The Brain Tumor Unit at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, is launching a clinical trial that will examine the use of biomarkers to advance the treatment of malignant gliomas, brain tumors that start in the brain or spinal cord tissue. Annually, about 17,000 Americans are diagnosed with gliomas, which are difficult to treat and often fatal.
Head and neck cancer surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center performed the area’s first transoral robotic surgery (TORS), a recently approved minimally invasive no-scar procedure to remove tumors in the throat.
On the 9 June 2010, 119 participants from industry, academia, and related stakeholder communities in the U.S. and Europe joined Alzforum for a Webinar with Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) director Paul Aisen, who explained what kinds of project ideas the ADCS leaders welcome from the worldwide Alzheimer Disease research community as they prepare for a new round of federal ADCS funding next year. The ADCS runs trials with public-private collaborations, and has developed a clinical trial infrastructure and a tool kit well suited to push drug trials into the pre-symptomatic phase of the disease.
A Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) post-baccalaureate Applied Health Informatics Program now open to applicants provides career-enhancing technology education to all healthcare professionals.
A breakthrough external beam radiotherapy technology that is fast and has optimal dose delivery to targeted tumors is the latest radiotherapy weapon that specialists are using at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute has released a new publication that maps the surgeon supply across the United States.
Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first in North Texas to use the newest generation surgical robot, the dual-console DaVinci Surgical System, enabling them to perform minimally invasive surgeries with even greater precision.
When used in conjunction with these antibiotics, the chemical additives overcome enzymes produced by resistant bacteria that allow them to survive exposure to antibiotics.
Hospitals providing the best patient experience in the nation, according to surveys of their patients overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, were identified today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, and posted to its website, www.healthgrades.com.
Technology developed by University of Virginia inventors involving adipose stem cells – adult stem cells found in fatty tissue – could one day be used to treat severe wounds and other conditions. The technology has just been licensed to the GID Group.
MONAHRQ is a free, MS Windows-based software application that significantly reduces the cost and time an organization would need to spend to compile, analyze and post data on quality of hospital care.
Baylor Health Care System announced today the opening of a new Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute in an underserved community in South Dallas that it believes will ultimately influence the way diabetes is treated and prevented around the country.
The device uses auditory cues to retrain the neuromuscular pathway much like EncorePath’s first stroke device, Tailwind, does to improve arm function and range of motion.
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) today released “Accountable Care Organization Principles” which it hopes will help guide regulatory activity regarding the development of these high-performing care systems mandated by recent health reform, as well as inspire significant improvements in the healthcare delivery system nationwide.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been named the nation’s top children’s cancer hospital in the 2010-11 Best Children’s Hospital rankings published in U.S. News & World Report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced June 1 that Baxter Healthcare Corporation became its first Industry Supporter as a part of the recently launched ASA Corporate Supporter Program.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is the first site in North Texas to launch the next generation in CT scanners, which allow doctors to image an entire organ in less than a second or track blood flow through the brain or to a tumor – all with less radiation exposure to patients.
New video footage of the DEKA Arm System, a high-tech prosthetic arm that mimics the functionality of a natural limb, is available at http://www.rehab.research.va.gov/video/jrrdvideos.html.
Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) will participate in ProTECT III, a groundbreaking National Institute of Health (NIH)-sponsored research study for the emergency treatment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) using the hormone progesterone.
Two Buffalo scientists have paired up to create technology that has the potential to revolutionize surgical training worldwide, developing the first procedure-based, hands-on surgical training software. Their patent-pending system, Hands-On Surgical Training ™ (HOST), guides surgeons through real-time operative procedures using the Robotic Surgical Simulator ™ (RoSS) interface.
A new surgery that can get people with foot drop out of a brace and walking normally.
The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy is incorporating the eLadder® Safety eLearning course series into its curriculum to form the core content of a special elective in pharmacovigilance to be offered at the School of Pharmacy.
The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic, under the mantle of the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics, have formed a strategic research relationship with the Karolinska Institute of Stockholm, Sweden, the top-rated medical research university in Europe.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to investigators at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics to study obligations researchers may have to provide ancillary health care unrelated to their study while working in impoverished settings.
The National Alopecia Areata Foundation announces the release of a new 30 second PSA featuring Detroit Pistons Charlie Villanueva
A less invasive, surgical treatment for bunions known as the Mini TightRope procedure is being used at Rush University Medical Center to correct bunions, or hallux valgus, a common, often painful deformity in which the big toe is angled in toward the smaller toes.
The American Thyroid Association and the European Thyroid Association support World Thyroid Day, May 25, 2010, to enhance awareness and understanding of thyroid health.
High insurance costs keep many arthritis sufferers from using expensive - but highly effective - biotech drugs.
Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com, a leading provider of peer-reviewed content for nursing and health professionals, is collaborating with HealthyWomen, the nation’s premier health information source for women, to expand access to HealthyWomen’s consumer and patient education materials.
Designed to stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment, this procedure is traditionally performed via a large incision on the back, stripping vital muscles away from the spine.
Two new advanced degree programs designed for college graduates who want to strengthen their training and education in biomedical science have been announced by the UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The NIH is sponsoring research of an investigational vaccine for a potentially deadly virus.
NewYork-Presbyterian has created a new careers and nursing website to recruit the best and brightest for a wide range of clinical and non-clinical positions. The innovative site -- www.nyp.org/careers -- simplifies the process of searching and applying for a job, while featuring the real stories of Hospital employees.
The American Medical Group Association announced that the most recent in a series of regional meetings focused on accountable care organizations (ACOs), hosted by Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas, continued to build on the success of previous meetings in the series. The meetings are drawing healthcare leaders together to network in an intimate setting and to learn from leading medical groups and organized systems of care that are exemplars of the ACO model.
Celsis International, the global leader in rapid microbial detection, has been honored for supply chain excellence with its inclusion in Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine’s ninth-annual listing of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100.
Less than 1 in 6 report availability of e-mail, Internet communications with kids’ health care providers; half say having e-access would be helpful
UC San Diego Health System is enrolling a small group of patients in a two-year study to examine the safety of a non-invasive cardiac shock wave procedure for patients with chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart.
A new weight reduction surgical option is now available through the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The newest surgical weight loss procedure offered by the Center is the “gastric sleeve,” named as such because a large part of the stomach is removed and the remainder is closed to make a tube-like “sleeve.”
As the United States prepares to add 32 million more patients to the health care system through health care reform, 11 of the leading medical societies in the country joined together today to publicly support the introduction of the Health Care Truth and Transparency Act of 2010.
Men concerned about their health will soon have a new health facility designed especially for them, thanks to the generosity of New York's pre-eminent philanthropist Iris Cantor, who donated $20 million toward its establishment. The first of its kind in the region, the Iris Cantor Men's Health Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center will provide one-stop comprehensive medical services for men. The Center is scheduled to open in 2012.
Give the gift of health to women in your community with the purchase of a pink BlackBerry smartphone only from TELUS.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is the only site in North Texas participating in a national study that offers advanced lung-cancer patients free screenings of their tumors for genetic mutations, some of which might be targets for treatment with existing or experimental therapies.
Geisinger has exceeded the national benchmark for testing women who are at risk for developing osteoporosis – a silent and serious disease.
Driven by his mother's health questions and the difficulty of providing simple, reliable answers, Shantanu Nundy, MD, a resident in internal medicine, has collected all of the "generally accepted truths" about preventing disease, organized them into checklists based on age, and published them as Stay Healthy at Every Age.
A new research study to be conducted by Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing associate professor Nancy Glass will help women plan for their personal safety when ending an abusive relationship.
Policies allowing genes to be patented can make it more difficult for patients to access testing for important disease-causing gene mutations, according to a series of papers in a special online supplement published by Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.
The North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced the launch of a new online service to help consumers find out the cost of medical services in advance, learn whether they are eligible for financial assistance and how to get help with paying their hospital bills.
Backed by a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Pradeep Garg, Ph.D., and research colleagues at Wake Forest Baptist and Duke University Medical Center are conducting research to improve the effectiveness of nicotine vaccination for cigarette smokers.
Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, announced the launch of its new XTRASORB™ Foam dressing. The dressing is the company's first novel entry in the $300 million foam wound dressing market. First sales are expected during the second quarter of 2010.
People who rely on the print media for their health information tend to do better than Web-seekers at following a healthy lifestyle
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