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IBM announces expansion of service program in Africa

IBM on Monday announced the expansion of the company's Corporate Service Corps, which sends teams of professionals around the world "to work pro bono with local organizations and businesses on projects that intersect business, technology and society," Daily Independent/allAfrica.com reports.

28 Aug 2009

TomoTherapy to discuss the uses of CT scanner-based device at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference

TomoTherapy Incorporated announced today that there will be more than 40 presentations at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy that explore use of the TomoTherapy treatment system. The TomoTherapy system -- a versatile, CT scanner-based device that integrates image guidance for increased treatment accuracy and helical radiation therapy delivery for enhanced tumor targeting -- is helping cancer centers advance patient care around the world.

28 Aug 2009

Kingston General Hospital adopts Sentinelle Medical's new breast imaging system through HTAIP

Dr. Morris (Mickey) Milner, President and CEO of The Health Technology Exchange (HTX), announced the successful adoption of Sentinelle Medical's new breast imaging system by Kingston General Hospital (KGH), through the HTX's Health Technology Assessment and Implementation Program (HTAIP), a program funded by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.

28 Aug 2009

Copan Diagnostics to expand manufacturing operations at its Murrieta facility

Despite tough economic times, Copan is proud to announce the expansion of its US operations. Copan Diagnostics, Inc. is undertaking a new multimillion dollar investment project to bring plastic transfer pipet and additional medical device manufacturing operations to its facility in Murrieta, California.

28 Aug 2009

Online resource created to help parents, teachers, and school officials to cope with swine flu

Parents, teachers, and school officials are anxiously awaiting the expected return this fall of the H1N1 virus, known as Swine Flu. Declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the virus may prove a significant problem to schools and families across the country.

28 Aug 2009

CRi's Oosight imaging system used for developing a gene transfer technique to prevent inherited diseases

U.S. researchers using CRi's Oosight(TM) imaging system have developed a gene transfer technique that has potential to prevent inherited diseases passed on from mothers to their children through mutated DNA in cell mitochondria.

28 Aug 2009

New technology based on the Lombard effect for improving speech and voice in Parkinson's patients

Researchers have developed a new technology that helps Parkinson's patients overcome the tendency to speak too quietly by playing a recording of ambient sound, which resembles the noisy chatter of a restaurant full of patrons.

28 Aug 2009

AgaMatrix educates health care professionals and patients on the importance of blood glucose meter accuracy

AgaMatrix, Inc., the makers of WaveSense blood glucose meters, announced today their continued commitment to educate health care professionals and patients on the importance of blood glucose meter (BGM) accuracy for all patients.

28 Aug 2009

Governor Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships to help 2,000 students gain employment in the healthcare field

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships under the California Nurse Education Initiative and the Governor’s Allied Health Initiative will continue to expand and implement academic programs within the health care professions beginning August 2009.

28 Aug 2009

Study reveals that heavy drinkers and teetotalers have higher levels of depression than moderate drinkers

When it comes to alcohol consumption and depression, a new study by a team of Norwegian and British researchers shows that heavy drinkers - but also teetotalers -- have higher levels of depression and anxiety than those who drink moderately.

28 Aug 2009

HLA-Cw*0602 gene variation detected as a high risk for psoriasis

A specific genetic region that has been increasingly identified as the strongest genetic link to psoriasis has an even more significant role in the chronic skin disease than has been suspected, University of Utah medical researchers show in a new study.

27 Aug 2009

Health Canada issues marketing approval for NeuroVasx's cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System

NeuroVasx, Inc., a medical device company that develops technologies for the treatment of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, announced today that it has received approval to market its cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System in Canada from Health Canada's Therapeutic Products Directorate. In addition to Canadian regulatory approval, the cPAX System also received CE Mark in March 2009.

27 Aug 2009

DURECT signs agreement with King Pharmaceuticals to supply two excipients for REMOXY

DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today reported that it has signed an exclusive long term excipient supply agreement with respect to REMOXY(R) with King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG). This agreement stipulates the terms and conditions under which DURECT will supply to King, based on DURECT's manufacturing cost plus a specified percentage mark-up, two key excipients used in the manufacture of REMOXY.

27 Aug 2009

Resonant Medical's multi-anatomy Clarity System to be exhibited at ESTRO, Netherlands

Resonant Medical, an innovator in soft tissue planning, image-guidance and adaptive radiotherapy products, today announced that the Company will be exhibiting the next generation of its multi-anatomy Clarity System at the 10th Biennial Meeting of The European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncologists (ESTRO), being held in Maastricht, Netherlands.

27 Aug 2009

E-18 files for an international patent for its revolutionary self-sheathing medical safety syringe technology

E-18 Corp. (OTCBB:ETEN) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices ("Protectus Medical Devices"), completed an international patent filing for its revolutionary self-sheathing medical safety syringe technology, opening substantial opportunities abroad.

27 Aug 2009

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an innovator in medical care, research and teaching, and Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery system with a tradition of IT excellence, today announced a collaborative agreement to jointly develop the next generation anatomic and clinical pathology based laboratory information system.

27 Aug 2009

Contract research organization signs agreement to utilize NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite

NewCardio, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic and services company, today announced that a top-three contract research organization has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) to use NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite as its technology in fully automated Thorough QT (TQT) and Phase 1 studies delivered by its centralized ECG core lab.

27 Aug 2009

Medgenics' EPODURE tissue Biopumps platform technology effective in maintaining hemoglobin levels

Medgenics is pleased to announce that one of the patients, who was treated with the Company’s EPODURE tissue Biopumps almost 11 months ago, continues to be effectively treated for anemia without a single erythropoietin (EPO) injection. This patient (#2) was dependent on frequent injections of the therapeutic protein (EPO) for the 18 months prior to receiving a single administration of 3 tiny EPODURE tissue Biopumps in the Company’s phase I/II anemia trial in Israel.

27 Aug 2009

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Medversant Technologies (www.medversant.com), the nation’s exclusive provider of AutoVerifi™ technology (U.S. Patent 7,529,682) that continuously monitors Web-based credentials verification solutions for hospitals, health plans, state Medicaid programs, and other healthcare settings, has been accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) in the 2009 Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) Standards category.

27 Aug 2009

Arrayit supplies instruments for identifying allergens

Arrayit Corporation, a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces the sale of instruments used to identify allergens in affected individuals.

27 Aug 2009

Technology News and Research

IBM announces expansion of service program in Africa

TomoTherapy to discuss the uses of CT scanner-based device at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference

Kingston General Hospital adopts Sentinelle Medical's new breast imaging system through HTAIP

Copan Diagnostics to expand manufacturing operations at its Murrieta facility

Online resource created to help parents, teachers, and school officials to cope with swine flu

CRi's Oosight imaging system used for developing a gene transfer technique to prevent inherited diseases

New technology based on the Lombard effect for improving speech and voice in Parkinson's patients

AgaMatrix educates health care professionals and patients on the importance of blood glucose meter accuracy

Governor Schwarzenegger’s successful public private partnerships to help 2,000 students gain employment in the healthcare field

Study reveals that heavy drinkers and teetotalers have higher levels of depression than moderate drinkers

HLA-Cw*0602 gene variation detected as a high risk for psoriasis

Health Canada issues marketing approval for NeuroVasx's cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System

DURECT signs agreement with King Pharmaceuticals to supply two excipients for REMOXY

Resonant Medical's multi-anatomy Clarity System to be exhibited at ESTRO, Netherlands

E-18 files for an international patent for its revolutionary self-sheathing medical safety syringe technology

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Contract research organization signs agreement to utilize NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite

Medgenics' EPODURE tissue Biopumps platform technology effective in maintaining hemoglobin levels

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Arrayit supplies instruments for identifying allergens

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