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PIH Reaches out to Retired Baby Boomers to Fill Volunteer NeedsWhittier, CA, May 26, 2012 --(PR.com)-- According to United States Census data, everyday more than 10,000 Baby Boomers (those born from 1946-1964) reach retirement age. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital (PIH) is looking to recruit at least 100 new retirees to their volunteer team. “Our goal is to reinforce our volunteer base with people that have management experience, strong presentati...

City of Hope Receives $5 Million Grant to Develop T Cell Treatment Targeting Brain Tumor Stem CellsCity of Hope was granted a $5,217,004 early translational research award by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support the development of a T cell-based immunotherapy that re-directs a patient’s own immune response against glioma stem cells. City of Hope has been awarded more than $49.7 million in grant support from CIRM since a...

Hospital for Special Surgery, Official Hospital of The PGA of America, Launches Website Dedicated to Tracking Steps While Playing GolfNEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the Official Hospital of The PGA of America, announced today the launch of an interactive Website dedicated to The PGA of America's "Let's Move on Course!" health and fitness initiative. Entering its second year as the exclusive supporting sponsor of the program, HSS has customized hss.edu/golf to encourage golfers and golf...

Center for Ambulatory Surgery Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Gastroenterology Procedure Documentation and CodingWolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Center for Ambulatory Surgery has selected its ProVation® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. Located in West Seneca, NY, the Center for Ambulatory Surgery provides outpat...

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Gives Update To Endless Mountains Health Systems Community Match FundMONTROSE, Pa., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) announced a substantial amount of private pledges to the new hospital project being undertaken by the Endless Mountains Health System (EMHS). George Stark, External Affairs Director of Cabot reported that The Cabot / EMHS Community Match Fund has exceeded well over 80% of the total goal of...

Interpreters may help shorten hospital staysNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitalized patients who aren't fluent in English end up spending fewer days in the hospital when they get help from a language interpreter at certain crucial times, according to a new U.S. study.

40 treated after ammonia leak at Neb. meat plantAn ammonia leak briefly disrupted operations at a northeast Nebraska pork plant and sent 40 workers to area hospitals for evaluation.The ammonia leak developed around 8 p.m. Thursday in the refrigeration system at the Tyson Foods plant in Madison.Ty...

UCLA Launches First Face Transplantation Program In Western U.S.LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The UCLA Health System has launched the UCLA Face Transplantation Program, the first surgical program of its kind in the western United States and one of only a handful in the nation. "Facial transplantation offers the potential to restore humanity to persons who have suffered the devastating loss of their face," said Dr. Kodi Azari, chief of re...

Mass. hospital agrees to $750,000 settlement over 2010 data breachSouth Shore Hospital, Weymouth, Mass., has reached a $750,000 settlement agreement of a lawsuit over a 2010 data breach involving the records of 800,000 individuals, the hospital and the Massachusetts attorney general's office have announced.

Genomics in Maternal Child HealthJoin NHGRI June 1 when Barbara Biesecker, Ph.D., NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch, delivers a presentation entitled Genomics in Maternal Child Health. The lecture, which explores the implications of diagnostic prenatal testing, is part of...

Researchers Regenerate Optic Nerve In MiceIndividuals blinded by optic nerve damage from glaucoma or trauma might be able to regain at least some visual function in the future after researchers have successfully regenerated the optic nerve in mice. Using a combination of three methods, Larr...

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces Completion of Exchange Offer for Its 8.00% Senior Notes Due 2019CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS/CHS”), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) today announced the completion of an offer to exchange its 8.00% Senior Notes due 2019, in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000,000 consisting of (i) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.00% Senior Notes due 2019...

4 Mushroom Poisonings In 2 Weeks - Doctors Test Milk Thistle As TreatmentOver the course of two weeks, four people visited the MGUH for medical treatment due to mushroom (amantin) poisoning. One Virginia man arrived at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) in the early stages of liver failure after having mistaken...

Fera Pharmaceuticals Preparing Resupply of Methazolamide TabletsFera Pharmaceuticals is pleased to announce availability of Methazolamide Tablets and plans to commence shipping June 1, 2012. “Methazolamide has been in short supply in the US and Fera has been working diligently to ensure patients continue to have access to this important medication” says Phil Hammer, VP of Quality and Manufacturing at Fera....

No contract renewal for CEO tied to billing collection controversyFairview Health Services of Minnesota opted not to renew the contract of CEO Mark Eustis after investigations into the role of bill collection company Accretive Health at the hospital.

School districts, hospitals cut nursesNurses, long a presence in many schools and the backbone of hospital care, are being cut back or stretched thin, according to several news organizations; Meanwhile, NPR reports on a poll that found three out of five patients feel their doctors rush t...

Student of Liver And Vascular Surgery of West China Hospital of Sichuan University Addresses The 18th ILTS Annual Meeting in the United StatesCHENGDU, China, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Recently, Wang Qiao, the eight-year program student of Liver and Vascular Surgery of West China Hospital tutored under Yan Lynan, went to San Francisco to attend the 18th ILTS (International Liver Transplantation Society) annual meeting with the director of his department, Mr. Li Bo. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120525/CN13960) The...

Israel's Thrombotech and D-Pharm to mergeintellectual property developed and owned by Hadassah University Hospital, Israel's foremost medical research center, says that Thrombotech, a portfolio company in which Hadasit holds a 24.8% stake, has signed a merger agreement with D-Pharm (TASE: D...

MediciNova shares plunge as asthma drug fails in Ph IIb trialShares in USA-based MediciNova (Nasdaq: MNOV) plummeted 51% to $1.35 in extended trading on Wednesday, after the company announced that preliminary results from a hospital emergency department (ED)-based Phase IIb clinical trial evaluating MN-221 in...

StreamVenue Healthcare CEO Named People's Choice WinnerCHICAGO, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas entrepreneur Clayton Redmon has been named a People's Choice Winner 2012 by Black Enterprise. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120525/DA13928) Redmon, who is CEO and co-founder of StreamVenue Healthcare, was among three entrepreneurs nationwide who received votes online for the Small Business Awards, People's Choice Award presented at...

Routine care for Crohn's disease in children should include measurement of bone age(Medical Xpress) -- Measuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from the UCSF Benioff Children...

QHC Advisory Group, LLC, Adds Vice President, Business Development and Marketing DirectorTwo seasoned health care professionals join growing health care consulting firm. Huntington, NY (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 May-Lynn Andresen, RN, has been named Vice President, Business Development, at Quality in Health Care Advisory Group, LLC(QHC). In this role, Andresen will be responsible for building relationships with healthcare professional, provider, and payor organizations for the group’s in...

Measuring bone age should be part of routine care for pediatric patients with Crohn's diseaseMeasuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn's disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Union reaches contract agreement with Minn. hospitalsUnion workers have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract that averted a strike at eight Twin Cities hospitals. The union represents 3,500 nursing assistants, technicians and support staff. The agreement was reached last week after union m...

Aetna's IOE Transplant Network to add UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalAetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna's Institutes of Excellence Transplant Network.

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