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DRC processors running Smith-Waterman algorithm set new world record

DRC Computer Corporation (DRC), the leading innovator of dynamically reconfigurable processors, announces that it has achieved 9.4 trillion cell updates per second (TCUPS) running the Smith-Waterman algorithm with Affine gap model on the latest DRC Accelium coprocessors.

1 Feb 2011

Empire State Building, NYRR partner with MMRF for new myeloma drugs

For the first time in the 34-year history of the Empire State Building Run-Up, the New York Road Runners has partnered with a nonprofit as the event's Presenting Sponsor.

31 Jan 2011

Computer glitch gives two women all clear from breast cancer wrongly

Two Victorian women were diagnosed with breast cancer 3 months after a computer error wrongly cleared them of the disease. This happened at BreastScreen Victoria. Authorities, after a bungle in images and patient details, had to re-examine about 5,000 mammograms of various women in November. The re-examination started before Christmas found 5,336 women to be all-clear and two were found to have breast cancer. One result will be unknown for six months because of unrelated medical reasons. Of the all-clear group two women with cancer were declared clear wrongly.

31 Jan 2011

LifeSpan compact elliptical trainers receive positive reviews

The 2011 models of LifeSpan compact elliptical trainers, made by PCE Health and Fitness, were highly praised in fitness equipment reviews of best elliptical trainers for 2011. The LifeSpan EL1000 and EL3000i elliptical trainers received positive reviews from fitness equipment review groups Treadmill Doctor and Fitness Professor Review.

29 Jan 2011

FWC selects athenahealth's EHR service to provide high-quality care

athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of web-based practice management, electronic health record, and patient communication services to medical groups, today announced that Florida Woman Care, one of the largest OB/GYN medical groups in Florida, has selected athenahealth's EHR service, athenaClinicals, to provide to its network of 170 physicians a fully scalable, and cost-effective way to share health information, ultimately bringing efficiencies to FWC's workflow and improving its ability to deliver coordinated, high-quality care.

29 Jan 2011

Nation study examines running-related injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments

Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined running-related injuries among children and adolescents 6 to 18 years old and found that an estimated 225,344 cases were treated in U.S. emergency departments from 1994 through 2007, for an average of more than 16,000 each year. During the 14-year study period, the annual number of running-related injuries increased 34 percent.

28 Jan 2011

Study: Running-related injuries increased to 34% in children

28 Jan 2011

Viewpoints: Is Obama abandoning his health victory?

Did Obama say enough about health care reform last night? I suppose I'm one of the very few people who would even ask that question. Most Americans would probably think, "More health care? Lord no." And I think Obama and his speechwriters sensed as much. Although his defense of the Affordable Care Act was clear -- he's not going to sign a bill repealing the law -- it was also short. That portion of the speech was just two brief paragraphs, by my count (Jonathan Cohn, 1/26).

28 Jan 2011

DMP1 protein prevents endothelial cells to respond to VEGF

A team from the Metastasis Research Laboratory (GIGA-Cancer/Liège University Hospital) has just published, in the prestigious journal BLOOD, their work demonstrating that the DMP1 protein has previously unsuspected anti-angiogenic activities which could be used for the development of new treatments against cancer, but also against diseases in which angiogenesis plays a major role, such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis or diabetic retinopathy.

27 Jan 2011

Realignment with participants' interest important for future of genomic research

Obtaining consent for genetic studies can be an opportunity for researchers to foster respectful engagement with participants, not merely to mitigate legal risk. This shift is proposed in a policy forum appearing tomorrow, Jan. 21, in Science, the journal of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science.

25 Jan 2011

P.I.C., Pink Ladies raise funds for Breast Cancer Care

Steve Rigby, Senior Area Manager for P.I.C. in Abu Dhabi said, "We are delighted to have helped raise funds for Breast Cancer Care. It's been a pleasure working with the Pink Ladies and we look forward to working on future events together."

25 Jan 2011

Victoria’s e-health system may still yield benefits: Experts

According to e-health experts, the state government should continue to patronize Victoria’s $360 million health technology program because it was finally starting to deliver some benefits.

24 Jan 2011

USAID Administrator responds to conservative Republicans' call for reducing agency's budget

In an interview with Foreign Policy's blog "The Cable," USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said a Republican Study Committee (RSC) proposal to trim the U.S. foreign aid budget, in addition to other non-defense programs, could weaken U.S. national security.

24 Jan 2011

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reduces IT costs with BMC software

With the help of BMC Software, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) is reducing costs while preparing for the new demands healthcare reform will bring to IT.

24 Jan 2011

Tips for parents to prevent infant abduction

What can parents do to prevent an infant abduction from occurring? Here are some tips that Sharon M. Rossi, R.N.C., M.S., director of Women's and Children's Services at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, says every parent needs to know and follow.

24 Jan 2011

HHS announces implementation grants for state health exchanges

As a result of the health law, the state-level exchanges must be up and running by January 2014.

21 Jan 2011

Pharmasset prices underwritten public offering of 3,300,000 shares of common stock

Pharmasset, Inc. announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 3,300,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $46.33 per share. Of the shares being sold, Pharmasset is selling 2,300,000 shares and the selling stockholders are selling 1,000,000 shares. Pharmasset expects to receive net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, of approximately $101.5 million.

21 Jan 2011

WHO executive board meeting addresses agency's policy on counterfeit, substandard medications

According to the news service, WHO "members … raised strong concerns that a working group they mandated last May to address problems with WHO policy on counterfeit and substandard medicines has yet to be formed - with four months remaining before it must report back to members."

21 Jan 2011

OSC and RINCH offer support to speed discovery techniques of childhood diseases

Worried about her high fever and severe abdominal pain, a young couple rushed their baby daughter to the emergency department of Nationwide Children's Hospital. Physicians there found a lump in her belly, and, after examining X-rays and blood work, confirmed the parents' worst fear: their 18-month-old little girl had neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer that involves the adrenal glands.

20 Jan 2011

Party, policy leaders take key positions in fight over health overhaul's future

In a battle that has near- and long-term implications, party leaders flex their muscles. Meanwhile, centrists launch a new program to advance the development of state exchanges.

20 Jan 2011