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Velomedix commences rapid therapeutic hypothermia system pilot study in heart attack

Velomedix, a venture-backed medical device company advancing the field of therapeutic hypothermia, today announced the enrollment of the first patient in its VELOCITY pilot study.

31 Jan 2013

Resonance Health receives FDA marketing authorization for FerriScan R2-MRI device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced the authorization of FerriScan R2-MRI to be marketed as an imaging companion diagnostic device for the safe and effective use of Exjade in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia.

31 Jan 2013

Hyperconnectivity in brain emotion regions even in remitted bipolar I disorder

Bipolar I disorder patients who are in remission display increased coupling between brain regions involved in regulating emotions, even in the absence of a psychological task, shows a US study.

31 Jan 2013

Organizing the Nano World Cancer Day: A European multi-sites event in Paris, Braga and Berlin

In the framework of the World Cancer Day, the European Technology Platform of Nanomedicine (ETPN) and its partners will organize a European event on February the 1st on "How nanomedicine contributes to better cancer diagnostic and therapy". Similar and simultaneous events will be organized in France and Portugal, highlighting the importance of nanomedicine research for cancer on the European level.

31 Jan 2013

Study illuminates the response of dopaminergic neurons to changes in temperature

While the wooly musk ox may like it cold, fruit flies definitely do not. They like it hot, or at least warm. In fact, their preferred optimum temperature is very similar to that of humans-76 degrees F.

31 Jan 2013

Weight-gain brain-drain warning for young adults

Visceral fat gain may have a negative impact on cerebellar structure and functional connectivity, an exploratory study suggests.

30 Jan 2013

Scientists discover functional control strategies in emotional circuits of people with social phobia

Fear is a protective function against possible dangers that is designed to save our lives. Where there are problems with this fear mechanism, its positive effects are cancelled out: patients who have a social phobia become afraid of perfectly normal, everyday social situations because they are worried about behaving inappropriately or being thought of as stupid by other people.

30 Jan 2013

UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging to use expertise to piece together brain's puzzle

UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) has entered into a partnership with academic centers from Europe and around the world in a massive, unprecedented effort to understand the human brain.

30 Jan 2013

Phenformin decreases size of lung tumors and increases survival in mice

Ever since discovering a decade ago that a gene altered in lung cancer regulated an enzyme used in therapies against diabetes, Reuben Shaw has wondered if drugs originally designed to treat metabolic diseases could also work against cancer.

30 Jan 2013

Novel experiment illuminates importance of doctor-patient relationship

A patient's relationship with his or her doctor has long been considered an important component of healing. Now, in a novel investigation in which physicians underwent brain scans while they believed they were actually treating patients, researchers have provided the first scientific evidence indicating that doctors truly can feel their patients' pain - and can also experience their relief following treatment.

29 Jan 2013

EC announces selection of Human Brain Project as one of its two FET Flagship program

The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two FET Flagship projects. The new project will federate European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science: understanding the human brain.

29 Jan 2013

Karmanos Cancer Institute’s SoftVue system under FDA review for market clearance

SoftVue, the whole breast ultrasound imaging device created by two scientists from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine, is currently undergoing review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for market clearance.

29 Jan 2013

Subcortical damage from craniotomies predicts neurologic deficits

Despite attempts to preserve cortical areas of function during awake craniotomy procedures, postoperative neurologic decline still occurs as a result of subcortical injury, report researchers.

28 Jan 2013

Quantitative MRIs evade multiple sclerosis clinicoradiologic paradox

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging can detect microstructural changes in the spinal cords of patients with multiple sclerosis that correlate with observed differences in clinical disability, according to a cross-sectional study in Neurology.

28 Jan 2013

Researchers investigate acidity in solid tumors to determine if pH levels play a role in cell invasion

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at Wayne State University School of Medicine investigated the acidity in solid tumors to determine if pH levels play a role in cancer cell invasion in surrounding tissues.

28 Jan 2013

Scientists discover clear link between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration of old age

The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a link between these hallmark maladies of old age. Their discovery opens the door to boosting the quality of sleep in elderly people to improve memory.

28 Jan 2013

Alzheimer's Association, SNMMI publish appropriate use criteria for brain amyloid imaging with PET

Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so, questions remain about what can be learned from these PET images and which people should have this test.

28 Jan 2013

Positive top-line results from Biogen Idec’s peginterferon beta-1a Phase 3 trial on RRMS

Today Biogen Idec released the primary efficacy analysis and safety data from its Phase 3 pivotal clinical trial, ADVANCE.

28 Jan 2013

Toshiba enters agreement to acquire majority shares of TMST

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority shares of the stock of a distributor in Turkey, TMST Tıbbi Sistemler Pazarlama Ticaret ve Servis A.S. handling medical diagnostic imaging systems sales and services of TMSC products in Turkish market.

28 Jan 2013

Research roundup: Does higher Rx drug spending lower Medicare costs?; Price transparency doesn't affect radiological decisions

Researchers aimed to find a relationship between geographic variation in Medicare Part D spending and medication-taking behavior among patients with diabetes or heart failure.

28 Jan 2013

Imaging News and Research

Velomedix commences rapid therapeutic hypothermia system pilot study in heart attack

Resonance Health receives FDA marketing authorization for FerriScan R2-MRI device

Hyperconnectivity in brain emotion regions even in remitted bipolar I disorder

Organizing the Nano World Cancer Day: A European multi-sites event in Paris, Braga and Berlin

Study illuminates the response of dopaminergic neurons to changes in temperature

Weight-gain brain-drain warning for young adults

Scientists discover functional control strategies in emotional circuits of people with social phobia

UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging to use expertise to piece together brain's puzzle

Phenformin decreases size of lung tumors and increases survival in mice

Novel experiment illuminates importance of doctor-patient relationship

EC announces selection of Human Brain Project as one of its two FET Flagship program

Karmanos Cancer Institute’s SoftVue system under FDA review for market clearance

Subcortical damage from craniotomies predicts neurologic deficits

Quantitative MRIs evade multiple sclerosis clinicoradiologic paradox

Researchers investigate acidity in solid tumors to determine if pH levels play a role in cell invasion

Scientists discover clear link between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration of old age

Alzheimer's Association, SNMMI publish appropriate use criteria for brain amyloid imaging with PET

Positive top-line results from Biogen Idec’s peginterferon beta-1a Phase 3 trial on RRMS

Toshiba enters agreement to acquire majority shares of TMST

Research roundup: Does higher Rx drug spending lower Medicare costs?; Price transparency doesn't affect radiological decisions

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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