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Gerresheimer AG sets up new sales office in Moscow

Gerresheimer AG has set up a sales office in Moscow. The new representation centre will intensify the Group's business in pharmaceutical primary packaging and drug-delivery systems. "This is a strategically important step to further develop the fast-growing pharma & healthcare markets of Russia and neighboring regions," says Gerresheimer CEO Dr. Axel Herberg.

7 Apr 2010

Thomson Reuters ranks UC San Diego Health System as one of nation's top 15 major teaching hospitals

UC San Diego Health System was recently listed as one the nation's top 15 major teaching hospitals by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction, financial performance, and operational efficiency. This is first time UC San Diego Health System has been recognized with this honor.

7 Apr 2010

HOLCOMB C3-R cures bobsledder of impending blindness, helps win gold at 2010 Winter Olympics

It was an amazing triumph of the will, when the U.S. Bobsled Team, led by captain Steve Holcomb, took home the first Gold in 62 years at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. An amazing feat, yet only the tip of the iceberg, for 2 years prior Holcomb underwent a brand new procedure to cure his impending blindness.

7 Apr 2010

Mobile compression device effective in preventing blood clots after hip replacement surgery

A mobile compression device is as effective as medication at preventing the formation of blood clots after hip replacement surgery but provides greater patient safety, according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

7 Apr 2010

A-Life Hospital signs agreement to provide facility outpatient-based CAC services to OhioHealth

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today that A-Life Hospital, its wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with OhioHealth, a Columbus, Ohio-based hospital system, effective March 15, 2010.

7 Apr 2010

Antigens of both influenza B virus strains can improve influenza vaccines

Vaccines likely would work better in protecting children from flu if they included both strains of influenza B instead of just one, Saint Louis University research has found.

7 Apr 2010

Actual cost of blood 37% higher than previously estimated

A new blood transfusion cost analysis study published in the April 2010 issue of Transfusion, a peer-reviewed academic journal, shows that when all of the complex cost factors leading up to and after a red blood cell (RBC) transfusion are considered, the actual cost of blood is substantially higher than previously estimated.

7 Apr 2010

New seminar series "Physical Care of Duchenne" unveiled

Duchenne Therapy Network today unveiled a new seminar series called, "Physical Care of Duchenne." The course, which includes two separate sessions taught by Jennifer Wallace, PT, will be held at the Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa.

7 Apr 2010

Kofax to provide large Australian insurance provider with document capture solution

Kofax plc, the leading provider of document driven business process automation solutions, today announced it will provide a document capture solution to one of Australia's largest insurance providers and leading workers compensation insurer. The value of the contract to Kofax is approximately $800,000.

7 Apr 2010

Implementation of electronic health record systems may not be enough to improve health quality

The implementation of electronic health record systems may not be enough to significantly improve health quality and reduce costs. In the April 2010 issue of Health Affairs, researchers from the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital report finding that currently implemented systems have little effect on measures such as patient mortality, surgical complications, length of stay and costs.

7 Apr 2010

Sigma-Aldrich, HSI sign distribution agreement for patented stable isotope labeled synthetic reagents

Sigma-Aldrich® announced today that it has signed an agreement with New Mexico Highlands University through its licensee, Highlands Stable Isotope Corp., to exclusively distribute a novel set of patented stable isotope labeled synthetic reagents.

7 Apr 2010

CAV1 gene variation contributes to kidney transplant failure: JAMA

Among kidney transplant donors, variation of a gene that is an inhibitor of the development of fibrous connective tissue is significantly associated with an increased risk of graft failure, according to a study in the April 7 issue of JAMA.

7 Apr 2010

Conservatives claim that national insurance freeze will save NHS £200m

The Conservatives have claimed that a halt in the Labour planned rise in National Insurance (NI) could mean £200 million in savings for the NHS and provide doctors more power to choose which drugs especially those treating cancer are made available.

7 Apr 2010

Global Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration to identify solutions for shortage of nurse faculty

The global nursing shortage is due in part to a lack of faculty in nursing schools and to a phenomenon known as nurse migration, where nurses leave their country of origin to work elsewhere. In response, the International Council of Nurses and the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, supported by The Elsevier Foundation, will conduct the Global Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration-a meeting of nurse experts who will examine the problem, and identify realistic and measurable solutions.

7 Apr 2010

Therapeutic swing for autism-spectrum disorder sheds metallic particles directly into eyes of children

The presence of metallic foreign bodies in the eye is an uncommon injury in children, so much so that two children with autism presenting with this injury led to detective work by two physicians that found the common cause.

7 Apr 2010

Officials of Kylin Therapeutics receive an issued patent from USPTO

Officials of Kylin Therapeutics Inc., a leading RNAi company, announced this week that they received an issued patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

7 Apr 2010

Researchers commence Phase 2 research study to test CERE-110 for AD

Researchers at Banner Sun Health Research Institute are about to start the first Phase 2 research study to test a gene transfer agent for Alzheimer's disease. AD is a degenerative and ultimately fatal disorder affecting as many as five million Americans and that number is expected to soar to more than 11 million by 2040.

7 Apr 2010

Study provides benchmark data to evaluate quality of management of sickle cell disease

The largest study to date of the use of acute care medical services by people with sickle cell disease found four of every 10 had to return to the hospital within 30 days of a previous hospitalization or go to the emergency department for treatment of pain, according to a new study funded in part by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

7 Apr 2010

Measure of blood flow in lungs could help identify smokers at risk of emphysema

Using CT scans to measure blood flow in the lungs of people who smoke may offer a way to identify which smokers are most at risk of emphysema before the disease damages and eventually destroys areas of the lungs, according to a University of Iowa study.

7 Apr 2010

NNIT selects Verizon Business to manage global communications infrastructure for Novo Nordisk

NNIT, a leading Danish IT consultancy, has chosen Verizon Business to deploy and manage a global communications infrastructure for Novo Nordisk, the global health care company. A fully managed Verizon Private IP solution will provide secure, scalable and flexible connectivity for 75 of Novo Nordisk's locations around the world, helping the company to streamline its global operations, while also realizing cost and management efficiencies.

7 Apr 2010

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Gerresheimer AG sets up new sales office in Moscow

Thomson Reuters ranks UC San Diego Health System as one of nation's top 15 major teaching hospitals

HOLCOMB C3-R cures bobsledder of impending blindness, helps win gold at 2010 Winter Olympics

Mobile compression device effective in preventing blood clots after hip replacement surgery

A-Life Hospital signs agreement to provide facility outpatient-based CAC services to OhioHealth

Antigens of both influenza B virus strains can improve influenza vaccines

Actual cost of blood 37% higher than previously estimated

New seminar series "Physical Care of Duchenne" unveiled

Kofax to provide large Australian insurance provider with document capture solution

Implementation of electronic health record systems may not be enough to improve health quality

Sigma-Aldrich, HSI sign distribution agreement for patented stable isotope labeled synthetic reagents

CAV1 gene variation contributes to kidney transplant failure: JAMA

Conservatives claim that national insurance freeze will save NHS £200m

Global Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration to identify solutions for shortage of nurse faculty

Therapeutic swing for autism-spectrum disorder sheds metallic particles directly into eyes of children

Officials of Kylin Therapeutics receive an issued patent from USPTO

Researchers commence Phase 2 research study to test CERE-110 for AD

Study provides benchmark data to evaluate quality of management of sickle cell disease

Measure of blood flow in lungs could help identify smokers at risk of emphysema

NNIT selects Verizon Business to manage global communications infrastructure for Novo Nordisk

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