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DMS Health Technologies receives Omega's 2009 NorthFace ScoreBoard Award

DMS Health Technologies announces that it was honored for delivering 'world-class' customer service as a recipient of Omega's 2009 NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for the second consecutive year at the SCORE Conference 2010 on April 29. As rated by its own customers, DMS Health Technologies achieved excellence in customer satisfaction during the prior calendar year for mobile MRI, CT, PET/CT, nuclear medicine, digital mammography, cardiac/angio and bone densitometry services and interim solution rentals; and diagnostic imaging equipment service.

20 May 2010

AANS/CNS issue statement on Congress hearing of impact of concussions on high school athletes

On Thursday, May 20, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing to learn more about the impact of concussions on high school athletes and how the injury can impact academic achievement. A concussion is an injury to the brain that results in loss of normal brain function and is usually temporary.

20 May 2010

Dynamic testing approach for HIV/AIDS diagnostics

A relatively simple electronic gadget could speed up HIV/AIDS diagnostics and improve accuracy particularly in parts of the world with very limited access to healthcare workers. The device is described in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

20 May 2010

MEDRAD's Intego PET Infusion System integrated with Pinestar's Nuclear Medicine Information System

Today, MEDRAD, Inc. and Pinestar Technology, Inc. announced plans to enable data communication between MEDRAD's Intego™ PET Infusion System and Pinestar's Nuclear Medicine Information System (NMIS). The companies are closing the information gap between state of the art infusion systems and the latest information systems, and thus adding to the workflow benefits of automated FDG infusion.

20 May 2010

St. Jude Medical to acquire LightLab for $90M in cash

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, and LightLab Imaging, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which St. Jude Medical will acquire LightLab, a subsidiary of Goodman Co., Ltd. for approximately $90 million in cash.

20 May 2010

ImaginAb, GSK CIC conclude two research collaboration agreements

ImaginAb, Inc. and the GSK Clinical Imaging Centre (part of the GlaxoSmithKline Group of Companies) have concluded two research collaboration agreements around a clinical therapeutic antibody asset currently under development by GSK in the field of oncology.

20 May 2010

Essen BioScience launches CellPlayer Cell Migration 96-well assay kit

Essen BioScience Inc., a global provider of life science research tools and discovery services, today announced the launch of its CellPlayer™ Cell Migration 96-well assay kit for the IncuCyte™ Live-Cell Imaging System. The expanding line of kinetic CellPlayer assays for the IncuCyte also includes a co-culture assay for Angiogenesis.

From Sartorius 19 May 2010

Children with new/recent onset epilepsy have slowed expansion of white matter volume

A newly published study reported that children with new/recent onset epilepsy have significantly slowed expansion of white matter volume compared to healthy children over a two year interval. The reduced white matter volume may affect brain connectivity and influence cognition. Results of this study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are now available online and will appear in the July issue of Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy.

19 May 2010

VRAD's total revenue increased 8% to $30.8M for quarter ended March 31, 2010

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Virtual Radiologic Corp. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

19 May 2010

Research findings help explain diverse genetic susceptibility for alcohol use disorders

A genetic variant of a receptor in the brain's reward circuitry plays an important role in determining whether the neurotransmitter dopamine is released in the brain following alcohol intake, according to a study led by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health. Dopamine is involved in transmitting the euphoria and other positive subjective effects produced by alcohol.

19 May 2010

Study confirms low levels of serotonin transporter in cerebral cortex of chronic ecstasy users

Levels of the serotonin transporter are low in the brains of users of ecstasy, according to a US National Institute of Drug Abuse-funded study by Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) published today in the journal Brain.

19 May 2010

University of Arkansas to host the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research workshop

The University of Arkansas will host the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation on Oct. 26-29. The workshop will bring together researchers in nanotechnology, biomagnetics, microwave imaging, acoustics, laser and biochemistry fields with researchers from radiology, oncology and breast surgery.

19 May 2010

Hospitals experiment with new marketing, but critics say money should be spent on health care

Hospital marketing can be an effective way to attract doctors and new patients, but some critics say hospitals should spend the money on health care instead.

19 May 2010

Varian Medical Systems launches fully-integrated ProBeam proton therapy system at 2010 PT-COG

Varian Medical Systems is introducing the fully-integrated ProBeam™ proton therapy system at the 2010 Particle Therapy Co-operative Group (PT-COG) meeting here this week. The ProBeam system incorporates imaging, gating, robotic patient positioning, treatment planning and oncology information software to enhance treatment quality for patients and workflow efficiency for clinicians.

18 May 2010

Study reviews impact of focal therapy for low-risk prostate cancer patients

In the July issue of European Urology, the scientific journal of the European Association of Urology, the significance and impact of focal therapy for low-risk cancer patients is discussed in a recent study by S. Eggener et al.

18 May 2010

Caliper to sell RapidTrace solid phase extraction and TurboVap evaporation product lines to Biotage for $16.5M

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that it reached an agreement to sell its RapidTrace® solid phase extraction and TurboVap® evaporation product lines to Biotage AB for $16.5 million in cash.

18 May 2010

Patients who receive H-SRT for recurrent brain cancer live longer: Researchers

Patients who received hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for their recurrent brain cancers lived longer lives, according to researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.

18 May 2010

AngioDynamics launches Morpheus Smart PICC Triple Lumen CT PICC

AngioDynamics announced today the launch of the first member of its new generation of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) for procedures involving the use of contrast media in computed tomography (CT) - the Morpheus Smart PICC Triple Lumen CT PICC.

17 May 2010

Roche to commence clinical study of TB-403 in patients with colorectal and ovarian cancer

BioInvent International AB and ThromboGenics NV announce today that their partner Roche will begin an imaging study with the novel anti-cancer antibody TB-403 (RG7334) in patients with metastatic, treatment-refractory, colorectal and ovarian cancer.

17 May 2010

Scientists find clues to how our brains work

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have found a specific chemical compound secreted by many predators that makes mice behave fearfully. The research helps scientists better understand animal behavior, and may eventually lead to new insights into how sensory information is processed in human brains.

17 May 2010

Imaging News and Research

DMS Health Technologies receives Omega's 2009 NorthFace ScoreBoard Award

AANS/CNS issue statement on Congress hearing of impact of concussions on high school athletes

Dynamic testing approach for HIV/AIDS diagnostics

MEDRAD's Intego PET Infusion System integrated with Pinestar's Nuclear Medicine Information System

St. Jude Medical to acquire LightLab for $90M in cash

ImaginAb, GSK CIC conclude two research collaboration agreements

Essen BioScience launches CellPlayer Cell Migration 96-well assay kit

Children with new/recent onset epilepsy have slowed expansion of white matter volume

VRAD's total revenue increased 8% to $30.8M for quarter ended March 31, 2010

Research findings help explain diverse genetic susceptibility for alcohol use disorders

Study confirms low levels of serotonin transporter in cerebral cortex of chronic ecstasy users

University of Arkansas to host the 2010 Advances in Breast Cancer Research workshop

Hospitals experiment with new marketing, but critics say money should be spent on health care

Varian Medical Systems launches fully-integrated ProBeam proton therapy system at 2010 PT-COG

Study reviews impact of focal therapy for low-risk prostate cancer patients

Caliper to sell RapidTrace solid phase extraction and TurboVap evaporation product lines to Biotage for $16.5M

Patients who receive H-SRT for recurrent brain cancer live longer: Researchers

AngioDynamics launches Morpheus Smart PICC Triple Lumen CT PICC

Roche to commence clinical study of TB-403 in patients with colorectal and ovarian cancer

Scientists find clues to how our brains work

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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