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Things may be perking up for patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A study released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday by the University of Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute showed that sildenafil, also known as Pfizer (nyse: )'s Viagra, protected...
Patients believe cleanliness levels in NHS hospitals are not improving, the health watchdog has said. The Healthcare Commission also found wide variations in patients' experience of cleanliness between health trusts in England. Its patient survey reported "striking" differences between health...
Pittsburgh-based M*Modal' received the ABBY Award from the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL) which recognized AnyModalTM CDS (Conversational Documentation Services) as the year's best "Innovations in Healthcare Information Technology." The company's solution helps accelerate the...
The medical community is sounding the alarm over the proposed use of unoccupied TV airwaves for high-speed Internet service across the United States, saying signals that monitor critically ill patients could be lost because of interference. This is patient care at its most basic level," says Dale...
Never an athlete -- simply from lack of interest, not lack of innate ability -- He had just come out of a darkness so intense that he could hardly bring himself to leave his midtown Sacramento apartment. His life had been in a downward spiral since February 2003 when he tested positive for HIV....
Area hospitals reported profits of more than $318 million in 2005, the St. Louis Business Health Coalition found in its most recent annual report on the area's health care industry. Conversely, St. Joseph Health Center in Wentzville, which serves mostly mental health patients, posted a loss of...
AUSTIN, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Commenting on a newly-released analysis of the Bush Administration's proposed regulatory changes that will cut Medicare-financed nursing home care in Texas by $47 million in the year ahead -- the 4th highest level of cuts in the nation -- the Texas...
NATICK, Mass., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its COGNIS(TM) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and TELIGEN(TM) implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
The new clinic is helping patients in Mercer County Story by Jessica Lilly GREEN VALLEY- -- A new clinic brings health care closer to home for some Mercer County residents. Green Valley Medical Clinic started accepting patients on Tuesday. The facility is an extension of Bluefield Regional...
The anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduced the frequency of early blood clot formation in new surgically enlarged blood vessels (fistulas) created for patients requiring dialysis, but did not increase the proportion of these fistulas that subsequently became suitable for use during dialysis,...
