About 500 University of Nebraska students participated in a 12-hour dance marathon in Lincoln Friday night into Saturday morning that raised more than $35,000 for Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.
The event ran from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds will help the hospital’s Child-Life Program and Rainbow House.
“Child-Life Program just gives different opportunities for the kids while they’re staying at the hospital, Read the rest of this entry »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has been released from the hospital 12 days after undergoing a heart transplant.
Richardson left Carolinas Medical Center on Thursday after quickly regaining his strength following the surgery on Feb. 1. A team spokesman said Richardson has responded well and will continue to be monitored by doctors.
The full recovery period takes between three and six months.
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Miami County residents can rest assured that upcoming personnel changes at Miami County Medical Center will not result in a reduction of health care services.
On Monday, Miami County Medical Center Chief Operations Officer Jerry Wiesner verified that eight job positions are going to be transferred to Olathe Medical Center as part of an ongoing process. However, he said, the jobs to be transferred are not health care positions, and the medical center Read the rest of this entry »

SAO PAULO (AP) — The wife of R&B singer Usher continues to recover in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly before undergoing plastic surgery, the spokeswoman of the doctor who was to perform the procedure said Thursday.
Ellen Dastry, spokeswoman for plastic surgeon Silvio Sterman, says Tameka Raymond checked into the Sao Rafael Hospital last Friday for a “simple liposuction.” Dastry said that Raymond suffered a cardiac Read the rest of this entry »

RENO, Nev.—A spokesman for the Nevada secretary of state says Ross Miller is in a Reno hospital, resting and recovering after undergoing a follow-up procedure to stop bleeding from nasal surgery.
Spokesman Bob Walsh says Miller had the cauterization procedure Monday after having surgery to repair a deviated septum last week.
Walsh says Miller expects to be released from the hospital by Tuesday and could be discharged as early as Monday night.
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Users of dermal fillers might want to think twice before the use they products to smooth out deep lines and wrinkles on their face. This week the Food and Drug Administration will review reports of unexpected side effects of the popular cosmetic procedure.
CBS4’s Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida pointed out the dermal fillers are not the same as Botox.
“These are products containing collagen and proteins which are injected into the face to puff up Read the rest of this entry »

COSTA MESA, Calif.—A woman who helped recruit patients to undergo unnecessary surgeries as part of a $154 million medical insurance fraud has pleaded guilty to 22 charges.
Sue Nanda, 40, of Costa Mesa, entered her plea Friday in Orange County Superior Court. She is scheduled to be sentenced April 24 where she faces up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Nanda worked for the now-shuttered Unity Outpatient Surgery Center in Buena Park, Read the rest of this entry »

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Bovie Medical Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE Alternext US: BVX), a
manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced
the Company received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to market its SEER tissue resection device intended
for initial use in liver oncology surgery. The SEER device uses
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children’s hospital, the university and
announced Tuesday.
The hospital, slated to open in 2011, will be named the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital in recognition of the gift, which Caroline Amplatz gave to honor her father.
Kurt Amplatz, 84, was a professor of radiology at the university for more than 40 years, and was a pioneer of devices that use catheters to repair heart defects, sparing thousands of patients Read the rest of this entry »

Federal regulators are calling on physicians to return a chemical agent made by Advanced Medical Optics Inc., saying it has been linked to dozens of eye problems.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a recall on lot number UD30654 of Healon D, a surgical agent used in cornea transplants, cataract removal and other ophthalmic procedures. The product comes prepackaged in a syringe and is applied using a small tube.
The FDA classified the recall Read the rest of this entry »