A New Reason to Catch More ZZZs?
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- A New Reason to Catch More ZZZs?
- St. Jude Is Set to Pay $533 Million For Two Medical-Tech Companies
- Medical worker scarred by wartime experiences
- Family philanthropy up next for Holmgren
- Dangerous drug combos pose risk for elderly
- ATS Medical closes $20M financing deal settles CarboMedics lawsuit
- UM Medical System names its new CE
A New Reason to Catch More ZZZs?
Washington Post United States
In the study researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center measured the calcification of the arteries (a strong but silent and symptom-free predictor of cardiovascular disease) of 495 healthy middle-aged people once at the start of the study and again five years later. They also estimated the number of hours participants slept using a device that attaches to a person’s wrist and measures sleep based on how much the person moves around in bed. Participants slept at home not in a sleep-study lab as is common in sleep research. The results were striking and says researcher.
St. Jude Is Set to Pay $533 Million For Two Medical-Tech Companies
Wall Street Journal
is closing out the year with acquisitions of two international medical-technology companies for a total of $533 million. Jude paid $250 million for Radi Medical AB of Sweden and agreed to pay $283 million in installments plus the assumption of a small amount of debt for MediGuide Inc. The deals were announced late Sunday and Monday.
Medical worker scarred by wartime experiences
Dallas Morning News TX
Frahm serving as a hospital administrator found herself daily confronting death and her own mortality. At 38 she has more than 17 years of experience in the medical field serving in four wars in 12 countries. ut of the Army for nearly a year she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and traumatic brain injury or TBI and she says the transition from soldier to civilian has been anything but smooth. Her tour in Iraq started with Fort Bliss’ 31st Combat Support Hospital. She arrived at the Balad Hospital in Camp Anaconda on Jan.
Family philanthropy up next for Holmgren
The Associated Press
The reason is on the second floor of the Pike Market Medical Clinic. His wife Kathy a registered nurse who specializes is treating diabetes is ending a checkup with a patient a small older man with bright eyes for whom English is a second language. For the last two years Kathy has volunteered at the clinic which welcomes poor people off the streets of downtown Seattle. She’s done foot care made home visits and seen whoever comes through the door. She’s also traveled to Africa and Romania and Mexico while volunteering for a medical outreach team.
Dangerous drug combos pose risk for elderly
Reuters
adults aged 57 to 85 are using five or more prescription or non-prescription drugs and one in 25 are taking them in combinations that could cause dangerous drug interactions. “lder adults in the United States use medicine and they use a lot of it” said Dr. Stacy Tessler Lindau of the University of Chicago Medical Center in Illinois whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “While medications are often beneficial they are not always safe” she said in a telephone interview. She noted a recent report that estimated U.
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ATS Medical closes $20M financing deal settles CarboMedics lawsuit
Bizjournals.com NC
over the next year to settle a lawsuit related to ATS’s supply agreement with the Austin Texas-based company for certain mechanical heart valve components. In connection with the financing Essex Woodlands is buying more than 8. 5 million shares of ATS Medical common stock at a purchase price of $2. Essex Woodlands also has warrants to buy additional shares of ATS (NASDAQ: ATSI). “With ATS Medical’s technological innovation strong product portfolio and experienced management team the company is positioned to be a leader in the cardiac surgery market.
UM Medical System names its new CE
Baltimore Sun United States
smitherman@baltsun. smitherman@baltsun. com December 24 2008 The University of Maryland Medical System which underwent a board shake-up after the departure of its chairman this summer announced yesterday the appointment of its longtime chief financial officer to be chief executive officer.
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