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Texas Health Dallas offers heart and vascular screening program for women

When Mary Gill went to bed that night, nothing would have made anyone think heart disease — not even Mary. She was thin and 42 years old. She exercised regularly, ate a healthy diet and never smoked.

4 Feb 2010

State of Michigan keeps lethal hospital infections in check

The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units , has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero — even three years after first adopting the standardized procedures. A report on the work is being published in the February 20 issue of BMJ (British Medical Journal).

4 Feb 2010

New program to help the U.S. health care sector switch to cleaner, renewable energy sources

In recent months, three U.S. hospitals signed energy contracts that will save over $1.7 million in energy costs, provide them with up to 10 percent clean energy. The green energy will avoid 11,829 metric tons of CO2 being released to our atmosphere, which is equivalent to taking 2,052 cars off the road or not burning 56 railcars' worth of coal.

4 Feb 2010

CardioNet's MCOT service: 300,000th patient benefits

CardioNet, Inc. announced today that the 300,000th patient has been monitored with the Company’s Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT™) service. MCOT is the first system to provide real-time wireless ECG monitoring and 24/7/365 analysis and response.

4 Feb 2010

Study sheds new light on cancer metastasis

Some cells are natural rule-breakers. Neural crest cells for example, not only migrate throughout the body during development (most cells are more selective in their wandering), they are also more developmentally flexible than their predecessors (a no-no for nearly all cell types).

4 Feb 2010

New Hanover Regional Medical Center renews supply chain agreement with Broadlane

Broadlane, the leading end-to-end cost-management partner for healthcare providers, announced today that New Hanover Regional Medical Center, in Wilmington, North Carolina, has renewed its supply chain relationship with Broadlane for another five years. New Hanover will continue to access Broadlane’s unparalleled national contract portfolio of consumable supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services to help manage approximately $130 million in annual supply spend.

4 Feb 2010

Regular physical activity prevents chronic illness: Surgeon General urged to make outdoor time a health priority

National Wildlife Federation (NWF), more than 200 health, conservation, youth, and other organizations, and 16,300 Americans are urging the new surgeon general to make time outdoors a health priority for children.

4 Feb 2010

Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems selects CardiacAssist's TandemHeart System

CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems, Colorado Springs, Colo., has adopted the company’s TandemHeart® System.

4 Feb 2010

Waiting for birth as effective as inducing labor for intrauterine growth restriction

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting -, in Chicago, researchers will unveil findings that show that waiting for birth is as effective as inducing labor in cases of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).

4 Feb 2010

Researchers uncover new mechanism to protect individuals from serious complications of obesity

Although obesity is a risk factor for diabetes and coronary heart disease worldwide, only some obese individuals go on to develop these metabolic complications, while others are relatively protected. Defining these protective factors could help scientists prevent disease in the wider population.

4 Feb 2010

CRN issues statement on "The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010"

The responsible dietary supplement industry represents the health and wellness interests of more than 150 million Americans who use dietary supplements each year. The number one priority for CRN and our members is to ensure that our consumers have access to safe, beneficial products that they can incorporate into their daily wellness regimens.

4 Feb 2010

Anti-inflammatory plant derivative could play a role in cancer treatment, say MCG researchers

Medical College of Georgia researchers are seeking to refine cancer treatment with an anti-inflammatory plant derivative long used in Chinese medicine.

4 Feb 2010

Ontario's doctors urge patients to make simple lifestyle changes for better health

The number of patients living with chronic disease in Ontario is on the rise, finds a new report by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). The study reveals that between 1995-2005, the number of patients with diabetes has increased over 50% and more concerning is that the number of patients with diabetes aged 19 and younger has gone up by 20%.

4 Feb 2010

Emerging Healthcare Solutions completes due diligence and review requirements with ThromboVision

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that the company has successfully completed the due diligence and review requirements under their recent option agreement with ThromboVision, a company that has licensed the patent on the new T-Guide® Platelet Function Analyzer, which is currently going through regulatory clearance review.

4 Feb 2010

New technique may reduce recovery time in arrhythmia patients

A surgeon and an electrophysiologist in the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center last week worked together to perform a novel, minimally-invasive procedure to treat a common but dangerous arrhythmia in a 61-year-old lawyer from east Texas who has suffered from the condition for months.

4 Feb 2010

HUCB-derived purified and expanded CD133+ cells may show promise in cellular cardiomyoplasty

Researchers at the Pontif-cia Universidade Cat-lica do Paran- and Instituto Carlos Chagas have evaluated the therapeutic potential of purified and expanded CD133+ cells human umbilical cord blood (HUCB)-derived in treating myocardial infarction by intramyocardially injecting them into a rat model. Patients who have high cardiovascular risks have fewer endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and their EPCs exhibit greater in vitro senescence.

4 Feb 2010

Canadian Institutes of Health Research awards $2.3M for study on integrative biology of inflammatory diseases

A research team led by Dr. John D. Rioux, a researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) and professor in the faculty of medicine at the Université de Montréal, has been awarded a grant of more than $2.3 million to finance a major research project on the integrative biology of inflammatory diseases. From among the roughly 70 applications submitted, Dr. Rioux's team is one of six selected by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to receive the Emerging Team Grant - From Genes to Proteins, Cells, Tissues and Patients.

4 Feb 2010

Organizations across Canada unite as partners to prevent chronic diseases among Canadians

More than 30 organizations from across Canada are uniting as partners in a series of initiatives designed to improve the health of Canadians by preventing chronic disease. A total of $15.5 million is being invested in seven collaborative coalitions addressing such issues as childhood obesity, screening for chronic disease by family doctors, and the unique needs of First Nations communities.

4 Feb 2010

Geisinger Health System and TGen sign research agreement

Geisinger Health System and the Translational Genomics Research Institute today announced the signing of a strategic research agreement that provides a focused look at the gaps in clinical medicine where biomedical research can make a difference.

4 Feb 2010

Sudden infant death syndrome linked to low serotonin levels

Taking the next step in more than 20 years of research, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have linked sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with low production of serotonin in the brainstem, based on a comparison of brainstem samples from infants dying of SIDS compared to brainstems of infants dying from other, known causes.

4 Feb 2010

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Texas Health Dallas offers heart and vascular screening program for women

State of Michigan keeps lethal hospital infections in check

New program to help the U.S. health care sector switch to cleaner, renewable energy sources

CardioNet's MCOT service: 300,000th patient benefits

Study sheds new light on cancer metastasis

New Hanover Regional Medical Center renews supply chain agreement with Broadlane

Regular physical activity prevents chronic illness: Surgeon General urged to make outdoor time a health priority

Penrose-St. Francis Health Systems selects CardiacAssist's TandemHeart System

Waiting for birth as effective as inducing labor for intrauterine growth restriction

Researchers uncover new mechanism to protect individuals from serious complications of obesity

CRN issues statement on "The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010"

Anti-inflammatory plant derivative could play a role in cancer treatment, say MCG researchers

Ontario's doctors urge patients to make simple lifestyle changes for better health

Emerging Healthcare Solutions completes due diligence and review requirements with ThromboVision

New technique may reduce recovery time in arrhythmia patients

HUCB-derived purified and expanded CD133+ cells may show promise in cellular cardiomyoplasty

Canadian Institutes of Health Research awards $2.3M for study on integrative biology of inflammatory diseases

Organizations across Canada unite as partners to prevent chronic diseases among Canadians

Geisinger Health System and TGen sign research agreement

Sudden infant death syndrome linked to low serotonin levels

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