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DaTscan allows doctors to differentiate Parkinson's from other movement disorders

Thanks to a new diagnostic imaging technique, physicians now have an objective test to evaluate patients for parkinsonian syndromes, such as Parkinson's disease. Northwestern Memorial Hospital is among the first institutions in the country to offer DaTscan-, the only FDA-approved imaging agent for assessment of movement disorders.

26 Aug 2011

Saudi Arabian medical products distributor enters agreement with NMI

Nano Mask, Inc. (NMI), a healthcare product development and distribution company focused on emergency and critical care as well as infection control markets, has announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with a Saudi Arabia-based medical products distributor which will represent NMI's product line on an exclusive basis to: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Algeria, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan, Yemen Lebanon, Yemen and Tunisia.

26 Aug 2011

MDxHealth first half 2011 commercial revenues increase 19%

MDxHealth SA, a leading molecular diagnostics company in the field of personalized medicine, announced today its 2011 half-year results.

25 Aug 2011

NTNU Professors receive 2011 Anders Jahre's Award for Medical Research

NTNU Professors May-Britt and Edvard Moser have been selected for the 2011 Anders Jahre's Award for Medical Research. The award, which includes a NOK 1 million (€128,000) prize, is considered among the most prestigious of medical awards in the Nordic countries.

25 Aug 2011

Allenex net sales increase 8.2% to SEK 44.9 million for January - June, 2011

Allenex AB: Net sales for the first six months were SEK 44.9 million (41.5), an increase of 8.2%.

25 Aug 2011

Baxter enters definitive agreement to acquire Baxa

Baxter International Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Baxa Corporation, a privately held company based in Englewood, Colo., with additional operations in Florida and the United Kingdom.

From Baxter International Inc. 25 Aug 2011

Nightingale revenue decreases 14% to $3.8 million for first quarter 2012

Nightingale Informatix Corporation, an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, announces its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

25 Aug 2011

New way to combat dengue fever

The spread of Dengue fever in northern Australia may be controlled by a bacterium that infects mosquitoes that harbor the virus, Australian and U.S. researchers report Aug. 25 in two papers published in the journal Nature.

25 Aug 2011

RIT, St. John Fisher team up to create therapeutic game for anxiety

Researchers say tuition and pressure to achieve top grades are just a few of the reasons that today's young people suffer from increased anxiety and seek therapy.

25 Aug 2011

AMT total net loss decreases 7% to € 8.7 million for first half year of 2011

Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics, a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today reported its results for the first half year of 2011.

25 Aug 2011

New mouse brain atlas provides insight into how genes work in cerebral cortex

A new atlas of gene expression in the mouse brain provides insight into how genes work in the outer part of the brain called the cerebral cortex. In humans, the cerebral cortex is the largest part of the brain, and the region responsible for memory, sensory perception and language.

25 Aug 2011

IMMY, University of Nevada receive FDA clearance for CrAg Lateral Flow Assay

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a new diagnostic test that will help save the lives of hundreds of thousands of AIDS patients stricken with cryptococcosis, a fungal meningitis.

25 Aug 2011

Masimo SEDLine brain function monitor receives CE Mark

Masimo announced today that it has received CE Mark for its SEDLine brain function monitor — expanding access to and availability of SEDLine's advanced neuromonitoring technology to hospitals and clinicians across Europe. The

24 Aug 2011

Awarepoint secures $27 million in Series F financing

Awarepoint Corporation, the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for healthcare, announced today that it has secured $27 million in Series F financing. New investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) led the round of financing, which also included participation from new investor Top Tier Capital Partners, and existing investors Cardinal Partners, Venrock, and Jafco Ventures.

24 Aug 2011

Major new guideline on treatment of high blood pressure

The way blood pressure is diagnosed and treated is set to be revolutionised following new guidelines for the medical profession issued by NICE and developed in conjunction with the British Hypertension Society (BHS).

24 Aug 2011

A pain-free way of tackling dental decay

Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered a pain-free way of tackling dental decay that reverses the damage of acid attack and re-builds teeth as new.

24 Aug 2011

DATATRAK announces addition of eClinical Consulting Group to Connect Partner Program

DATATRAK International, Inc., a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the newest member of its Connect Partner Program, eClinical Consulting Group.

24 Aug 2011

Call for open challenges in nanomedicine

"Nanomedicine is certainly the most promising enabling technology to achieve breakthroughs in medical technologies. It will strongly contribute to driving the future of medicine. A first step to initiate the necessary actions will be done in October in Barcelona." says Bertrand Loubaton, Director at GE Healthcare and chairman of the European Technology Platform ETPN.

24 Aug 2011

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta acquires Toshiba's Aplio MX ultrasound system

To improve clinical performance in fetal echocardiography with advanced imaging applications, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has acquired Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Aplio MX ultrasound system for the Children's Sibley Heart Center fetal echo program.

24 Aug 2011

New Pressurized Olfactory Device shows direct CNS effect of morphine

A simple new approach to nasal drug administration may allow morphine and other strong pain medications to be targeted directly to the central nervous system (CNS), reports an experimental study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

24 Aug 2011