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UT candidate wins AHA fellowship to support research in cardiovascular, stroke discoveries

University of Texas at San Antonio biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate Anand Srinivasan has been awarded a $25,000, one-year doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA).

20 Jun 2013

Lumosity develops big data methodology for conducting human cognitive performance research

Lumosity, the leading brain training company, today announced a new web-based, big data methodology for conducting human cognitive performance research. Lumosity's research platform, the Human Cognition Project, contains the world's largest and continuously growing dataset of human cognitive performance, which currently includes more than 40 million people who have been tracked for up to 6 years.

20 Jun 2013

FDA accepts DURECT's New Drug Application for POSIDUR

DURECT Corporation today announced that the New Drug Application for the investigational product POSIDUR (SABER-Bupivacaine) has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicating that the application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review.

20 Jun 2013

D4D Technologies, Henry Schein announce launch of E4D NEVO Scanner and Design Center

D4D Technologies, LLC, the award-winning developer of digital technologies for dentistry, and Henry Schein, Inc., announced today the all new E4D NEVO Scanner and Design Center, enhancing the ease-of-use in digital dental restorations for the benefit of the patient and the practitioner.

20 Jun 2013

LDL cholesterol blood levels: an interview with Dr. Harvey Kaufman

What is LDL cholesterol? What blood level of LDL cholesterol is considered optimal and why are high levels of LDL cholesterol a key marker of death risk from heart disease? Dr. Harvey Kaufman, senior medical director of Quest Diagnostics gives us some answers.

From Quest Diagnostics 19 Jun 2013

GSMA announces first-of-its-kind clinical study for its mHealth Grand Tour

The GSMA today announced a first-of-its-kind clinical study for its mHealth Grand Tour in September 2013, which is designed to raise awareness of diabetes and promote the development and delivery of mHealth solutions in partnership with the International Diabetes Federation European Region (IDF Europe).

19 Jun 2013

SimuCase avatars allow graduate students to evaluate speech-language disorders

A new commercial venture, using technology developed at Case Western Reserve University's College of Arts and Sciences and Case School of Engineering, has made available avatars-virtual patients-to train speech-language pathologists.

19 Jun 2013

NextGen Healthcare collaborates with Chinese Hospital to deploy NextGen Inpatient Clinicals

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today an agreement with Chinese Hospital to deploy NextGen Inpatient Clinicals across its enterprise.

19 Jun 2013

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, a painful condition affecting approximately 10 million people in the U.S., is not imaginary after all, as some doctors have believed. A discovery, published this month in PAIN MEDICINE (the journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine), clearly now demonstrates that fibromyalgia may have a rational biological basis located in the skin.

19 Jun 2013

Researchers develop new software that interprets vision of people affected by changes in color vision

Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed new software that will interpret the vision of people affected by alterations in colour vision

19 Jun 2013

New research draws link between people's beliefs and obesity crisis

Whether a person believes obesity is caused by overeating or by a lack of exercise predicts his or her actual body mass, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

19 Jun 2013

Mendor's groundbreaking diabetes management platform receives CE mark

Finnish diabetes technology company Mendor announces today the CE mark for its groundbreaking diabetes management platform, Mendor Balance. This cloud-based platform seeks to introduce significant benefits to all the key stakeholders: patients, health care professionals, payers and the pharma industry.

18 Jun 2013

UCSC experts awarded $3.5M NIH grant to develop cancer genomics tools

Despite some successes, predicting cancer outcomes based on the molecular signatures in cancer cells remains a major challenge. A new effort, funded by the National Cancer Institute and led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, aims to clear several key roadblocks that have stymied progress in this field.

18 Jun 2013

UCLA surgeons perform minimally invasive procedure to remove large polyps and keep colon intact

Millions of people each year have polyps successfully removed during colonoscopies. But when a suspicious polyp is bigger than a marble or in a hard-to-reach location, patients are referred for surgery to remove a portion of their colon - even if doctors aren't sure whether the polyp is cancerous or not.

18 Jun 2013

PTS to integrate CardioChek PA system into Aegis workforce wellness programs

Polymer Technology Systems, Inc. announced a partnership with Aegis Health Group to integrate the CardioChek PA system into Aegis workforce wellness programs administered by health systems across the country.

18 Jun 2013

Professor Moshe Shoham recognized with Thomas A. Edison Patent Award

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that Professor Moshe Shoham was awarded the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

18 Jun 2013

Moffitt Cancer Center, Advinus Therapeutics form strategic partnership

Moffitt Cancer Center announced a strategic partnership with Advinus Therapeutics to advance its discoveries to the clinics. Two promising targeted cancer therapies (Rb:Raf-1 disruptor and ROCK inhibitor) developed by Moffitt scientists are selected as the first set.

18 Jun 2013

Researchers identify new virus in patients with severe brain infections

Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease.

18 Jun 2013

Special type of IVF may increase risk for insulin resistance among children

A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

18 Jun 2013

New technique offers potential to screen patients for viruses

In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses even when doctors have not identified a particular virus as the likely source of an infection.

18 Jun 2013

Technology News and Research

UT candidate wins AHA fellowship to support research in cardiovascular, stroke discoveries

Lumosity develops big data methodology for conducting human cognitive performance research

FDA accepts DURECT's New Drug Application for POSIDUR

D4D Technologies, Henry Schein announce launch of E4D NEVO Scanner and Design Center

LDL cholesterol blood levels: an interview with Dr. Harvey Kaufman

GSMA announces first-of-its-kind clinical study for its mHealth Grand Tour

SimuCase avatars allow graduate students to evaluate speech-language disorders

NextGen Healthcare collaborates with Chinese Hospital to deploy NextGen Inpatient Clinicals

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Researchers develop new software that interprets vision of people affected by changes in color vision

New research draws link between people's beliefs and obesity crisis

Mendor's groundbreaking diabetes management platform receives CE mark

UCSC experts awarded $3.5M NIH grant to develop cancer genomics tools

UCLA surgeons perform minimally invasive procedure to remove large polyps and keep colon intact

PTS to integrate CardioChek PA system into Aegis workforce wellness programs

Professor Moshe Shoham recognized with Thomas A. Edison Patent Award

Moffitt Cancer Center, Advinus Therapeutics form strategic partnership

Researchers identify new virus in patients with severe brain infections

Special type of IVF may increase risk for insulin resistance among children

New technique offers potential to screen patients for viruses

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