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U-M selects new integration technology for its children and women's hospitals

The University of Michigan Health System has selected a new system-wide integration platform to connect clinical alarm and alert data from medical to communications devices, wireless phones and pagers for its new 348-bed C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital.

14 Sep 2011

“Contagion” movie entirely plausible

Hollywood's latest thriller “Contagion” seems to have captured the public’s interest with strong sales at the box office. In the movie tens of millions of people are wiped out by the rapid spread of a killer airborne disease. It's a scenario real-life experts say is entirely plausible.

14 Sep 2011

Electron microscope reveals minute morphology of dendritic trees

Neurons in the brain play a role as an electric wire conveying an electrical signal. Because this electric wire is connected with various joints, various brain functions can occur. A neuron which has dendritic trees on it, receives the signals with many synapses located on those dendritic trees, and carries out functions by combining the received signals.

14 Sep 2011

Roundup: N.J. Governor opts not to cut Medicaid rolls; Seattle council mandates sick leave

Thousands of New Jersey's working poor will keep their health insurance under a new administration proposal to restructure Medicaid, abandoning a controversial plan that would have drastically reduced the number of eligible recipients.

14 Sep 2011

Efficient, economical molecule could speed evaluation of some anti-cancer treatments

Researchers from Boston College have developed a new class of small molecule receptors capable of detecting a lipid molecule that reveals the telltale signs of cellular death, particularly cancer cells targeted by anti-cancer drugs, the team reports in the current electronic edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

14 Sep 2011

Underground storage of CO2 does not threaten human health

Capturing CO2 from power stations and storing it deep underground carries no significant threat to human health, despite recently voiced fears that it might, a study has shown.

14 Sep 2011

ViroPharma initiates Cinryze Phase 2 subcutaneous trial in patients with HAE

ViroPharma Incorporated and Halozyme Therapeutics announced today that ViroPharma has initiated an open-label, multi-dose Phase 2 study to evaluate the safety, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of subcutaneous administration of Cinryze in combination with Halozyme's Enhanze technology, a proprietary drug delivery platform using Halozyme's recombinant human hyaluronidase enzyme, in subjects with hereditary angioedema.

14 Sep 2011

OBT, Seattle Genetics form strategic collaboration to discover novel ADCs for cancer

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Oxford BioTherapeutics today announced that they have formed a strategic collaboration to jointly discover novel antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for cancer.

14 Sep 2011

A squirt of insulin up the nose for prevention of Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers have noted in a small pilot study that squirting insulin deep into the nose where it travels to the brain might hold early Alzheimer’s disease at bay. At present there are no effective ways to prevent or delay the progress of Alzheimer’s. More than 5.4 million Americans and 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia.

13 Sep 2011

Researchers use MRI and PET/CT to assess safety, efficacy of heart drug dalcetrapib

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time used several imaging techniques to prove the efficacy of a promising new treatment for atherosclerosis—the build-up of plaque in artery walls that can lead to a heart attack.

13 Sep 2011

Majority of cryoballoon ablation patients show no signs of A-Fib year after procedure

Many patients are responding to a new, minimally invasive way of treating irregular heartbeats by freezing out the bad cells. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is one such heart rhythm disorder, and it's the most common arrhythmia affecting Americans.

13 Sep 2011

Cytta completes first client deployment of remote medical monitoring system

Cytta Corp is pleased to announce that we have now successfully completed the first client installation and deployment of our remote medical monitoring system. This installation enables the Company to commence a full scale roll out of its technology, concentrating initially on our clients consisting of payors and providers, such as: Health Plans, Managed Care Organizations, Health Delivery Organizations, Medical Groups and IPAs, located in the Southern California area.

12 Sep 2011

Brooke Army Medical Center goes live with Conexus Plexus Asset Tracking System

Conexus Inc. announces its Plexus Asset Tracking System is operational at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, and its associated outlying clinics. Brooke Army Medical Center and its associated outlying clinics went live with over 48,000 trackable assets in the Plexus database.

12 Sep 2011

CHRISTUS Health renews Spend and Clinical Resource Management relationship with MedAssets

MedAssets today announced that long-time customer CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Irving, Texas, recently elected to renew its Spend and Clinical Resource Management relationship with the company.

12 Sep 2011

Health Robotics announces rental program for I.V. Automation solutions

Health Robotics today announced the immediate availability in the United States of an affordable rental program for Health Robotics' undisputed world-leading I.V. Automation solutions i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT Assist., and i.v.STATION ONCO.

12 Sep 2011

Dome9 Security announces multi-cloud security management platform

Dome9 Security, the leading provider of cloud security management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS), today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 announced the general availability of its new first-of-its-kind, multi-platform security management service that automates cloud server security for both enterprises and cloud hosting providers.

12 Sep 2011

American Scientific Resources receives first purchase order from ANB Canada

American Scientific Resources, Inc. today announced that it received its first purchase order from Associated National Brokerage, Inc., a major distributor of health and beauty products to chain drug stores throughout Canada.

12 Sep 2011

FDA grants marketing clearance for WideMed's portable home sleep diagnostic and monitoring solution

WideMed, a leading company engaged in the research, development and sale of innovative products for the growing bio-medical signal diagnostics and treatment market, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted its home sleep monitoring device, Morpheus Ox, clearance to market in the United States for cardiac patient population.

12 Sep 2011

Exposure to 'white' LED light suppresses melatonin production

Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give off an orange-yellow light. "Just as there are regulations and standards for 'classic' pollutants, there should also be regulations and rules for the pollution stemming from artificial light at night," says Prof. Abraham Haim of the University of Haifa.

12 Sep 2011

Entellus Medical introduces easy-to-use tool for navigating sinus passages

Entellus Medical, a Minnesota-based medical technology company, today announced the launch of its PathAssist™ Light Seeker™ at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in San Francisco.

12 Sep 2011

Technology News and Research

U-M selects new integration technology for its children and women's hospitals

“Contagion” movie entirely plausible

Electron microscope reveals minute morphology of dendritic trees

Roundup: N.J. Governor opts not to cut Medicaid rolls; Seattle council mandates sick leave

Efficient, economical molecule could speed evaluation of some anti-cancer treatments

Underground storage of CO2 does not threaten human health

ViroPharma initiates Cinryze Phase 2 subcutaneous trial in patients with HAE

OBT, Seattle Genetics form strategic collaboration to discover novel ADCs for cancer

A squirt of insulin up the nose for prevention of Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers use MRI and PET/CT to assess safety, efficacy of heart drug dalcetrapib

Majority of cryoballoon ablation patients show no signs of A-Fib year after procedure

Cytta completes first client deployment of remote medical monitoring system

Brooke Army Medical Center goes live with Conexus Plexus Asset Tracking System

CHRISTUS Health renews Spend and Clinical Resource Management relationship with MedAssets

Health Robotics announces rental program for I.V. Automation solutions

Dome9 Security announces multi-cloud security management platform

American Scientific Resources receives first purchase order from ANB Canada

FDA grants marketing clearance for WideMed's portable home sleep diagnostic and monitoring solution

Exposure to 'white' LED light suppresses melatonin production

Entellus Medical introduces easy-to-use tool for navigating sinus passages

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