In 1989 Cathedral Healthcare System, Orange, NJ, began a strategic planning process that culminated in a decision to create a continuum of care. Converting one of its three hospitals from an acute care to an ambulatory care facility gave Cathedral an opportunity to address fiscal realities and at the same time further develop its continuum of care. The converted hospital (Saint Mary's in Orange...

Jean-Jacques Monsuez1, Frédéric Pamoukdjian2, Samir Tine2, Soumaya Ikhefoulma3, Véronique François3, Georges Sebbane2 and Claude Le Feuvre4 1Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Paris Seine Saint Denis, Hospital René Muret, France 2Department of Geriatry, Avicenne Hospital, University Hospitals of Paris Seine Saint Denis, France 3Department of Geriatry, Hospital René Muret, University...

Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B–9052 Ghent, Belgium (F.A.H., M.V., S.M., C.S., F.V.B.); Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B–9052 Ghent, Belgium (F.A.H., M.V., S.M., C.S., F.V.B.); Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, Laboratoire d’Ecophysiologie Moléculaire ...

At the end of 2013, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) emerged in Saint Martin Island, Caribbean. The Asian lineage was identified. Seven months after this introduction, the seroprevalence was 16.9% in the population of Saint Martin and 39.0% of infections remained asymptomatic. This moderate attack rate and the apparent limited size of the outbreak in Saint Martin could be explained by control measures...

1 INSERM, UMRS 490; University René Descartes, Paris, F-75270 France. 2 Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; Pharmacology Department, Bicêtre University Hospital, University Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France. 3 Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; Pharmacology Department, Saint Antoine University Hospital University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France. 4 INSERM, U525, Faculté d...

The neutral results of the SAINT II study1 dashed the hopes for a second ischemic stroke drug in the near future. Although this is certainly disappointing for stroke neurologists, a careful analysis of the NXY-059 development program reveals several deficiencies, which if properly addressed, might revitalize and strengthen the field of neuroprotection for acute ischemic stroke. This critique po...

For some reason, the sacral heritage of Lovran and its surroundings has escaped the eye of medical historians, until now. seeing that the Parish Church of st George in Lovran holds a central position in this heritage, the authors provide an analysis of medical elements in the church. The analysis has focused on three aspects. The first aspect are medical elements, especially the anthropological...

1Hospices Civils de Lyon and Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France; 2Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, France; 3Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France; 4Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France; 5Cliniques Universitaires (UCL) de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium; 6Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France; 7Hôpital Henri-Mondor,...

1Hematologie biologique, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; 2Institut Universitaire d’hematologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; 3Anatomie Pathologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, AP-HP, Paris, France; 4Institut Universitaire d’hématologie–Paris VII, Inserm U728, Paris, France; 5Hemato-oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de l’Archet, Ni...

1 NESFATIN-1: MELANOCORTINS, CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE AND 2 OXYTOCIN 3 4 5 6 Gina L. C. Yosten and Willis K. Samson 7 8 Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science 9 Saint Louis University School of Medicine 10 Saint Louis, Missouri 11 12 13 14 Running Title: Neural Circuitry of Nesfatin-1 15 16 17 18 19 20 Corresponding Author: 21 22 Gina L. C. Yosten, Ph.D. 23 24 Department...