First CyberKnife System in Rhode Island Installed
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Radiosurgery Center of Rhode Island, LLC, installed a CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System within Rhode Island Hospita...Free Prescription Drug Card Launched in Rhode Island
RIRx to Provide Prescription Relief to All Rhode Island Residents PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhode Island residents now have an ally to help them fight off rising healthcare costs. A new statewide discount prescription drug card program, called RIRx , is scheduled...Medicaid Reform Efforts Underway in Louisiana and Rhode Island
States Choose Different Approaches, Yet Face Hurdles in Light of Economic Downturn, According to New Reports from HealthLeaders-InterStudy NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that significant sta...Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Care New England Reach Multiyear Agreement
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) and Care New England (CNE) today announced that they have reached a new five-year agreement, which ensures that CNE will remain in the BCBSRI network until 2013. The agreement applies to all CNE hospital...New research from Rhode Island Hospital may help predict outcomes for stomach cancer patients
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have identified two potential molecular markers that may predict outcomes for patients with stomach cancer, one of the most common and fatal cancers worldwide. According to the study, published in the July 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Resea...InterComponentWare Inc. and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Celebrate Milestone
Project Anchor Phase I complete with secure transmission of patient data from hospital EMR to web-based PHR MALVERN, Pa., and PAWTUCKET, R.I., May 8 /PRNewswire/ --InterComponentWare Inc. (ICW), a global leader in eHealth technology solutions and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Is...New Rhode Island Hospital study shows inadequate diagnostic criteria for eating disorders
Providence, RI A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University suggests that the DSM-IV criteria for eating disorders have limited clinical utility. Researchers recommend a broadening of the criteria for bulimia, anorexia and binge eating disorder. In the DSM-IV manual, bulimia and a...Panacea Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of a U.S. Patent Covering Anti-HAAH Antibodies
...ncer molecular marker that has been detected by immunohistochemical staining in a broad range of cancers; this marker was originally discovered at the rhode Island Hospital / Brown University. Research done both at Panacea and in collaboration with Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital has established H...Kmart Lowers Flu Shot Price to $10
...le in most stores with remaining flu vaccine supply while supplies last. The price in California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania, rhode Island, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Wyoming may be slightly higher due to state regulations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...URI receives $18 million grant to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island
KINGSTON, R.I. May 20, 2009 The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a five-year, $18 million grant by a branch of the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island. One of the largest grants in the University's history, the grant is the third ...URI researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, nonthreatening
...ws reports last week about scuba divers off San Diego being menaced by large numbers of Humboldt's or jumbo squid have raised the ire of University of rhode Island biologist Brad Seibel. As a leading expert on the species who has dived with them several times, he calls the reports "alarmist" and says the ...URI researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, non-threatening
...ws reports last week about scuba divers off San Diego being menaced by large numbers of Humboldt's or jumbo squid have raised the ire of University of rhode Island biologist Brad Seibel. As a leading expert on the species who has dived with them several times, he calls the reports "alarmist" and says the ...Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent
...ore but then began a rapid die-off. As they died, they were replaced by a salt marsh grass, Spartina patens. At two sites Nag Creek (Prudence Island, rhode Island), and Little River (Maine) the forbs covered less than 10 percent of the plot, from 50 percent originally, in tests that spanned the summer fr...UNH researcher receives presidential environmental award
...ct that restored eelgrass to coastal salt ponds in rhode Island. The highest level award for partnership ef...al Wildlife Refuge in Charlestown, R.I. Led by the rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council and th...Hampshire's Great Bay, Short is no stranger to the rhode Island coastal ponds. "The award meant a great dea...Study: Illegal fishing harming present and future New England groundfish fisheries
...ings, environmental economists Dr. Dennis King of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Dr. Jon Sutinen of the University of rhode Island detail nearly a doubling of the percent of total harvest taken illegally over the last two decades in the Northeast multispecies groundfish fis...Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation awards $191,000 in grants
...tial research efforts of faculty as well as those who have limited research experience. This year's three recipients are Rajoo Dhangana, M.D., rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R.I., "The LEAD Interventions Study (Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease Interventions: Percutaneous-first Approa...Bull's-eye electrode helps interpret thoughts, deliver stimulus to aid paralyzed, epileptic patients
... 2009 A unique electrode developed for non-invasive use by a University of rhode Island biomedical engineer is showing promising results in helping to inter...tes. Besio's NIH grant, along with an additional $15,000 grant from the rhode Island Foundation, will also be used to determine if the electrical stimula...Computer model predicts brain tumor growth and evolution
...ied about 40 different human brain tumor samples. Bryan Kinney, a member of Bearer's lab, obtained the samples from a number of sources, including the rhode Island Hospital pathology department, the Columbia University Brain Bank and the Cooperative Human Tissue Network, a division of the National Cancer I...Neurotech Announces the Opening of Its GMP Manufacturing Facility in Cumberland, Rhode Island
CUMBERLAND, R.I., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company focused on the development of sight-saving therapeutics for chronic retinal diseases, announced today the opening of its new 27,000 square-foot GMP manufacturing facility in Cumber...Genomic Health Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Progress
...clude breast cancer patients with one to three positive lymph nodes, effective June 28, 2009. Established a contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield rhode Island, providing in-network benefit coverage for approximately 680,000 lives. Clinical Progress St. Gallen Interna...Essilor: Essilor Forges New Strategic Partnerships Around the World
...for opticians and laboratories. Essilor has joined with Vision Service Plan (VSP) to acquire McLeod Optical, a prescription laboratory based in rhode Island with 2008 revenue of $10 million. VSP is the largest not-for-profit vision benefits provider in the United States with 55 million members and a...Regional Biotech Association Warns Vermont Legislation Could Have Profound Negative Impact
...ons in those states, including the Biotech Association of Maine, Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE), New Hampshire Bio/Medical Council, rhode Island BioGroup, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Massachusetts High Technology Council, and the Biotech Association of Vermont (in formation). ...GRRL Tech Participant Offered Full Tuition Four-Year Scholarship to Roger Williams University
...s a career course will help ensure the vitality of rhode Island's economy and our nation as a whole." ...ogy as a future career option will help strengthen rhode Island's technology industry," said JoAnn Johnson,...on for information technology and biotechnology in rhode Island. Roger Williams University is cosponsoring ...New Regional Biotech Association Formed
...ons in those states, including the Biotech Association of Maine, Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE), New Hampshire Bio/Medical Council, rhode Island BioGroup, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Massachusetts High Technology Council, and the Biotech Association of Vermont (in formation). ...AHIC Successor, Inc. Announces Board of Directors
...fidentiality, privacy, and security for patients." The 15 members of AHIC Successor Board of Directors are: -- Laura Adams, President and CEO, rhode Island Quality Institute -- Simon Cohn, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Executive Director, Health Information Policy, Kaiser Permanente -- Janet Corrig...