Oakwood Healthcare will open a six-bed inpatient Hospice and Palliative Care Unit at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital in Wayne, Michigan. The unit, which opens on Thursday, February 23, 2012, will be operated in partnership with Hospice of Michigan, the state’s original and largest hospice provider. Oakwood Healthcare is opening the unit as part of its commitment to offer high quality care to the... 

If you’re a left brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The study finds a strong correlation between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a cell phone, with more than 70 percent of participants holding their cell phone up to the ear on the same side as their dominant... 

In response to rapid growth in its surgical services, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital has begun construction on three more operating rooms. In less than three years since opening in March 2009, more than 23,000 surgeries have been performed at the hospital. “We have continued to see growing demand for surgical services,” says Mary Vidaurri, R.N., Ph.D., COO at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. ... 

Vishwanath Sardesai, Ph.D., professor of surgery in Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, has published the third edition of his book “Introduction to Clinical Nutrition.” Published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, the 32-chapter book covers the role of nutrition in epigenetics and telomere length – the DNA fragments protecting the ends of chromosomes from... 

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder appointed Dennis Szymanski, MD, Lakeland Neurosurgery, as one of six new members to the Michigan Board of Medicine. During his four-year term on the board, Dr. Szymanski will help oversee the practice of medicine in the state; the group also serves as the state’s licensing board. Dr. Szymanski earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine... 

Lisa Chism, DNP, nurse practitioner in the High Risk Breast Clinic and member of the Breast Multidisciplinary Team at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center, has recently received a professional accolade and completed the second edition of her book, both highlighting her talent and dedication to the specialized nursing profession. Dr. Chism is a contributor to the 2011 American Journal of Nursing’s... 

Genesys Heart Institute welcomes two physicians to its heart team: Ravi Kilaru, MD; and Abed Osman, MD, FACC, FSCAI.Electrophysiologist Ravi Kilaru, MD, completed his residency in internal medicine at Westchester Medical Center – New York Medical College. He is board certified in cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Kilaru obtain a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology... 

The American Osteopathic College of Neurology and Psychiatry elected Robert C. Ward III, DO, FACN, Lakeland HealthCare Stroke Center Medical Director, as the Distinguished Fellow of the college at the 2011 annual convention of the American Osteopathic Association. Dr. Ward is a former president of the college and has served on its board for the last 10 years. He also was awarded two certificates of... 

Nueterra, Beaumont Health System and physician investors announced that Nueterra is a new owner and manager of an existing joint venture for the operation of an ambulatory surgery center at the Beaumont Medical Center in Macomb Township, Mich. Through this new relationship, Nueterra owns a minority interest in and assumes the day-to-day management of the ASC effective Jan. 1, 2012. Beaumont and physician... 

One woman saw a fully dressed Royal Canadian mountie in her living room.  Another saw the same red brick building in every part of town, as well as in the country.  One man saw monkeys with red hats and blue coats playing in his yard. They were all experiencing Charles Bonnet (“bo-nay”) Syndrome. “Do you ever see something you know is not there, but it looks real?” It’s a question that... 

Patients recovered faster from a prolonged seizure when their medication was injected directly into the muscle rather than administered intravenously, according to a national study involving Henry Ford Hospital. The three-year study tested whether administering the drug midazolam into the muscle by an auto-injector was more effective at stopping seizures than giving the drug lorazepam intravenously... 

The University of Michigan’s first human embryonic stem cell line will be placed on the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s registry, making the cells available for federally-funded research. It is the first of the stem cell lines derived at the University of Michigan to be placed on the registry. The line, known as UM4-6, is a genetically normal line, derived in October 2010 from a cluster of...