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Catheter Connections, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative vascular access and infection control products, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its DualCap? product. DualCap is the only device that nests two disinfecting caps together – for both IV access points, the needleless injection site (NIS) [...]

Researchers detail in ‘Corticosteroid-releasing cochlear implant: a novel hybrid of biomaterial and drug delivery system,’ new data in cochlear implants. According to recent research from Iran, "In this study, drug-eluting cochlear implant (CI) electrodes were prepared, and the amount of drug released was determined. Dexamethasone (DEX) (0.25-2% w/w, the weight percent of the final cured [...]

Research findings, ‘Quality of life of patients with ovarian cancer in Taiwan: validation and application of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-OV28,’ are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the journal Psycho-oncology, "The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Taiwan Chinese [...]

New investigation results, ‘Successful pregnancy by insemination of spermatozoa in a woman with a human seminal plasma allergy: should in vitro fertilization be considered first,’ are detailed in a study published in Fertility and Sterility. "To raise the possibility that pregnancy can be obtained by assisted reproductive techniques in patients with human seminal plasma allergy. [...]

"To evaluate the maternal and perinatal outcome following expectant management of early-onset severe preeclampsia (PE) at a tertiary hospital in Mansoura, Egypt. This prospective, observational study included 211 patients with severe PE, occurring between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation," researchers in Mansoura, Egypt report (see also Obstetrics and Gynecology)."They were classified according to gestational [...]

July 29HARTFORD St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center will lay off about 200 employees in late August, as a shortfall in reimbursements for Medicare and Medicaid and a "modest decline" in patients exacerbates an already tight financial picture, the hospital’s chief executive said."In combination, these developments have challenged us to take these painful steps," [...]

July 29WILMINGTON PPD Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to jointly develop technology to improve efficiency in managing risk evaluation and mitigation strategy programs mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The technology will be based on the Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System, a data aggregation platform that gives health care professionals access to [...]

July 29The federal government is accusing Satilla Regional Medical Center and a Waycross physician of defrauding government health care programs by submitting claims for "worthless services" that also endangered patients’ lives.The government asserts the hospital allowed the physician, Najam Azmat, to perform highly specialized surgical procedures on patients at its Heart Center Cath Lab [...]

July 29, 2010Contact: Kate Cyrul / Bergen Kenny (Harkin) 202-224-3254Brian Weiss (Bayh) 202-224-6807Shana Marchio (Bond) 202-224-0309Harkin, Bayh, Bond Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Health and Lower Health Care Costs through Medical-Legal PartnershipsWASHINGTON, D.C. -Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Kit Bond (R-MO) today introduced the bipartisan Medical-Legal Partnerships for Health Act, legislation aimed [...]

WASHINGTON, July 29 The office of Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., issued the following news release:Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Kit Bond (R-MO) today introduced the bipartisan Medical-Legal Partnerships for Health Act, legislation aimed at improving public health and lowering health care costs through medical-legal partnerships (MLP). MLPs bring legal aid attorneys [...]