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Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections do not get needed treatment

Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections aren't getting the treatment they need when they visit emergency rooms, according to a new Michigan State University study that highlights a wholly preventable risk to unborn children and raises questions about current medical guidelines.

10 Feb 2013

Highlights for Feb. 2013 issue of Genetics journal

Listed below are the selected highlights for the February 2013 issue of the Genetics Society of America's journal, Genetics.

10 Feb 2013

Measuring cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies

To decide whether a new medical technology is cost effective, researchers often "compare a new technology's incremental cost-effectiveness ratio or ICER to a threshold that is some multiple of a country or income group's GDP per capita, per WHO convention," Amanda Glassman, director of global health policy and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD), writes in the CGD's "Global Health Policy" blog

9 Feb 2013

Rekom Biotech designs new biomarkers that can identify West Nile virus, dengue

Researchers at the University of Granada have designed a set of biomarkers that can be used in diagnostic tests for the detection of dengue and the West Nile virus, two infectious diseases transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. These biomarkers can be used to identify these viral diseases, which affect millions of people worldwide.

9 Feb 2013

Investigators discover two new genes associated with severe early-onset disorders of heart rhythm

A team led by Vanderbilt University investigators has discovered two new genes - both coding for the signaling protein calmodulin - associated with severe early-onset disorders of heart rhythm.

7 Feb 2013

Society of Toxicology's 52nd Annual Meeting to be held from Mar. 10-16 in San Antonio

A group of 7,000 scientists working in multiple specialties, from more than 50 countries, will meet March 10-14, 2013 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, to share their latest findings on 60 topical issues of concern to human health and the environment.

7 Feb 2013

Four-step process delivers specific, reliable clinical rules

Dutch researchers have developed a four-step strategy for formulating clinical decision support systems, which they say could help reduce “alert fatigue.”

7 Feb 2013

Sangamo BioSciences fourth quarter revenues increase to $8.9 million

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. today reported fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results and accomplishments.

7 Feb 2013

Seattle Genetics commences two SGN-CD19A phase I trials in hematologic malignancies

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced the initiation of two phase I clinical trials of SGN-CD19A, one for patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and one for patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

6 Feb 2013

FluGen's REDEE FLU vaccine protects against both H5N1 and H3N2 strains

Deadly flu viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu and H3N2 swine flu, may have met their match in FluGen's universal vaccine, REDEE FLU.

6 Feb 2013

FDA approves Cardiva Medical's VASCADE Vascular Closure System

Cardiva Medical, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Premarket Approval (PMA) for the VASCADE Vascular Closure System (VCS).

6 Feb 2013

Arzeda, INVISTA partner to develop new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes

INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce a collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes.

6 Feb 2013

ECRI Institute PSO identifies key health information technology-related problems

The federal government is spending about $19 billion to encourage hospitals, physician practices, and other healthcare organizations to invest in their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure with the goal of improving patient safety and quality through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

6 Feb 2013

Genpact announces acquisition of JAWOOD

Genpact Limited, a global leader in business process management and technology services, today announces that it has acquired JAWOOD, a leading provider of business services to the healthcare payer industry.

6 Feb 2013

IsoRay announces presentation video on metastatic brain cancers by Cornell Weill

IsoRay Inc., a medical technology company and innovator in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications, today announced the presentation video by Cornell Weill demonstrating their techniques in the successful treatment of metastatic brain cancers using IsoRay's patented Cesium-131 (Cs-131) sutured seeds.

6 Feb 2013

Technology helps doctor unlock clues about illness's environmental causes

Epidemiologist David Van Sickle spent years studying asthma, but like many researchers of the chronic disease, he was frustrated by the obstacles to determining precise triggers of an individual attack. That frustration gave him an idea for a rescue inhaler topped with a GPS sensor.

6 Feb 2013

Researchers detect social attention deficits in infants at increased risk of autism

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

6 Feb 2013

ZOLL's Intravascular Temperature Management solution receives Shonin approval in Japan

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to enter the Japanese market with its Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM) technology—the first intravascular temperature management system to receive Shonin approval in Japan.

6 Feb 2013

Kips Bay Medical initiates eMESH I clinical feasibility trial in atherosclerotic disease

Manny Villafaña, Chairman and CEO of Kips Bay Medical Inc. announced that on February 5, 2013, the first U.S. patient was implanted with the eSVS Mesh at the Northeast Georgia Heart Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

6 Feb 2013

Wiley, The Cochrane Collaboration renew and redefine publishing partnership

The Cochrane Collaboration, the international not-for-profit organization that produces systematic reviews of healthcare evidence and the largest database of randomized controlled trials; and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global provider of content and workflow solutions in the areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research, professional development, and education, today announced that they have renewed and redefined their partnership to publish The Cochrane Library from February 2013.

6 Feb 2013

Technology News and Research

Many pregnant women with sexually transmitted infections do not get needed treatment

Highlights for Feb. 2013 issue of Genetics journal

Measuring cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies

Rekom Biotech designs new biomarkers that can identify West Nile virus, dengue

Investigators discover two new genes associated with severe early-onset disorders of heart rhythm

Society of Toxicology's 52nd Annual Meeting to be held from Mar. 10-16 in San Antonio

Four-step process delivers specific, reliable clinical rules

Sangamo BioSciences fourth quarter revenues increase to $8.9 million

Seattle Genetics commences two SGN-CD19A phase I trials in hematologic malignancies

FluGen's REDEE FLU vaccine protects against both H5N1 and H3N2 strains

FDA approves Cardiva Medical's VASCADE Vascular Closure System

Arzeda, INVISTA partner to develop new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes

ECRI Institute PSO identifies key health information technology-related problems

Genpact announces acquisition of JAWOOD

IsoRay announces presentation video on metastatic brain cancers by Cornell Weill

Technology helps doctor unlock clues about illness's environmental causes

Researchers detect social attention deficits in infants at increased risk of autism

ZOLL's Intravascular Temperature Management solution receives Shonin approval in Japan

Kips Bay Medical initiates eMESH I clinical feasibility trial in atherosclerotic disease

Wiley, The Cochrane Collaboration renew and redefine publishing partnership

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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