Large Kaiser Permanente genome study reveals record number of DNA loci linked with eye pressure February 1, 2018 – Analysis of DNA from nearly 70,000 Kaiser Permanente diverse patients in Northern California uncovered 47 specific positions, or loci, in the genome that are associated with variations in pressure inside the eye. The findings, which could […]
New York, NY, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 – Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) report today in the New England Journal of Medicine that adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who received chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy responded better if they had a small amount of disease at the time of the […]
New tool offers Charlotte-area community members the ability to search available free or reduced-cost social services CHARLOTTE, NC, January 31, 2018 – Carolinas HealthCare System launched its Community Resource Hub today. The Community Resource Hub will serve as a search, referral and application tool to help Charlotte community members locate free or reduced-cost social service […]
Skin damage from unprotected exposure to the sun can occur any time of year, even during the winter. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – January 31, 2018 – “The highest level of concern is usually during the summer months, but sun damage can occur year-round, even on cloudy or rainy days,” said Sarah L. Taylor, M.D., assistant professor […]
These individuals have recently been hired, promoted or accomplished noteworthy professional achievements. GREENSBORO – January 30, 2018 – Laurie Green, PharmD, has been promoted to director of operations for Women’s Hospital and the mother/baby service line. While she has responsibility for further improving service and patient care, Green continues as the pharmacy site manager for Women’s […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C., January 26, 2018 – Carolinas HealthCare System’s Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s clinical team has enrolled and treated the first patient in the investigational device exemption study for a venous self-expanding stent system. Erin Murphy, MD, FACS, director of Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s venous and lymphatic program and Gregory Stanley, MD, FACS, […]
Monday, January 22, 2018 – When the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute launched just over four years ago, nothing like it existed in academia. The nonprofit academic corporation – a joint venture between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medicine, with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. as their partner – was tasked […]
SAINT LOUIS – January 18, 2018 – To help patients by addressing the often unwarranted shortages and high costs of lifesaving generic medications, Ascension is collaborating with Intermountain Healthcare, SSM Health and Trinity Health, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs* (VA), to form a new, not-for-profit generic drug company. Intermountain Healthcare is […]
DALLAS January 11, 2018 –(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) announced today that it has completed the sale of its Philadelphia-area acute care hospitals and related operations to American Academic Health System, LLC (AAHS), an affiliate of Paladin Healthcare. Ownership and management of the hospitals and related operations will transfer to AAHS on Thursday, January 11, […]
Veteran executive to chair Information Management group ARLINGTON, Texas – January 10, 2018 — Diann H. Smith, vice president of Health Information Management Services & Clinical Documentation Improvement at Texas Health Resources, was recently elected as the 2018 president/chair of the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) Board of Directors. The AHIMA Board is comprised […]