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West Coast Neurodiagnostics & MRI announces name change to Coast2Coast Diagnostics

West Coast Neurodiagnostics & MRI, a leading network of top-notch diagnostic centers with board-certified physicians, today announced it has become Coast2Coast Diagnostics (C2C). The name change represents a nationwide expansion of the company’s renowned network and underscores its commitment to being the affordable, efficient choice for specialty medical care delivery.

11 Mar 2010

$TLCVision to incorporate TearLab Osmolarity System to study DED in refractive surgery centers$

TLCVision to incorporate TearLab Osmolarity System to study DED in refractive surgery centers

OccuLogix, Inc., dba TearLab Corporation, announced today that TLCVision Corporation, North America's premier eye care services company, will be incorporating the TearLab™ Osmolarity System in eight of its U.S. refractive surgery centers to study Dry Eye Disease symptoms as they relate to LASIK surgery.

11 Mar 2010

Discovery Laboratories reports net loss of $6.1M for fourth-quarter 2009

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. today announces financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009 and provides a business update.

10 Mar 2010

Labeltronix completes registration to the ISO 9001:2008 standard

Labeltronix, a leading provider of printed labels, labeling systems, supplies and technical support, announces that it has successfully completed registration to the ISO 9001:2008 standard, an internationally recognized protocol for quality assurance.

10 Mar 2010

Helix BioPharma reports 29.9% increase in total revenues for second-quarter fiscal 2010

Helix BioPharma Corp. today announced financial results for the second quarter ended January 31, 2010.

10 Mar 2010

Replication Medical receives CE mark for GelFix Posterior Spinal Distraction implant

Replication Medical, Inc., a developer of proprietary, hydrogel based products for the spine and other surgical applications, announced today that it has received a CE mark for its GelFix Posterior Spinal Distraction implant. A CE mark is the quality assurance certification requirement recognized by members of the European Union for sales into those countries.

8 Mar 2010

National healthcare leaders to address critical national healthcare reform issues at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco

National healthcare leaders will address critical national healthcare reform issues at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, March 8 -10, during the Fifth National Pay for Performance Summit.

5 Mar 2010

Enigma Diagnostics opens new Regional HQ office in San Diego

Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralised and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today the opening of its new Regional HQ office in San Diego, CA and the appointment of Joel Centeno as VP Regulatory & Quality.

4 Mar 2010

Meeting addresses how to improve HIV/AIDS surveillance in Asia

A five-day workshop that opened Monday in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will address ways to improve HIV/AIDS surveillance in the Asia region, Viet Nam News reports.

4 Mar 2010

ASPEX to display game-changing PSEM eXpress analyzer at Pittcon 2010

ASPEX Corporation has been advancing the novel Personal Scanning Electron Microscope (PSEM) platform since its first product generation was released in 1992. Since then, it has been "shifting" where SEMs are traditionally installed, "shifting" when SEMs are utilized in industrial processes, and fundamentally "shifting" how SEMs are identified. Come experience the shift at Pittcon 2010, in Orlando, FL from March 1-4.

3 Mar 2010

Latest FCC edition includes standards covering quality and purity for 1,100 food ingredients

New and updated quality standards for ingredients used in functional foods and a host of other food products manufactured, sold and consumed every day are included in the newly released seventh edition of the Food Chemicals Codex. Published by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, the FCC is an internationally recognized compendium of standards that helps ensure the identity, quality, purity and consistency of food ingredients.

2 Mar 2010

MedQuist integrates DEP with new features of Epic Systems' Hyperspace Client

MedQuist Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, is integrating with Epic Systems Corporation within its Hyperspace environment to offer a solution that integrates "partial dictations" with the template-based clinical documentation process, enabling physicians to complete the Electronic Health Record (EHR) without changing their documentation workflow.

27 Feb 2010

$Fragility fractures: 'Own the Bone' program for enhancing prevention and treatment$

Fragility fractures: 'Own the Bone' program for enhancing prevention and treatment

As many as half of all women and a quarter of men over the age of 50 can expect to sustain a fractured bone related to osteoporosis or low bone density. To enhance prevention and treatment of these fragility fractures, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has implemented an innovative program called Own the Bone™ developed by the American Orthopaedic Association.

26 Feb 2010

EVA trial: MRI is more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography

Do we need a revision of current recommendations for breast cancer screening? According to a recent prospective multicenter cohort study published in the "Journal of Clinical Oncology", this appears advisable at least for young women carrying an increased risk of breast cancer. The results of the EVA trial confirm once more that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is substantially more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography or breast ultrasound: MRI is three times more sensitive for breast cancer than digital mammography.

26 Feb 2010

SynCare receives NCQA Accreditation for high-risk pregnancy program

SynCare, LLC has received National Committee for Quality Assurance Patient and Practitioner Oriented Full Accreditation for its high-risk pregnancy program, the SynCare Promise Program™ for Prenatal Care.

26 Feb 2010

Eaton to supply $8M in electrical products and services to support consolidation of two medical centers

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced that it will supply $8 million in electrical products and services to support the consolidation of two medical centers into the new San Antonio Military Medical Center on the Fort Sam Houston Army base in Texas.

24 Feb 2010

Sound Physicians integrates Mount Carmel East Hospital’s hospitalist services

Sound Physicians, a leading hospital medicine organization, recently integrated Mount Carmel East Hospital’s hospitalist services. Mount Carmel East joins a number of hospitals enlisting Sound Physicians to transition their existing private practice affiliated hospitalist groups into a comprehensive hospitalist program, managed by Sound Physicians.

24 Feb 2010

New genetic analysis system for forensic DNA testing laboratories launched

Life Technologies Corporation today announced the launch of a new genetic analysis system designed to optimize data quality and deliver increased reliability, performance, quality assurance and ease-of-use specifically for forensic DNA testing laboratories.

24 Feb 2010

Cantimer, Advanced Instruments announce license and product development agreement

Cantimer, Inc., and Advanced Instruments, Inc. today jointly announced that the two companies had signed a license and product development agreement. Under the terms of the license agreement, Advanced Instruments received an exclusive license to Cantimer's unique sensor technology for select applications in the biotech market.

23 Feb 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

The Infectious Diseases Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog examines U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby's recent address to the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) where he reemphasized the Obama administration's commitment to "'maintaining, extending and increasing' the U.S. response to global AIDS." Goosby reflected on the lessons drawn from PEPFAR to date and presented components of the 5-year PEPFAR strategy, the blog notes.

20 Feb 2010

Quality Control News and Research

West Coast Neurodiagnostics & MRI announces name change to Coast2Coast Diagnostics

TLCVision to incorporate TearLab Osmolarity System to study DED in refractive surgery centers

Discovery Laboratories reports net loss of $6.1M for fourth-quarter 2009

Labeltronix completes registration to the ISO 9001:2008 standard

Helix BioPharma reports 29.9% increase in total revenues for second-quarter fiscal 2010

Replication Medical receives CE mark for GelFix Posterior Spinal Distraction implant

National healthcare leaders to address critical national healthcare reform issues at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco

Enigma Diagnostics opens new Regional HQ office in San Diego

Meeting addresses how to improve HIV/AIDS surveillance in Asia

ASPEX to display game-changing PSEM eXpress analyzer at Pittcon 2010

Latest FCC edition includes standards covering quality and purity for 1,100 food ingredients

MedQuist integrates DEP with new features of Epic Systems' Hyperspace Client

Fragility fractures: 'Own the Bone' program for enhancing prevention and treatment

EVA trial: MRI is more accurate for early diagnosis of breast cancer than digital mammography

SynCare receives NCQA Accreditation for high-risk pregnancy program

Eaton to supply $8M in electrical products and services to support consolidation of two medical centers

Sound Physicians integrates Mount Carmel East Hospital’s hospitalist services

New genetic analysis system for forensic DNA testing laboratories launched

Cantimer, Advanced Instruments announce license and product development agreement

Recent releases in Global Health

eBook: Comprehensive quality control solutions for biologics manufacturing eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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