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Research indicates that premature babies benefit from being exposed to adult talk

Research led by a team at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University has been published in the February 10, 2014 online edition of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

24 Feb 2014

Computerized safety checklist shows threefold drop in rates of serious type of hospital-acquired infection

A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.

24 Feb 2014

New research finds direct connection between acupuncture and processes that alleviate sepsis

When acupuncture first became popular in the western hemisphere it had its doubters. It still does. But over time, through detailed observation, scientists have produced real evidence that ancient Chinese practitioners of the medical arts were onto something.

23 Feb 2014

Viewpoints: Democrats turn tail; amending ACA is tough; Belgium takes hard stance on dying kids

Democrats in competitive races seem to have gotten hall passes to try to dissociate themselves from ObamaCare heading into the midterm elections, but the White House must be ruing some of the liberties their party comrades are taking with this new political independence. Witness the parade of Democrats pleading for more money for that great liberal anathema, Medicare Advantage (2/19).

21 Feb 2014

Getinge secures 78.55% of outstanding shares in Pulsion Medical Systems

Getinge (STO:GETIB) has secured 78.55% of the outstanding shares in Pulsion Medical Systems. All conditions precedent stipulated in the offer document have been met and the transaction was completed yesterday. Pulsion will be consolidated in Getinge's accounts as of March 1 2014.

20 Feb 2014

Premature babies who receive interventional therapy plus mother's voice learn to eat efficiently

Premature babies who receive an interventional therapy combining their mother's voice and a pacifier-activated music player learn to eat more efficiently and have their feeding tubes removed sooner than other preemies, according to a Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt study published today in Pediatrics.

20 Feb 2014

New biologic drug to prevent growth of ovarian cancer cells

Researchers at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island have developed a biologic drug that would prevent the production of a protein known to allow ovarian cancer cells to grow aggressively while being resistant to chemotherapy. This would improve treatment and survival rates for some women.

20 Feb 2014

Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies opens neonatal intensive care unit

Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies is opening the doors to an expansion of its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The expansion, which adds 30 beds to the hospital's existing 112-bed NICU, will make it the largest NICU in the world under one roof.

19 Feb 2014

Clot-busting tPA therapy for ischemic stroke patients can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in ICU

A Johns Hopkins study of patients with ischemic stroke suggests that many of those who receive prompt hospital treatment with "clot-busting" tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) therapy can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in an intensive care unit (ICU).

13 Feb 2014

Rural California plans new trauma centers

The centers are designed to avoid expensive and often time-consuming patient transfers. Meanwhile, telemedicine bolsters intensive care services in rural Maryland, and a hospital system in Camden, N.J. overhauls the way it cares for the poorest and sickest patients

12 Feb 2014

Unvaccinated flu patients need more intensive care

A snapshot of patients who required care at Duke University Hospital during this year's flu season shows that those who had not been vaccinated had severe cases and needed the most intensive treatment.

11 Feb 2014

Denver Health and North Colorado Med Evac announce provider agreement for air-medical transport

Denver Health and North Colorado Med Evac (a Med Trans Corp air medical program) are pleased to announce a contractual preferred provider agreement for air-medical transport and evacuation.

11 Feb 2014

Scientists identify factors that predict flu severity in patients

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified a signature immune response that might help doctors identify which newly diagnosed influenza patients are most likely to develop severe symptoms and suffer poor outcomes. The findings also help explain why infants and toddlers are at elevated risk for flu complications. The research appears in the upcoming issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

10 Feb 2014

After uproar about Obamacare remarks, AOL reverses 401(K) policy

News outlets reported that the company blamed the law and the health costs of two "distressed babies" for a significant change in how it matches 401(k) contributions.

9 Feb 2014

Novel combined therapy for treatment of septic patients in ICU

Septic shock is caused by excessive and systemic reaction of the entire body against infectious agents, in most cases of bacterial origin. The number of deaths by septic shock in intensive care units is very high and is still increasing, despite numerous large scale clinical trials.

9 Feb 2014

Research: Clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based polices to prevent infections

While most hospitals have polices in place to prevent health care-associated infections, clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based guidelines established to prevent these infections, according to new research from Columbia University School of Nursing published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

7 Feb 2014

Researcher finds 42% of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach

In the first national look at how broadly web-based technologies are being used to provide health care, a University of Michigan researcher has found that 42 percent of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach.

5 Feb 2014

Women with schizophrenia twice as likely to experience pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

Women with schizophrenia are nearly twice as likely to experience pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications as women without the condition, a landmark study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women's College Hospital has found.

4 Feb 2014

Study reveals link between neonatal and early childhood outcomes among premature infants

In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 3:15 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report on a correlation between initial neonatal and early childhood outcomes among children delivered less than 34 weeks gestation.

4 Feb 2014

Study points to gender-specific mechanisms of brain repair following oxygen deprivation

Physicians have long known that oxygen deprivation to the brain around the time of birth causes worse damage in boys than girls. Now a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center conducted in mice reveals one possible reason behind this gender disparity and points to gender-specific mechanisms of brain repair following such injury.

31 Jan 2014

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Research indicates that premature babies benefit from being exposed to adult talk

Computerized safety checklist shows threefold drop in rates of serious type of hospital-acquired infection

New research finds direct connection between acupuncture and processes that alleviate sepsis

Viewpoints: Democrats turn tail; amending ACA is tough; Belgium takes hard stance on dying kids

Getinge secures 78.55% of outstanding shares in Pulsion Medical Systems

Premature babies who receive interventional therapy plus mother's voice learn to eat efficiently

New biologic drug to prevent growth of ovarian cancer cells

Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies opens neonatal intensive care unit

Clot-busting tPA therapy for ischemic stroke patients can avoid lengthy, restrictive monitoring in ICU

Rural California plans new trauma centers

Unvaccinated flu patients need more intensive care

Denver Health and North Colorado Med Evac announce provider agreement for air-medical transport

Scientists identify factors that predict flu severity in patients

After uproar about Obamacare remarks, AOL reverses 401(K) policy

Novel combined therapy for treatment of septic patients in ICU

Research: Clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based polices to prevent infections

Researcher finds 42% of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach

Women with schizophrenia twice as likely to experience pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

Study reveals link between neonatal and early childhood outcomes among premature infants

Study points to gender-specific mechanisms of brain repair following oxygen deprivation

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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