Category: Hospital Administration

Tanning can contribute to skin ageing

… can negatively impact the skin, as can pollution, so protecting your skin from the environment can benefit both your health and appearance, Kourosh said in a statement released by the American Academy of Dermatology. Since both types of UV rays — …

Diabetes prevention help offered

Alamance Regional Medical Center has partnered with the county health department to teach a class directed toward diabetes prevention in nine area counties. In North Carolina, it’s about 1,075,855, roughly 13.1 percent of the adult population.

Children’s Hospital at St Francis receives check 28 mins ago

Dozens stood outside on the Children’s playground at St. Francis Hospital as Gold 4 Kids of Tulsa presented a check of $70,00 to the hospital’s staff. Gold 4 Kids, a cancer fundraising organization, focuses on raising money for research, clinical trails, and special projects in order to support the clinical pediatric oncology department at St. Francis hospital.

ARMC rated among top 100 U.S. hospitals

Alamance Regional Medical Center has been rated among the nation’s best 100 hospitals by Healthgrades, a Denver company that compiles information on physicians, hospitals and health care providers. The distinction places ARMC in the top 2 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide for consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance, according to Cone Health, which owns ARMC as well as MedCenter Mebane.

Penn State students raise $10 million-plus in dance marathon

Hundreds of hardy Penn State students raised more than $10 million for pediatric cancer patients in the annual 46-hour dance marathon known as Thon. The $10,045,478.44 total was announced Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the Penn State Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, billed as the world’s largest student-run philanthropy.

First-Grader Puts Personal Spin on Bell-Ringing to Signal End to Years of Chemotherapy

Videos posted by his mother, Lacie Spagnolo, to social media chronicling his fight against cancer show him bopping, smiling and clapping down hospital hallways. So it made sense that after Jimmy, a first-grader from right outside of Pittsburgh, rang a bell last week signaling the end of his final chemotherapy treatment, he screamed, hugged his family and then, of course, began dancing.

Aevi Genomic Medicine Announces Enrollment of First Patient in Phase…

“We are pleased to have the first patient enrolled into this important study,” said Garry Neil, Chief Scientific Officer of Aevi Genomic Medicine. “Patients with 22q Deletion Syndrome often suffer from a range of debilitating psychiatric conditions, including anxiety disorders, ASD, and ADHD, with many patients progressing to psychosis and schizophrenia.

Trying to solve the Alzheimer’s puzzle

… of the 21st Century Cures Act, public funding for Alzheimer’s research has been rising. The National Institutes of Health allocated almost $1 billion to Alzheimer’s research in fiscal 2016 – a $350 million increase over the previous year, according …

Exercise Often Declines After Cancer Diagnosis

… to help cancer patients maintain their physical activity are rare. “There need to be more exercise programs within health centers and in gyms to provide cancer patients with guidance to help them remain physically active,” Mao said. “Physical …

Exercise Often Declines After Cancer Diagnosis

… to help cancer patients maintain their physical activity are rare. “There need to be more exercise programs within health centers and in gyms to provide cancer patients with guidance to help them remain physically active,” Mao said. “Physical …

Philips and Banner Health Sign 15-Year Agreement to Extend Successful …

Philips and Banner Health Sign 15-Year Agreement to Extend Successful Connected Healthcare Programs, Transforming Care and Lowering Costs, While Improving Quality Royal Philips a leading health technology company, and Arizona-based Banner Health, today announced a multi-year partnership intended to further innovate and expand on their successful joint connected healthcare programs such as the Intensive Ambulatory Care pilot knowledge and research in connected care and population health management and Banner’s deep clinical and operational insights to identify and deliver integrated solutions that are intended to improve the health of Banner’s patients.

Yuma part of Medicare coordination experiment

As Medicare launches changes for how it pays for heart attacks and hip fractures to promote quality and contain costs, select areas such as Yuma were chosen to test these modifications. Under the revamps, doctors, hospitals and rehab centers are being encouraged to coordinate care.

How surgical weight loss is saving lives

Weight loss surgery is known to help people battling severe obesity lose weight, but it also saves lives by helping patients defeat diseases associated with obesity. Studies show that weight loss surgery helps resolve many weight-related health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heartburn and sleep apnea, said Dr. Hamilton S. Le, medical director of the INTEGRIS Weight Loss Center.

This might be how stress, heart attacks are linked

Scientists have long known that stress can influence your heart health, but exactly how this relationship takes place has been something of a mystery — until now. Activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with fear and stress, can predict your risk for heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet on Wednesday.

This might be how stress and heart attacks are linked

Scientists have long known that stress can influence your heart health, but exactly how this relationship takes place has been something of a mystery – until now. Activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with fear and stress, can predict your risk for heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet on Wednesday.

Sydney toddler becomes youngest child to receive blood from her own …

Toddler, 20 months, becomes youngest child in the world to receive blood from her own UMBILICAL CORD to stop diabetes – after it was stored to treat her sister for the same disease A Sydney toddler whose umbilical cord blood was stored to help treat her sister’s Type 1 diabetes has had it reinfused after showing signs of the disease herself. Lucy Hinchion, aged 20 months, on Friday became the youngest child in the world to receive her own cord blood to help prevent or delay the chronic condition’s onset, as part of a five-year study at The Children’s Hospital in Westmead.

A Woman’s Heart event scheduled for Feb. 2

Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s “A Woman’s Heart” event committee is in full swing planning the Heart Fund’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Looking forward to the A Woman’s Heart event are, in front, from left, committee members Margaret Arseniadis, Hannah Davis, and Sylvia Kennedy; Katelyn Steakley, Bless Boutique; committee members Marcy Griffin, Cherry Ramsey, chair Coleen Schabacker and Leah Ingram; and Foundation director John Bell; and in back, committee members Amanda Scott, Debbie Baker, Elizabeth Kase; Emily Carwile, Matilda Jane clothing; and committee members Amy Rich, Tracy Galyean, Paula Jackson and Barb Davis.

HRMC limits hospital visitation due to flu-like illnesses

Effective immediately, Haywood Regional Medical Center will begin “limited visitation” at the hospital due to the increased number of positive flu cases in our area and increased number of admissions. The rates of influenza-like illness have risen above the two percent mark in our region and the flu has been responsible for the deaths of four people in the state already.

Can you really die of a broken heart?

… in women – by people with a history of neurologic problems, such as seizures, and by people with a history of mental health problems. Though a stress-based theory is probably correct, the precise cause of the syndrome remains unknown, according to …

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… by women, by people with a history of neurologic problems, such as seizures, and by people with a history of mental health problems. “What is known from large studies of Takotsubo is that 90 percent of cases are in women,” Campbell said, adding that …