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Frequent social activity may prevent or delay cognitive decline in old age

If you want to keep your brain healthy, it turns out that visiting friends, attending parties, and even going to church might be just as good for you as crossword puzzles.

26 Apr 2011

Neonatal intensive care unit tips for parents

Imagine babies so tiny a wedding ring can fit around their arms. Often weighing less than a pound, these remarkably small and sick infants hold onto life hooked up to a maze of tubes and beeping monitors.

26 Apr 2011

Boston Scientific launches ION Paclitaxel-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and launch of the ION™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System, the Company's third-generation drug-eluting stent technology.

25 Apr 2011

Child's death renews medical error debate

News outlets examine efforts to end hospital errors and a different case may challenge laws that protect military medical personnel from medical malpractice lawsuits.

25 Apr 2011

Nausea and vomiting are most feared of all chemotherapy-related side effects

PediatRx, Inc. today commented on studies which reveal that chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting is one of the most feared of all chemotherapy-related side effects. The fear of nausea and subsequent vomiting is many times so significant that patients can develop a condition known as 'anticipatory' nausea, where the patient becomes nauseous primarily as a result of the fear of becoming nauseous.

25 Apr 2011

As practices change, family physician has trouble retiring

Dr. [Ronald] Sroka has practiced family medicine for 32 years in a small, red-brick building just six miles from his childhood home. ... Dr. Sroka, 62, thought about retiring. He tried to sell his once highly profitable practice. No luck. He tried giving it away. No luck. Dr. Sroka's fate is emblematic of a transformation in American medicine. ... [D]octors like him are increasingly being replaced by teams of rotating doctors and nurses who do not know their patients nearly as well. A centuries-old intimacy between doctor and patient is being lost.

25 Apr 2011

Enrollment commences in Gore Early TIPS study for ascites at Indiana University Hospital

W. L. Gore & Associates today reported the first patient enrolled in the Gore Early TIPS for Ascites Study. The patient was treated at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind.

25 Apr 2011

Former U-M football champion to receive Mott award for his support to the hospital

Patients, hospital staff and football enthusiasts at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital will show their appreciation for former U-M football standout, 1997 Heisman trophy winner and current Green Bay Packer Charles Woodson by proclaiming Thursday, April 28, as Woodson Day.

25 Apr 2011

EACC to host Health & Wellness conference in Cincinnati

The European-American Chamber of Commerce will host a conference on Health & Wellness in Cincinnati to explore the challenges and opportunities organizations face as health care policies undergo dramatic changes locally, nationally and abroad.

25 Apr 2011

Uroplasty to present Urgent PC, Macroplastique products study data at upcoming meetings

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, today announced that the results of clinical studies using Uroplasty's Urgent PC Neuromodulation System and Macroplastique urethral bulking agent products are scheduled to be presented at three upcoming professional meetings.

25 Apr 2011

Texas Institute for Surgery, StreamVenue partner for innovative endoscopy technology

StreamVenue Healthcare has partnered its "plug and play" products and services with Texas Institute for Surgery At Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to foster innovation in endoscopy technology.

25 Apr 2011

Individuals on SSRIs still exhibit depressive symptoms

Even people who show a clear treatment response with antidepressant medications continue to experience symptoms like insomnia, sadness and decreased concentration, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found after analyzing data from the largest study on the treatment of depression.

25 Apr 2011

New study reports national survey results of physicians who deliver childhood vaccinations

A new study led by Allison Kempe, MD, MPH, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and director of the Children's Outcomes Research Program at The Children's Hospital, reports the results of a national survey of primary care physicians who deliver vaccinations to children.

25 Apr 2011

SAMHSA develops Metro Briefs on drug-related statistics across the nation

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has developed a series of Metro Briefs providing detailed statistical snapshots of drug- related visits to hospital emergency departments occurring in 11 metropolitan areas across the nation.

25 Apr 2011

Noninvasive Masimo carboxyhemoglobin can effectively screen ED patients for CO poisoning

Masimo announced today that a new study published in this month's issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Annals of Emergency Medicine, demonstrates that noninvasive Masimo carboxyhemoglobin measurements provide an "effective means for screening at-risk populations for CO poisoning" with "acceptable bias and precision" compared to invasive blood gas analysis.

25 Apr 2011

UCI anesthesiologist to use $3.2 million NIH grant for P-TIPS program

A UC Irvine anesthesiologist will use a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to launch a research effort aimed at lessening the anxiety and pain children feel before and after surgery.

25 Apr 2011

U-M receives Taubman Institute's $100 million gift for innovative medical science

A. Alfred Taubman has become U-M's largest individual donor, with total giving of more than $142 million. His latest gift of $56 million to the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, announced today before the University's Board of Regents, will bring his support of innovative medical science at the University of Michigan to a total of $100 million.

25 Apr 2011

Group B streptococci continues to increase risk of sepsis in newborns

Bloodstream infections in newborns can lead to serious complications with substantial morbidity and mortality. What's more, the pathogens responsible for neonatal infections have changed over time. In recent years, however, antibiotic prophylaxis given to at-risk mothers has reduced the incidence of early-onset group B streptococcal infections among their babies.

25 Apr 2011

Research sheds light on molecular movements of neural transporters

A team of scientists from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College has shed light on the molecular workings of transporter proteins, molecular machines embedded in the cell membranes of neurons that modulate the transfer of signals between cells and recycle neurotransmitters.

25 Apr 2011

Early meniscus interventions may help prevent future osteoarthritis

Aging often means bad knees, and bad knees often mean osteoarthritis, a common and painful disability that affects more than 20 million Americans.

25 Apr 2011

Hospital News and Research

Frequent social activity may prevent or delay cognitive decline in old age

Neonatal intensive care unit tips for parents

Boston Scientific launches ION Paclitaxel-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System

Child's death renews medical error debate

Nausea and vomiting are most feared of all chemotherapy-related side effects

As practices change, family physician has trouble retiring

Enrollment commences in Gore Early TIPS study for ascites at Indiana University Hospital

Former U-M football champion to receive Mott award for his support to the hospital

EACC to host Health & Wellness conference in Cincinnati

Uroplasty to present Urgent PC, Macroplastique products study data at upcoming meetings

Texas Institute for Surgery, StreamVenue partner for innovative endoscopy technology

Individuals on SSRIs still exhibit depressive symptoms

New study reports national survey results of physicians who deliver childhood vaccinations

SAMHSA develops Metro Briefs on drug-related statistics across the nation

Noninvasive Masimo carboxyhemoglobin can effectively screen ED patients for CO poisoning

UCI anesthesiologist to use $3.2 million NIH grant for P-TIPS program

U-M receives Taubman Institute's $100 million gift for innovative medical science

Group B streptococci continues to increase risk of sepsis in newborns

Research sheds light on molecular movements of neural transporters

Early meniscus interventions may help prevent future osteoarthritis

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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