HealthGrades study: Bariatric surgery patients have fewer complications at high-volume hospitals
... rated hospital, according to a new study released today by HealthGrades, the healthcare ratings company. T...ndividual hospitals in these 19 states were posted today to www.HealthGrades.com as a free resource for consumers. Each hospital receives a star rating based...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
...-impact medical research, science and engineering, today announced the 2007 class of grant recipients under its Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program. Robert A. Day, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said: Now in its ninth year, our Young Scholars program is designed to give the natio...Takeda responds to the FDA advisory committee recommendation
...ield, IL, July 30, 2007 Following a joint meeting today of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, Takeda Global Research & Development (TGRD) underscores its position that ACTOS ; (piogli...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...for the country, according to an analysis released today by the Commonwealth Fund and prepared for the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. The report, Congressional Health Care Bills, 2005-2007: Part II, Quality and Efficiency, is the second installment in a two-part series ...Asia Pacific Family Medicine moves to BioMed Central's open access platform
...blisher of online open access scientific journals, today announced that the journal Asia Pacific Family Medicine (APFM) will join BioMed Centrals family of independent, open access journals. The partnership between APFM and BioMed Central continues the expansion of the worldwide scope of BioMed Centrals p...Support for Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act given to House leaders by ACP
...sident of the American College of Physicians (ACP) today expressed support for the Childrens Health and Medicare Preotection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162). Representing 124,000 internal medicine physicians and medical student members, ACP is the largest medical specialty society in the United States. ...The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation invests in gastroenterology's future
...undation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN) today announced a three-year grant from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which will benefit high school students who demonstrate high potential for careers in digestive disease research. The Student Research Fellowship Awards program was created by the...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...edical offices, thanks to new technology announced today by the University of Florida and IBM. The technology creates the first-ever roadmap for widespread commercial development of smart devices that, for example, take a persons blood pressure, temperature or respiration rate the minute a person steps i...Medical students respond positively to simulated patient experience
... of participants. The research is published online today in Medical Teacher and will appear in the August print issue. It was hard to do and we really wanted to engage the students, said Fitch.High fidelity patient simulation of this kind has typically been done with small groups to teach clinical pat...ESA's Earth Explorer gravity satellite on show
...ths gravity field, has been presented to the press today in Turin, Italy, before being shipped to ESTEC the space agencys research and technology centre in the Netherlands for final testing. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE), the first core Earth Explorer mission to be...The future of biofuels is not in corn
...iofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food & Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and the Environment. The corn ethanol refinery industry, the beneficiary of new renewable fuel targets in the proposed energy legislation as we...'SCHIP funding levels too low' ACP tells Senate Finance Committee Leaders
...egents of the American College of Physicians (ACP) today commended Senate Finance Committee Leaders for working on a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) but expressed concern that funding levels are too low and that pending Medicare cuts are not addressed. ......ve a heart attack, according to research published today in Inderscience's International Journal of Electronic Healthcare. The device measures electrical signals from the heart, analyses them to produce an electrocardiogram (ECG) and sends an alert together with the ECG by cell phone text message. Cardio...Sucampo Pharmaceuticals submits supplemental new drug application for Lubiprostone to treat IBS-C
...o Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Sucampo Pharmaceuticals) today announced that it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to seek market approval of a lower strength of lubiprostone (8 mcg) to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). Lubiproston...Physician and congressional leaders convene on Capitol Hill
...ican Academy of Family Physicians. Our intent here today was to get assurances that Congress will get to the hard work of replacing the broken payment formula for the sake of the physicians and the patients they serve. We all agree that the pay for is complex, but mechanisms exist to support the creation...Global warming's threat to New York region and how to avoid severe consequences
...ibe how efforts to manage global warming emissions today will determine the severity of impacts on the region's economy and quality of life. City and state officials will be on hand to talk about their efforts to reduce global warming emissions and prepare for the consequences. WHEN: 10 am EST, Wednesd...UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
...ercent of patients, according to a study published today on the cover page of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Lead author K. Lance Gould, M.D., professor in the Division of Cardiology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, said he discovered the abnormalities upon his initial use of card...Studies show antidepressants not linked to birth defects
...., JUNE 27, 2007 -- Two research studies published today in The New England Journal of Medicine found taking SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), anti-depression drugs, during pregnancy did not significantly increase the overall risk for most birth defects. However, each study found that taking...Hib vaccine: A critical ally in Asia's effort to reduce child deaths
...2007 A new study from Bangladesh published online today in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal shows that routinely vaccinating infants against H. influenzae type b (Hib), a bacterium that causes deadly Hib pneumonia and meningitis, could save hundreds of thousands of children in Asia. Results showe...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...Rural Safety (CERS) at the University of Minnesota today released a list of the states where Americans are more likely to die in a traffic crash on a rural road.For most people, riding in a motor vehicle is one of the most dangerous things they ever do, and this is particularly true when traveling on rural...