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Identifying the time of HIV infection. Researchers of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study have identified a simple method to establish when a patient contracted the virus causing . The time of infection can be of importance for the treatment of the illness and it contributes to the understanding of the course of the epidemic.
Health Affairs: Little Evidence Of Correlation Between Growth In Health Care Spending And Reduced Mortality - This study examines differences in hospital mortality and cost between 2000 and 2004 for patients at 122 U.S. hospitals, with seven common medical diagnoses: acute myocardial infarction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, community-acquired pneumonia, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accident (also called ischemic stroke), sepsis, or urinary tract infection.
On Feb. 22, Bill Wohl, a former recipient of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, will celebrate 10 years of enjoying life to the fullest with the donor heart he received at University Medical Center on Feb. 22, 2000.
MZI HealthCare, LLC, a leading provider of health benefit administration software, today showcased EZ-CAP v6.0 at its 19th Annual User Conference (UCON) 2009, held October 11-14 in Newport Beach, California. The annual conference has been extended to two-and-a-half days of industry specific educational sessions—including demos and actual user experiences with v6.0—and one-on-one training with EZ-CAP experts.
Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new "e-tattoo" that could enable easier and more accurate heart monitoring than the current technology allows.
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