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World's leading cleft charity performs 250,000th surgery in China

Smile Train, the world's leading cleft charity with over 2,200 partner surgeons operating in over 1,100 partner hospitals in over 80 countries, today announced that it has performed its 250,000th cleft repair surgery in China, since it began operations there in 1999.

7 Jan 2012

New imaging technology may pinpoint subtle aberrations in molecular biosignature of cancer

Despite advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the disease remains a leading worldwide health concern.

6 Jan 2012

QIAGEN introduces QIAensemble Decapper to facilitate handling of liquid samples

QIAGEN N.V. announced today the launch of the QIAensemble Decapper automation system that will facilitate the handling of liquid-based cytology and various other types of liquid samples that are processed by clinical laboratories around the world.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 6 Jan 2012

CLC Bio reports 30% increase in software sales in 2011

Today, CLC bio is pleased to announce that the positive growth rates of recent years have continued in 2011 with a 30% increase in software sales and a growth in operating profit of more than 50% compared to 2010.

5 Jan 2012

New center for advanced emergency response to inaugurate on Jan. 6 at RUMC

The doors to the new, state-of-the-art emergency center at 1653 W. Congress Parkway will be the first to "open in the new hospital building at Rush University Medical Center at 6 a.m. CT on Friday, Jan. 6. Rush's current emergency department will close early Friday morning when the department goes on bypass during the move to the new facility.

5 Jan 2012

CMS assigns J-code for Pharmaxis ARIDOL Bronchial Challenge Test Kit

Pharmaxis, Inc. today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has assigned a product-specific billing code, or J-code, for ARIDOL (mannitol inhalation powder) Bronchial Challenge Test Kit.

4 Jan 2012

HP, GlobalMed partner to launch tablet PC, three new mobile telemedicine carts

GlobalMed today announced it is partnering with HP to introduce three new mobile telemedicine carts and a tablet PC solution powered by HP Workstations and EliteBook PCs that will bring doctors and patients together for clinical healthcare at a distance.

3 Jan 2012

Accelrys announces acquisition of VelQuest

Accelrys, Inc., a leading scientific enterprise research and development software and services company, today announced that it has acquired privately-held VelQuest Corporation for $35 million in an all-cash transaction.

3 Jan 2012

New healthcare software for administration of medical history, clinical questionnaires

Practis, Inc., a distinguished healthcare web design firm, and Primetime Medical Software, the leading provider of patient interviewing technology, partnered to deliver Practis Forms—new healthcare software that allows practices to administer medical history and other clinical questionnaires securely through their current website.

31 Dec 2011

Glia cells also regulate learning and memory

Glia cells, named for the Greek word for "glue," hold the brain's neurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughts and behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over their prominence in the activities of the brain dedicated to learning and memory.

30 Dec 2011

Slimy new way of transport designed by Japanese

Japanese researchers are inspired by a brainless primeval organism – yellow amoeboid slime, to devise the ideal transport network design.

29 Dec 2011

Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects

An essential question confronting neuroscientists and computer vision researchers alike is how objects can beidentified by simply "looking" at an image. Introspectively, we know that the human brain solves this problem very well. We only have to look at something to know what it is.

22 Dec 2011

ORNL tool reveals previously undiscovered role of retinoblastoma

Armed with a new ability to find retinal anomalies at the cellular level, neurobiologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have made a discovery they hope will ultimately lead to a treatment for cancer of the retina.

22 Dec 2011

Neurotechnology announces availability of VeriLook Surveillance 2.0

Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, today announced the availability of VeriLook Surveillance 2.0, a software development kit (SDK) for biometric face identification using live video streams from single or multiple high-resolution digital surveillance cameras.

21 Dec 2011

Streamline Health announces two major developments for AccessAnyWare EHR module

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise document management and revenue cycle solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced two major developments for its AccessAnyWare document management solution. The company made generally available its newly architected version, AccessAnyWare v5.1.

20 Dec 2011

SCYNEXIS, MMV assemble Malaria Box of 400 compounds with antimalarial activity

In a bid to catalyse malaria and neglected disease drug discovery, MMV and SCYNEXIS, Inc. have assembled a Malaria Box of 400 carefully selected commercially available compounds with antimalarial activity and will provide it to researchers at no cost.

20 Dec 2011

St. Vincent's HealthCare to implement Orion Health HIE

Orion Health, the leader in health information exchange (HIE) and healthcare integration solutions, today announced that St. Vincent's HealthCare, a faith-based, not-for-profit health system in Jacksonville, Fla., has selected Orion Health HIE to connect disparate software systems and enable enterprise-wide sharing of clinical data as well as communications with community physicians.

19 Dec 2011

TeleTracking releases Capacity Management Suite system version 2.3

TeleTracking Technologies today announced release of its Capacity Management Suite system version 2.3, which allows users to control core patient flow automation functions from an Apple iPad, streamline sign-on protocol for faster login, and speed responses to unexpected spills.

19 Dec 2011

Toshiba, AHRA announce recipients of fourth annual Putting Patients First grant program

Helping hospitals, imaging centers and health systems develop or improve existing education and patient care initiatives in diagnostic imaging, AHRA: The Association for Medical Imaging Management and Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced the seven recipients of the fourth annual Putting Patients First grant program.

19 Dec 2011