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Men with large waists urinate more frequently than their slimmer counterparts

Men with large waists urinate more frequently than their slimmer counterparts, according to research in the August issue of the urology journal BJUI.

31 Jul 2012

Photoacoustics limited in its ability to identify multiple types of cancer

One person dies every hour from melanoma skin cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. A technique, known as photoacoustics, can find some forms of melanoma even if only a few cancerous cells exist, but a recent study by MU researchers found that the technique was limited in its ability to identify other types of cancer.

31 Jul 2012

Sinai Hospital to help investigate health and safety of astronauts in long-duration spaceflight

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore has been awarded one of 29 grants by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) and NASA's Human Research Program to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep-space exploration missions.

31 Jul 2012

National Marfan Foundation’s annual conference to be held in Chicago

The National Marfan Foundation is gearing up for its 28th Annual conference, held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, August 2-5. Hosted by Northwestern Medicine- and the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the four-day conference has something for everyone with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and related disorders, including access to many of the top MFS experts in the world.

31 Jul 2012

ATP1A3 gene mutations responsible for alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare disorder that usually begins in infancy, with intermittent episodes of paralysis and stiffness, first affecting one side of the body, then the other. Symptoms mysteriously appear and disappear, again and again, and affected children often experience dozens of episodes per week. As they get older, children fall progressively behind their peers in both intellectual abilities and motor skills, and more than half develop epilepsy.

31 Jul 2012

Luminex second quarter consolidated revenue increases 1% to $48.3 million

Luminex Corporation today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

From Luminex 31 Jul 2012

Conception plans miscarry with sperm DNA damage

Sperm with damaged DNA are more likely to cause spontaneous pregnancy loss, report researchers.

30 Jul 2012

Screening checks in adolescents with hypertension diverge from guidelines

Guideline-recommended diagnostic tests for hypertension complications, such as echocardiograms and renal ultrasonography, are being poorly used in adolescents, a study suggests.

30 Jul 2012

GenomeQuest's genomic decision support system achieves HIPAA compliance

GenomeQuest Inc., a global provider of large-scale genomic software applications, today announced that its GQ-Dx genomic decision support system for the production of clinical-grade diagnostic reports from next-generation sequencing (NGS) runs now meets Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security and privacy standards.

30 Jul 2012

Roper enters into definitive agreement to acquire Sunquest Information Systems

Roper Industries, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., the leading provider of diagnostic and laboratory software solutions to healthcare providers, in an all cash transaction valued at $1.415 billion, including $25 million in cash tax benefits.

30 Jul 2012

Positive results from Vermillion OVA500 multi-center study for ovarian cancer

Vermillion, Inc., a leading molecular diagnostics company, today announced positive results from a new prospective, multi-center clinical study of its ovarian cancer diagnostic OVA1.

30 Jul 2012

MCW, Transgenomic partner to offer next-generation genetic testing services

Transgenomic, Inc. and the Medical College of Wisconsin today announced a collaboration agreement under which Transgenomic will offer next-generation genetic testing services performed at the MCW Clinical Sequencing Program. These services will initially include Transgenomic's NuclearMitome Test for mitochondrial disorders.

30 Jul 2012

Oximetry detects sleep disorder in stroke patients

Nocturnal oximetry is an accurate instrument for detecting and diagnosing sleep apnea syndrome in patients with stroke, research indicates.

27 Jul 2012

Retractable Technologies introduces novel safety blood collection device

Retractable Technologies, Inc. announced today the launch of a new innovative product, the VanishPoint Blood Collection Set (BCS).

27 Jul 2012

Navidea announces results from Lymphoseek Phase 3 trial on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, noted today that individual site, investigator-initiated results of an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of 99m-Tc-Tilmanocept (Lymphoseek) were presented at the American Head and Neck Society's 8th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer (ICHNC), held in Toronto, July 21-25, 2012.

27 Jul 2012

PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients

Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among patients with serious mental illnesses, and is associated with an increased risk for suicide attempts, Spanish researchers report.

26 Jul 2012

UNITAID to invest more than $140M to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostics, monitoring in Africa

International medicines financing mechanism UNITAID said on Monday it "will invest more than $140 million to evaluate point-of-care [PoC] HIV diagnostic and monitoring technology in seven African countries," PlusNews reports.

26 Jul 2012

Adolescent girls three times more likely to have experienced major depressive episodes

A new report shows that the percentage of girls who experience a major depressive episode in the past year triples between the ages of 12 and 15 (from 5.1 percent to 15.2 percent respectively). The report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) also shows that an annual average of 1.4 million adolescent girls age 12 to 17 experienced a major depressive episode in the past year.

26 Jul 2012

Malaria misdiagnosis: an interview with Dr Toby Leslie

Malaria is caused by a multi-staged parasite which is transmitted by the bite of infected female anopheles mosquitoes. It affects millions of people and kills more than 500,000 people throughout the world every year.

26 Jul 2012

Malaria commonly misdiagnosed and mistreated in Afghanistan

Findings published in the BMJ suggest that malaria is being significantly misdiagnosed in Afghanistan, with many patients with fever alone being given antimalarial drugs and antibiotics despite having negative laboratory results for the disease.

25 Jul 2012