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Prevently.com: New portal aims to help people live healthier lifestyle

Prevently.com is a new health and wellness portal that aims to help people live a healthier lifestyle. The website provides users with health information reviewed by physicians, virtual video coaching with dietitians, a personal health record that integrates with wearable fitness devices such as FitBit, social networking tools, and an ecommerce portal that allows users to purchase health products and food reviewed by physicians.

24 Feb 2014

UCSF and Samsung partner to accelerate validation of new digital health technologies

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and UC San Francisco (UCSF), one of the world's premier health sciences universities, today announced a partnership to accelerate validation and commercialization of promising new sensors, algorithms, and digital health technologies for preventive health solutions.

24 Feb 2014

Rapid advances and potential in 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies

A new era of manufacturing is upon us. Recent developments in 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies are set to usher in the next generation of industrial competitiveness.

23 Feb 2014

Uofl Department of Pediatrics to receive 2013 Paul Weber Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching

The University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics has been selected to receive the university's 2013 Paul Weber Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching.

23 Feb 2014

Researchers develop new method to obtain three chemically different patches on same microparticle

Micromachines, nanorobots, multifunctional drug transporters, and matrices for tissue growth – these and many other applications would benefit from three-dimensional microstructures that present different (bio)chemical ligands that offer control over directionality. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team of German and American researchers has now reported the production of microparticles whose surface consists of three separate areas (“patches”) that can be decorated with three different (bio)molecules.

21 Feb 2014

Leeds scientists develop high-power quantum cascade terahertz lasers

A paper in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) journal Electronics Letters reports that the Leeds team has exceeded a 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade terahertz laser.

21 Feb 2014

Highlights: Ky. malpractice bill; Texas punishes doc under abortion law; DOJ enters whistleblower case

A selection of health policy stories from Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, California, Colorado and Florida.

21 Feb 2014

New smart phone app may help people detect epileptic seizures and treat stroke

Two new smart phone applications may help people detect epileptic seizures and get better stroke treatment, according to two studies released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014.

21 Feb 2014

New DNA Quantification kits may help scientists to quickly assess highly compromised human DNA

Forensic scientists can now more quickly assess the quantity and quality of human DNA in highly compromised and degraded casework samples and provide the critical information needed to drive informed decisions on subsequent steps in the analysis process, thanks to two new Life Technologies quantification solutions announced today by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

21 Feb 2014

New 256-slice CT scanner to predict potential heart attack in one second

What can you do in one second? Snap your fingers, blink your eyes, or get a diagnostic scan on a 256-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner? You can do all of those things in one second, but the one that may help save your life is the 256-slice CT scan.

21 Feb 2014

AT Group to present new MatrixView PACStream platform at HiMSS 14

At the upcoming HiMSS 14, the AT Group exhibit, Booth #7384, presents MatrixView demonstrating its new turnkey PACS solution, MatrixView PACStream. The new MatrixView PACStream offering satisfies complex demands that are inherent in the movement and storage of medical imaging records and files.

21 Feb 2014

Convergent announces implementation of PatientQuest patient access solution at Moffitt Cancer Center

Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, Inc., leading provider of healthcare revenue cycle management and patient access solutions to hospitals across the nation, announces today the implementation of their PatientQuest patient access solution at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (Moffitt Cancer Center) in Tampa, Florida. Moffitt Cancer Center is a Siemens Soarian customer.

20 Feb 2014

DexCom reports 62% increase in product revenue for fourth quarter 2013

DexCom, Inc. today reported its audited financial results as of and for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

20 Feb 2014

Certify Data Systems to introduce latest version of HealthLogix platform at HIMSS 2014

Certify Data Systems, Inc., a pioneer of inspired technology for life, will introduce the latest version of HealthLogix, a next-generation, fully integrated population health management platform, at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. Certify is a subsidiary of Humana Inc.

20 Feb 2014

Hu-Friedy, EMS partner to deliver clinically advanced prophylaxis protocol to U.S. and Canadian markets

Hu-Friedy, a global leader in the manufacturing of dental instruments and products, and Switzerland-based Electro Medical Systems today announced a strategic alliance to deliver the most clinically advanced prophylaxis protocol to the U.S. and Canadian markets by leveraging Hu-Friedy's heritage in high-quality hand instrumentation, coupled with best-in-class EMS offerings in Piezo power scaling and air polishing.

20 Feb 2014

BettrLife, Withings partner to jointly promote interactive mobile healthcare applications and products

Health and wellness technology leader BettrLife, and pioneer in consumer connected health devices Withings, have announced a business partnership to jointly promote their interactive mobile healthcare applications and products.

20 Feb 2014

Advances in data analysis technology are effective in controlling Medicare and Medicaid fraud

The annual bill for Medicare and Medicaid fraud hit 11 digits in 2012. That's tens of billions. The numbers might be daunting, but University of Cincinnati research shows that recent strategies to combat this unique form of white-collar crime are increasingly effective.

20 Feb 2014

Cyberonics receives CE Mark approval in Europe for AspireSR generator

Cyberonics, Inc. announced today the CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) approval in Europe for the AspireSR generator, the novel sixth-generation VNS Therapy generator.

20 Feb 2014

Syneron Medical enters into agreement to acquire New Star Lasers

Syneron Medical Ltd., the leading global aesthetic device company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire New Star Lasers, Inc., which conducts business as CoolTouch, Inc., for approximately $11 million in cash and earn out based on certain milestones of up to $4 million until end of 2015.

20 Feb 2014

New technology offers potential to link patient records at different hospitals, overcome communication problems

Although trauma, heart and stroke patients benefit from being transferred from a local hospital to a higher-level care facility, it's unclear why patients transferred with non-urgent medical conditions show at least a 30 percent higher death rate than had they stayed put, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University's nursing school.

20 Feb 2014

Technology News and Research

Prevently.com: New portal aims to help people live healthier lifestyle

UCSF and Samsung partner to accelerate validation of new digital health technologies

Rapid advances and potential in 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies

Uofl Department of Pediatrics to receive 2013 Paul Weber Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching

Researchers develop new method to obtain three chemically different patches on same microparticle

Leeds scientists develop high-power quantum cascade terahertz lasers

Highlights: Ky. malpractice bill; Texas punishes doc under abortion law; DOJ enters whistleblower case

New smart phone app may help people detect epileptic seizures and treat stroke

New DNA Quantification kits may help scientists to quickly assess highly compromised human DNA

New 256-slice CT scanner to predict potential heart attack in one second

AT Group to present new MatrixView PACStream platform at HiMSS 14

Convergent announces implementation of PatientQuest patient access solution at Moffitt Cancer Center

DexCom reports 62% increase in product revenue for fourth quarter 2013

Certify Data Systems to introduce latest version of HealthLogix platform at HIMSS 2014

Hu-Friedy, EMS partner to deliver clinically advanced prophylaxis protocol to U.S. and Canadian markets

BettrLife, Withings partner to jointly promote interactive mobile healthcare applications and products

Advances in data analysis technology are effective in controlling Medicare and Medicaid fraud

Cyberonics receives CE Mark approval in Europe for AspireSR generator

Syneron Medical enters into agreement to acquire New Star Lasers

New technology offers potential to link patient records at different hospitals, overcome communication problems

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The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

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