Charles River Purchases MIR Preclinical Services.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-17 September 2008-Charles River Purchases MIR Preclinical Services(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Charles River Laboratories International announced that it has acquired privately held Molecular Imaging Research for approximately $12.5 million in cash. MIR Preclinical Services (MIR) provides discovery services supported by extensive...

Brain attack.
In many countries, stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, third only to cardiovascular disease and cancer. This medical emergency results from blood supply to the brain getting cut off, depriving sensitive brain tissue from oxygen and nutrients. It only takes a few minutes to damage the...

Little Company of Mary Hospital Offers MRI-Guided Biopsies to Diagnose if Breast Abnormalities Are Cancerous.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 October 2008-Little Company of Mary Hospital Offers MRI-Guided Biopsies to Diagnose if Breast Abnormalities Are Cancerous(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Radiologists at Little Company of Mary Hospital, helping to diagnose breast cancer in women, are now performing MRI-guided breast biopsies in addition to...

Shorter needles would avoid penetration injury.
Up to 60% of children getting intramuscular injections in the shoulder are probably receiving over-penetration injuries, because the recommended needles are longer than the average fat and muscle layer of the deltoid, according to results of a study. "Our data suggest that the [national] recommendations for needle...

Good Samaritan Hospital Offers High Risk Breast Cancer Program at Its North Health Center.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 October 2008-Good Samaritan Hospital Offers High Risk Breast Cancer Program at Its North Health Center(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Good Samaritan Hospital has launched a new High Risk Breast Cancer Program at Good Samaritan North Health Center. "Diagnostic advances and genetic...

Kerraboot use with a post-operative diabetic foot wound: a case report.
Abnormal wound healing in people with diabetes is well recognised. Kerraboot is a non-contact boot-shaped plastic film device containing an absorbent base pad. This case study follows the progression of a post-amputation wound in the diabetic foot using Kerraboot. Since the discovery that wound healing is promoted...

ADHD and executive functions: lessons learned from research.
Today,attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common and most studied psychiatric disorder of childhood, affecting approximately five percent of school-aged children. That means that there are probably at least two children with ADHD in any average elementary school class! In the last 20 years, there has been...

The meatal ganglion in neoplasia and inflammation of the facial nerve.
Two ganglia of the facial nerve--the geniculate ganglion and the meatal ganglion--are well established. (1) They are derived from different embryologic cell anlages: the epibranchial placode of the second branchial arch and the neural crest of the facial primordium, respectively. Although they occupy different segments of the facial nerve...

2009 CMS outpatient pay will be based on quality.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed an overall 3% increase in payments for outpatient hospital care in 2009, almost a full percent below the update for 2008. As expected, reporting on quality of care is being tied to the amount of increase hospitals and other outpatient...

Focal inflammatory myositis of the paraspinal neck muscles.
A 33-year-old Asian woman presented to the emergency department after a sudden onset of neck stiffness and general malaise earlier that evening. Examination revealed low-grade pyrexia (38[degrees]C) and the presence of a diffuse, minimally tender, nonfluctuant swelling that measured approximately 6 x 6 cm in the right suboccipital region....