EPS Inc. has added Lab Guard Specimen Bags to its line of re-sealable bags and transport items. Designed to meet National Committee on Clinical Laboratory standards, these bags reduce the risk of messy...
Berkadia arranges $10.1M for WA facility
Jul 31, 2013
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC has originated $10.1 million in financing for Mission Healthcare, a skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, WA.
VHA, AT&T expand partnership
Aug 11, 2009
AT&T will offer discounted pricing for multiple services to operators belonging to VHA Inc., an Irving, TX-based group purchasing organization. Members will receive better rates on wired services, such...
Excess niacin may be bad for your heart
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 21, 2024
Too much of the B vitamin niacin can increase inflammation and damage blood vessels, according to a study published Monday in Nature Medicine.
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 25
By
John Roszkowski
Mar 25, 2024
Long genes linked to aging … Fat buildup in brain cells may cause Alzheimer’s … Drug shows no benefit for dry age-related macular degeneration in NIH trial … Neurologic disease may be higher for...
ReGear Life Sciences turning up the heat at 19 new communities
May 16, 2012
ReGear Life Sciences Inc. announced that new 19 senior care communities have deployed ReBound wearable therapeutic heat for residents. The product helps people who suffer with arthritis, flexion contractures...
Ribbon-cutting ceremony a moving experience
May 25, 2011
Graham Field recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the relocation of its Lumex Recliner Production operations. The plant had been located in Taiwan and has moved back to the Atlanta area. The...
Briggs awarded Novation diagnostics contract
Mar 29, 2011
Briggs Medical Service Company announced a three-year agreement with Novation for handheld diagnostics products. Under the terms of the new agreement, Briggs will be a joint supplier for more than 25,000...
Study probes bouts of lucidity among those with dementia
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 09, 2024
A recent study published in The Gerontologist sheds light on a phenomenon that many caregivers of seniors with severe dementia have witnessed: moments of unexpected clarity or recognition, often called...
KCI gets assurance on three wound-treatment patents
Jul 29, 2009
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of three vacuum pressure wound treatment patents belonging to Kinetic Concepts Inc. The technologies form the basis of the company’s...