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Savannah’s MUMC Breast Care Program Granted Prestigious Accreditation
The breast care services at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah have been granted a full three-year accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). To date there are just over 100 centers across the United States that have achieved this prestigious accreditation accomplishment. - December 24, 2009 - Memorial Health
Website Launched for the 20th World Congress of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons
Dr. K. M. Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital today announced the Government of Tamil Nadu’s support in hosting the 20th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons and the 6th Global Forum on Humanitarian Medicine in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Al Gore to be the key thematic orator at the 20th World congress of Cardio thoracic surgeons. - December 23, 2009 - Frontier Lifeline
Sneha Diagnostics Opens It's 7th Centre in Nellore, AP, India
Sneha Diagnostics offers for the first time to the people of Nellore city and it's surroundings more than 1,500 tests in bio-chemistry, hematology, serology, pathology, micro-biology and 100 tests in radiology. - December 22, 2009 - Sneha Diagnostics
Microlife Medical Home Solutions Launches Comprehensive Online Health Management Program; MiHealthLog™
Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc. (MiMHS) launched MiHealthLog web-application for consumers who are interested in better managing their health and wellness. “Self-monitoring is the single best health behavior an individual can use to improve their health. Studies have repeatedly... - December 21, 2009 - Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc.
Immediate Medical Center (IMC), a Walk-In Urgent Care Center in Coral Springs, FL, Helps Raise Nearly $16,000 for Southwest FL Charities at PNA’s Festival of the Flutes
Immediate Medical Center (IMC), the Coral Springs, FL, walk-in medical and urgent care center and local authority in the Immediate and Urgent Care Industry in the Parkland/Coral Springs community, was a title sponsor of PNA’s Festival of the Flutes, a charity fundraiser held in Coral Springs, and helped raise nearly $16,000 for Southwest Florida nonprofit groups Mothers Against Brain Injury, Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund, and Broward Meals on Wheels. - December 20, 2009 - Immediate Medical Care
Major New Partner Hospital for Cosmetic Bliss Bariatric (Weight Loss Surgery) Patients
Cosmetic Bliss, leading UK Weight Loss Surgery provider and Dr Michal Cierny, specialist Bariatric Surgeon move to Breclav Hospital in order to establish a European Centre of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery, and to meet the growing demand for surgery caused by the rise in levels of Morbid Obesity. - December 19, 2009 - Cosmetic Bliss
MD Now Urgent Care Opens Newest Largest High Tech Clinic in West Palm Beach Florida Partnering with iTriage Medical Decision Tool for iPhone®, Smart Phone & Web Based App
MD Now Urgent Care Targets Growing Mobile Market on Healthagen’s iTriage Software Applications - December 16, 2009 - MD Now Urgent Care
High Levels of ‘good’ Cholesterol Linked to Lower CVD Risk in Women
High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol) and apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) in women appears to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. - December 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Specific Genetic Mutations do Not Affect Lung Function Response to Asthma Treatment
Therapy's effects on airway hyperresponsiveness, not lung function, was affected by genetic mutation. - December 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Current Cigarette Smokers at Increased Risk of Seizures
Cigarettes increase risk of seizures, while moderate caffeine or alcohol use was found to have no association with seizures. - December 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Pregnancy Testing as a Quality Indicator in Emergency Departments May Not Improve Care
New research demonstrates the difficulties and potential disadvantages of using national databases to develop and measure quality indicators. - December 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
John C. Lincoln Health Network is Among "Best Places to Work" in Phoenix, AZ
John C. Lincoln Health Network ranks among top, large employers in the Phoenix metro area for “Best Places to Work” for creating a positive work environment. - December 12, 2009 - John C. Lincoln Health Network
India to Host the 20th World Congress on Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Frontier Mediville to play host to the luminaries of cardiothoracic surgery from all over the world along with students, clinicians and scientists active in this field. Dr. K. M. Cherian, Chairman & CEO, Frontier Lifeline & Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation elected as Congress President - December 12, 2009 - Frontier Lifeline
MUMC in Savannah Names Co-Medical Director of StrokeOne Program
Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) has announced the appointment of Joel Greenberg, M.D., as the new co-medical director of the MUMC Stroke Program. He will work to further development and regional growth of Memorial’s Stroke Program. - December 11, 2009 - Memorial Health
Staffing Solution Gives Nurses Freedom to Choose Days, Hours They Can Work
South Nassau’s FlexChoiceRN program lets nurses determine the days and hours they can and can’t work at South Nassau and gives them unprecedented access to unit staffing needs as well as the capability to apply to fill those needs. - December 10, 2009 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Center of Excellence Awarded to South Nassau’s Complete Women’s Imaging
South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Complete Women’s Imaging has been designated an American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. The designation acknowledges the provider’s dedication to improving women’s health. - December 10, 2009 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Slidell Memorial Hospital Joins Peoples Health Hospital Network
Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) is pleased to announce that it is now a participating provider in the Peoples Health hospital network. Through this new partnership, Peoples Health plan members will now have access to SMH, a premier healthcare facility in Greater New Orleans. As of Dec. 1, 2009,... - December 03, 2009 - Slidell Memorial Hospital
MUMC in Savannah Wins Gold Award for Online Initiatives
Memorial University Medical Center’s (MUMC) Web site, www.memorialhealth.com, won a Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award in the category of hospitals with 400+ beds at the 13th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held in Las Vegas recently. The “Careers” section of the site earned gold recognition in the category of hospitals with 400+ beds. In particular, memorialhealth.com was noted for its use of social media to connect with the community, its Team Member testimonials, and its creativity. - December 02, 2009 - Memorial Health
Maternity Unit Receives Gift for New Infant Transporter
South Nassau Communities Hospital has once again benefited from the generosity of the Rapaport Family Charitable Trust, which recently donated a gift of $15,000 for the purchase of a new infant transporter for the hospital’s Labor and Delivery Suite. The new transporter provides a controlled... - December 02, 2009 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
First IVM Procedures Result in Three Births in New England
In the past two months, three babies conceived using one of the latest developments in infertility treatment, in vitro maturation (IVM), have been born in Rhode Island – the first three live births (one singleton born in August and one set of twins born in October) in New England of babies conceived using IVM. - December 02, 2009 - Women & Infants Hospital
John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital in Phoenix 1 of 30 Hospitals to Earn Second Beacon Award
Only an elite 158 of the nation’s 6,000-plus critical care units have earned the Beacon Award, even once. John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital in Phoenix is the nation’s 30th hospital critical care department to earn a second Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). - November 27, 2009 - John C. Lincoln Health Network
Cancer Program Benefits from 2009 Carnation Ball
Harold Mahony, Esq., chair of the board of directors of South Nassau Communities Hospital, and physician leaders Henry Partridge, MD, and Jerome Zisfein, MD, were honored at South Nassau’s 2009 Annual Carnation Ball. Mr. Mahony was the honoree of the event and Drs. Partridge and Zisfein were... - November 25, 2009 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
MUMC Cancer Program Granted Prestigious Accreditation
The Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, has been granted a Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation by The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons. ACI is the only facility in the region to have received this CoC Accreditation with Commendation. - November 25, 2009 - Memorial Health
Children’s Hospital Boston Unveils Its First Text-Message Fundraising Campaign
Children’s Partners with Boston’s Top Professional Athletes and Celebrities to Encourage Public to “Text 4 Kids.” - November 24, 2009 - Children's Hospital Boston
Women’s Health and Surgery Center OB/GYN of Stafford, VA Partners with MDS Medical to Launch Re-Designed Website
Stafford, Virginia’s Women’s Health and Surgery Center, in partnership with electronic medical record software and technology integrator MDS Medical, have teamed up to launch a redesigned practice website. The new website educates visitors on common gynecological conditions, minimally invasive gynecological surgical options, and advancements in laparoscopy. - November 20, 2009 - MDS Medical Software
Free-of-Charge Meeting with Plastic Surgery Advisor in Dublin
Meet Nina Manduk – Polish cosmetic surgery advisor offering aesthetic surgery in Poland - November 20, 2009 - Nina Manduk MediConsult
MUMC Switches to Environmentally Friendly Surgical Kits
In September, Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, became the first acute-care facility in the United States to begin using the new Hybrid Preference Pack™ from the healthcare service companies Cardinal Health and SRI Surgical®. These environmentally friendly packs are a mix of both disposable and reusable products in its operating rooms, catheterization lab, labor and delivery rooms, and outpatient surgery departments. - November 19, 2009 - Memorial Health
Hinduja Group Firm Signs MoU with Dassault Systemes
Hinduja Group firm Defiance Tech today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dassault Systemes to market the Euronext-listed company's solutions across Indian automotive, industrial and aerospace and defence sectors. "We are a software provider and Defiance Tech has the necessary... - November 19, 2009 - Hinduja Group
Truly Affordable Access for Primary Care Available in the Snoqualmie Valley
The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District now offers prepaid Primary Care called Affordable Access. For a set monthly fee, members may schedule appointments as needed for preventative care, chronic disease management and in-office procedures. Same or next day evaluations are available for minor injuries as well as illnesses. - November 15, 2009 - Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District
Four Women & Infants/Alpert Medical School Physicians Accepted as Fellowship Candidates
Four physicians from Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island/The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have been accepted as fellowship candidates by the American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society. The four fellowship candidates are: Sandra Ann Carson, MD, of Cranston, RI;... - November 14, 2009 - Women & Infants Hospital
Student Success Jobs Program Receives National Afterschool Innovator Award from MetLife Foundation
MetLife Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today honored the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Student Success Jobs Program (SSJP) with an Afterschool Innovator Award. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Adds to State of the Art Imaging Suite
New system at BWH is the first in the world to allow the capabilities of both MRI and x-ray angiography in a single suite. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Minimally Invasive vs. Open Radical Prostatectomy
Researchers find the minimally invasive approach results in a higher rate of genitourinary complications, incontinence and erectile dysfunction. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Risks of Complications by Attending Physicians Following Overnight Procedure is Significantly Reduced if Given an Opportunity to Sleep Six or More Hrs
New research finds that procedures performed the day after attending physicians worked overnight were not more likely to have an increased risk for complications if the physician had an opportunity to sleep for six or more hours. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Announces New President
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, has been named the next president. Dr. Nabel will assume her position January 1, succeeding Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Racial and Sex Disparities in Survival Losses Due to HIV in the United States
The benefits in survival for treating HIV with antiretroviral therapy appear to differ by both gender and ethnicity. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Better Retention in Care is a Cost-Effective Way to Improve Outcomes in HIV Disease
The effectiveness of treating HIV with antiretroviral therapy is undermined by the large number of individuals who initiate treatment but do not continue regular clinic visits. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
New Process for Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation Discovered
Researchers at BWH have discovered a novel means of controlling stem cell differentiation into desired cell types. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Fish Oil Component Shows Potential to Treat a Variety of Inflammatory Diseases
Researchers discover why fish oils produce anti-inflammatory effects, which could have major clinical implications for the treatment of a number of diseases related to inflammation. - November 13, 2009 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Study Shows Effectiveness of Gamma Knife Treatment
The study is based on the research team’s analysis of 111 patients who initially were treated with whole-brain-radiation-therapy (WBRT) then received stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to treat the tumor recurrence. - November 13, 2009 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Dr. Bagdonas Inducted Into Prestigious Trauma Care Association
South Nassau Communities Hospital’s director of trauma and surgical critical care, Richard A. Bagdonas, M.D., has been inducted into the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is the... - November 07, 2009 - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Does Race, Income Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome?
A patient’s socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The study is being presented Nov. 4 at the 51st Annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Chicago. It is unique in that nearly 50 percent of patients in the analysis are African American. - November 06, 2009 - Henry Ford Health System
Henry Ford Hospital Study: Hepatitis B Does Not Increase Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer - and that only age is a contributing factor. The results contradict a previous study in 2008 that suggested a link between pancreatic cancer and previous hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver caused by a viral infection. - November 05, 2009 - Henry Ford Health System
Preventative Brain Radiation for Lung Cancer Patients: The Benefits and Risks
A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the brain. Study results show that while preventative brain radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer... - November 04, 2009 - Henry Ford Health System
Hinduja Group’s Venture - ‘Boutique Hospital’
‘Boutique Hospital’ - One step further up the ladder of success for Hinduja Group is Hinduja Hospital’s surgical branch at Khar (W), Mumbai. - October 31, 2009 - Hinduja Group
Hinduja Hospital Receives NABH Accreditation
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of Quality council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for Healthcare. P.D. Hinduja Hospital is the second hospital in the city to receive the NABH accreditation. Patients are the biggest beneficiaries with NABH raising quality of care and patient safety to International standards by regular evaluation. Accreditation provides access to reliable and certified information. - October 29, 2009 - Hinduja Group
DR. K. M. Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital Opens an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic
In an effort to continue to provide the highest quality health care, Dr. K. M. Cherian’s Frontier Lifeline Hospital announced the opening of an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a common birth defect occurring in nearly 1% of all live births. With new... - October 29, 2009 - Frontier Lifeline
MedGem® and BodyGem® Can Determine Percent Body Fat in Overweight Adults and Adds Value to Weight Management Programs
Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc. (MiMHS) presented the results from a validation trial at the 27th Annual Obesity Society Scientific Conference. This trial assessed the accuracy and reliability of determining percent body fat from a MedGem measurement. Fat-free body mass (FFM) is made up of... - October 28, 2009 - Microlife Medical Home Solutions, Inc.
Meet Plastic Surgery Advisor in Nottingham (UK) in November 2009
Another great opportunity to find out more about affordable cosmetic surgery in Poland and meet plastic surgery consultant for free. - October 28, 2009 - Nina Manduk MediConsult
Sauer Family Chiropractic of Kaneohe Hawaii Chooses Alphamed Solutions to Provide Medical Billing Services to Improve Billing and Increase Cash Flow
Sauer Family Chiropractic is very pleased with the level of service, responsiveness, and improved practice revenue and collection provided by Alphamed. - October 27, 2009 - Alphamed Solutions, Inc.