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Elsevier introduces new online exam preparation tool for UK Medical Schools

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of Exam Consult, an online exam preparation and simulation tool.

6 May 2011

Redfox, Microsoft and Elsevier introduce new e-learning netbook for nurses

Elsevier, Redfox Technologies and Microsoft today announced the launch of the iCitizen Nursing Skills Netbook, an integrated and affordable e-learning netbook for nurses and nursing students in The Philippines.

6 May 2011

Study examines community-based HIV testing programs in Africa, Southeast Asia

If you want to improve HIV testing rates in remote rural areas, get the community involved, says UCLA's Thomas Coates, who has directed a new study examining HIV testing programs in communities in Africa and Southeast Asia.

6 May 2011

Fecal transplant procedures performed at Sinai Hospital

Sudhir Dutta, M.D., head of the Division of Gastroenterology at Sinai Hospital, performed fecal transplant procedures for two patients with severe clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis that did not respond to routine antibiotic and other treatments. C. difficile causes symptoms ranging from mild diarrhea to more serious, sometimes life threatening colon inflammation.

5 May 2011

NHI acquires four assisted living and memory care communities for $15 million

National Health Investors, Inc. announced today it has closed a $15 million purchase of four assisted living and memory care communities totaling 183 units in Louisiana and has leased those communities to Selah SeniorCare III and managed by Selah Management Group. The purchase price was funded from NHI's revolving credit facility.

5 May 2011

St. Vincent RNs sign agreement with management to withdraw strike for patient safety

After a 6 -hour negotiating session, the registered nurses of the St. Vincent Hospital have reached a tentative agreement with management tonight, averting a strike that was set to begin on Friday May 6.

5 May 2011

Lead investigator to discuss growing impact of AFib on US health care costs and resources

Two studies to be presented this week address the often-overlooked costs associated with atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia.

5 May 2011

Study: 15% of U.S. nursing homes receive infection control deficiency citation per year

Fifteen percent of U.S. nursing homes receive deficiency citations for infection control per year, according to a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

4 May 2011

Fat-loss leads to earlier death in mice

Since the 1930s scientists have proposed food restriction as a way to extend life in mice. Though feeding a reduced-calorie diet has indeed lengthened the life spans of mice, rats and many other species, new studies with dozens of different mouse strains indicate that food restriction does not work in all cases.

4 May 2011

Omega reports $5.9 million net loss for first quarter 2011

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced its results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2011.

4 May 2011

First Edition: April 3, 2011

Today's headlines include reports on the GOP's ongoing efforts to defund the health law as well as the impact a new rule might have on Medicaid provider payments.

3 May 2011

U.Va, Coulter Foundation partner for translational research in biomedical engineering

The University of Virginia and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation have teamed to create a $20 million endowment to foster research collaboration between biomedical engineers and clinicians, with the goal of developing new technologies to improve patient care and human health.

3 May 2011

Helping Babies Breathe focuses on resuscitation in 'The Golden Minute'

A program that teaches health care workers in developing countries basic techniques to resuscitate babies immediately after birth is saving lives, according to a study to be presented Tuesday, May 3, at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Denver.

3 May 2011

Beta amyloid may inhibit specific cell motors and contribute to memory loss

A protein associated with Alzheimer's disease clogs several motors of the cell transport machinery critical for normal cell division, leading to defective neurons that may contribute to the memory-robbing disease, University of South Florida researchers report.

3 May 2011

McMaster receives new Canadian Cancer Society grants for groundbreaking research

Three cancer studies led by Hamilton researchers are among 52 new research projects worth close to $22 million announced by the Canadian Cancer Society.

3 May 2011

Omnicell first quarter revenue is $57.2 million for 2011

Omnicell, Inc., a leading global provider of system solutions to acute healthcare facilities, today announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

From Omnicell, Inc. 3 May 2011

VITAS acquires operating assets of Alabama-based Family Comfort Hospice

Chemed Corporation today announced that its VITAS Healthcare Corporation subsidiary has acquired the operating assets of Family Comfort Hospice based in Alabama, effective April 29, 2011.

3 May 2011

CHS to acquire Tenet for $7.25 per share

Community Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it has raised its all-cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Tenet Healthcare Corporation to $7.25 per share from $6.00 per share.

2 May 2011

Investigators to advance research and care of the elderly

The demographics are dauanting: between 2005 and 2030, the number of adults 65 and over in the United States is expected to nearly double.

2 May 2011

Porter Adventist Hospital introduces new institute for robotic surgery

Robotic surgery, once the stuff of science fiction, has for some years been recognized as an important advance in surgical technique and patient experience. Now, at Porter Adventist Hospital, a comprehensive team of surgeons and staff are helping to bring in a new era in robotic surgery.

2 May 2011