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NewsHeart attack patients less likely to survive when transfers exceed 30 minutes
When racing against the clock, time and treatment of are the essence. Unfortunately, the average time a heart attack patient waits to be transferred from one hospital to another is an hour, that is, Read more...
Study: Common coronary bypass technique more dangerous than traditional method
A new study has raised a storm of controversy by concluding that the most commonly-used method for extracting leg veins for grafts may be more dangerous than the traditional method. Over the past 10 Read more...
Cancer care not affected by Medicare cuts
When the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 cut payments to oncologists for delivering chemotherapy drugs to patients, some observers were worried that it would upend the industry. Policymakers Read more...
| Press ReleasesHCA Appoints Dr. Michael Cuffe President and CEO of Physician Services for HCANASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HCA (NYSE:HCA), which operates 164 hospitals and 111 ambulatory surgery centers, today announced Dr. Michael Cuffe will become President and Chief Executive Read more >> John G. McHutchison, MD, to Join Gilead Sciences as Senior Vice President, Liver Disease TherapeuticsFOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that John G. McHutchison, MD, will join the company as Senior Vice President, Liver Disease Therapeutics. Read more >> |
