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Seven Kentucky hospitals are included in the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the latest annual rankings by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. They are, in order: the University of Kentucky hospital; in a tie for second, Baptist Health Louisville and St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood-Covington Hospitals,  Louisville’s Norton Hospital and Baptist Health Lexington ; and in sixth, the University of Louisville ‘s Jewish Hospital and Saint Joseph Hospital-Lexington. To make the list, a hospital must offer  a full range of services; either be ranked nationally in one of 12 measured specialties or have three or more high-performance rankings for procedures and conditions; and have at least two more high-performing than below-average rankings for procedures and conditions. The last criterion is new. The report  offers an overview of 122 Kentucky hospitals with a breakdown of each of the measured categories, as relevant to the services t...

Dehradun: A recently-released survey report has revealed that the tap water supplied in several localities of Dehradun district do not meet the safety standards and is unfit for consumption. The survey, conducted by Dehradun-based Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Scientists (SPECS), tested water samples of 125 localities across the Dehradun district between June 10, 2020 and July 10, 2020. The report says that the tap water supplied in 65% of the 125 surveyed localities across the Dehradun district has the presence of fecal coliform which is a major contributor in causing stomach diseases. The study also highlights that the amount of absorbed chlorine in the tap water was below the prescribed level in several localities. This can cause skin diseases, the report points out. Dr Brij Mohan Sharma from SPECS told TOI, “The water contamination levels in these localities are alarming. The presence of fecal coliform indicates that people are consuming water which has...

For the fifth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked University of Virginia Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia. The publication’s 2020-2021 “Best Hospitals” guide also ranks eight UVA specialties among the best in the nation. Two specialties are in the top 50 nationally. Gynecology tied for 41 st nationally, and ear, nose and throat care was 42 nd . Six specialties are rated “high performing,” ranking them among the top 10% nationally: cancer, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology. Based primarily on care provided to patients ages 65 and older, UVA is also rated “high performing” – the best possible score – on nine common conditions and procedures: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Aortic valve surgery. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Colon cancer surgery. Heart bypass surgery. Heart failure. Hip replacement. Knee replacement. Lung cancer surgery. U.S...

TAMPA — Tampa General Hospital has been named the best hospital in Tampa Bay for the fifth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report . It also ranked as one of the country’s top 50 hospitals for five specialties: cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, nephrology, and orthopedics. The hospital was rated as “high performing” in cancer treatment, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology. “We are proud to have received this recognition, which is a true testament to the hard work and high-quality performance of our team members and physicians,” Tampa General president and CEO John Couris said in a statement. “Quality is paramount at TGH, and we will not stop in our pursuit of excellence as we work toward becoming the safest and most innovative academic medical center in the country.” John Touchton, chairman of the hospital’s board of directors, said the rankings should “pr...

Share this article: The staffs of three Southland hospitals — UCLA Health, UCI Health and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — reveled Tuesday after receiving high marks in the annual rankings issued by U.S. News & World Report, which judged them to be among America’s best hospitals. The rankings recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients and conditions. For the 2020-21 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. UCLA Health hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica placed No. 1 in both Los Angeles and California and No. 4 nationally in the annual rankings. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County, the fourth-best hospital in the Los Angeles metro area and eighth-best in California. It was also recognized for high performance in 13 specialty procedures. UCI Medical Center is ranked No. 5 in the Los A...

July 28, 2020 3 min read ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subscribe ADDED TO EMAIL ALERTS We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com . Back to Healio The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has retained its distinction as the No. 1 cancer hospital in the country. MD Anderson tops U.S. News & World Report ’s 2020-2021 Best Hospitals rankings for cancer care. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has retained its distinction as the No. 1 cancer hospital in the country. Source: Adobe Stock. This is the sixth straight year — and the 16th time in 19 years — that MD Anderson has ranked first. The institution has finished first or second in cancer care every year since the publication began issuing it...

Stanford Hospital has made U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for the sixth time. Jul 27 2020 Stanford Hospital has made U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for the sixth time. Kevin Meynell Photography Recognizing  Stanford Health Care ’s commitment to safety and quality,  U.S. News & World Report  has included Stanford Hospital on the 2020-21 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. The honor roll ranks the leading 20 hospitals nationwide. “We’re proud to again be recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country,” said  David Entwistle , president and CEO of Stanford Health Care. “Our successes are a direct reflection of the tireless dedication, courage and compassion of Stanford Health Care’s faculty and staff.” “Providing high-quality, equitable care to patients in the Bay Area and beyond is core to Stanford Medicine’s mission,” said  Lloyd Minor , MD, dean of the  Stanford School...

UCLA Health hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica placed No. 1 in both Los Angeles and California and No. 4 nationally in annual rankings published today by U.S. News & World Report. For 31 consecutive years, UCLA has appeared on the national honor roll , a distinction reserved for only 20 hospitals that provide the highest quality care across an array of specialties, procedures and conditions. “Every day, I am inspired by the teamwork of our physicians, nurses, health care professionals and support staff whose knowledge, skill, dedication and compassion make possible the excellence in health care,” said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System. “I am incredibly proud of the work that our team members do each and every day to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families.” U.S. News evaluated the performance of more than 4,500 medical centers in 16 specialties and 10 procedures and conditions. To earn a spot on the honor rol...

CLOSE ASHEVILLE - Nearly two months into the state's Phase 2 of reopening, more local restaurants have begun to publicly announce  confirmed COVID-19 cases. Those announcements are strictly voluntary: Neither the county nor the state require a business to report positive cases on their premises. Those businesses are also not required to close, though Communicable Disease staff work with the restaurant to perform contact tracing, with Environmental Health guiding the impacted business through sanitation. More: COVID-19: Contact tracing fears, rumors vs. how it really happens Buy Photo The Village Wayside in Biltmore Village is offering curbside takeout, including homemade desserts, beer and wine.   (Photo: Angela Wilhelm/awilhelm@citizentimes.com) Felissa Vasquez, food and lodging supervisor with Buncombe County's Environmental Health Team, said the department primarily helps restaurants navigate the new rules of COVID-19 through educational effor...

Bruce Karsh, Martha Karsh, and the Karsh Family Foundated donated $25 million to the Cedars-Sinai Center on July 21. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announced a $25 million donation from Bruce Karsh, his wife Martha and the Karsh Family Foundation. Karsh and his wife created the Karsh Family Foundation in 1998 with the goal of providing support for causes in education, social welfare and public health. Their gift to Cedars-Sinai, announced July 21, will support treatment options for digestive and liver diseases. It will also fund research within the medical center's division of digestive and liver diseases, which will be renamed the Karsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Dr. Shelly C. Lu, director of the division, called the gift “transformative.” “The Karsh family’s extraordinary pledge of support for our division will further advance our clinical excellence, help train the next generation of leaders in gastroenterology and hepatology and establish the division as ...

Some infectious disease experts increasingly think wearing a mask could mean even if a person is infected they are more likely to get a milder or even asymptomatic form of the disease. A new report from a hair salon in Springfield, Missouri, shows wearing a face mask isn’t just altruistic – it also helps keep the person wearing it from getting COVID-19. And some infectious disease experts increasingly think wearing a mask could mean even if a person is infected they are more likely to get a milder or even asymptomatic form of the disease. The Missouri hair salon case was published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s an example of the power of face masks to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. On May 12, a hair stylist at Springfield Great Clips salon developed respiratory symptoms but kept working for eight days until a COVID-19 test came back positive. Another stylist started getting sic...

Some infectious disease experts increasingly think wearing a mask could mean even if a person is infected they are more likely to get a milder or even asymptomatic form of the disease. A new report from a hair salon in Springfield, Missouri, shows wearing a face mask isn’t just altruistic – it also helps keep the person wearing it from getting COVID-19. And some infectious disease experts increasingly think wearing a mask could mean even if a person is infected they are more likely to get a milder or even asymptomatic form of the disease. The Missouri hair salon case was published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s an example of the power of face masks to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. On May 12, a hair stylist at Springfield Great Clips salon developed respiratory symptoms but kept working for eight days until a COVID-19 test came back positive. Another stylist started getting sic...

Is there a way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 through printed materials using an antimicrobial paper treatment? Under the current circumstances, no commercial lab has a suitable test environment or authority to test against COVID-19. However, there may be a suitable solution tested against a similar virus. Background The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed all of our lives for the short term—and perhaps even in the long term. The most immediate concerns center around isolating those infected to minimize the spread, finding remedies for those who are infected, and finding a vaccine to prevent the disease from its continued journey through the global population. I recently had an opportunity to interview John Beadle, President of Associated Printing Production, Inc (APPi)  about his research and collaboration with Biomaster in the UK on developing a treatment for printed materials to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. In this interview, we discussed his approach us...

(MENAFN - GetNews) WiseGuyReports.com adds 'Global Simethicone Market Research Report 2020 Analysis and Forecast 2027' reports to its database. Simethicone Market: Executive Summary Simethicone is an orally administered drug anti-foaming agent utilized to minimize bloating, diarrhea, pain or discomfort which is caused by excessive gas mainly swallowed air with other gases in stomach and intestine. Simethicone ensures the gas bubbles in the stomach to come together so that the passage is created easily to release gas. Simethicone is apt for all age groups including babies, adults and elderly people. Due to adaptation of unhealthy lifestyle, there is an increase in stomach and intestine problems this is a major driver for the growth of the market. Stomach problems are also caused because of drinking polluted water which is the major cause of stomach aches in many of low income and middle-income economies. As per WHO (World Health Organization) in 2017, 29% of the Global popula...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the Lysol disinfectant spray for use against ... [+] the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces that may have the Covid-19 coronavirus sounds easy, right? Just keep repeating the phrase, “don’t inject the disinfectant into my body, don’t inject the disinfectant into my body,” and everything is straightforward, correct? Well, not exactly. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has heightened the need for good disinfecting practices. You can still make mistakes while trying to disinfect high-touch surfaces such as the statues in your Kanye West shrine. So keep in the mind the following: 1. Clean before disinfecting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website explains the difference between cleaning and disinfecting. Cleaning is when you remove dirty or unwanted stuff from a surfa...

Although fusions in the neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase ( NTRK ) gene are rare in gastrointestinal carcinomas (found in fewer than 5% of cases), they should be looked for, inasmuch as treatment with the TRK inhibitor entrectinib ( Rozlytrek , Genentech/Roche) can achieve robust and durable responses, say researchers. This point was made during several presentations at the virtual World Conference on Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGC) 2020 on July 1. Entrectinib and similar agents that act on NTRK fusion genes are described as tumor agnostic, in that they are biomarkers that define the cancer rather than the organ of origin. The US Food and Drug Administration last year granted accelerated approval of entrectinib for patients with locally advanced or metastatic NTRK-expressing solid tumors that have progressed following prior therapies. The drug can also be used as a first-line treatment when there are no effective therapies. At the meeting, Manish R. Patel, MD, Department of ...