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ESC CV Imaging textbook for trainees and cardiologists

Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures in cardiology. The idea of publishing an ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging which accumulates the expertise of European cardiovascular imagers, is therefore long awaited.

17 Dec 2009

HCRS awarded a contract to support AETC with medical records coding and training services

HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc., a leading provider of program integrity support, health information technology services and professional medical and technical staffing services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force's Commodities Council to support the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) with medical records coding and analysis, auditing, and provider training.

17 Dec 2009

Unilife Medical Solutions to construct new global headquarters and commercial production facility

Unilife Medical Solutions Limited (Unilife or the Company) today announced the signing of agreements for the construction of its new global headquarters and commercial production facility in York, Pennsylvania.

17 Dec 2009

Synthetic platelets halt blood-clotting time

Blood loss is a major cause of death from roadside bombs to freeway crashes. Traumatic injury, the leading cause of death for people age 4 to 44, often overwhelms the body's natural blood-clotting process.

17 Dec 2009

New application developed by AIM increases health plan staff productivity

A new application developed by American Imaging Management® (AIM) to manage the clinical review of specialty pharmaceuticals has increased health plan staff productivity and the number of drugs reviewed while reducing costs.

17 Dec 2009

Diagnostic Nano Technology to use Instant Detect Technology to detect H1N1 virus

Diagnostic Nano Technology Corporation (DNA), a subsidiary of Avisio, Inc., announced today that with the early laboratory success of its Instant Detect Technology in the detection of certain viruses that cause Dengue Fever, it plans to begin testing the technology on the detection of the H1N1 virus.

17 Dec 2009

Silence Therapeutics and Intradigm merge to form RNAi

The Boards of Silence Therapeutics plc and Intradigm Corporation are delighted to announce the merger of their businesses to form a leading company in the field of RNAi (RNA interference).

17 Dec 2009

MRG: Chinese drug-eluting stent market to reach more than $900 million by 2014

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, health care reforms in China supported rapid expansion of the Chinese drug-eluting stent market in 2009, and will continue to fuel growth in the coming years.

17 Dec 2009

St. Jude Medical applauds the updated level of evidence for FFR-guided treatment

St. Jude Medical, Inc. applauds the updated level of evidence for Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)-guided treatment in the Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

17 Dec 2009

New security solution that integrates palm vein biometric technology introduced

IBM (IBM) and Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. today announced a new security solution that integrates palm vein biometric technology from Fujitsu with IBM's leading enterprise single sign-on solution.

17 Dec 2009

HFU increases mortality among diabetics, says report

Cardium Therapeutics today reported on recent clinical findings published in the December issue of Diabetes Care showing an increase in mortality in diabetic patients with a history of foot ulcer (HFU) compared with diabetic patients without HFU and with non-diabetic patients.

17 Dec 2009

KarmelSonix selects Blackfin digital signal processors from Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. announced today that KarmelSonix, pioneers in medical device development for asthma management, have chosen Analog Devices’ Blackfin digital signal processors and advanced signal chain components to power its products.

17 Dec 2009

GSK and NanoBio sign license agreement for nanoemulsion technology

GlaxoSmithKline and Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corporation announced today that they have signed an exclusive over-the-counter licensing agreement for NanoBio's unique nanoemulsion treatment for cold sores in the United States and Canada.

17 Dec 2009

JCTM established to advance new research toward clinical applications

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have announced the establishment of the Joint Center for Translational Medicine (JCTM), which will advance experimental research into clinical applications, including the diagnosis and therapy of diseases such as cancer.

17 Dec 2009

Researchers discover new gene involved in lung cancer using DNA sequencing technology

Aided by next-generation DNA sequencing technology, an international team of researchers has gained insights into how more than 60 carcinogens associated with cigarette smoke bind to and chemically modify human DNA, ultimately leading to cancer-causing genetic mutations.

17 Dec 2009

Researchers explore cellular movement

Our cells are more like us than we may think. They're sensitive to their environment, poking and prodding deliberately at their surroundings with hand-like feelers and chemical signals as they decide whether and where to move. Such caution serves us well but has vexed engineers who seek to create synthetic tissue, heart valves, implants and other devices that the human body will accept.

17 Dec 2009

Siemens Healthcare announces series of flexible financing solutions for healthcare providers

Siemens Healthcare today announced a series of flexible financing solutions to help healthcare providers pursue meaningful use objectives and meet deadlines defined within the HITECH provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

17 Dec 2009

USACIG signs exclusive agreement with Hop-on for prevention of Parkinson's disease

USACIG, Inc. and Hop-on, Inc. are proud to announce that USACIG has signed an exclusive agreement with Hop-on, Inc. to submit its Electric Cigarette Nicotine water technology to the FDA for clinical studies for the prevention of Parkinson's disease and for the alleviation of its symptoms.

17 Dec 2009

UC San Diego Medical Center performs complex surgery on brain lesion

Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating innovative approaches in radiology, anesthesia, and surgery, the team has perfected a method to systematically starve these abnormal brain lesions, artery by artery, vein by vein.

17 Dec 2009

Ethicon and Acclarent announce definitive merger agreement

Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company and a worldwide leader in surgical care, and Acclarent, Inc., a privately held medical technology company dedicated to designing, developing and commercializing devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose and throat (ENT), today announced a definitive merger agreement whereby Ethicon will acquire Acclarent in an all-cash transaction for approximately $785 million net of estimated cash on hand at time of closing.

17 Dec 2009

Technology News and Research

ESC CV Imaging textbook for trainees and cardiologists

HCRS awarded a contract to support AETC with medical records coding and training services

Unilife Medical Solutions to construct new global headquarters and commercial production facility

Synthetic platelets halt blood-clotting time

New application developed by AIM increases health plan staff productivity

Diagnostic Nano Technology to use Instant Detect Technology to detect H1N1 virus

Silence Therapeutics and Intradigm merge to form RNAi

MRG: Chinese drug-eluting stent market to reach more than $900 million by 2014

St. Jude Medical applauds the updated level of evidence for FFR-guided treatment

New security solution that integrates palm vein biometric technology introduced

HFU increases mortality among diabetics, says report

KarmelSonix selects Blackfin digital signal processors from Analog Devices

GSK and NanoBio sign license agreement for nanoemulsion technology

JCTM established to advance new research toward clinical applications

Researchers discover new gene involved in lung cancer using DNA sequencing technology

Researchers explore cellular movement

Siemens Healthcare announces series of flexible financing solutions for healthcare providers

USACIG signs exclusive agreement with Hop-on for prevention of Parkinson's disease

UC San Diego Medical Center performs complex surgery on brain lesion

Ethicon and Acclarent announce definitive merger agreement

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