Hospital Administration News

Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme a 'preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage from the often-fatal genetic disorder Hurler's syndrome.

Scientists and industry leaders from around the world will gather in Boston Nov.

The European Commission on Tuesday opened a probe of Thomson Reuters, alleging the company is making it difficult for clients to use other data feeds.

In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have used tissue engineering techniques to completely replace penile erectile tissue in animals.

For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades.

University Medical Center officials say their new entrance will open next week with upgrades and more parking to make access easier for patients and visitors.

The Los Angeles hospital where patients were exposed to X-ray radiation overdoses during CT scans says its investigation found the affected patients could be at higher risk for cataracts.

A psychiatrist stabbed by one of her patients at her Boston office last month has returned home.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 1:26 pm US/Eastern Boston Mayor Tom Menino is recovering from unexpected knee surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

A man is in critical condition in the burn center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center after a house fire in Winston-Salem. A nursing supervisor identified the victim as Paul Urban.

The Public Relations Society of America will bestow the distinguished title of Fellow on Diane Gage Lofgren, senior vice president of Brand Strategy, Communications and PR for Kaiser Permanente, tonight at a ceremony at PRSA's 2009 International Conference in San Diego.

This is a press release from the Marion County Sheriff's Department in Salem, Ore.

On the same day rescue crews responded to an Elgin home on reports of an infant boy that was not breathing, someone contacted the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' abuse hotline about the child's well-being, officials said Thursday.

A woman has died Wednesday night after a fire at her home in west suburban River Grove, according to the Cook County Medical Examinera s Office.

A teenager was injured in a shooting at the corner of Barbour and Judson streets Wednesday night.

Known by the sundry names of rickshaw, bike taxi and pedicab, the three-wheeled passenger bike service is coming to Marietta this spring.

Matt Melton knew he was getting to come home from Arkansas Children's Hospital Wednesday afternoon.

A 49-year-old man was found floating in Newport Harbor this morning and was pronounced dead soon after at a local hospital, authorities said.

The lingerie chain, owned by Limited Brands Inc., will begin promoting its "Miraculous Bra" this week; it sells for $48 in solid colors and $52 in leopard print.

Melody Trimble will be the new CEO of Sparks Regional Medical Center and its more than 2,000 employees beginning Dec.