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FDA approves Medtronic Endurant AAA Stent Graft System for abdominal aortic aneurysms

An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) - a dangerous bulge or ballooning in their bodies' main artery that typically causes no symptoms until it ruptures, which can be deadly - and most of them don't know it. But for those with a known AAA of a certain size, there's a new medical device for a safe and effective treatment option that doesn't require major surgery, an extended hospital stay and a long recovery period.

21 Dec 2010

Today's Opinions: The collective benefits of the new health law; Patient safety; Legalizing marijuana

If President Obama's reform package remains intact, [cancer patient Michelle] Mindlin will be able to shop for potentially more affordable coverage in an insurance "exchange" where companies will be prevented from turning people away because of their medical history. But that doesn't go into effect until 2014. And it might not happen at all if the courts overturn a requirement that nearly everyone buy health insurance (David Lazarus, 12/21).

21 Dec 2010

Presence of CTCs may predict disease recurrence in patients with neck and head cancer

A new study suggests that the presence of tumor cells in the circulating blood of patients with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck may predict disease recurrence and reduced survival.

21 Dec 2010

URI, R.I. Hospital to offer medical physics degree

Students interested in physics and medicine will be able to combine disciplines to become medical physicists and enter an expanding field that offers multiple career opportunities and salaries that start with six figures.

21 Dec 2010

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Mount Sinai collaborate to evaluate anti-fibrotic effects of Galectin-targeting compounds

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading developer of Galectin therapeutics to treat cancer and fibrosis, today announced it has entered into a new research collaboration with Mount Sinai School of Medicine to evaluate in pre-clinical models, the anti-fibrotic effects of several of the Company's novel, Galectin-targeting compounds.

21 Dec 2010

First Edition: December 21, 2010

Today's headlines reveal the health law challenges presented by the Senate's current deal to fund the federal government and from a antitrust suit in Michigan.

21 Dec 2010

Tips to find if a senior relative needs immediate medical attention

You're in from out of town and stop by to see Great Aunt Edna and Great Uncle Albert for the first time in a few years. But you become worried when you observe that the busy, meticulous couple of your youth is gone, replaced by a disheveled woman who won't get out of bed and a belligerent man who doesn't recognize you and thinks it is 1959.

21 Dec 2010

Study aims to deliver safer bone marrow transplant treatment strategy in patients with multiple myeloma cancer

A national clinical trial, which opens imminently, will aim to assess the impact of a novel anti-cancer drug in the setting of donor bone marrow transplantation for myeloma.

21 Dec 2010

Dentists recognized for excellence in ethics, leadership and professionalism

Two local dentists were recently recognized for excellence in ethics, leadership and professionalism when they were invited to become Fellows of the American College of Dentists.

21 Dec 2010

LUMEDX announces subscription of 50 hospitals to cardiovascular SaaS solution

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of vendor-neutral, integrated medical imaging and information systems, announced today that 50 hospitals now subscribe to its cardiovascular software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. LUMEDX's SaaS delivery model allows clients to access and utilize software remotely via the web — resulting in faster implementations and lower licensing, maintenance and personnel costs. The service also includes built-in disaster recovery and high-intensity security systems.

21 Dec 2010

Majority of Massachusetts physician groups use statewide results to improve patient experiences

Most Massachusetts physician groups are using results from a statewide patient survey to help improve patient experiences, but a significant number are not making use of the information or are making relatively limited efforts, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

21 Dec 2010

Aetna's ACO model improves health care quality, lowers cost of care

Three years ago Aetna began working with doctor groups, specialists and health care facilities to create a more personalized, connected and accountable way to provide health care. Today, Aetna's early accountable care organization model is improving health care quality and lowering the cost of care.

21 Dec 2010

New study finds 80% of transfer cases in Illinois take longer than two hours

Illinois law states that when hospitals need to transfer trauma patients to centers with higher levels of trauma care, such transfers should be made within two hours.

21 Dec 2010

Researchers present definitive explanation of how fibrotic cells destroy human liver

In the latest of a series of related papers, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Austria and elsewhere, present a new and more definitive explanation of how fibrotic cells form, multiply and eventually destroy the human liver, resulting in cirrhosis. In doing so, the findings upend the standing of a long-presumed marker for multiple fibrotic diseases and reveal the existence of a previously unknown kind of inflammatory white blood cell.

21 Dec 2010

Hospital News and Research

FDA approves Medtronic Endurant AAA Stent Graft System for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Today's Opinions: The collective benefits of the new health law; Patient safety; Legalizing marijuana

Presence of CTCs may predict disease recurrence in patients with neck and head cancer

URI, R.I. Hospital to offer medical physics degree

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Mount Sinai collaborate to evaluate anti-fibrotic effects of Galectin-targeting compounds

First Edition: December 21, 2010

Tips to find if a senior relative needs immediate medical attention

Study aims to deliver safer bone marrow transplant treatment strategy in patients with multiple myeloma cancer

Dentists recognized for excellence in ethics, leadership and professionalism

LUMEDX announces subscription of 50 hospitals to cardiovascular SaaS solution

Majority of Massachusetts physician groups use statewide results to improve patient experiences

Aetna's ACO model improves health care quality, lowers cost of care

New study finds 80% of transfer cases in Illinois take longer than two hours

Researchers present definitive explanation of how fibrotic cells destroy human liver

Group buy program helps hospitals save $81 million

Exiqon completes discovery phase program for early detection of colorectal cancer in blood

Writing habit 'is one of the top predictors of weight loss success'

Pennsylvania's Medicaid program error rate less than half the national average, feds say

Genetic sequencing may serve as new diagnostic tool for unknown disease

Wishard expands partnership with SIS to improve perioperative services

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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