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The hospital opened the Maternity and Delivery floor in May 2009 after a total renovation. All the patient rooms have been renewed to provide women with a comfortable environment while they are in the hospital. This is the first step in creating a department dedicated to women’s health.

Hammoud Hospital and the American University of Beirut Medical Center have formed an affiliation between the hospital Pathology Departments.

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Welcome to Hammoud Hospital.

The Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center is a 325-bed facility that treats more than 24,000 patients/year and performs more than 10,000 surgeries/year. The hospital has one of the biggest Cardiac programs in Lebanon and performs the highest number of renal transplants in the country.

Medical News from Web MD
Lantus Insulin: Link to Cancer Shaky

Experts say patients should not worry about shaky data suggesting a possible slight cancer risk in people with type 2 diabetes who take Lantus, a long-acting insulin.

2 July 2009, 4:18 pm

How Safe and Effective Are Sunscreens?

Sunscreens are improving but are still inadequate, says the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

2 July 2009, 3:05 pm

Stopping PPI Drugs Causes Acid Reflux Symptoms

Healthy people who take acid-blocking proton pump inhibitors for just a few months experienced reflux-related symptoms when they stopped taking them.

2 July 2009, 2:18 pm

Fattest State Weighs Its Options

It's official, again. For the fifth year in a row, Mississippi is still the nation's heaviest state -- ground zero for obesity in the U.S.

1 July 2009, 8:15 pm

Celiac Disease Cases Are on the Rise

Celiac disease -- the digestive disorder treated by banning wheat and other grains containing gluten from the diet -- is four times more common in the U.S. today than it was 50 years ago, a study shows.

1 July 2009, 7:32 pm

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News from The New England Journal of Medicine
CME: Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Kidney Injury

(No abstract is available for this citation)

1 July 2009, 5:03 pm

CORRECTIONS: Emergence of a Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans

Emergence of a Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans (10.1056/NEJMoa0903810; published on May 7, 2009, at NEJM.org). In the second paragraph of the Demographic and Clinical Features subsection ...

1 July 2009, 5:03 pm

CME: A Fragile Balance

(No abstract is available for this citation)

1 July 2009, 5:03 pm

CME: Epidemiologic Study of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Elderly

(No abstract is available for this citation)

1 July 2009, 5:03 pm

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Preoperative Staging of Lung Cancer with Combined PET-CT

Combined positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) plus conventional staging was compared with conventional staging alone for preoperative staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The end point was the number of futile thoracotomies in each group (with futility defined as a result other than potentially curable NSCLC). Preoperative staging of NSCLC with PET-CT was found to reduce the total number of thoracotomies and the number of futile thoracotomies.

1 July 2009, 5:03 pm

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Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center places the highest priority on its commitment to practicing medicine in a way that consistently delivers the safest care possible for every patient. The Hammoud Hospital continues to work hard to maintain its ISO 9001 accreditation.

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Our approach to patient care encompasses our commitment to safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency and equity – an approach that is always evolving based on the latest research findings.

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