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NCPA encourages patients on safe disposal of unwanted medications

In recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, the National Community Pharmacists Association encourages patients to properly dispose of expired or unwanted medications at a local independent community pharmacy as part of its Dispose My Meds program.

10 Mar 2011

Illicit drug users may face increased risk of microbial infections

Illicit drug users are at increased risk of being exposed to microbial pathogens and are more susceptible to serious infections say physicians writing in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.

10 Mar 2011

Roundup: Legislatures pressured on health cuts, malpractice laws; Mass. Blue Cross board salaries; pension costs

This week, the Assembly and Senate will debate the final package of budget reductions. Among the $6 billion in health-related cuts is the elimination of the Maddy Fund, a $55 million attempt to reimburse emergency departments for indigent care.

9 Mar 2011

Keneally promises billions for hospital & healthcare upgrades

Hospital upgrades with more beds and an expansion of the nursing and medical workforce may be a reality in the near future thanks to the Keneally government’s $2.3 billion pitch. Premier Kristina Keneally pledged the total spending package of $4bn would deliver “improvements right across the health system” and give patients the care they needed, promptly. She spoke at the launch at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney’s west saying, “This is about strengthening our health system to deal with challenges of an ageing population, growing levels of chronic disease and rising health costs.”

9 Mar 2011

ERYtech Pharma completes patient enrollment in GRASPA Phase II trial against ALL

ERYtech Pharma announces the early completion of the enrollment and safety follow-up a Phase II clinical trial for GRASPA. This open-labeled trial introduced GRASPA in a first-line treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in patients older than 55 years.

9 Mar 2011

LUMEDX implements HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at Methodist hospitals

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of fully integrated, vendor-neutral cardiovascular imaging and information systems, announced today that it has begun implementing the HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at five Methodist Healthcare facilities in San Antonio, Texas.

9 Mar 2011

ADVANTAGE, ITA to implement proprietary oncology decision-support platform

To improve outcomes and manage costs for members with cancer, ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc. has contracted with ITA Partners to implement eviti - ITA's proprietary oncology decision-support platform - across their provider network.

9 Mar 2011

CareView executes agreement with Health Management Associates

CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced today the execution of an agreement with Health Management Associates, Inc., whose corporate offices are located in Naples, Florida.

9 Mar 2011

Vermillion's CA125 positive preliminary data against ovarian tumors presented at WCSGO

Vermillion, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced the presentation of positive preliminary data from its collaboration with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to identify biomarkers that improve on the specificity of CA125 for the identification of malignant ovarian tumors.

9 Mar 2011

Innovative interprofessional training for students can improve healthcare for patients

The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and University of Northampton are celebrating a major milestone in innovative interprofessional training for health and social care students, which will lead to improved healthcare for patients.

9 Mar 2011

BIOTRONIK's new ablation catheter is now available in Europe

BIOTRONIK SE Co. & KG, a leading manufacturer of cardiac devices, has announced that its innovative new ablation catheter, AlCath Flux eXtra Gold, is now available throughout Europe after receiving CE mark and successfully completing the premarket evaluation in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and several other European countries.

9 Mar 2011

MabCure presents ovarian cancer diagnostic blood test study results at SGO meeting

Biotechnology company MabCure, Inc. is presenting the results of its recently completed study on the diagnosis of ovarian cancer utilizing its proprietary monoclonal antibodies at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecological Oncologists.

9 Mar 2011

The American Journal of Medicine focuses on the continuing healthcare reform debate

As the debate about healthcare in the United States rages, four insightful articles in the March 2011 issue of The American Journal of Medicine strive to add reasoned arguments and empirical research findings to the dialog.

9 Mar 2011

Touro Infirmary implements Centricity Perinatal

Touro Infirmary implemented Centricity Perinatal in the NICU in December 2010, completing its roll out to all perinatal units, with the goal of providing the most up-to-date and innovative care available. The site chose the scalable system as a key to further customization and to enhance the ability to implement changes quickly as patient care situations evolve.

9 Mar 2011

Collaborative care programs in hospitals reduce depression, anxiety in heart disease patients

Participants in the first hospital-initiated, low-intensity collaborative care program to treat depression in heart patients showed significant improvements in their depression, anxiety and emotional quality of life after 6 and 12 weeks, researchers report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

9 Mar 2011

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

This is a great success for CNSystems. The well-established Austrian high tech company will be presenting its CNAP blood pressure measuring device, as well as, for the first time, evaluation data at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.

9 Mar 2011

New study shows excess hospitalization costs for homeless people

Homeless patients cost about $2,500 more per hospital stay than the average patient, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

9 Mar 2011

First urinary metabolomic investigation in gastric cancer using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Metabolomics is a post-genomic research field for analysis of low molecular weight compounds in biological systems, and its approaches offer an analysis of metabolite level changes in biological samples. Recently, metabolomic method has shown great potentials in identifying the new diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for cancers. However, metabolomic studies on cancer metastasis remain scarce.

9 Mar 2011

Overall survival rate for ovarian cancer have increased over last 30 years

Survival from ovarian cancer has almost doubled over the last 30 years according to new figures from Cancer Research UK released today.

9 Mar 2011

Dental, vision benefits for seniors from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Dental and vision health are often tied to overall health, yet many seniors don't have coverage for these services. To fill the gap, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem) in Colorado is launching several new packages for seniors in Colorado that include dental and vision benefits as well as other important benefits, such as gym memberships, travel assistance and behavioral health services.

9 Mar 2011

Hospital News and Research

NCPA encourages patients on safe disposal of unwanted medications

Illicit drug users may face increased risk of microbial infections

Roundup: Legislatures pressured on health cuts, malpractice laws; Mass. Blue Cross board salaries; pension costs

Keneally promises billions for hospital & healthcare upgrades

ERYtech Pharma completes patient enrollment in GRASPA Phase II trial against ALL

LUMEDX implements HealthView Chest Pain Management solution at Methodist hospitals

ADVANTAGE, ITA to implement proprietary oncology decision-support platform

CareView executes agreement with Health Management Associates

Vermillion's CA125 positive preliminary data against ovarian tumors presented at WCSGO

Innovative interprofessional training for students can improve healthcare for patients

BIOTRONIK's new ablation catheter is now available in Europe

MabCure presents ovarian cancer diagnostic blood test study results at SGO meeting

The American Journal of Medicine focuses on the continuing healthcare reform debate

Touro Infirmary implements Centricity Perinatal

Collaborative care programs in hospitals reduce depression, anxiety in heart disease patients

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

New study shows excess hospitalization costs for homeless people

First urinary metabolomic investigation in gastric cancer using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Overall survival rate for ovarian cancer have increased over last 30 years

Dental, vision benefits for seniors from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

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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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