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NACC recommendations address established pain therapies and preview potential future advances

Recommendations of the Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC), announced at the 11th World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), address established therapies and preview emerging and potential future advances.

13 Jun 2013

Researchers create guidelines to reduce staph infections after surgery

Staph infections in hospitals are a serious concern, so much so that the term Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is as commonly known as MRI. Far less known is that in many of these cases, patients are infecting themselves.

13 Jun 2013

Seven SynCardia Certified Centers ranked among nation's Best Children's Hospitals

SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that U.S. News & World Report has named seven SynCardia Certified Centers among the nation's "Best Children's Hospitals" for cardiology and heart surgery in its annual rankings for 2013-2014.

13 Jun 2013

Early signs that acos are boosting care, saving money

Bloomberg reports that hospitals across the U.S. are improving care and saving millions by creating accountable care organizations, one of the least-touted provisions of the health care law. In other news, Politico reports on a town hall meeting on the health law in Baltimore.

13 Jun 2013

Wis. lawmakers poised to OK bill that will require ultrasound before abortion

Wisconsin lawmakers appear poised to approve a measure supported by the governor that would require women seeking an abortion get an ultrasound before the procedure.

13 Jun 2013

SV Bio receives CLIA certification for in silico diagnostics laboratory

Silicon Valley Biosystems today announced that it has received Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment certification from the California Department of Public Health for its in silico diagnostics laboratory.

13 Jun 2013

Complications and death rates for cervical spine surgery are higher at teaching hospitals

For patients undergoing surgery on the cervical (upper) spine, overall rates of complications and death are higher at teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, reports a study in the June 1 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

13 Jun 2013

Research could enable early screening of liver cancer patients to improve survival rate

Latest research findings by scientists at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) could enable early screening of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a major form of liver cancer, for more aggressive treatment to improve survival rate.

13 Jun 2013

Sound Physicians to provide hospitalist services to Community Memorial Healthcenter

Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on driving improvements in quality, satisfaction and financial performance of inpatient healthcare delivery, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services at Community Memorial Healthcenter in South Hill, Va.

13 Jun 2013

Newborn babies with transient CHI at risk of developing brain damage due to low blood sugars

Researchers from The University of Manchester studying a rare and potentially lethal childhood disease - which is the clinical opposite of diabetes - have made an important discovery.

From The University of Manchester 13 Jun 2013

State highlights: Ala. abortion law challenged in court; NYC officials try again on soda restrictions

As the protests have grown, so has the list of causes. At the center is a package of changes to voting rules and a tax reform plan working its way through the legislature that would reduce individual and corporate income taxes and expand the sales tax. Protesters have also rallied against the expansion of school vouchers, cuts to unemployment benefits, the repeal of the Racial Justice Act, efforts to allow hydraulic fracturing and the state's refusal to expand Medicaid benefits as part of President Obama's health care plan (Severson, 6/11).

13 Jun 2013

Black women with breast cancer experience treatment delays, new study finds

Black women with breast cancer are more likely than Hispanic or white women to experience delays in the initiation of chemotherapy or radiation after surgery, finds a new study in Health Services Research.

13 Jun 2013

Privacy, Medicaid fraud lawsuits yield settlements in Calif., N.Y.

Parties in health care court cases in California and New York reach settlements after privacy and Medicaid fraud lawsuits.

13 Jun 2013

Researchers identify biochemical pathway that links nail growth to fingertip regeneration

Mammals possess the remarkable ability to regenerate a lost fingertip, including the nail, nerves and even bone. In humans, an amputated fingertip can sprout back in as little as two months, a phenomenon that has remained poorly understood until now. In a paper published today in the journal Nature, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center shed light on this rare regenerative power in mammals, using genetically engineered mice to document for the first time the biochemical chain of events that unfolds in the wake of a fingertip amputation.

13 Jun 2013

What drives costs in the health care marketplace?

The New York Times examines how hospital mergers might be one of the health sector's overlooked cost factors while Reuters reports on a recent study that examines what variables cause physicians to order unnecessary tests.

13 Jun 2013

Researcher improves segmentation technique of PET images

Elena Prieto-Azkarate, a graduate in Telecommunications Engineering at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and member of the Nuclear Medicine Service of the University College Hospital of Navarre, has implemented 12 algorithms to process medical images produced by means of PET (Positron Emission Tomography).

13 Jun 2013

More pleasant method for measuring blood pressure

The consequences of high blood pressure are one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Despite this, according to the World Health Organization WHO, fewer than one in two of those affected measures their blood pressure regularly.

13 Jun 2013

Short self-defense course reduces Kenyan girls' vulnerability to sexual assault

Rape is shockingly common in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, where as many as one in four adolescent girls are raped each year. But a short self-defense course can dramatically reduce the girls' vulnerability to sexual assault, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and an organization called No Means No Worldwide.

13 Jun 2013

Slowdowns in transport of important molecules may contribute to development of ALS

Slowdowns in the transport and delivery of nutrients, proteins and signaling molecules within nerve cells may contribute to the development of the neurodegenerative disorder ALS, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

13 Jun 2013

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

Nationwide Children's Hospital recently developed an online resource to help parents manage their child's diabetes more effectively and care for their health at home.

13 Jun 2013

Hospital News and Research

NACC recommendations address established pain therapies and preview potential future advances

Researchers create guidelines to reduce staph infections after surgery

Seven SynCardia Certified Centers ranked among nation's Best Children's Hospitals

Early signs that acos are boosting care, saving money

Wis. lawmakers poised to OK bill that will require ultrasound before abortion

SV Bio receives CLIA certification for in silico diagnostics laboratory

Complications and death rates for cervical spine surgery are higher at teaching hospitals

Research could enable early screening of liver cancer patients to improve survival rate

Sound Physicians to provide hospitalist services to Community Memorial Healthcenter

Newborn babies with transient CHI at risk of developing brain damage due to low blood sugars

State highlights: Ala. abortion law challenged in court; NYC officials try again on soda restrictions

Black women with breast cancer experience treatment delays, new study finds

Privacy, Medicaid fraud lawsuits yield settlements in Calif., N.Y.

Researchers identify biochemical pathway that links nail growth to fingertip regeneration

What drives costs in the health care marketplace?

Researcher improves segmentation technique of PET images

More pleasant method for measuring blood pressure

Short self-defense course reduces Kenyan girls' vulnerability to sexual assault

Slowdowns in transport of important molecules may contribute to development of ALS

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

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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