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LCT receives approval for New Zealand Phase II human trial of DIABECELL

Living Cell Technologies Limited, a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, today announced that it has received approval to advance to the next phase of its New Zealand Phase II human clinical trial with its groundbreaking DIABECELL®. The approval follows a positive assessment from the New Zealand Data Safety and Monitoring Board of the first four patients to receive its DIABACELL® implants.

30 Mar 2010

DIATHERIX GI test panel can detect nine types of GI infections

DIATHERIX Laboratories adds a gastrointestinal panel to its lineup of highly sensitive, rapid response diagnostic tests. In a single result, the DIATHERIX GI panel can detect and differentiate nine types of GI infections so physicians can quickly identify patients who have severe, life-threatening infections.

30 Mar 2010

Researchers to study health literacy among Indigenous people living with cardiovascular disease

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto are part of an international team of researchers recently awarded a multi-million dollar grant for their work in cardiovascular disease among Indigenous people in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian team will receive $742,000 in funding for its part of the project from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnerships.

30 Mar 2010

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces new contract with Premier Purchasing Partners

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces a new three-year contract with Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc., that includes Siemens powerful integrated diagnostic systems, several specialty diagnostic instruments, and a comprehensive menu of diagnostic tests for Premier's more than 2,300 member hospitals and 64,000 additional healthcare sites.

29 Mar 2010

Eclipsys, Rothman partner to build Patient Condition Tracker software solution on Helios by Eclipsys platform

Following the momentum of launching an industry-defining open architecture platform, Eclipsys Corporation today announced a partnership with Rothman Healthcare Research to build its Patient Condition Tracker software solution on the Helios by Eclipsys™ platform.

29 Mar 2010

FDA grants SynCardia Systems conditional approval to conduct IDE study of Freedom driver system

SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, today announced it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study of the Freedom™ driver system, the first-ever U.S. portable driver designed to power SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart.

29 Mar 2010

Health Robotics launches global Beta installation of 3 i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine automation modules

Health Robotics today announced the successful global launch of the Beta Installation kick-off for its 3 latest i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine software automation modules [Assist, Label+ and Profile] in Nice [France], the 2010 venue for the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists. i.v.SOFT helps Pharmacy Technicians, I.V. Room Supervisors, and Pharmacy Directors to compound and manage the safe and efficient manual production of IV Admixtures according to hospital-defined sterile compounding guidelines, and to help bring the pharmacies into compliance with USP 797 regulations in the United States and GMP guidelines elsewhere.

29 Mar 2010

As CMS nominee, Berwick would face changes and challenges

President Barack Obama will soon nominate Dr. Donald M. Berwick to "run Medicare and Medicaid, the programs that serve nearly one-third of all Americans, administration officials said Saturday," The New York Times reports.

29 Mar 2010

Upgrading to policy with no limits benefits insurance agent

It can be instructive to consider not just what long term care insurance professionals recommend, but what they do -- for their own personal protection. A good example is the case of Kim Galatolo, an agent with LTC Financial Partners LLC one of the nation's most experienced long term care insurance agencies. In California, where Galatolo lives and works, the firm is known as LTC Partners & Insurance Services, LLC.

29 Mar 2010

Three new hospitals utilize PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform

PureWellness, Inc., a leading provider of online wellness solutions, announced it has signed agreements with three new hospitals; Northeast Georgia Health Systems, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, and Fletcher Allen Health Care.

29 Mar 2010

PROCAPS granted exclusive rights to commercialize Pro-Pharmaceuticals' DAVANAT in Colombia

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of therapeutics that target Galectin receptors to treat cancer and fibrosis, today announced that it has granted PROCAPS S.A. exclusive rights to market and sell DAVANAT® to treat cancer in Colombia, South America. Phase ll clinical trial results for late-stage colorectal cancer patients demonstrate that when DAVANAT® is co-administered with the chemotherapy drug 5-FU, survival increased by 46% over the best standard of care and reduced serious adverse events associated with chemotherapy.

29 Mar 2010

Surgery helps reduce weight from 118 kg to 62.8 kg

Weight control is one of the important topics for modern people. In addition to proper diet, regular exercise and appropriate use of medicine, obese suffers may consider weight loss surgeries for faster effects. The first successful case in NCKU Hospital reduced her weight from 118 kg to 62.8 kg one year after the surgery.

29 Mar 2010

Cardima announces CE Mark approval for Surgical Ablation Probe in Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Cardima, Inc., a medical device company focused on the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and manufacturer of the Cardima Surgical Ablation System, today announced that it has received CE Mark approval with an Indication for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation for its Surgical Ablation Probe. All components of the Cardima Surgical Ablation System are now approved for marketing for the treatment of AF in European countries recognizing CE Mark approval.

29 Mar 2010

Workforce pipeline to help address disparities in mental health services in Massachusetts

Supporting clinical training programs that develop language skills and cultural competence and forgiving educational loans for psychology graduates who have this kind of training can help meet the critical need for mental health providers to care for Latinos and other underserved populations, said leaders of Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, who spoke at the state Health Disparities Council meeting earlier this week.

29 Mar 2010

Pacemaker in stomach can help treat severe stomach disorders and chronic vomiting

People with severe stomach disorders can sometimes suffer from chronic vomiting. This symptom can be treated with electrical impulses from a pacemaker in the stomach. A new method enables patients who could benefit from this treatment to be identified, and electrical stimulation leads to reduced nausea and fewer days in hospital, shows a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

29 Mar 2010

Thomson Reuters' annual study identifying 100 top U.S. hospitals released

Thomson Reuters today released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance.

29 Mar 2010

3 jurors out of Patel manslaughter case in the first 6 days of trial

Another Juror in the manslaughter trail of Dr. Jayant Patel has been discharged from her duties in a latest development. She is the third in the last six days of the trial at the Supreme Court in Brisbane

29 Mar 2010

Healthcare reforms – How much more is necessary?

A lot of media attention has been focussed on Australian healthcare reforms lately. Although parallels are being drawn between the American health care policy and its counterpart in Australia, the latter fails to satisfy the public as the former even tries to.

29 Mar 2010

Child-patient research subjects too often in the dark about their participation: Study

A small study of children with cancer enrolled in therapeutic clinical research trials shows that they don't fully understand what physicians and parents tell them about their participation, nor do they feel they are genuinely involved in the choice to take part.

29 Mar 2010

Ontario's budget to eliminate $250 dietary allowance available to ill recipients

Ontario's budget will eliminate the $250 dietary allowance available to ill recipients of social assistance and this will significantly drive up healthcare costs, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE said today.

29 Mar 2010

Hospital News and Research

LCT receives approval for New Zealand Phase II human trial of DIABECELL

DIATHERIX GI test panel can detect nine types of GI infections

Researchers to study health literacy among Indigenous people living with cardiovascular disease

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces new contract with Premier Purchasing Partners

Eclipsys, Rothman partner to build Patient Condition Tracker software solution on Helios by Eclipsys platform

FDA grants SynCardia Systems conditional approval to conduct IDE study of Freedom driver system

Health Robotics launches global Beta installation of 3 i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine automation modules

As CMS nominee, Berwick would face changes and challenges

Upgrading to policy with no limits benefits insurance agent

Three new hospitals utilize PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform

PROCAPS granted exclusive rights to commercialize Pro-Pharmaceuticals' DAVANAT in Colombia

Surgery helps reduce weight from 118 kg to 62.8 kg

Cardima announces CE Mark approval for Surgical Ablation Probe in Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Workforce pipeline to help address disparities in mental health services in Massachusetts

Pacemaker in stomach can help treat severe stomach disorders and chronic vomiting

Thomson Reuters' annual study identifying 100 top U.S. hospitals released

3 jurors out of Patel manslaughter case in the first 6 days of trial

Healthcare reforms – How much more is necessary?

Child-patient research subjects too often in the dark about their participation: Study

Ontario's budget to eliminate $250 dietary allowance available to ill recipients

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