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Littleton and Porter hospitals selected to pilot new iTriage 'Tell us you're coming' feature

Porter Adventist and Littleton Adventist hospitals have been selected to pilot a new iTriage® feature that allows hospital emergency staff to be further prepared to meet the needs of incoming patients.

24 Dec 2010

Anavex files regulatory submission in Germany for ANAVEX 2-73 Phase I trial in Alzheimer's disease

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. announced today that it has filed the regulatory submission for ANAVEX 2-73 with the German Health Authority, BfArM, and the local Ethics Committee of Saxony to begin clinical studies for ANAVEX 2-73, its lead compound for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

21 Dec 2010

Health-care coverage program for kids ends in Ariz.; Florida Medicaid patient information may be at risk

A new audit criticizes the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and a contractor for failing to properly control access to computer systems that include sensitive information about Medicaid beneficiaries (Saunders, 12/17).

20 Dec 2010

OSI Systems receives $1.2M UK hospital order for patient monitoring systems

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received an order for approximately $1.2 million from a prominent hospital in the United Kingdom for an enterprise wide replacement program of their patient monitoring systems, which includes all departments across the care process from the ER to the ICU.

20 Dec 2010

DMN: Lax supervision of residents at U.S. teaching hospitals puts patients at risk

The Dallas Morning News investigates issues of patients safety in the wake of sweeping efforts to reform the health system.

20 Dec 2010

Tips to keep alcohol intake in check for a healthier, safer holiday season

There seems to be a little bit more of everything during the holidays: more travel, more parties, more food, and certainly more alcoholic drinks.

20 Dec 2010

Significant gap exists in medical services for ER patients

Almost three quarters of hospital emergency department administrators nationwide report that lack of medical specialists at their facilities poses a risk to ER patients – in some cases a very significant risk.

20 Dec 2010

New findings says TRIM24 protein plays active role in breast cancer formation

The recently identified TRIM24 protein plays an active role in pushing normal breast cells into rapid cell proliferation and, potentially, into breast cancer.

16 Dec 2010

First Edition: December 14, 2010

Today's headlines detail yesterday's ruling by a federal court judge in Virginia that strikes at a key part of the health law.

14 Dec 2010

FOXA1 gene controls oestrogen-fuelled growth of breast cancer cells

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have discovered that a single gene controls the oestrogen-fuelled growth of breast cancer cells, according to research published in Nature Genetics on Sunday.

14 Dec 2010

bioTheranostics reports new findings from study evaluating Breast Cancer Index molecular oncology test

bioTheranostics, a bioMerieux company that develops innovative oncology diagnostic tests to support targeted disease management, announced today new findings from a clinical study evaluating the company's Breast Cancer Index (BCI) molecular oncology test. Data from the study were presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

13 Dec 2010

Genetic changes in HDAC9 gene may modulate onset of ER positive breast cancer and its recurrence

Investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have presented new research at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Their work highlights how a variation in a person's DNA sequence is associated with an earlier age of onset for breast cancer that is stimulated by the hormone estrogen (estrogen receptor positive).

13 Dec 2010

Obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative disease

Obesity was associated with worse overall and disease-free survival in women with operable breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, but for the first time, researchers observed this finding in only a specific subset of patients - those with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative disease.

10 Dec 2010

Robots in the ER

A group of computer engineers at Vanderbilt University is convinced that the basic technology is now available to create robot assistants that can perform effectively in the often-chaotic environment of the emergency room. The specialists in emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are enthusiastic about the potential advantages. So, the two groups have formed an interdisciplinary team to explore the use of robotics in this critical and challenging setting.

8 Dec 2010

New website provides guidelines to optimal stroke care

The 2010 Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care emphasize the need to prevent stroke patients from falling through the cracks as they move from the ER to in-hospital care to rehabilitation therapy and back to the community. The recommendations were released today by the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

8 Dec 2010

Global phase III study to provide novel extended release of topiramate

Data presented yesterday showed that USL255, a novel extended-release (ER) formulation of topiramate, was associated with less fluctuation in topiramate plasma levels than immediate-release (IR) topiramate in healthy volunteers.

7 Dec 2010

Research highlighting treatment for pediatric SCD, malaria presented at ASH 2010

Red blood cells have the very important role of carrying oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; therefore, disorders that affect RBCs can have a significant impact on quality of life. Sickle cell disease and malaria are two common RBC diseases that affect a significant portion of the U.S. and global populations. Sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder that causes deformed and dysfunctional red blood cells, affects an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 Americans, while malaria affects approximately 1,500 Americans annually and 190 to 311 million people worldwide.

6 Dec 2010

Philips launches Juno DRF and DigitalDiagnost - ER Wireless X-ray solutions at 96th RSNA

Royal Philips Electronics today introduced the Juno DRF and the DigitalDiagnost - ER Wireless systems, two versatile diagnostic X-ray solutions that represent the next step in patient care. Featured at the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, these innovative systems uphold Philips' commitment to integrating technologies in a smart way to help enhance patient outcomes and increase value for healthcare systems.

From Philips Healthcare 2 Dec 2010

Physicians prescribe less pain medications for individuals evading the police

If you should find yourself running from the police, watch your step. If you fall and break an ankle, chances are you'll receive less pain medication when they take you to the ER for treatment.

1 Dec 2010

Quality issues persist at hospitals, plastic surgery centers; use of CT scans in ER increases

Despite intensive efforts to improve patient safety, a six-year study at 10 North Carolina hospitals showed no decline in so-called patient harms, which included medical errors and unavoidable mistakes.

1 Dec 2010

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) News and Research

Littleton and Porter hospitals selected to pilot new iTriage 'Tell us you're coming' feature

Anavex files regulatory submission in Germany for ANAVEX 2-73 Phase I trial in Alzheimer's disease

Health-care coverage program for kids ends in Ariz.; Florida Medicaid patient information may be at risk

OSI Systems receives $1.2M UK hospital order for patient monitoring systems

DMN: Lax supervision of residents at U.S. teaching hospitals puts patients at risk

Tips to keep alcohol intake in check for a healthier, safer holiday season

Significant gap exists in medical services for ER patients

New findings says TRIM24 protein plays active role in breast cancer formation

First Edition: December 14, 2010

FOXA1 gene controls oestrogen-fuelled growth of breast cancer cells

bioTheranostics reports new findings from study evaluating Breast Cancer Index molecular oncology test

Genetic changes in HDAC9 gene may modulate onset of ER positive breast cancer and its recurrence

Obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative disease

Robots in the ER

New website provides guidelines to optimal stroke care

Global phase III study to provide novel extended release of topiramate

Research highlighting treatment for pediatric SCD, malaria presented at ASH 2010

Philips launches Juno DRF and DigitalDiagnost - ER Wireless X-ray solutions at 96th RSNA

Physicians prescribe less pain medications for individuals evading the police

Quality issues persist at hospitals, plastic surgery centers; use of CT scans in ER increases

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