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Cancer Patients Use New Guided Imagery CD to Help Boost Healthy Immune Functioning

A self-help technique called guided imagery has been steadily gaining in popularity and mainstream distribution by hospitals, pharmas and insurance companies, as new research demonstrates its efficacy for producing heightened immune cell activity. CLEVELAND, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A new self...

Phreesia Works With Osteoporosis Experts to Expand its Measurement Guided Care Program

Initiative utilizes Phreesia's electronic patient check-in system to enhance management of osteoporosis NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Phreesia, the Patient Check-In Company(TM), has announced that it will offer a new risk assessment tool in its electronic patient intake process to help p...

IMRIS announces development program for MR guided radiation and interventional applications

WINNIPEG, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMRIS Inc. (TSX: IM) ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced a five-year research initiative to focus on the development and commercialization of MR-guided radiation therapy and interventional procedures, working with the University Health Network (UHN...

High Blood-Pressure Patients Can See Improvement Through Guided Breathing

Simple Technique is 82% Effective in Lowering High Blood Pressure Naturally. Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) November 14, 2008 -- Green Line, LLC, a company that specializes in all-natural life improvement products, announced the release of its latest health series, Lower Blood Pr...

A guided broncoscope achieves biopsy of 75 percent pulmonary nodules without puncture or surgery

The release is available in Spanish . A broncoscope guided by means of electromagnetic navigation has managed to achieve the biopsy of 75% of pulmonary nodules greater than 2 cm, according to Doctor Luis Seijo, specialist in Pneumology at the University Hospital of Navarra. This is the hosp...

CNS Response, Inc.: Poster Session on Referenced-EEG Guided Medication to Be Presented at the American Psychiatric Association 161st Annual Meeting

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNS Response, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CNSO) announced today that Dr. James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walden Behavioral Care Inpatient Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Programs, will present a poster session at the American Psyc...

St. David's Medical Center First in Texas to Implement Visually Guided Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- St. David's Medical Center today announced the use of an investigational, endoscopically guided laser catheter that allows for minimally invasive treatment of heart rhythm disorders that can result in a stroke. The procedure, called Endoscopic Catheter Ab...

Cancer Patients in New South Wales to Receive Advanced Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatments

North Coast Cancer Institute (NCCI) Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie began providing radiotherapy treatment services for the first time in the North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia . Cancer patients in New South Wales now have access to state-of-the-art treatments as the latest in...

First PET-CT guided radiotherapy in India was performed by Apollo Hospitals

PET-CT guided radiotherapy for monitoring and treatment of cancer patients by doctors in Apollo Hospital. This PET-CT guided radiotherapy procedure was performed for the first time in India. // Apollo Cancer Hospital is one of the first hospitals in the country with a PET-CT guided radiotherapy te...

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading...

Electronic Health Records Help Cardiac Patients Remain Healthy

...urrently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia . Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

Guided care reduces cost of health care for older persons with chronic conditions

...cipal investigator of the study and creator of the guided Care model. "If you apply that rate of savings to ...ion eligible Medicare beneficiaries, programs like guided Care could save Medicare more than $15 billion eve.... Compared to patients who received usual care, guided Care patients experienced, on average, 24 percent ...

Stereotaxis Names Daniel Johnston as Chief Financial Officer

...disease and arrhythmias. The Stereotaxis System is designed to enable physicians to complete more complex interventional procedures by providing image guided delivery of catheters and guidewires through the blood vessels and chambers of the heart to treatment sites. This is achieved using computer-controlle...

Stereotaxis Reports 19% Second Quarter Revenue Growth

...coronary artery disease. The Stereotaxis system is designed to enable physicians to complete more complex interventional procedures by providing image guided delivery of catheters and guidewires through the blood vessels and chambers of the heart to treatment sites. This is achieved using computer-controlle...

Pilot study: Workplace yoga and meditation can lower feelings of stress

... COLUMBUS, Ohio Twenty minutes per day of guided workplace meditation and yoga combined with six weekly group sessions can l...essions were supplemented by 20 minutes each day of movement and meditation guided by verbal cues and music provided on compact discs that Klatt designed and ...

High Cholesterol in Midlife Raises Risk of Late-Life Dementia, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

...urrently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia . Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

Crucial Finding Advances Spinal Cord Injury Research

...cord injury research, U.S. scientists report that regenerating axons can be guided to their correct targets where they can re-form connections after spinal co...archers at the UCSD School of Medicine found that regenerating axons can be guided to the correct target using a nervous system growth factor called neurotrop...

Medical Services of America Selects Authentidate's Inscrybe Healthcare to Standardize Healthcare Order Process Management

...therapy and physician management. Medical Services of America began with a unique concept, "total home health care," and its expansion has been guided with that concept in mind. Every area of service is managed and staffed by qualified professionals, trained and experienced in their respective fields...

PDL BioPharma Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...s projected in the range of $200 to $215 million and cash generated in 2009 is expected to be in the range of $285 to $300 million. PDL had previously guided that net income would be in the range of $185 to $200 million and cash generated in 2009 to be in the range of $260 to $280 million. Conferenc...

Kaiser Permanente Honored for Efforts to Combat Obesity With 2009 Pioneering Innovation Award at Weight of the Nation Conference

...We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives With Weight of the Nation Awards

...n-profit health care organization's health care costs, including medical plan premiums and health care service utilization rates, as low as possible. guided by a mission to have the healthiest workforce in America, Wellness Advantage offers free employee clinics, fitness centers, healthy menus and vending ...

New Agreement Between Amerinet and B. Braun

...About B. Braun Medical B. Braun is a leading manufacturer of infusion therapy and pain management products with an environmentally-friendly focus. guided by the company's "Sharing Expertise((R))" philosophy, B. Braun addresses the critical issues of infection prevention, medication safety and environm...

F. Duwaine Townsen Joins SpectraScience Board of Directors

...oration in 1969 to form Kay Laboratories, Inc., a medical device company, as Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to CEO and Chairman in 1974 and guided the Company through its IPO in 1978 and sale to American Hospital Supply Corporation in 1981. In 1982, Mr. Townsen co-founded the Ventana Grow...

Kaiser Permanente Approves $11 Million in Community Benefit Grants

...We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

URAC Launches New eLearning Courses for Health Care Management Accreditation

...rkers' compensation environment and injured workers. Our eLearning course provides an interactive educational tool using both audio and video, and is guided by a URAC accredited reviewer. The addition of these new modules increases the number of eLearning curriculum that are currently availa...

Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually

...ocal governments, school districts, and local partners take necessary action." The Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention Project was guided by a systematic process that included expert opinion and a review of the published scientific literature, resulting in the adoption of 24 recommended ...

Kaiser Permanente to Provide Calorie, Nutrition Information on Cafeteria Menus

...urrently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia . Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

Breast cancer research highlights from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Anaheim, July 26-30

... performed simulations to show the feasibility of such a system, which Boone will describe in Anaheim. The talk, "Breast CT as a Platform for Image guided Therapies of Breast Cancer" is at 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28 in room 303A. See: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/09AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=42&aid=11896 ...

Teamwork, Technology, and Coordinated Care Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs

...We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

Brookhaven Lab and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies Inc., win R&D 100 award

... PSA levels may indicate prostate cancer, but with a high number of false-positive detections. Often, then, men must have an invasive biopsy, normally guided by ultrasound imagery. Other methods for confirming a diagnosis of prostate cancer include conventional nuclear medical imaging techniques, such as po...

CAeHC Demonstrates NHIN-enabled Gateways Among Five California Health Information Exchanges

... currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-lead...

Kentucky College Simplifies Password Management by Deploying Self Service Solution to 270,000 Campus Users

... IP addresses to user account identity (IP-to-User) for enhanced security auditing. User password reset / change activities within the Web portal are guided by Wizard Driven processes making it easy to use for tech-challenged users. About SysOp Tools, Inc. SysOp Tools addresses the growing need fo...

Hartford's Camp Courant Gets a 'Brick' Up on Summer Thanks to $100,000 Grant From The LEGO(R) Children's Fund

...heir creativity and learning skills through constructive play which can lead to a lifetime of creative learning and innovative thinking. Employees are guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: "Only the best is good enough." For more information, visit www.LEGO.com ...

Kaiser Permanente Wins National Award for Technology-Supported Patient Care and Efficiency

...We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

Kaiser Permanente Survey Shows Seniors Embrace Internet to Manage Their Health

...We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

Reminder Program Dramatically Increases Mammography Rates, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds

...urrently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia . Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading ...

New lung cancer staging system revealed

...ung cancer staging as we know it today; however, the staging system had limitations. Due to the small and very narrow database, the staging system was guided by intuition rather than evidence," said Dr. Detterbeck. "The revised IASLC staging system marks a shift to a more scientifically based, data-driven a...

Renowned, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon, John Bergfeld, MD, Inducted into Sports Medicine Hall of Fame

...ing research on non operative treatment of the isolated posterior cruciate ligament injury and on posterior inlay technique of PCL reconstruction have guided treatment of this type of injury for many years. Additionally, Dr. Bergfeld has mentored hundreds of aspiring sports medicine professionals throu...

Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improve Chronic Disease Management

...0 nurses and other staff. Care for members is focused on their total health guided by our personal physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert...umbia . Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our exper...

Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improves Chronic Disease Management

...0 nurses and other staff. Care for members is focused on their total health guided by our personal physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert...umbia . Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our exper...