greater numbers making them more useful in adult transplantation.

8 May 2014

Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State

Researchers in the department of surgery at the University of Michigan have found that expanding access to Medicaid in New York State increased beneficiaries' use of subspecialty surgical services.

8 May 2014

Hepatocellular carcinoma on the rise among Mexican Americans

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the primary cancer of the liver, is on the verge of becoming an epidemic among Mexican Americans, especially in Texas.

8 May 2014

Penn experts urge health care institutions to rely on existing staff to drive needed transformations

A group of health care and policy experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is urging health care institutions to look more to their own in-house personnel, including physicians and nurses, as a source of new ideas for improving how care is delivered.

8 May 2014

Janssen submits sNDA to FDA for simeprevir in combination with sofosbuvir for treatment of HCV genotype 1 infection

Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) today announced it has submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for simeprevir, an NS3/4A protease inhibitor marketed as OLYSIO™ in the United States, in combination with the nucleotide analog NS5B polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir developed by Gilead Sciences, Inc.

8 May 2014

Surgeons perform robotic gall bladder surgery more safely

A green fluorescent dye is helping surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System perform robotic gall bladder surgery more safely.

8 May 2014

TAG-1 induces apoptosis-related gene expression without triggering apoptosis in glioma cells

A recent study reported by Haigang Chang and co-workers from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University in China verified the effects of transient axonal glycoprotein-1 (TAG-1) on cell viability and p53, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and amyloid precursor protein (APP) intracellular C-terminal domain (AICD) expression in U251 glioma cells.

8 May 2014

Hospital News and Research

Weisman Children's introduces telehealth robot to monitor patients

Study: Pravastatin slows down growth of kidney cysts in children, young adults with ADPKD

Axial Exchange launches new Spanish-language version of mobile application

BTMed, SCCA expand early lung cancer detection program for high risk construction workers

HHS finds hospitals getting safer

ApolloMed's revenues grow 35% to $10.5 million in fiscal 2014

Neurovance reports positive results from EB-1020 SR phase 2a pilot study in adult ADHD patients

Freeman Health System wins 2014 Truven Health Advantage Award for Overall Performance

Adults with learning disabilities hear better through new support service in Sheffield

Genetic changes linked to altered default mode network in psychosis

First Edition: May 8, 2014

Consumer Reports finds that only some hospitals help mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections

MRI-guided focused ultrasound to treat pain from bone metastases

New technique expands number of functional cord blood stem cells for transplantation

Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State

Hepatocellular carcinoma on the rise among Mexican Americans

Penn experts urge health care institutions to rely on existing staff to drive needed transformations

Janssen submits sNDA to FDA for simeprevir in combination with sofosbuvir for treatment of HCV genotype 1 infection

Surgeons perform robotic gall bladder surgery more safely

TAG-1 induces apoptosis-related gene expression without triggering apoptosis in glioma cells

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