FDA Completes Review of Final Clinical Study of ENHANCE
- Cardio
- 12/01/2009
Following two years of treatment, carotid artery thickness increased by 0.011 mm in the Vytorin group and by 0.006 mm in the simvastatin group....
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Study Proves Smoking Ban Effective
- Cardio
- 02/01/2009
Pueblo, Colorado, passed a municipal law making workplaces and public places smoke-free in 2003 and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Calculating Your Costs: Principals of Economic Evaluations
Clinical trials measure healthcare outcomes to determine the efficacy of healthcare interventions. Economic evaluations provide valuable information to help decision- makers allocate scarce resources more efficiently and to see whether the intervention represents good value for money. Two methods can be used to determine cost-effectiveness: an economic...
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Increase in the Use of Portable Ultrasound by Cardiologists
Trend Shows Technological Advances Fuelling Growth The ultrasound imaging equipment market is currently seeing a clear trend towards miniaturisation. The dramatic increase in the use of hand-held and portable ultrasound (defined by In Medical as compact ultrasound), has driven additional growth for ultrasound in markets such as cardiology....
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The Role of the Nurse in a Multidisciplinary Team Setting & the EURO Action Trial
EUROACTION, a demonstration project in preventive cardiology, was launched in 2003 in eight European countries (Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK). Using a matched paired cluster randomised controlled trial study design (see Fig. 1), it aimed to show that nurse-led care could facilitate the implementation...
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Overview of the Healthcare System
A System in Transition The Italian National Health Service (INHS) was established in 1978 to grant universal access to a uniform level of care throughout Italy, financed by general taxation. The INHS provides universal coverage and free healthcare at point of delivery to all Italian and European Union citizens. In spite of this, there are...
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Healthcare IT & E-Health in Italy: Projects and Priorities
Italy’s approach to healthcare IT, and more specifically e-Health, has three facets. These are based on: National-scale techno-infrastructural requirements (the New National Healthcare Information System); E-Health Board, to harmonise regional and national policies and implementation, and ascertain that these are in line with the...
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Telemedicine Applications in Cardiology
Telemedicine represents a good solution for the management of patients with cardiac problems. Telecardiology, in particular, guarantees continuity of care and the creation of integrated networks between acute hospitals and primary care, with a more rational and quicker management of patients. Additionally, telemedicine is particularly implemented...
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Hypothermia Company Acquired by Philips
Philips has agreed to acquire the assets of InnerCool Therapies Inc., a therapeutic hypothermia company, and wholly-owned subsidiary of Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. It will be acquired in an asset purchase transaction for 11.25 million dollars, and the transfer of around 1.5 million dollars in trade payables. The transaction will reinforce Philips’ leadership...
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Boehringer-Ingelheim Posts Solid Growth Results
The pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim again posted gratifying growth in local currency (+8.3 percent) over the previous year in the first six months of 2009. Consolidated in euro, this reflected growth of + 15.7 percent thanks to the positive exchange rates, with net sales of 6,388 euros million compared with 5,522 million euros in the first...
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