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Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Isilon® Systems today announced that Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Genomics Institute and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences has deployed Isilon scale-out NAS as the primary repository for its next-generation DNA sequencing and analysis workflow.

27 May 2010

Household shampoos, detergents and cleaning agents form NDMA: Scientists

Scientists are reporting evidence that certain ingredients in shampoo, detergents and other household cleaning agents may be a source of precursor materials for formation of a suspected cancer-causing contaminant in water supplies that receive water from sewage treatment plants. The study sheds new light on possible environmental sources of this poorly understood water contaminant, called NDMA, which is of ongoing concern to health officials.

27 May 2010

New $1.4M study to develop novel computer automation techniques for reducing prep time of IMRT for cancer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Richard Radke is leading a new $1.4 million study to develop novel computer automation techniques that could reduce the prep time of a promising cancer-treatment technology from several hours to a few minutes.

27 May 2010

HHS, Institute of Medicine launch Community Health Data Initiative

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and Institute of Medicine President, Harvey Fineberg, will launch the Community Health Data Initiative, a national effort to help communities harness the power of information to improve health.

27 May 2010

Carbon dioxide and other gases from air traffic to become significant source of global warming

The first new projections of future aircraft emissions in 10 years predicts that carbon dioxide and other gases from air traffic will become a significant source of global warming as they double or triple by 2050. The study is in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.

27 May 2010

New multidisciplinary task force to help clients identify, evaluate opportunities created by health care reform

Drawing on its analysis of the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has established a multidisciplinary task force to help clients identify and evaluate key opportunities created by health care reform.

27 May 2010

Sanofi-aventis, MIT announce strategic alliance agreement for SABIP

Sanofi-aventis announced today a strategic alliance agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Biomedical Innovation, which will be known as the sanofi-aventis Biomedical Innovation Program.

27 May 2010

Insurers paying doctors faster but inefficiency remains, especially with Medicaid

"US health insurers are paying doctors seven days faster, on average, and denying 12 to 18 percent fewer claims than last year, but the claims reimbursement system remains saddled with inefficiency, according to a new ranking of payers set to be released today," The Boston Globe reports.

27 May 2010

Rates of cardiovascular disease increase in Australian winters: Seasonal researcher

Rates of cardiovascular disease increase dramatically in Australian winters because many people don't know how to rug up against the cold, a Queensland University of Technology seasonal researcher has found.

27 May 2010

Demand rises for graduates of health information technology programs

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the Atlanta Technical College is expanding its health information technology program because demand for graduates is expected to grow by 20 percent through 2018.

27 May 2010

Logical Therapeutics closes $16.9 million Series C equity financing round

Logical Therapeutics, Inc., a private, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today it had closed on a $16.9 million Series C equity financing. The round was led by existing investor SV Life Sciences, and included Burrill & Company, Novo A/S and Novitas Capital.

27 May 2010

Kensey Nash granted FDA 510(k) clearance for Meso BioMatrix ECM product

Kensey Nash Corporation, a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial technology for a wide range of medical procedures, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its second extracellular matrix (ECM) product, the Meso BioMatrix™ product.

27 May 2010

Abbott's TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheter receives European approval

Abbott today announced the European approval and launch of its TREK™ Coronary Dilatation Catheter for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The TREK system represents a new approach to balloon catheter design, and provides physicians with a high-performing option for treating challenging lesions and difficult-to-reach blockages. Abbott received CE Mark for the TREK system earlier this year.

26 May 2010

Synovis Life Technologies' second-quarter 2010 net revenue up 19%

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., today reported record revenue for the second quarter ended April 30, 2010.

26 May 2010

St. Jude Medical to evaluate cost-effectiveness of FFR for multivessel coronary artery disease

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, announced today at EuroPCR it will evaluate the incremental cost-effectiveness of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)-guided treatment for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada. The analysis will also determine FFR's potential health and budget impact for each of the seven countries.

26 May 2010

TASE approves new listing of PROLOR Biotech's common stock

PROLOR Biotech, Inc.,, a company developing next generation biobetter therapeutic proteins, today announced that the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has approved the new listing of PROLOR's common stock on the TASE beginning on Thursday, May 27, 2010. At that time, the company's common stock will be listed on both the NYSE Amex in the United States and the TASE in Israel.

26 May 2010

Humana named nation's top payer for the second consecutive

For the second year in a row and third time in five years, Humana Inc. ranks #1 in overall performance - making it the easiest payer for health care providers to do business with - in a review of 2009 claims-payment data conducted by athenahealth Inc., a provider of Internet-based business services to doctors, and Physician's Practice magazine.

26 May 2010

BMI in overweight range not a higher risk for health problems

A study examining the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and illness suggests that a BMI of 30 or above, a signal of obesity according to federal health standards, does not translate into current illness among adults under age 40.

26 May 2010

IDC Health Insights report predicts paradigm shift toward collaborative care through HIE models

As health care organizations across the country begin to adopt technology solutions in response to the approximately $20 billion in state incentive payments for health care, Informatics Corporation of America endorses an April 2010 report, Vendor Assessment: Industry Short List for Health Information Exchange Technologies, released by IDC Health Insights, an advisory services and market research firm.

26 May 2010

Overlake Hospital acquires Toshiba’s Vantage Titan ultra-short, open bore MR system

Improving MR exam workflow without sacrificing patient safety, exam comfort or image quality is a goal for many health care facilities. Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Wash., selected Toshiba America Medical Systems' patient-friendly Vantage Titan ultra-short, open bore MR system to achieve this goal in its new MR facility.

26 May 2010

Technology News and Research

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Household shampoos, detergents and cleaning agents form NDMA: Scientists

New $1.4M study to develop novel computer automation techniques for reducing prep time of IMRT for cancer

HHS, Institute of Medicine launch Community Health Data Initiative

Carbon dioxide and other gases from air traffic to become significant source of global warming

New multidisciplinary task force to help clients identify, evaluate opportunities created by health care reform

Sanofi-aventis, MIT announce strategic alliance agreement for SABIP

Insurers paying doctors faster but inefficiency remains, especially with Medicaid

Rates of cardiovascular disease increase in Australian winters: Seasonal researcher

Demand rises for graduates of health information technology programs

Logical Therapeutics closes $16.9 million Series C equity financing round

Kensey Nash granted FDA 510(k) clearance for Meso BioMatrix ECM product

Abbott's TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheter receives European approval

Synovis Life Technologies' second-quarter 2010 net revenue up 19%

St. Jude Medical to evaluate cost-effectiveness of FFR for multivessel coronary artery disease

TASE approves new listing of PROLOR Biotech's common stock

Humana named nation's top payer for the second consecutive

BMI in overweight range not a higher risk for health problems

IDC Health Insights report predicts paradigm shift toward collaborative care through HIE models

Overlake Hospital acquires Toshiba’s Vantage Titan ultra-short, open bore MR system

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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