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NFBI to hold seminar on everyday tips and techniques for blind people in Burlington

The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, Iowa's largest consumer group of blind people, will hold its third technology seminar titled "Independence Is Easy -- Do You Know What I Know?" on Saturday, March 12. The seminar will be held at the Comfort Suites in Burlington.

5 Mar 2011

Physicians, care provider organizations near deadline for processing submittals to CMS for 2010 PQRI

Covisint, a Compuware company, today announced that physicians and care provider organizations are nearing the absolute deadline for processing submittals to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the 2010 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. Leveraging Covisint DocSite PQRI, physicians and practice managers can now submit 2010 PQRI data through March 15, 2011.

5 Mar 2011

Shares of Bacterin's common stock receive approval for listing on NYSE Amex

Bacterin International Holdings, Inc., a creator and developer of revolutionary bone graft material and anti-infective coatings for medical applications, today announced that its common stock has been approved for listing on the NYSE Amex and has chosen Knight Capital Group as its designated market maker.

5 Mar 2011

Philips introduces new innovative and cost-effective solutions for radiology at ECR 2011

At the European Congress of Radiology 2011, Royal Philips Electronics is ushering in a new era in radiology science with Imaging 2.0, a concept fueled by integration of technology, clinician and patient.

5 Mar 2011

Father of Juicing introduces Jay Kordich PowerGrind Pro to promote good health

\At the spry young age of 87 years, famed health guru Jay Kordich has been singing the praises of juicing for quite some time. But, never before in his 62 years in the business has Jay actually put his name on the side of a juicer.

5 Mar 2011

University of Delaware to host scholarly symposium in honor of Richard F. Heck

On Thursday, May 26, the University of Delaware will host the scholarly symposium "Frontiers in Catalysis" in honor of Richard F. Heck, Willis F. Harrington Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

5 Mar 2011

Bovie settles patent infringement ligation with Salient Surgical and Medtronic

Bovie Medical Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced a settlement to the June 10, 2010, action brought by Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc. and Medtronic, Inc. against the Company.

5 Mar 2011

Scientific symposium to examine new approaches to schizophrenia drug development

Despite significant investment in research and development by pharmaceutical companies, the last decade has seen a marked decline in the number of drugs developed and approved for schizophrenia. A multi-day symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, March 9 - Friday, March 11 will convene world-leading experts in clinical, translational, and basic neuroscience to address this problem by examining novel, state-of-the-art approaches to schizophrenia drug development.

5 Mar 2011

NCI renews Ariadne's license for Pathway Studio Enterprise system

Ariadne, a leader in bioinformatics software and knowledge integration, announced that National Cancer Institute has renewed their license for Pathway Studio Enterprise system that includes the ResNet Mammalian database and Ariadne MedScan text processing technology for site-wide use.

5 Mar 2011

Family left on sideline in health care crisis

Decision-making on behalf of patients in persistent vegetative states is always a delicate matter, especially if, like Ms. Nyirahabiyambere, they have not left a directive.

5 Mar 2011

Gates Foundation makes $10M PRI in Liquidia to support development of vaccines, therapeutics

Liquidia Technologies today announced the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made a $10 million program-related investment in the company to support the development and commercialization of safer and more effective vaccines and therapeutics. This follows recent announcements of the first Liquidia clinical trial of its lead seasonal flu candidate (LIQ001) and a collaborative agreement with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

5 Mar 2011

New HQ of David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research officially dedicated

The new seven-story headquarters of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, where scientists and engineers are working together to pursue new ways to treat, detect and prevent cancer, will be officially dedicated today at 4 p.m.

5 Mar 2011

Eveo to develop mobile solutions that encourage adherence

Medication non-adherence is as dangerous and costly as many diseases, causing up to 125,000 deaths annually in the U.S. Non-adherence, the failure to take drugs on time in the dosages prescribed, has been described as the world's "other drug problem."

5 Mar 2011

First implantable heart transplant using new LVAD performed at University of Utah Hospital

Surgeons at University of Utah Hospital have performed the hospital's first implant of a new-generation left ventricular assist device using the HeartWare HVAD. The tiny, partial artificial heart device is being used as part of a national research study for patients with advanced heart failure who are not candidates for heart transplantation.

5 Mar 2011

CRF Health to present on ePRO data collection methods at DIA EuroMeeting

CRF Health, a leading global provider of ePRO solutions for the Life Sciences Industry will be joined by industry colleagues at the DIA EuroMeeting for a session on the topic ePRO data collection methods.

5 Mar 2011

Bulow BioTech reports first ever use of Ossur POWER KNEE in cancer patient

Bulow BioTech Prosthetics is proud to announce that its patient, Lewis Branson, is among the first 3 U.S. civilians to be fitted with the Ossur POWER KNEE. The motorized knee is a "smart" prosthetic limb, which can "learn" its user's walking style and make real time adjustments based on changes in speed, stride, or terrain.

5 Mar 2011

Outcome's TotalQuality Reporting Service to help hospitals meet quality elements of Meaningful Use reporting

Outcome Sciences, Inc., the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that its TotalQuality Reporting Service has become a certified electronic health records technology reporting module for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's Meaningful Use data submission.

5 Mar 2011

BJC, WUSM use IBM software to provide better care for patients worldwide

IBM today announced that BJC Healthcare and Washington University School of Medicine are using IBM business analytics software to quickly extract key data from more than 50 million documents in medical records, speeding up research to ultimately provide better care for patients worldwide.

5 Mar 2011

OHSU receives NTI grant to study TEG for blood-clot prevention in obese trauma patients

Martin Schreiber, M.D., of Oregon Health & Science University, received a research grant worth nearly $700,000 from the National Trauma Institute to study a method that could more accurately determine how much blood-clot prevention medication to give critically ill or obese trauma patients.

5 Mar 2011

IMMY, University of Nevada, Reno collaborate to make new blood test for Cryptococcosis

A new, rapid blood test that could lead to early diagnosis and potentially save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people stricken with fungal meningitis, a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries, is getting closer to market with a recent collaboration between the University of Nevada, Reno and Immuno-Mycologics in Oklahoma.

5 Mar 2011

Technology News and Research

NFBI to hold seminar on everyday tips and techniques for blind people in Burlington

Physicians, care provider organizations near deadline for processing submittals to CMS for 2010 PQRI

Shares of Bacterin's common stock receive approval for listing on NYSE Amex

Philips introduces new innovative and cost-effective solutions for radiology at ECR 2011

Father of Juicing introduces Jay Kordich PowerGrind Pro to promote good health

University of Delaware to host scholarly symposium in honor of Richard F. Heck

Bovie settles patent infringement ligation with Salient Surgical and Medtronic

Scientific symposium to examine new approaches to schizophrenia drug development

NCI renews Ariadne's license for Pathway Studio Enterprise system

Family left on sideline in health care crisis

Gates Foundation makes $10M PRI in Liquidia to support development of vaccines, therapeutics

New HQ of David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research officially dedicated

Eveo to develop mobile solutions that encourage adherence

First implantable heart transplant using new LVAD performed at University of Utah Hospital

CRF Health to present on ePRO data collection methods at DIA EuroMeeting

Bulow BioTech reports first ever use of Ossur POWER KNEE in cancer patient

Outcome's TotalQuality Reporting Service to help hospitals meet quality elements of Meaningful Use reporting

BJC, WUSM use IBM software to provide better care for patients worldwide

OHSU receives NTI grant to study TEG for blood-clot prevention in obese trauma patients

IMMY, University of Nevada, Reno collaborate to make new blood test for Cryptococcosis

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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