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Four organizations create University of Iowa Health Alliance

Four of Iowa's premier health care organizations announced today they are creating a health care alliance in Iowa and contiguous areas. The announcement was made in a statewide press conference, held today in several cities simultaneously.

29 Jun 2012

Researchers create 'Huntington's disease in a dish' to enable search for treatment

Johns Hopkins researchers, working with an international consortium, say they have generated stem cells from skin cells from a person with a severe, early-onset form of Huntington's disease (HD), and turned them into neurons that degenerate just like those affected by the fatal inherited disorder.

29 Jun 2012

Methylphenidate ‘could relieve cancer depression’

The drug methylphenidate is well tolerated among advanced cancer patients and shows promise in alleviating depression in this group, report researchers from Spain.

28 Jun 2012

UCLA Heart Transplant Program performs 2,000th heart transplant surgery

The UCLA Heart Transplant Program performed its 2,000th heart transplant surgery earlier this month, becoming the first program in the western United States and only the second in the world to achieve this remarkable milestone.

28 Jun 2012

LUHS among select group of hospitals nationwide to improve breastfeeding rates

Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is among a select group of 90 hospitals nationwide that have been asked to participate in Best Fed Beginnings, a first-of-its-kind initiative to significantly improve breastfeeding rates in states where they are the lowest.

28 Jun 2012

Program linking paramedics in the field to patients' pre-existing health information wins honors

The nation's first and only program linking paramedics in the field to patients' pre-existing health information -- enabling emergency workers to make more informed treatment decisions and to transport patients to the most appropriate facility -- has been recognized by the prestigious Computerworld Honors Program.

28 Jun 2012

Harmonizing prescription drug plans can help save millions of dollars

Taxpayers could save millions of dollars if hospitals and provincial governments harmonized their prescription drug plans, new research suggests.

28 Jun 2012

UI Health first in the Midwest to offer LenSx femtosecond laser for cataract patients

A new laser system for cataract surgery, with accuracy to a few hundred-thousandths of an inch, allows eye surgeons to optimize and customize the incision and ensure the best possible outcome.

28 Jun 2012

Scientists identify abnormal gene that leads to Parkinson's

An international team including scientists from the University of Saskatchewan-Saskatoon Health Region and University of British Columbia, with the help of Saskatchewan Mennonite families, has identified an abnormal gene which leads to Parkinson's disease.

28 Jun 2012

Study suggests new treatment strategy for heart attacks and strokes

A heart attack doesn't just damage heart muscle tissue by cutting off its blood supply, it also sets off an inflammatory cascade that worsens underlying atherosclerosis, actively increasing the risk for a future heart attack. These findings from a study receiving advance online publication in Nature suggest an important new therapeutic strategy for preventing heart attacks and strokes, both of which are caused when atherosclerotic plaques rupture and block important blood vessels.

28 Jun 2012

Miriam Hospital receives NIH renewal grant to support growth of Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR

The Miriam Hospital has received an $8.5 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the continued growth of the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).

28 Jun 2012

Prevalence of significant CAD in patients with chest pain symptoms is lower than expected in Europe

Preliminary findings from the EVINCI study show that the prevalence of "significant" coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain symptoms is lower than expected in Europe. In as much as 75% of this population an accurate non-invasive screening could avoid unnecessary and costly invasive procedures.

28 Jun 2012

TTU researchers’ Romneycare results now available in Health Care Management Review

With the U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) - informally known as Obamacare - two Texas Tech University researchers and a former colleague have published research that shows a similar plan implemented by Mitt Romney in Massachusetts did not work well for hospital productivity in the short term.

28 Jun 2012

TB research finds body’s own response helps TB bacteria survive

Inhibiting a key immune response in mice during initial multi-drug treatment for tuberculosis could — paradoxically — shorten treatment time for the highly contagious lung infection according to new research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Center for TB Research. Shorter duration of drug therapy is key, researchers say, to increase treatment compliance for the growing global health threat posed by the disease.

28 Jun 2012

Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma can be treated without radiation and intensive chemotherapy

A multicenter trial showed that nearly half of young patients with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma can be cured without undergoing either irradiation or intensive chemotherapy that would leave them at risk for second cancers, infertility, heart and other problems later.

28 Jun 2012

HHS honors UNTHSC, Brookdale Senior Living with $7.3M Health Care Innovation award

The UNT Health Science Center and Brookdale Senior Living, the largest senior living community operator in the country, recently were awarded a $7.3 million Health Care Innovation award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a program designed to reduce hospital re-admissions of residents in assisted-living situations.

28 Jun 2012

Covidien introduces campaign to help educate women about risk of VTE during pregnancy

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the launch of its "1 in 1,000" campaign to help educate women about the risk of pregnancy-related blood clots, one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the developed world.

28 Jun 2012

CHLA pediatric oncologist receives Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant

Weili Sun, MD, PhD, a pediatric oncologist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, was awarded $75,000 by the Hyundai Hope on Wheels program. She will use this money to further her research into the role of epigenetics in cancer.

28 Jun 2012

NUHHCE, AFSCME reach tentative contract agreement with Temple

Representatives of District 1199C of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE), AFSCME today reached a tentative contract agreement with representatives of Temple University Health Systems.

28 Jun 2012

Full results from Derma Sciences’ DSC127 Phase 2 trial on diabetic foot ulcers

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today announced that full results from its successful Phase 2 clinical trial with the investigational drug DSC127 in patients with diabetic foot ulcers will be published on July 5th in the July 2012 issue of Wound Repair and Regeneration.

28 Jun 2012

Hospital News and Research

Four organizations create University of Iowa Health Alliance

Researchers create 'Huntington's disease in a dish' to enable search for treatment

Methylphenidate ‘could relieve cancer depression’

UCLA Heart Transplant Program performs 2,000th heart transplant surgery

LUHS among select group of hospitals nationwide to improve breastfeeding rates

Program linking paramedics in the field to patients' pre-existing health information wins honors

Harmonizing prescription drug plans can help save millions of dollars

UI Health first in the Midwest to offer LenSx femtosecond laser for cataract patients

Scientists identify abnormal gene that leads to Parkinson's

Study suggests new treatment strategy for heart attacks and strokes

Miriam Hospital receives NIH renewal grant to support growth of Lifespan/Tufts/Brown CFAR

Prevalence of significant CAD in patients with chest pain symptoms is lower than expected in Europe

TTU researchers’ Romneycare results now available in Health Care Management Review

TB research finds body’s own response helps TB bacteria survive

Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma can be treated without radiation and intensive chemotherapy

HHS honors UNTHSC, Brookdale Senior Living with $7.3M Health Care Innovation award

Covidien introduces campaign to help educate women about risk of VTE during pregnancy

CHLA pediatric oncologist receives Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant

NUHHCE, AFSCME reach tentative contract agreement with Temple

Full results from Derma Sciences’ DSC127 Phase 2 trial on diabetic foot ulcers

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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