July 29In the wake of health reform’s passage into law, Hospira Inc. will begin testing a cheaper version of a popular anemia biotech treatment in the first phase of a U.S. clinical trial.Lake Forest-based Hospira said it will begin the first phase of trials for a "biosimilar," or a biogeneric, version of brand-name Epogen in [...]
CellSafe Hospital Solution Reduces Risk to Electronic Equipment While Improving Signal Quality CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.(BUSINESS WIRE) CA Wireless, experts in custom in-building wireless solutions, today introduced the new CellSafe [...]
LOS ANGELES(BUSINESS WIRE) Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX), a company focused on the development and commercialization of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, will announce its financial results for this period in a press release to be [...]
Researchers detail in ‘Coexistence of endometriosis in women with symptomatic leiomyomas,’ new data in endometriosis. According to a study from the United States, "To investigate the coexistence of endometriosis in women presenting with symptomatic leiomyomas. Retrospective study. Tertiary university medical center.""We reviewed the medical records of 131 patients who underwent laparoscopic myomectomy or hysterectomy. All [...]
According to US Department of Health and Human Services, compared with urban Americans, rural residents have higher poverty rates, have fewer doctors, hospitals, and other health resources, and face more difficulty getting to health services. Beginning 2014, when health care reform becomes effective, an estimated 2.4 million Californians will be newly-eligible for Medi-Cal. However, many [...]
July 28Before you finalize your gallbladder surgery plans, maybe you want to take a few minutes to see if the hospital you plan to visit is among the best.It’s not likely you’ll find any Southeast Texas hospitals ranked that high on national lists, such as the recently released U.S. News and World Report’s annual report [...]
July 28Sequenom officials Tuesday defended the San Diego biotechnology company’s prenatal genetic test for Down syndrome, saying it doesn’t need more intense oversight despite a warning letter from regulators."We believe that the test meets the definition of (a laboratory-developed test)," officials said in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Lab-developed tests traditionally haven’t [...]
BETHESDA, MD (MARKET WIRE) 07/28/10 GetWellNetwork, Inc., the leader in interactive patient care, today welcomed new customer Adventist Medical Center-Hanford located in Hanford, California. The hospital will implement the GetWellNetwork solution hospital-wide and go live this fall.Adventist Health/Central Valley Network is the first organization in the region to offer the GetWellNetwork [...]
Hospitals that adopt advanced computer technology to identify healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are more likely to have implemented best practices to prevent such infections, according to research presented today at the 37th Annual Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) (see also Association for Professionals in Infection Control).Researchers [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, July 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) World Heart Corporation (WorldHeart) (Nasdaq:WHRT), a developer of mechanical circulatory systems, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the addition of ten sites to the Levacor ventricular assist device (VAD) Bridge-to-Transplant (BTT) clinical study. WorldHeart’s pivotal BTT study is now [...]
