Waiting in Medical News

Organ Transplant Waiting Lists Not Limited to In-State Residents...Steve Jobs' Liver Transplant Showcases Travel Option for Organ Transplant

New Orleans ' Ochsner Medical Center Offers Short Wait Times & High Survival for Liver Transplants NEW ORLEANS, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ( www.ochsner.org/transplant ) - It's a little known fact that California resident and Founder/CEO of Apple, Inc., Steve Jobs, has br...

Almost Half of Those Over 60 Die While Waiting for Kidney Transplant

Study highlights need to get on list quickly, experts say,,,, THURSDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one of every two people over the age of 60 who are hoping for a kidney transplant will die while on the waiting list, new research shows. The study also found that other factor...

Express Scripts Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Acquisition of WellPoint's NextRx Subsidiaries

Deal Passes Regulatory Hurdle ST. LOUIS, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Express Scripts, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESRX ), announced that the waiting period required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act in connection with its premerger notification filing relating to its previously announced propos...

New Health Research Will Improve Life and Health for Cats Waiting to be Adopted - June is Adopt-a-Cat Month

Anonymous Cat Lover Will Match Donations to Morris Animal Foundation 's Helping Shelters Help Cats Initiative Dollar for Dollar up to $500,000 DENVER, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of homeless cats lose their lives in shelters each year -- often due to common yet treatable illnesses. In a ...

SPCG-4 trial: Update on watchful waiting versus radical prostatectomy

Stockholm, 20 March - In 2005, the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study 4 (SPCG-4) reported that radical prostatectomy improved prostate cancer survival compared with watchful waiting after a median of 8.2 years of follow-up. At the 24th Annual EAU Congress in Stockholm, Sweden the results aft...

Children's National Medical Center Opens New Operating Rooms, Waiting Area

State-of-the-art ORs offer latest technology for minimally invasive surgery Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) March 12, 2009 -- Children's National Medical Center opened two new operating rooms today, increasing the hospital's capacity to provide surgical services to children. A...

MAP Pharmaceuticals Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Unit Dose Budesonide Collaboration with AstraZeneca

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP ) today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for its Unit Dose Budesonide (UDB) worldwide agreement with AstraZeneca has expired, and the agreement is now effective. Under...

New Sharp Memorial Hospital Features All Private Patient Rooms, Expanded Emergency and Trauma Services and Family Waiting Areas

High-tech facility designed to meet critical needs of patients, families and staff SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Memorial Hospital, the flagship facility of San Diego County's most comprehensive health care delivery system, has completed a multi-tiered expansion to become the premie...

Anti-Aging Miracle Physicians Have Been Waiting for is Finally Here : Free Book Available From Natural Health News Report Reveals the Secret to Staying Young

Playing tennis at the age of 90, living well beyond the age of 100 and never looking a day over 60 is now possible. Researchers have discovered the secret to the fountain of youth. And now, this information is available to everyone absolutely free. BOCA RATON, Fla. (Bu...

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period Relating to its Proposal to Acquire Barrier Therapeutics, Inc.

CORAL GABLES, Fla., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. ("Stiefel Laboratories"), the world's largest independent pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology, announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amende...

With Prostate Cancer: Waiting for Symptoms Is Not an Option

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death among American males, but when caught early, prostate cancer has a 90% cure rate. According to Dr. David Samadi, Chief, Division of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Urology, at Mount S...

Hologic, Inc. Announces Grant of Early Termination of Antitrust Waiting Period for Third Wave Technologies, Inc. Tender Offer

BEDFORD, Mass., June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX ) today announced that the Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"), on June 24, 2008, in co...

Antitrust Waiting Period Expires on Allscripts-Misys Merger Agreement

Regulatory Hurdle Clears Way for Approval of Merger CHICAGO, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that the waiting period under the Har...

Hidden heart condition increases the risk of death in patients waiting for kidney transplants

Washington, DC (Thursday, May 15, 2008) An often asymptomatic conditionsystolic dysfunction, or decreased pumping of the heartposes an increased risk of death for patients on kidney transplant waiting lists, according to a study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Soci...

Renovis Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) 30-Day Waiting Period; Merger With Evotec on Track to Close in Early May, 2008

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renovis, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNVS ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of drugs for major medical needs in the areas of neurological and inflammatory diseases, announced today that the waiting pe...

Governor Rendell Offers Coverage to 29,000 on AdultBasic Waiting List; Unveils New Policy to Improve Quality of Care for the Low-Income and Pennsylvanians With Disabilities

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today said that 29,000 uninsured adults who have been waiting for coverage since 2006 can now be added to the adultBasic insurance program and said if his Cover All Pennsylvanians program had been enacted, more tha...

Siemens Announces Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period For Acquisition of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc.; U.S. Antitrust Clearance Achieved

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI ), announced today that the statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, applicable to its cash tender offer for all of t...

Microtek Medical Receives Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period for Its Proposed Acquisition by Ecolab

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTMD ) announced today that it has received early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, in connection with Ecolab Inc.'s pending...

Radiation seed implant decreases risk of death over watchful waiting

Prostate cancer patients cut their risk of dying of the disease in half when they receive radiation seed implants (brachytherapy) to treat their cancer, compared to those who dont receive active treatment (watchful waiting/active surveillance), within six months from being diagnosed with localized...

New Technology at Unitrin Direct Gives Customers an Alternative to Waiting

VISTA, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unitrin Direct, an auto insurance company that has become popular nationwide for providing a unique combination of affordable coverage with outstanding personal service, has implemented a new call processing system from Virtual Hold Technology ...

Tech Heads Go Gaga Waiting for Apple's IPhone

Tech-heads camped overnight outside Apple electronics stores in US cities aiming to be the first to own an iPhone, marketed as the coolest gadget on the planet, when they go on sale Friday. The breakthrough device, which puts a phone, web browser and music player in the palm of the hand, g...

India’s Biotech Companies- Jumbos Waiting to Gro

A Canadian report has come out with news that would gladden the heart of investors of Indian biotechnology companies, as well as strike fear// in the minds of their western rivals. According to lead reporter Peter Singer of the McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health in Toronto, Canada, “...

Better Management can Reduce Emergency Room Waiting Times

Senior people at Capital Health are extremely optimistic about the recent changes introduced at hospitals with a view to better management //of emergency care and reduce waiting time for patients. As part of the changes, a plan has been initiated to effectively manage space in the emergency r...

NHS De-addiction, Rehabilitation waiting time ticking into months

The Scottish parliament has released figures which show that there is an incredible delay in meting out medical assistance //to patients enrolled for rehabilitation treatment programs under the banner of NHS(National Health Service) Scotland ,causing countless patients stranded and helpless . Mo...

800 Patients to be Dumped from Hospital Waiting Lists

Mounting pressure on district heath boards (DHB) has led to the development of proposals to dump about 800 Auckland patients from hospital //waiting lists in one shot before the end of the month. The move follows the government’s requirement that only patients who can be guaranteed treatment i...

Inordinately Long Waiting Times at A&E Infirmary

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency unit is said to make patients wait longer than anywhere else in Scotland to be seen by a doctor.// This news has only added salt to the wound of hospital chiefs who face mounting criticism over cleaning procedures at the ERI following its brand...

Psychiatric Waiting Lists Must be Cut Down

The long waiting lists for psychiatric consultation some over 12 months old in several areas of the country must be reduced urgently, it was claimed today.// Dan Neville, a Fine Gael TD, demanded that the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) be made available to mental health patients. ...

Watchful Waiting Effective for Low Risk Prostate Cancer

"Watchful Waiting" may be more appropriate in men with low-risk prostate cancer than the common method of treating with surgery or radiation therapy, according to a research// team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The results of the study conducted by lead researcher Dr. John T. We...

Health Care Waiting Period Waived for Evacuees from Lebanon in Ontario

Canadians returning to Ontario from Lebanon will not have to wait for access to public health care.// The provincial government has said that it will waive the mandatory three-month waiting period for OHIP coverage for the new arrivals. According to the Health Minister George Smitherman th...

B C Medical Association Reports on Setting Limits to Waiting Times

According to the British Columbia medical association report it was announced that patients who are in need of cardiac//, hip or knee operations should not be made to wait for more than six months. The British Columbia released two reports which were commissioned by the provincial and federal ...

Health Minister Praises Efforts By NHS In Reducing Patient Waiting Time

Scotland's health minister Andy Kerr said that the NHS staff should be praised for their efforts and has hailed the latest statistics on NHS waiting times// as the "best ever". He said that the maximum waiting time for the patients had reduced from 12 to 6 months. Reports indicated that the f...

Long Patient Waiting Times Force NHS Patients To Seek Treatment Abroad

Looks like it is time for impatient patients to travel abroad rather than wait for weeks or months to get treated// for their ailments. Recently, a woman won the right to claim compensation from the NHS for a hip replacement surgery done abroad. In yet another case, a 63-year-old British woman who ...

UK Patients Seek Fertility Treatment Abroad Due To The Long Waiting List

In UK couples go abroad in order to undergo fertility treatment. The main reason for not taking it up in their own country is that there is a long waiting list and the second the right of anonymity for UK donors //were removed by a law. Hence European fertility clinics are flocked with UK customers...

Funds Pumped In To Reduce Waiting List of Priority Patients

As the waiting list is growing day by day, the New South Wales (NSW) Government is planning to pump in more funds to reduce the queue//. It has decided to allocate to more money to the region's area health services. This step is thought to help cut elective surgery waiting lists. The Hunter...

Innovative solution to help reduce the waiting times for kidney transplants

An innovative solution was found at the St. Michael's and Toronto General Hospital when the first Canadian kidney transplant paired exchange occurred. The scenario was that of two Toronto couples, both with one spouse dying //of kidney disease and the other unable to donate one of their own health...

800 People On US Waiting List for AIDS Drugs

More than 800 poor Americans are yet to receive AIDS medications from government-funded programs, which are most often the last resort to those who cannot afford to buy costly treatments, //according to an annual survey in the US. The report added that several US states were also forced to cut ...

Gynecologist Solving SuDoKu, While Waiting For Next Patient

David Penman, a gynecologist at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent has blasted the NHS authorities by saying that he is left to "twiddle his thumbs" since his hospital cannot afford to do more surgery. // "What do you do while you wait for the next person to turn up when there should be three...

NHS To Achieve Waiting Figure Target By 2008

The National Health Services (NHS) patients, currently on a six-month waiting list would be promptly attended to following the Government report that would be released this Friday. // The health officials had stated earlier that the maximum waiting period would not exceed six months, if they...

Mobile Operating Theater to Cut Waiting Times

A mobile hospital that is being started in the grounds of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary at a cost of ￡1 million, aims to cut down the waiting times for patients//. The hospital is equipped with an operating theatre and health bosses hope that bout 200 operations can be carried out here. NHS Gram...

U.K. Government to reduce waiting time of patients for non-emergency surgery

United Kingdom Ministry is planning for reduction of waiting time spent by patients before they had there surgery. The Government is planning to reduce the non-emergency surgery time to less // than 18 weeks from time of admission to NHS. Government is hoping the project will be made completed by...