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GUMC scientists awarded five-year $7.5M grant to perfect treatment of breast cancer

Scientists at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center were awarded a five-year $7.5 million grant to tease apart - in the most comprehensive way ever devised -the role of a single protein receptor in breast cells in cancer development and treatment.

22 Mar 2010

Galderma Laboratories' Differin Lotion receives FDA approval

Galderma Laboratories, L.P. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Differin® (adapalene) Lotion, 0.1%, the first-ever lotion formulation of the well-tolerated retinoid adapalene, for the treatment of acne. Differin Lotion, 0.1% will be available by prescription in April 2010.

22 Mar 2010

Two scientific poster presentations on InVision-Plus connectors featured at SHEA meeting

Two scientific poster presentations that demonstrate the infection prevention capabilities of InVision-Plus® with Neutral Advantage™ technology were featured at the annual conference of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

22 Mar 2010

JDRF, Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem form diabetes research collaboration

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, said today that it will begin a diabetes research collaboration with Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on drugs to replicate and regenerate insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes.

22 Mar 2010

Post Acute Medical purchases Northshore Specialty Hospital

Post Acute Medical today announced the purchase of Northshore Specialty Hospital, a 58-bed, Long Term Acute Care Hospital.

22 Mar 2010

NHI leases Suite Living Senior Specialty Services for $4.2M

National Health Investors, Inc. announced today new investments totaling $7.2 million. The transactions include a purchase/leaseback of a 24-unit assisted living and memory care facility in Minnesota with Suite Living Senior Specialty Services (formerly known as Comforts of Home) for $4.2 million and the origination of a $3.0 million second mortgage secured by interests in three skilled nursing facilities in Texas totaling 311 beds as part of a bridge to HUD financing for the borrower.

22 Mar 2010

JDRF to begin diabetes research collaboration on drugs for replicating insulin-producing cells

22 Mar 2010

Impact of plastics on human health and ecosystems

Plastics surround us. A vital manufacturing ingredient for nearly every existing industry, these materials appear in a high percentage of the products we use every day. Although modern life would be hard to imagine without this versatile chemistry, products composed of plastics also have a dark side, due in part to the very characteristics that make them so desirable-their durability and longevity.

20 Mar 2010

Propeller tears right arm, UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeon re-attaches

"The propeller cut through the skin, muscle, tendons and bone and had removed portions of the bone," he recalled. "Basically, she had severed her arm, and it was attached only by some skin, tendon, nerve and artery."

19 Mar 2010

Study reveals higher-than-normal blood levels of fructose in pancreatic cancer patients

Patients with pancreatic cancer have higher-than-normal blood levels of the refined sugar fructose, according to a recent study in the journal Pancreas, official journal of the American Pancreatic Association and the Japan Pancreas Society. 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.

19 Mar 2010

Role of structured physical activity in preventing or delaying mobility disabilities in older adults

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, together with Wake Forest University, will play a key role in a new study that seeks to determine whether a program of structured physical activity can prevent or delay major mobility disabilities in older adults.

19 Mar 2010

Stemedica files IND for trial using allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow cells in patients with ischemic stroke

Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. (Stemedica), a world leader in stem cell research and manufacturing, announced that it has filed an Investigative New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a clinical trial. The trial will assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Stemedica's high potency proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow-derived stem cells (adult human) as a treatment for ischemic stroke.

19 Mar 2010

Overall mortality rates at Bay Medical Center in Panama City drop 1.3 points

Overall mortality rates from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2010 at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Florida have dropped from 3.4 to 2.1. A 1.3-point drop represents a huge reduction for any hospital and translates into lives saved.

19 Mar 2010

Older adult specialists travel to Haiti to render care at make-shift nursing homes

Two months after the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, the needs of older adults in the region remain an urgent priority. Dr. Martin Gorbien, a geriatrician, and Lauren Kessler, a licensed clinical social worker, both from Rush University Medical Center, will be among the first older adult specialists to travel to Haiti to provide care at make-shift nursing homes.

19 Mar 2010

Interfering with dickkopf 1 protein may help in controlling inflammatory bowel diseases

Signals released by immune cells during a bout of inflammatory bowel disease interfere with intestinal cells' ability to regenerate. Yet people with inflammatory bowel diseases have a significantly higher risk of developing colon cancer: a hyper-activation of growth in those same intestinal cells.

19 Mar 2010

Tri-City Medical Center receives $71M senior loan from CapitalSource

CapitalSource, one of the leading commercial lenders in the United States, said today it is providing a $71 million senior loan to Tri-City Medical Center, a 397-bed, acute care hospital serving the North Coastal San Diego region of California.

19 Mar 2010

CDIs are becoming significant issue in healthcare institutions: Study

Clostridium difficile infections are quickly becoming a significant issue in healthcare based upon recent studies. Preliminary data collected from nursing homes and highlighted in a Supplementary Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory shows that almost 40 percent of gastrointestinal infections reported are CDIs.

19 Mar 2010

As reform hangs in balance, policy benefits continue to be discussed

NPR reports on the immediate effects of the proposed health care bill, and that Congressional Democrats are focusing on those benefits in messages to constituents. "The White House is trying to shift the conversation away from the messy legislative process — which Republicans are keying on — and instead focus on what the health care overhaul would do for families and businesses."

19 Mar 2010

Harden Healthcare receives $31.5M as part of $145M senior secured credit facility

GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services has provided $31.5 million as part of a $145 million senior secured credit facility for Harden Healthcare, LLC. Harden will use the proceeds of the financing to provide additional growth capital and to refinance its existing debt facilities. GE Capital is the administrative agent for the credit facility. GE Capital Markets served as co-lead arranger and joint bookrunner.

18 Mar 2010

Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities

Medicare has been touting the merits of the "competitive" bidding program for durable, or home medical equipment and services (HME) to convince Congress that the program is good for seniors. Unfortunately, proponents have conveyed misleading information and cherry-picked facts that exaggerate the benefits and ignore the severe shortcomings of the program.

18 Mar 2010

Nursing News and Research

Latest Nursing News and Research

GUMC scientists awarded five-year $7.5M grant to perfect treatment of breast cancer

Galderma Laboratories' Differin Lotion receives FDA approval

Two scientific poster presentations on InVision-Plus connectors featured at SHEA meeting

JDRF, Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem form diabetes research collaboration

Post Acute Medical purchases Northshore Specialty Hospital

NHI leases Suite Living Senior Specialty Services for $4.2M

JDRF to begin diabetes research collaboration on drugs for replicating insulin-producing cells

Impact of plastics on human health and ecosystems

Propeller tears right arm, UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeon re-attaches

Study reveals higher-than-normal blood levels of fructose in pancreatic cancer patients

Role of structured physical activity in preventing or delaying mobility disabilities in older adults

Stemedica files IND for trial using allogeneic mesenchymal bone marrow cells in patients with ischemic stroke

Overall mortality rates at Bay Medical Center in Panama City drop 1.3 points

Older adult specialists travel to Haiti to render care at make-shift nursing homes

Interfering with dickkopf 1 protein may help in controlling inflammatory bowel diseases

Tri-City Medical Center receives $71M senior loan from CapitalSource

CDIs are becoming significant issue in healthcare institutions: Study

As reform hangs in balance, policy benefits continue to be discussed

Harden Healthcare receives $31.5M as part of $145M senior secured credit facility

Competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment: Myths and realities

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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Latest Nursing News and Research

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