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UCLA cardiologists use less invasive approach to replace heart valve

Last summer, after a long career as a successful entrepreneur and a brief retirement, Richard Whitaker was helping to start another new company. Unfortunately, a serious health concern caused a couple of interruptions in his work on the new venture. One of Whitaker's heart valves wasn't working properly, which caused congestive heart failure and led to two hospitalizations within several months.

2 Jul 2015

July issue of JACR highlights cancer imaging status, breast imaging performance

The July 2015 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) highlights residency breast imaging training as it applies to tomosynthesis, the status of cancer imaging, and the quality and cost effect of patient movement during MRI.

2 Jul 2015

Virtual human helps veterans with PTSD, people with mental illness build job interview skills

Finding a job is difficult for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and individuals with severe mental illness, who have high unemployment rates even though many want to work.

1 Jul 2015

smFRET method takes measurements of distances between molecules

Have a look round your living room. Everything around you is made up of molecules - just as you are. When they are put together, the molecules act as the building blocks of life.

1 Jul 2015

Proscia’s cloud-based platform allows clinicians, hospitals to make faster and more accurate cancer diagnosis

Proscia, a cloud-delivered solutions provider for digital pathology, today announced the release of a series of new features including Proscia Connect.

1 Jul 2015

Study reveals positive long-term effects of new facelift technique in comparison to autologous fat transfers

Patients striving to look younger for longer can now benefit from the same great results in fewer surgical procedures and at a lower cost.

30 Jun 2015

CTI Biotechnology implements Xybion's Pristima 7 Preclinical Suite

Xybion Corporation, leading provider of preclinical R&D solutions announced today that CTI Biotechnology in Suzhou, China has implemented Xybion's Pristima 7 Preclinical Suite. Pristima® was selected after an exhaustive evaluation of top selling preclinical software systems on the market.

30 Jun 2015

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27 Jun 2015

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital uses two imaging techniques to produce hybrid 3D model of a patient's heart

Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated two common imaging techniques to produce a three-dimensional anatomic model of a patient's heart.

27 Jun 2015

Biontech, Siemens enter into strategic collaboration on manufacture of personalized cancer vaccines

Siemens and BioNTech AG, a fully integrated biotechnology company developing truly personalized cancer immunotherapies, have entered into a strategic collaboration.

25 Jun 2015

Investments in cloud-based laboratory information management systems are part of Europe’s eHealth strategy

Investments in cloud-based laboratory information management systems are part of Europe’s eHealth strategy.

25 Jun 2015

Broad Institute teams up with Google to increase access to research tools

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is teaming up with Google Genomics to explore how to break down major technical barriers that increasingly hinder biomedical research by addressing the need for computing infrastructure to store and process enormous datasets, and by creating tools to analyze such data and unravel long-standing mysteries about human health.

24 Jun 2015

NIH awards $1.8 million grant for brain imaging technique

A researcher at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has received a four-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new technique for imaging blood flow across the surface of the brain that could help patients undergoing neurosurgery.

24 Jun 2015

NHS Scotland's Golden Jubilee National Hospital deploys MicroStrategy platforms to improve patient care, enhance operations

MicroStrategy® Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today announced that NHS Scotland's Golden Jubilee National Hospital has deployed the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform™ and MicroStrategy Mobile™ to monitor, report, and analyze over 200 quality indicators consisting of patient care, staffing, and performance metrics.

24 Jun 2015

Golden Jubilee unveils new digital Quality Framework for healthcare

One year since their NHSScotland innovation leadership role was announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, the Golden Jubilee has unveiled their new digital Quality Framework.

23 Jun 2015

Methods used to compare brain size across species not appropriate, finds UC Santa Barbara researcher

In research, sometimes setting out to demonstrate one concept actually results in proving something entirely different. It's important to be flexible.

23 Jun 2015

Oraya IRay Radiotherapy System for AMD treatment receives Silver award at MDEA 2015

Oraya Therapeutics Inc.and Bridge Design announced today that the Oraya IRay Radiotherapy System has won the Silver award in the radiological and electromechanical devices category of the 18 Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA).The winners were announced at a ceremony in New York City at the Jacob Javits Center in conjunction with the MD&M East event.

22 Jun 2015

Automated droplet-based surface sampling probe analyzes liver biopsy sample in 10 minutes

Surgeons could know while their patients are still on the operating table if a tissue is cancerous, according to researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

19 Jun 2015

DICOM Grid recognized with SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution

DICOM Grid, the #1 medical image exchange vendor, announced today that it was recognized as the winner of the 2015 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution. Winners were announced today during a luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.

19 Jun 2015

New study could speed delivery of hospital discharge summary, potentially reduce hospital readmissions

New research could soon automate hospital discharge communication, adding critical data and cutting the time it takes the information to reach community health care providers from weeks to hours.

18 Jun 2015

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UCLA cardiologists use less invasive approach to replace heart valve

July issue of JACR highlights cancer imaging status, breast imaging performance

Virtual human helps veterans with PTSD, people with mental illness build job interview skills

smFRET method takes measurements of distances between molecules

Proscia’s cloud-based platform allows clinicians, hospitals to make faster and more accurate cancer diagnosis

Study reveals positive long-term effects of new facelift technique in comparison to autologous fat transfers

CTI Biotechnology implements Xybion's Pristima 7 Preclinical Suite

ProfNet network experts available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital uses two imaging techniques to produce hybrid 3D model of a patient's heart

Biontech, Siemens enter into strategic collaboration on manufacture of personalized cancer vaccines

Investments in cloud-based laboratory information management systems are part of Europe’s eHealth strategy

Broad Institute teams up with Google to increase access to research tools

NIH awards $1.8 million grant for brain imaging technique

NHS Scotland's Golden Jubilee National Hospital deploys MicroStrategy platforms to improve patient care, enhance operations

Golden Jubilee unveils new digital Quality Framework for healthcare

Methods used to compare brain size across species not appropriate, finds UC Santa Barbara researcher

Oraya IRay Radiotherapy System for AMD treatment receives Silver award at MDEA 2015

Automated droplet-based surface sampling probe analyzes liver biopsy sample in 10 minutes

DICOM Grid recognized with SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution

New study could speed delivery of hospital discharge summary, potentially reduce hospital readmissions

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