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The lipid-exchanged, anatomically rigid, imaging/immunostaining compatible, tissue hydrogel (CLARITY) method was initially designed in 2013 by Chung and Deisseroth at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Using this process, post-mortem organs can be labeled for proteins and nucleic acids, enabling analysis of intact samples to create detailed 3D images.

New editorial offers clarity on confusing drug and alcohol addiction terminology

A new editorial released this week offers clarity and structure on confusing drug and alcohol addiction terminology for prescribers, users and regulators. "Through a glass darkly: can we improve clarity about mechanism and aims of medications in drug and alcohol treatments?" is published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the official journal of the British Association for Psychopharmacology, published by SAGE.

4 Feb 2012

BiOWiSH helps communities improve wastewater treatment operations

A novel technology named BiOWiSH is helping communities in emerging markets improve their wastewater treatment operations without building or expanding infrastructure, according to the findings of a new case study.

1 Feb 2012

OSI Systems' second quarter revenues increase 11% to $188 million

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically integrated provider of solutions in Security, Healthcare, and specialized electronics, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2011.

24 Jan 2012

3 of 4 Americans live in states still flummoxed by how to deliver the health law's promise of affordable care

News outlets report on a variety of health law implementation issues, including an Associated Press report detailing how the overhaul is lagging in the states. Other reports examine questions about ACOs, essential benefits and other specific provisions.

23 Jan 2012

First Edition: January 23, 2012

Today's health policy headlines include reports looking ahead to President Barak Obama's State-of-the-Union address and others examining the health law.

23 Jan 2012

ICAEL accredits Gottlieb for echocardiography

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital has received a three-year accreditation in the areas of Adult Stress and Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.

21 Jan 2012

State officials seek 'clarity' on high-risk pool 2013 allocations

When some states exhausted their funding for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, created by the health law, the federal response was to give them more -- raising questions about whether other states may receive less. Alaska, which spends as much as $200,000 on each member, is an example of a high-spending state.

19 Jan 2012

Live interactive consultations can improve clinical outcomes for patients

UC Davis Health System dermatologists, using videoconferencing technology known as teledemedicine, have determined that live interactive consultations can improve clinical outcomes for patients because they usually involve beneficial changes in medical diagnosis and disease management that otherwise might not occur.

19 Jan 2012

HRT and breast cancer – the link questioned as study flaws are reported

There is a renewed doubt over the link between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer after researchers cast aspersions over its justification.

18 Jan 2012

Starpharma receives FDA Special Protocol Assessment for bacterial vaginosis phase 3

Starpharma today announced that it has received final written agreement from the FDA on the design of its Phase 3 clinical studies of VivaGel® for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) under the FDA’s Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) scheme.

10 Jan 2012

Glycol chitosan-coated MRI agent safer, more effective in detecting breast cancer

Many imaging technologies and their contrast agents - chemicals used during scans to help detect tumors and other problems - involve exposure to radiation or heavy metals, which present potential health risks to patients and limit the ways they can be applied.

26 Dec 2011

Ranbaxy signs consent decree with U.S. FDA

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has signed a consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

21 Dec 2011

ACS revises guideline formation process for cancer screening

The American Cancer Society has revised its guideline formation process to achieve greater transparency, consistency, and rigor in creating guidance about cancer screening.

14 Dec 2011

Book on hot health topics

The intersection of health care, politics and policy is a controversial one. A new book of lively essays takes on all of today's hot health topics: alternative medicine, swine flu, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to decrease soda consumption, gun control and many more.

13 Dec 2011

The Hormone Foundation publishes fact sheet about harmful hCG diet

In an effort to provide clarity to the confusion surrounding the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) diet, The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, today published, "Myth vs. Fact: The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Diet."

9 Dec 2011

Purdue, GE Healthcare and Notre Dame announce commercial availability of Veo CT scan

Demonstrating their shared legacy of innovative research and commitment to patient-centered medical technology, the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University and GE Healthcare have announced the commercial availability of a new CT scanning technology, called Veo-, that enables physicians to diagnose patients with high clarity images at previously-unattainable low radiation dose levels.

7 Dec 2011

ADVENTRX, FDA discuss ANX-188 development plans for treatment of sickle cell crisis

ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review development plans for ANX-188 (purified poloxamer 188), the Company's first-in-class treatment for sickle cell patients experiencing vaso-occlusive crisis.

1 Dec 2011