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St. Mary's Medical Center honored with Healthgrades 2014 Women's Health Excellence Award

Dignity Health St. Mary's Medical Center has received the 2014 Women's Health Excellence Award from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

25 Jun 2014

Blistering review criticizes VA for downplaying whistleblower reports of deficient patient care

Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner criticized the Department of Veterans Affairs in a Monday letter to President Barack Obama, noting that the agency failed to acknowledge allegations of poor patient care made by its own employees.

25 Jun 2014

Verizon advances patient care with new mobile health product

Verizon today (June 25) announced the immediate availability of Verizon Virtual Visits, which provides an easy, convenient and cost-effective way for patients to be seen remotely by a clinician for a cold, flu, sore throat or other simple, acute conditions, via video on their smartphone, tablet or computer.

25 Jun 2014

Texas slow to move those with disabilities out of institutions

Georgia also struggles to move the developmentally disabled out of state hospitals and into community residences, and in Wyoming, cuts are leaving some disabled people with fewer opportunities to get care.

24 Jun 2014

Devon Medical Products gets FDA marketing approval for extriCARE 3600 NPWT pump and foam kit

Global medical device designer and manufacturer Devon Medical Products today announced substantial additions to its Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) wound care product line after receiving Food & Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to market its extriCARE 3600 NPWT pump and foam dressing kit.

24 Jun 2014

First Edition: June 24, 2014

Today's headlines include news about the latest report detailing problems at the VA.

24 Jun 2014

Loyola University Medical Center receives accreditation in pediatric transthoracic echocardiography

Loyola University Medical Center has received a three-year accreditation in pediatric transthoracic echocardiography by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

24 Jun 2014

New invention provides simple, highly effective way for patients to self-treat keloid scars

Scars - in particular keloid scars that result from overgrowth of skin tissue after injuries or surgeries - are unsightly and can even lead to disfigurement and psychological problems of affected patients. Individuals with darker pigmentation - in particular people with African, Hispanic or South-Asian genetic background - are more likely to develop this skin tissue disorder.

24 Jun 2014

Death rates remain higher for African-Americans with colon cancer

African-Americans with colon cancer are half as likely as Caucasian patients to have a type of colon cancer that is linked to better outcomes. The finding may provide insight into why African-Americans are more likely to die of colon cancer than Caucasians with the same stage of disease.

24 Jun 2014

Guide to treating endocrine and metabolic emergencies released at ICE/ENDO 2014

The Endocrine Society's publishing imprint Endocrine Press released its first original title, Endocrine and Metabolic Medical Emergencies, today during the Society's annual meeting, ICE/ENDO 2014.

24 Jun 2014

Nearly 4% of U.S. babies are born before full-term without medical indication, study finds

A large new study, covering millions of U.S. births over 15 years, finds that substantial numbers of babies, nearly one in 25, are born earlier than medically justified, through elective cesarean sections and elective induced labor. The study reinforces long-standing recommendations by professional medical and public health organizations against early-term deliveries without appropriate medical reasons.

24 Jun 2014

Mersana and Merck KGaA develop next-generation antibody-drug conjugates

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., and the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which operates as EMD Serono in the United States and Canada, announced today an agreement to collaboratively develop next-generation antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).

24 Jun 2014

American Pain Society, Pain Research Forum provide grant support for PRF's "Papers of the Week"

The American Pain Society announced today it has begun a collaboration with the Pain Research Forum in which APS will provide grant support for PRF's "Papers of the Week" website postings of new papers in pain research, which are published in peer-reviewed journals covering pain, neuroscience and related disciplines.

24 Jun 2014

Novel technology serves as "flight simulator" for neurosurgeons

NYU Langone Medical Center is now using a novel technology that serves as a "flight simulator" for neurosurgeons, allowing them to rehearse complicated brain surgeries before making an actual incision on a patient.

24 Jun 2014

Covidien launches Pipeline Flex embolization device at annual LINNC in Paris

Further strengthening its broad line of neurovascular products to treat unruptured brain aneurysms, Covidien plc announced the European launch of its Pipeline™ Flex embolization device at the annual Live Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery Course (LINNC), held in Paris June 23-25. This next-generation flow diversion device received CE Mark earlier this year.

24 Jun 2014

Improved physical fitness reduces risk of CKD in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Adults with Type 2 diabetes who improve their physical fitness lower their chances of getting chronic kidney disease (CKD), and if they already have kidney damage, they can improve their kidney function.

24 Jun 2014

Patients receiving home oxygen therapy can lower risk of burns by shaving facial hair

Facial hair and home oxygen therapy can prove a dangerously combustible combination, a Mayo Clinic report published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings finds.

24 Jun 2014

State highlights: Ohio managed care plans launch; Bluecross Blueshield plan faces Ore. lawsuit; N.Y. policy on unvaccinated children upheld

A selection of health policy stories from Ohio, Oregon, New York, Colorado, Iowa, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, California and Minnesota.

24 Jun 2014

Viewpoints: Concerns about ACOs; problems in Va. gov.'s strategy; Medicaid 'black hole'

Although Obamacare's health insurance expansion has directly provided coverage to only about 4 percent of Americans, changes embedded in the Affordable Care Act could affect many more people, and not always in good ways.

24 Jun 2014

Still waiting... as High Court nears the end of its term, decision on birth control mandate challenge still pending

A decision could be issued any day. Also still in the mix is the court's ruling on a First Amendment challenge to a Massachusetts law that established a 35-foot buffer zone to restrict demonstrators outside of abortion clinics.

24 Jun 2014

Healthcare News

St. Mary's Medical Center honored with Healthgrades 2014 Women's Health Excellence Award

Blistering review criticizes VA for downplaying whistleblower reports of deficient patient care

Verizon advances patient care with new mobile health product

Texas slow to move those with disabilities out of institutions

Devon Medical Products gets FDA marketing approval for extriCARE 3600 NPWT pump and foam kit

First Edition: June 24, 2014

Loyola University Medical Center receives accreditation in pediatric transthoracic echocardiography

New invention provides simple, highly effective way for patients to self-treat keloid scars

Death rates remain higher for African-Americans with colon cancer

Guide to treating endocrine and metabolic emergencies released at ICE/ENDO 2014

Nearly 4% of U.S. babies are born before full-term without medical indication, study finds

Mersana and Merck KGaA develop next-generation antibody-drug conjugates

American Pain Society, Pain Research Forum provide grant support for PRF's "Papers of the Week"

Novel technology serves as "flight simulator" for neurosurgeons

Covidien launches Pipeline Flex embolization device at annual LINNC in Paris

Improved physical fitness reduces risk of CKD in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Patients receiving home oxygen therapy can lower risk of burns by shaving facial hair

State highlights: Ohio managed care plans launch; Bluecross Blueshield plan faces Ore. lawsuit; N.Y. policy on unvaccinated children upheld

Viewpoints: Concerns about ACOs; problems in Va. gov.'s strategy; Medicaid 'black hole'

Still waiting... as High Court nears the end of its term, decision on birth control mandate challenge still pending

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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