FORUM: Medicare guidelines hurt hospitals, patientsNew Haven RegisterThe Register reported that 23 of Connecticut's 31 hospitals face a reduction in Medicare payments of up to 1 percent next year because they failed to meet standards on readmission…
Memorial recognized for organ-donation efforts – Colorado Springs Business Journal
Memorial recognized for organ-donation effortsColorado Springs Business JournalMemorial facilitated the most tissue donations of any state hospital last year, earning recognition from the Colorado Hospital Association and Donor Alliance. Donor Alliance…
Emotional moment mother who lost teenage son listens to his beating heart in … – Daily Mail
Austin American-StatesmanEmotional moment mother who lost teenage son listens to his beating heart in …Daily MailHeart to heart: Becky Eiland weeps as she listens to her son's heart beating in Denise Miles, the recipient of his organ donation aft…
Roche cytomegalovirus viral load test now available in US
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the commercial availability of a new test to assess a patient's viral load of cytomegalovirus (CMV). Physicians …
Associate Professor Andrey Andreev: Blood donation is absolutely harmless – Focus News
Associate Professor Andrey Andreev: Blood donation is absolutely harmlessFocus NewsHost: Due to a shortage of blood and blood products from blood types A and 0, the Bulgarian Ministry of Healthcare and National Center of Hematology and Transfusiology c…
India Appeals Body Rejects Bayer's Plea to Suspend Sales of Generic Nexavar – Fox Business
India Appeals Body Rejects Bayer's Plea to Suspend Sales of Generic NexavarFox BusinessCiting the high cost of the kidney- and liver-cancer medicine, India's patent authority in March forced Bayer to grant a compulsory license on the Nexavar to…
As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for … – Huffington Post (blog)
As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for …Huffington Post (blog)A mysterious form of chronic kidney disease — CKD — is afflicting thousands of people in rural, agricultural communities in Sri Lanka, India and Cen…
Utah Surgeon Performs Advanced, Laser-Assisted Corneal Transplant Procedure – Hoopes Vision Surgeon, Michael Bradley …
New options for corneal transplant bring improved outcomes for patients suffering advanced keratoconus or cornea injury.(PRWEB) September 17, 2012 Corneal transplantation is sometimes necessary for patients with keratoconus when the condition does not …
First cure of AIDS patient reported – Bangladesh News 24 hours
Bangladesh News 24 hoursFirst cure of AIDS patient reportedBangladesh News 24 hoursDhaka, Sep 17 (bdnews24.com)—The Washington Post has reported first cure of an AIDS patient by a process called blood stem cell transplant in Berlin. The person, known…
Ailing Ngozi Nwosu To Be Flown To India – P.M. News
Ailing Ngozi Nwosu To Be Flown To IndiaP.M. NewsAiling Nollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu, who is currently down with a kidney-related ailment, may be flown to India for surgery soon. Ngozi Nwosu. The actress, who is currently bedridden in her Lagos home a…