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Osteomyelitis guidelines push pediatric care

US clinicians have demonstrated the benefits of multidisciplinary evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of children with osteomyelitis.

29 Apr 2013

Absorption Pharmaceuticals to obtain patent for Promescent medication

Absorption Pharmaceuticals announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has indicated that it will grant a patent related to the use of its topical medication, Promescent, for premature ejaculation.

29 Apr 2013

Alimera announces availability of ILUVIEN in U.K. for chronic DME treatment

Alimera Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced that ILUVIEN®, the first sustained release pharmaceutical product for the treatment of chronic diabetic macular edema, is now available in the United Kingdom.

29 Apr 2013

Veloxis seeks EMA approval to market LCP-Tacro for kidney transplant patients

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S today announced that it has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency seeking approval to market LCP-Tacro for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients in the European Union.

29 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 29, 2013

Today's headlines include a report that hospitals are questioning Medicare's rules on readmissions.

29 Apr 2013

DaVita Hospital Services receives Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation

DaVita, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, today announced that DaVita Hospital Services, the company's inpatient kidney care services, has received Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation from The Joint Commission.

29 Apr 2013

Study examines health issues of residents living nearby drilling operations

Residents living in areas near natural gas operations, also known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are concerned their illnesses may be a result of nearby drilling operations.

29 Apr 2013

Practice Greenhealth recognizes Virginia Mason with 2013 Partner for Change, with Distinction Award

Virginia Mason Medical Center has been recognized with the 2013 "Partner for Change, with Distinction" Award by Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading health care membership community that empowers its members to increase their efficiencies and environmental stewardship while improving patient safety and care.

29 Apr 2013

Upcoming symposium to offer highlights of 150-year history of Hospital for Special Surgery

An upcoming symposium will offer highlights of the 150-year history of Hospital for Special Surgery and at the same time provide a fascinating look at the evolution of medicine from the "Dark Ages" of the Civil War period to modern medicine as we know it today.

29 Apr 2013

GWCI research focuses on real needs of adolescent, young adult cancer survivors

New research out of the George Washington University Cancer Institute focuses on the difficulties of transitioning to adulthood while dealing with the long-term and late effects of cancer and its treatment.

29 Apr 2013

LifeBridge Health honored for commitment to protect environment, human health

LifeBridge Health has been honored for a third straight year with three Partner for Change Awards for its commitment to protecting the environment and human health.

29 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: David Brooks sees growing concerns about health law implementation; Congress should stick to requirement to join the exchanges

It was always going to be difficult to implement Obamacare, but even fervent supporters of the law admit that things are going worse than expected. Implementation got off to a bad start because the Obama administration didn't want to release unpopular rules before the election.

29 Apr 2013

Cempra demonstrates solithromycin's potential against urogenital infections at ECCMID

Cempra, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing differentiated antibiotics to meet critical medical needs in the treatment of bacterial infections, today announced that it will present data at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Berlin, demonstrating solithromycin's potential to treat urogenital infections and combat challenging pathogens such as enterococci and Legionella pneumophila.

29 Apr 2013

Roundup: Md. panel says hospitals should absorb all of sequester cut; Calif. medical board scrutinized over discipline failure; Iowa lawmakers file 'personhood' resolution

A selection of health policy stories from Maryland, Iowa, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

29 Apr 2013

Tips to keep playground visits safe, injury-free for young children

As the weather finally begins to warm across Middle Tennessee, families may be looking for some outdoor diversions, such as visiting a local park. Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is offering tips to keep playground visits safe and injury free.'

29 Apr 2013

New clinical algorithm to treat complex pediatric patients with ARPKD

A collaborative team of physician-scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute has developed a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm to help physicians treat complex patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.

29 Apr 2013

BIOMARGIN research project aims to prevent, diagnose lesions in transplanted kidneys

The BIOMARGIN (BIOMArkers of Renal Graft INjuries in kidney allograft recipients) research project, coordinated by INSERM, has just received financing from the "health" seventh framework programme of the European Commission to the tune of 6 million euros for a four-year period.

29 Apr 2013

Researchers create "designer" tracer for earlier diagnosis and better treatments of Alzheimer's

One of the biggest challenges with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is that by the time physicians can detect behavioral changes, the disease has already begun its irreversibly destructive course.

26 Apr 2013

Study reports liver donors face mortality risk with LDLT

A study published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, reports that donor mortality is about 1 in 500 donors with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

26 Apr 2013

Improvements in health care use associated with community coalitions allies against asthma initiative

Children living in areas where there was wide-ranging and active support for improving outcomes for their chronic asthma were hospitalized less and made fewer visits to the emergency room, when compared with those in other communities.

26 Apr 2013

Hospital News and Research

Osteomyelitis guidelines push pediatric care

Absorption Pharmaceuticals to obtain patent for Promescent medication

Alimera announces availability of ILUVIEN in U.K. for chronic DME treatment

Veloxis seeks EMA approval to market LCP-Tacro for kidney transplant patients

First Edition: April 29, 2013

DaVita Hospital Services receives Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation

Study examines health issues of residents living nearby drilling operations

Practice Greenhealth recognizes Virginia Mason with 2013 Partner for Change, with Distinction Award

Upcoming symposium to offer highlights of 150-year history of Hospital for Special Surgery

GWCI research focuses on real needs of adolescent, young adult cancer survivors

LifeBridge Health honored for commitment to protect environment, human health

Viewpoints: David Brooks sees growing concerns about health law implementation; Congress should stick to requirement to join the exchanges

Cempra demonstrates solithromycin's potential against urogenital infections at ECCMID

Roundup: Md. panel says hospitals should absorb all of sequester cut; Calif. medical board scrutinized over discipline failure; Iowa lawmakers file 'personhood' resolution

Tips to keep playground visits safe, injury-free for young children

New clinical algorithm to treat complex pediatric patients with ARPKD

BIOMARGIN research project aims to prevent, diagnose lesions in transplanted kidneys

Researchers create "designer" tracer for earlier diagnosis and better treatments of Alzheimer's

Study reports liver donors face mortality risk with LDLT

Improvements in health care use associated with community coalitions allies against asthma initiative

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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