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Thorax Institute presents 18-year experience with SynCardia Artificial Heart at Acute Cardiac Care meeting

On Oct. 17, Dr. Jean Christian Roussel from the Thorax Institute at University Hospital of Nantes presented the center's 18-year experience with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart at the Acute Cardiac Care 2010 medical meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

20 Nov 2010

State roundup: California PPOs 'low marks'; Geriatric nursing; Physician shortages

News outlets covered a range of developments including workforce issues in Minnesota and California, and a Kentucky order for insurers to provide child-only policies.

19 Nov 2010

OptiMedica's Catalys Precision Laser System improves precision in cataract surgery

Global ophthalmic device company OptiMedica Corp. has announced that results from a clinical study of its Catalys Precision Laser System were published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Translational Medicine.

18 Nov 2010

National pilot program facilitates kidney paired-donation transplants

A computer algorithm developed at Carnegie Mellon University matched living kidney donors with medically compatible transplant candidates late last month as the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), began a national pilot program to increase the number of kidney paired-donation (KPD) transplants.

17 Nov 2010

Young father receives life-saving intervention prior heart transplant surgery

James "Jimmy" Armstrong hadn't missed a "Mac" in 28 years. At 44, he's one of the youngest "goats" in the Chicago Yacht Club. Sailors receive the designation of "goat" once they've completed 20 or more "Macs", the 333-mile boat race from Chicago to Mackinac, Mich. Armstrong has sailed the race every year since he was 16. But, he wasn't among the sailors this past July. Instead, he was in intensive care awaiting heart transplant following a harrowing experience spurred by severe case of myocarditis-a little-known condition causing inflammation of the heart muscle.

15 Nov 2010

Researchers find link between genetic defect and sticky mucus in cystic fibrosis

An imbalance of salt and water in patients with cystic fibrosis makes their lungs clog up with sticky mucus that is prone to infection. The cause of the offending imbalance is a well-known genetic error, one that blocks the molecular expressway for tiny chloride ions to move across the surface of the lungs.

15 Nov 2010

Scientists unveil mechanism of liver regeneration

The liver's unique ability among organs to regenerate itself has been little understood. Now Weill Cornell Medical College scientists have shed light on how the liver restores itself by demonstrating that endothelial cells the cells that form the lining of blood vessels play a key role.

12 Nov 2010

Butte radiologist settles lawsuit against St. James Healthcare

On Oct. 15, Butte radiologist Dr. Jesse A. Cole accepted a $4 million settlement in his lawsuit against St. James Healthcare and its parent corporation, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems, Inc., a Kansas not-for-profit corporation (not to be confused with the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth religious community, a separate entity).

11 Nov 2010

Scientists identify new way to drive dendritic cells from blood monocytes

Dendritic cells, known to be the prime movers of the body's immune response, are still notoriously difficult to study in humans. Samples, which come primarily from bone marrow or lymphoid tissue, are simply too difficult to obtain. But new research at Rockefeller University has shown scientists a way to study "authentic" dendritic cells from mouse monocytes, which are abundant in the blood, a much more accessible source in humans.

11 Nov 2010

Cholera confirmed in Haiti's capital as health ministry says outbreak has killed 544 so far

Haiti's cholera outbreak appears to have spread to its capital, "imperiling nearly 3 million people living in Port-au-Prince, nearly half of them in unsanitary tent camps for the homeless from the Jan. 12 earthquake," the Associated Press/KIRO reports.

10 Nov 2010

Health reform updates: Biotech grants, privacy issues and birth control coverage

Firms vying to tap the fund a $1 billion fund meant to catalyze research on new biologic treatments for cancer and other diseases may be disappointed in the outcome, The Washington Post reports. "[W]ith so many companies applying for a share of the money, many firms got much smaller allotments than requested and said the financial boost won't go as far as they had initially hoped.

8 Nov 2010

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II announces acquisition of Athens Long-Term Acute Care Hospital

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Athens Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a single-story, 32,000-square-foot, Class A single-tenant medical facility in Athens. The acquisition closed on Oct. 29.

8 Nov 2010

Maine requests exemption from federal law, Southern Calif. hospital pays $5 million to resolve charges of false Medicare claims

Bloomberg: "Maine wants an exemption from the federal health-care law to keep a Wall Street-controlled insurer with a history of allegedly abusive practices from leaving the state. Mila Kofman, Maine's insurance superintendent, asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a three-year waiver from the law's requirement that insurers spend 80 percent of premium revenues on medical care." The

8 Nov 2010

Researchers identify key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer

United States and Japanese researchers have identified a key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer. The study on activation of the protein complex TORC 2 was published online in the journal Current Biology Oct. 28.

8 Nov 2010

Tomophase to commercialize OCT Imaging System for pulmonary applications with QTDP award

Tomophase Corporation, a leading developer of minimally invasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) tissue imaging devices, announced that it has received an award from the Departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services for the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP.)

8 Nov 2010

'Phantom' images brain keeps for visual comparisons stored in brain's neural network

Brain research over the past 30 years has shown that if a part of the brain controlling movement or sensation or language is lost because of a stroke or injury, other parts of the brain can take over the lost function - often as well as the region that was lost.

4 Nov 2010

Gene fusion prostate cancers susceptible to secondary mutations

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have taken an important step toward a better understanding of prostate cancer by uncovering evidence that it is not one disease, as previously believed, but rather several factors which can be measured and, in the future, destroyed by targeted therapy.

4 Nov 2010

Study links positive well-being to higher telomerase activity

Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with greater telomerase activity, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of California, San Francisco. The study is the first to link positive well-being to higher telomerase, an enzyme important for the long-term health of cells in the body.

4 Nov 2010

Strengthening influenza vaccination programs may help states improve coverage against pandemics

Strengthening routine influenza vaccination and health programs may help states improve their vaccination coverage against future pandemics or other health emergencies, a new study suggests.

3 Nov 2010

Tests show Haitian cholera strains match ones from South Asia, CDC says

Tests have shown that the strain in Haiti's cholera outbreak is similar to cholera strains found in South Asia, the CDC said on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports (11/1).

3 Nov 2010

OCT News and Research

Thorax Institute presents 18-year experience with SynCardia Artificial Heart at Acute Cardiac Care meeting

State roundup: California PPOs 'low marks'; Geriatric nursing; Physician shortages

OptiMedica's Catalys Precision Laser System improves precision in cataract surgery

National pilot program facilitates kidney paired-donation transplants

Young father receives life-saving intervention prior heart transplant surgery

Researchers find link between genetic defect and sticky mucus in cystic fibrosis

Scientists unveil mechanism of liver regeneration

Butte radiologist settles lawsuit against St. James Healthcare

Scientists identify new way to drive dendritic cells from blood monocytes

Cholera confirmed in Haiti's capital as health ministry says outbreak has killed 544 so far

Health reform updates: Biotech grants, privacy issues and birth control coverage

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II announces acquisition of Athens Long-Term Acute Care Hospital

Maine requests exemption from federal law, Southern Calif. hospital pays $5 million to resolve charges of false Medicare claims

Researchers identify key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer

Tomophase to commercialize OCT Imaging System for pulmonary applications with QTDP award

'Phantom' images brain keeps for visual comparisons stored in brain's neural network

Gene fusion prostate cancers susceptible to secondary mutations

Study links positive well-being to higher telomerase activity

Strengthening influenza vaccination programs may help states improve coverage against pandemics

Tests show Haitian cholera strains match ones from South Asia, CDC says

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