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Nfocus Neuromedical's Luna AES receives CE Mark approval to treat brain aneurysms

Nfocus Neuromedical, Inc., an innovative medical device company with a focus on the next generation treatment for brain aneurysms, announced today that its Luna Aneurysm Embolization System received CE Mark for the treatment of patients with brain aneurysms.

15 Feb 2011

Almac's Director plans to speak on adaptive trial designs at CTS Europe conference

The Almac Group announced today that Graham Nicholls, Director of Biostatistics for Almac's Clinical Technologies business unit, will be speaking at the Clinical Trial Supply Europe conference held in Barcelona, Spain, 22-23 February 2011.

15 Feb 2011

CWRU's REC helps doctors to adopt electronic health records

Nearly $8 million of federal stimulus funds provided through the Ohio Health Information Partnership is already starting to help hundreds of doctors in northeast Ohio switch to electronic health records. Now, with a greater sense of urgency, the word is going out to providers who might not yet be aware that valuable advice is easily available to them.

15 Feb 2011

Eurofins MWG Operon's LPE libraries offer most efficient way to sequence and scaffold genomes

Eurofins MWG Operon, an expert in next generation sequencing routinely uses up to 5 different non-cloned genomic DNA libraries for sequencing with Roche GS FLX or Illumina HiSeq 2000 technology.

15 Feb 2011

New technique reveals spatial structure of microbial community

Like people in cities, microbes often live in complex communities that contain many different microbial types. Also like us, microbes tend to gravitate to and "hang out" with certain other types in their community, more than with the rest. And sometimes, when opportunities arise, they move to more favorable locations.

15 Feb 2011

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, standouts in surgical procedures in terms of growth over the next five years are going to be dental implant, facial injectable, optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheter, spinal nonfusion implant, and percutaneous heart valve procedures in North America.

15 Feb 2011

FDA requests $4.3 billion to protect and promote health of Americans as part of FY 2012 budget

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting a budget of $4.3 billion to protect and promote the public health as part of the President's fiscal year 2012 budget — a 33 percent increase over the FDA enacted budget for FY 2010. The FY 2012 request covers the period of Oct. 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2012.

15 Feb 2011

New grant for patient safety research to prevent 'fumbled handoffs' leading to medical errors

When a football player drops the ball or fumbles a handoff, his team might lose yardage or return to the line of scrimmage to re-do the play. In healthcare, dropping the ball means a patient might not get necessary follow-up care or worse.

15 Feb 2011

Measurements of hand movement control may help determine severity of ADHD in children

Measurements of hand movement control may help determine the severity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, according to joint studies published in the February 15, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

15 Feb 2011

Joslin upgrades its website to raise awareness about diabetes in Latino population

Latinos are twice as likely to develop diabetes as Caucasians, and half the Latinos born in the United States in this century are expected to get the disease. Helping to meet this challenge, Joslin Diabetes Center's Latino Diabetes Initiative—a comprehensive effort that combines clinical care, patient education, community outreach, research and healthcare team education—has upgraded its website with additional resources for Latinos with diabetes and their families in both English and Spanish.

15 Feb 2011

New England Biolabs adds OneTaq and OneTaq Hot Start DNA Polymerases to line of PCR reagents

New England Biolabs has expanded its line of PCR reagents to include OneTaq™ and OneTaq Hot Start DNA Polymerases. Optimized blends of Taq and Deep Vent® DNA Polymerases, these new products offer robust amplification across a wide range of templates, including routine, AT-rich and GC-rich amplicons.

From New England Biolabs 15 Feb 2011

ASU, Mayo sign agreement to broaden collaboration in health care, medical research and education

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University have signed an agreement to broaden and deepen their collaboration in health care, medical research and education. The agreement is a formal commitment to enhance the relationship built over the past eight years.

15 Feb 2011

FDA provides less-burdensome path to market certain hardware, software used with medical devices

Today, the FDA announced a final rule that provides a less-burdensome path to market for certain hardware and software products used with medical devices. The rule classifies these products, known as Medical Device Data Systems or MDDS, as Class I or low-risk devices, making them exempt from premarket review but still subject to quality standards.

15 Feb 2011

Apricus Bio awards Neopharm exclusive rights to market and sell Vitaros in Israel and Palestinian Territories

Apricus Biosciences, Inc., announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement granting Neopharm Group the exclusive rights to market and sell Vitaros®, Apricus Bio's treatment for erectile dysfunction ("ED") and, when and if available, its formulation for the treatment of premature ejaculation ("PE"), in Israel and the Palestinian Territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

15 Feb 2011

Electronic medical records in the age of government controlled internet ‘kill switches’

Egypt’s crisis has raised alarms about national security and economic impact for Americans if regime change leads to an anti-US government controlling a strong ally in the Middle East. This crisis raises another more personal concern for Americans that has been overlooked by the national media: the security and availability of your electronic medical records in the event of a government-imposed “kill switch” for the Internet.

15 Feb 2011

Hospital for Special Care announces opening of comprehensive heart failure in-patient unit in Connecticut

Hospital for Special Care (HSC), one of the nation's largest long-term acute-care hospitals, announces the opening of the first comprehensive heart failure in-patient unit in Connecticut, under the direction of board-certified intensivists and cardiologists.

15 Feb 2011

New study: Leisure time helps grandparents maintain bonds with adult grandchildren

A new study has confirmed an old adage: A family that plays together stays together. Researchers from Concordia University and Wilfrid Laurier University examined the ways grandparents can maintain close ties with their adult grandchildren. True to the old maxim, recreation emerged as the glue sealing intergenerational bonds.

15 Feb 2011

Researchers to develop automation system for sedation control in hospital ICUs

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Northeast Georgia Medical Center are one step closer to their goal of automating the management of sedation in hospital intensive care units. They have developed control algorithms that use clinical data to accurately determine a patient's level of sedation and can notify medical staff if there is a change in the level.

14 Feb 2011

Sonoma announces closing of $22 million Series D financing

Sonoma Orthopedic Products announced that it has closed a $22 million Series D financing round led by Ascension Health Ventures (AHV). Also participating in the round were Split Rock Partners, Legacy Life Sciences, EDF Ventures, MedVenture Associates, DFJ InCube Ventures, Emergent Medical Partners, and Asset Management Partners.

14 Feb 2011

Australian Department of Defence, CSC sign contract to develop, implement JeHDI system for ADF

In a press conference today with the Australian Department of Defence, CSC announced it has signed a five-year information technology contract to develop and implement an electronic health information system for the Australian Defence Force known as the Joint eHealth Data and Information system.

14 Feb 2011

Technology News and Research

Nfocus Neuromedical's Luna AES receives CE Mark approval to treat brain aneurysms

Almac's Director plans to speak on adaptive trial designs at CTS Europe conference

CWRU's REC helps doctors to adopt electronic health records

Eurofins MWG Operon's LPE libraries offer most efficient way to sequence and scaffold genomes

New technique reveals spatial structure of microbial community

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

FDA requests $4.3 billion to protect and promote health of Americans as part of FY 2012 budget

New grant for patient safety research to prevent 'fumbled handoffs' leading to medical errors

Measurements of hand movement control may help determine severity of ADHD in children

Joslin upgrades its website to raise awareness about diabetes in Latino population

New England Biolabs adds OneTaq and OneTaq Hot Start DNA Polymerases to line of PCR reagents

ASU, Mayo sign agreement to broaden collaboration in health care, medical research and education

FDA provides less-burdensome path to market certain hardware, software used with medical devices

Apricus Bio awards Neopharm exclusive rights to market and sell Vitaros in Israel and Palestinian Territories

Electronic medical records in the age of government controlled internet ‘kill switches’

Hospital for Special Care announces opening of comprehensive heart failure in-patient unit in Connecticut

New study: Leisure time helps grandparents maintain bonds with adult grandchildren

Researchers to develop automation system for sedation control in hospital ICUs

Sonoma announces closing of $22 million Series D financing

Australian Department of Defence, CSC sign contract to develop, implement JeHDI system for ADF

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