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Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the overuse of health care procedures, diagnostic tests and medications has been widespread in the United States for at least 30 years. Such unnecessary health care services contribute to high medical costs, and could be harmful to patients. New York (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the overuse of health care procedures, diagnostic tests and medications has been...
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reinforcing its commitment to the wellbeing of New York's Latino community, The Mount Sinai Hospital proudly premieres ¡A tu salud! (www.mountsinai.org/latino), the first ever weekly health and wellness TV series created by Mount Sinai, debuting Saturday, January 7th at 11AM on Telemundo, Channel 47. The series will re-air Mondays and Tuesdays at 5 am. ¡A tu salud! spotlights the key health issues plaguing the Latino community and teaches...
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After obtaining confirmatory opinions from multiple experts in patent law, Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTC.BB: NWBO) (NW Bio) today reaffirms that its lead program, applying DCVax(®)-L for treatment of brain cancer, continues to have clear freedom to operate with respect to US Patent 7,939,090 (the '090 patent), recently issued to Cedars Sinai, and licensed to Immunocellular Therapeutics (IMUC)...
Learn how toxic exposures in pregnancy and early childhood may contribute to rising rates of disease in children. Discover simple steps for prevention at the Fifth Annual Mount Sinai Greening Our Children Luncheon. (PRWEB) December 16, 2011 The Fifth Annual Mount Sinai Greening Our Children Luncheon will take place Monday, May 7, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut. You will hear from Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, renowned pediatrician and expert in children’s...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec.16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint announced today that the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute will provide clinical expertise to help shape WellPoint's new health care solutions that will utilize IBM's Watson technology. WellPoint announced plans in September to develop the first commercial application utilizing IBM Watson to help improve patient care and support physicians in their efforts to make the most informed, personalized...
DETROIT, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DMC Sinai-Grace has become the first healthcare facility in Michigan to successfully resynchronize a patient's heartbeat using a breakthrough pacemaking device. The new Unify Quadra(TM) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), just recently approved by the FDA, is the smallest pacemaking device and the only quadripolar pacing system available. The Quadra uses a pacing lead with four electrodes (instead of the usual...
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the establishment of a strategic alliance with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for the center to operate as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence (MCOE) for the next five years. As a nationally recognized Roche MCOE, the Medical Center's molecular diagnostics laboratory will be one of the first centers of excellence to offer physicians and patients some of the latest and...
Researchers plan joint clinical trials of new cancer treatments and personalized therapies SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare is expanding its efforts to accelerate advances in cancer care with the addition of Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute in Los Angeles as a collaborator in clinical trials to develop personalized therapies that could lead to more effective cancer...
Among the most commonly used treatments for IBS, a targeted antibiotic was shown to be the safest in a new study by Cedars-Sinai researchers Among the most commonly used treatments for irritable bowel syndrome – which affects as many as 20 percent of the United States population – a targeted antibiotic was shown to be the safest in a new study by Cedars-Sinai researchers, based on an analysis of 26 large-scale clinical trials. The study, for presentation at the American College of...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbra Streisand and Robert Barth will be honored by the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors at their annual Gala on Tuesday, November 8th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Proceeds from the Gala, sponsored by Lexus, will benefit the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Lexus will donate a 2012 Lexus LS 600h L Luxury Hybrid sedan to be raffled off during the Gala. The Gala will be hosted by Seth Rogen, and will include a performance by Marvin Hamlisch. The Board...
