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Neuroprotection powers for phenytoin in acute optic neuritis

Selective sodium channel blockade with the anti-epileptic drug phenytoin protects against acute demyelinating optic neuritis, researchers report.

29 Jan 2016

New technique may reduce need for amputation in patients with critical limb ischemia

A new imaging technique could reduce the need for amputation in patients with critical limb ischemia, according to a study publised today in the scientific journal JACC.

28 Jan 2016

Lilly, Roche Diagnostics partner to develop cerebrospinal fluid assay for amyloid-beta 1-42

Eli Lilly and Company today announced an arrangement to partner with Roche Diagnostics on its ongoing development of a commercially scalable cerebrospinal fluid assay for amyloid-beta 1-42.

28 Jan 2016

Vascular risk factors implicated in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Researchers have found that vascular risk factors are associated with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and could be a possible target for intervention.

22 Jan 2016

Aged Garlic Extract beneficial for preventing heart disease

The supplement Aged Garlic Extract can reverse the buildup of deadly plaque in arteries and help prevent the progression of heart disease, according to a new study scheduled for publication in the Journal of Nutrition.

22 Jan 2016

Technology leader award given to Leica Microsystems

Wetzlar, Germany. The research and consulting company Frost & Sullivan has recognized Leica Microsystems’ newly acquired Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) company Bioptigen of Morrisville, North Carolina, USA, as a technology leader and pioneer of the North American ophthalmic imaging industry.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 21 Jan 2016

New imaging test detects prostate cancer much better than any other tests in use today

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found the method they developed to image the prostate appears to be much better at detecting prostate cancer than any other test — radiographical, biopsy or blood — in use today.

20 Jan 2016

$Novel technique helps identify diabetic patients at risk of bone fractures$

Novel technique helps identify diabetic patients at risk of bone fractures

A Southampton study using high resolution imaging to create a "virtual bone biopsy" has shed new light on why people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of bone fractures.

20 Jan 2016

TSRI scientists receive $2.1 million NIH grant to create new library of drug candidates

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have received a grant of more than $2.1 million from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences to create and screen a new library of drug candidates.

13 Jan 2016

Screening smokers with community-acquired pneumonia could facilitate early diagnosis of lung cancer

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States, with a five-year survival rate of just 17 percent. Smoking causes approximately 85 percent of all lung cancer cases, only 15 percent of which are diagnosed at an early stage. Most efforts to obtain early diagnosis have been unsuccessful, largely due to the highly aggressive nature of the disease.

8 Jan 2016

JGU employs new particle accelerator to enhance research into radiopharmaceutical chemistry

A new particle accelerator will further enhance the research landscape at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. It is to be employed to conduct research into potential applications of medical relevance.

5 Jan 2016

Researchers identify factors that may predict outcomes in pediatric patients with intracranial GSWs

Researchers from Memphis, Tennessee, have examined intracranial gunshot wounds (GSWs) in children and adolescents, and identified nine clinical, laboratory, and radiological factors that were predictive of these patients' outcomes.

5 Jan 2016

Personalized respiratory-motion system enables more precise lung cancer imaging

Lung cancer patients know that precise medical imaging can help a surgeon eradicate tumors and preserve healthy tissue.

24 Dec 2015

Study: Low-dose CT screening can reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% in high-risk population

A national study involving 53,000 patients and 11 institutions (including Wake Forest Baptist) compared CT screens with chest X-rays and found that the scanning reduced lung cancer mortality by 20 percent in this high-risk population.

23 Dec 2015

Feeling sad can alter levels of inflammatory proteins linked to increased risk of comorbid diseases

Feeling sad can alter levels of stress-related opioids in the brain and increase levels of inflammatory proteins in the blood that are linked to increased risk of comorbid diseases including heart disease, stroke and metabolic syndrome, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

17 Dec 2015

FDA Approval for EnFocus OCT from Leica Microsystems

Leica Microsystems’ optical coherence tomography (OCT) division Bioptigen received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its EnFocus intrasurgical OCT system.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 14 Dec 2015

RV glucose metabolism changes associated with RV function

The rate of myocardium glucose utilisation in the right ventricle correlates with its function and could be used to monitor treatment effects in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, findings indicate.

11 Dec 2015

Slow walking speed may herald Alzheimer’s disease

A slow walking speed in elderly people is associated with the presence of β-amyloid in their brains, research shows.

11 Dec 2015

NeuroQuest to start U.S. clinical validation trials of blood test for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

NeuroQuest Development Center, Inc., today announced they have entered into a service agreement with the University of California, San Diego for collection and processing of blood samples for their U.S. clinical validation trials.

10 Dec 2015

Zecotek Photonics receives order for patented LFS scintillation crystals

Zecotek Photonics Inc., a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for industrial, healthcare and scientific markets, is pleased to announce that it has received an order for its patented Lutetium Fine Silicate (LFS) scintillation crystals from a specialized medical imaging device manufacturer based in the United States.