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Brain responses of few individuals are remarkably strong predictor

Media and marketing experts have long sought a reliable method of forecasting responses from the general population to future products and messages. According to a study conducted at The City College of New York, it appears that the brain responses of just a few individuals are a remarkably strong predictor.

31 Jul 2014

Arches Health chooses TruClinic as telemedicine solution

Arches Health Plan announced today that it has chosen TruClinic as the telemedicine solution for its provider network, and will become one of the first independent US insurance payers to reimburse providers for home-based telemedicine visits.

31 Jul 2014

Researchers to develop global database on situation and evolution of Chagas disease

The Centre for Development Cooperation (CCD) and several research groups of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) are working together with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a global database on the situation and evolution of Chagas disease.

31 Jul 2014

Codman Neuro introduces new ENVOY Guiding Catheters for neurovascular procedures

Codman Neuro, part of DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, announced the launch of the ENVOY DA XB Distal Access Guiding Catheter and the 7F ENVOY Guiding Catheter for neurovascular procedures.

31 Jul 2014

Washington bioengineers discover potential method to protect women from contracting HIV

Soon, protection from HIV infection could be as simple as inserting a medicated, disappearing fabric minutes before having sex.

31 Jul 2014

Research findings suggest new therapeutic strategy for intracerebral hemorrhage

Intracerebral hemorrhage is a type of stroke that affects two million people worldwide each year. Despite its seriousness, no effective treatment has yet been developed. But if a recent study in the journal Nanomedicine is right, good news for doctors and patients might one day arrive in a very small package: namely, a "peptide nanofiber scaffold."

31 Jul 2014

Catheter ablation improves quality of life for adults with atrial fibrillation

Adults who undergo a minimally invasive technique to treat atrial fibrillation are significantly less likely to die from a heart attack or heart failure, according to a long-term study by the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center.

30 Jul 2014

El Camino Hospital uses Leaf Patient Monitoring system to help prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers

El Camino Hospital, a leader in the use of technology to improve patient care, is utilizing the Leaf Patient Monitoring system to help prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by monitoring the position and movement of patients susceptible to bed sores.

30 Jul 2014

Glide Pharma licenses prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan

Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies Ltd today announced that it has taken an exclusive worldwide licence to an innovative prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan Ltd, a Durham University spin-out company.

30 Jul 2014

VivaPhi, Center of Health Engagement partner to deliver value-based health system

VivaPhi and the Center of Health Engagement announce their strategic partnership to define and deliver a networked, learning, and value-based health system. The partnership will engage in research using health data to develop insights into how health care decisions are made in by patients, and how those decisions influence new models of care.

30 Jul 2014

eInfochips’ new NVIDIA GPU-powered solutions for medical imaging, aerospace and defense

Company expands reach of latest GPU technology and CUDA programming expertise to big data, aerospace and defense, medical, and industrial, among other markets

30 Jul 2014

New book released to help general dentists achieve business excellence

Most dentists are good clinicians, but it's the business side of running a practice that stresses them the most and limits their success in the profession. Many of the troubling issues that dentists deal with in their practice are explored in a new book, A Drive to Excellence: Building a High Performance, Patient-Centered Dental Practice.

30 Jul 2014

Researchers develop vaccine against potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have made an important advancement toward developing a vaccine against the debilitating and potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA).

30 Jul 2014

Five-year $10.7M grant to study control, prevention of sexually-transmitted infections

The University of Maryland Schools of Dentistry (UM SOD) and Medicine (UM SOM) jointly announced today that they have received a five-year $10.7 million grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health to study the causes, prevention and treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs).

30 Jul 2014

Consumers who receive insurance subsidies will be asked to verify income, other information

Meanwhile, news outlets report the latest on health exchanges in New Mexico, Oregon, Minnesota and Illinois.

30 Jul 2014

Researchers investigate hereditary breast cancer to find new treatment approaches

Deborah Kelly and Zhi Sheng, assistant professors at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, recently received a grant from the Commonwealth Health Research Board to investigate hereditary breast cancer, an effort that may lead to new treatment approaches.

30 Jul 2014

Technology News and Research

Brain responses of few individuals are remarkably strong predictor

Arches Health chooses TruClinic as telemedicine solution

Researchers to develop global database on situation and evolution of Chagas disease

Codman Neuro introduces new ENVOY Guiding Catheters for neurovascular procedures

Washington bioengineers discover potential method to protect women from contracting HIV

Research findings suggest new therapeutic strategy for intracerebral hemorrhage

Catheter ablation improves quality of life for adults with atrial fibrillation

El Camino Hospital uses Leaf Patient Monitoring system to help prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers

Glide Pharma licenses prostate cancer diagnostic technology from FScan

VivaPhi, Center of Health Engagement partner to deliver value-based health system

eInfochips’ new NVIDIA GPU-powered solutions for medical imaging, aerospace and defense

New book released to help general dentists achieve business excellence

Researchers develop vaccine against potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease

Five-year $10.7M grant to study control, prevention of sexually-transmitted infections

Consumers who receive insurance subsidies will be asked to verify income, other information

Researchers investigate hereditary breast cancer to find new treatment approaches

Digital reading system opens up new educational opportunities for people with vision impairment

Johns Hopkins Medicine, Kaiser Permanente partner to expand ways to deliver quality care

EDG Partners announces growth equity investment in MMIS

Cloud Pharmaceuticals awarded Phase I grant from NSF SBIR program

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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