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Halifax researcher wins Prix Galien Research Award

Dr. Donald Weaver, a Halifax researcher with unmatched credentials, received the Prix Galien Research Award at a ceremony in Ottawa last night. Known as the Nobel Prize of pharmaceutical research, this award is the highest distinction worldwide for biopharmaceutical work, and the most prestigious in the field of Canadian pharmaceutical research and innovation.

19 Nov 2009

PaxScan digital image detectors and X-ray tubes of Varian Medical Systems to be exhibited

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and its line of X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the MEDICA 2009 International Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 18-21, 2009.

19 Nov 2009

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

NYU Langone Medical Center is the first hospital in the Northeast to offer one of the world's fastest and most radiation dose efficient computed tomography (CT) scanner.

19 Nov 2009

Cardiologists detect atherosclerosis in ancient Egyptian mummies

A cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and his research colleagues from Cairo, Milwaukee, and Mission Viejo, Calif., have detected hardening of the arteries in 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummies, indicating that heart disease is not just a condition found in modern humans.

18 Nov 2009

Atrium Medical presents interim results from its COBEST clinical study at the 2009 VIVA meeting

Atrium Medical Corporation is proud to announce the release of the interim results from the COBEST clinical study. This study is to evaluate the use of bare metal stents vs. balloon expandable covered stents for the treatment of aorto-iliac occlusive disease. Prof. Patrice Mwipatayi of Royal Perth Hospital, Australia, presented interim data on the Covered versus Balloon Expandable Stent Trial known as COBEST at the 2009 VIVA (Vascular InterVentional Advances) meeting in Las Vegas.

17 Nov 2009

USPSTF recommendations against regular mammography screening can result in unnecessary breast cancer deaths

If cost-cutting U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) mammography recommendations are adopted as policy, two decades of decline in breast cancer mortality could be reversed and countless American women may die needlessly from breast cancer each year.

17 Nov 2009

UMG to acquire the Del Medical Imaging US business from Del Global Technologies

UMG Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Harrison, New York, has entered into an Agreement in principle to acquire the Del Medical Imaging US business from Del Global Technologies Corp. Both parties anticipate the transaction will be completed prior to December 1, 2009.

17 Nov 2009

UC San Diego Medical Center to implement Allocade's On-Cue System

As part of ongoing efforts to improve patient services, the Department of Radiology at UC San Diego is participating in the Enterprise Patient Flow (EPF) Study. UC San Diego Medical Center will implement the On-Cue™ System -- developed by Allocade, Inc., a developer of innovative healthcare software solutions -- to study process improvement, resource utilization, communication and patient experience.

17 Nov 2009

National health leaders collaborate to create environmentally responsible health care system

Twelve national organizations representing all areas of the health sector, joined by the David Suzuki Foundation, have produced a joint statement spelling out a new commitment to creating an environmentally responsible health sector.

17 Nov 2009

El Camino Hospital moves into new, technologically and seismically advanced facility

El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley, today completed its move into the new, technologically and seismically advanced facility. After completing several practice runs led by the activation team, hospital officials report all patients were safely transferred to the new facility.

16 Nov 2009

Faculty members honored by Louisiana Tech University for their inventions, patents and licenses

Several faculty members from Louisiana Tech University have received recognition for recent inventions, patents and licenses as well as their overall contributions to the institution's commercialization efforts.

13 Nov 2009

EDDA Technology recieves CE Mark for its IQQA-Liver advanced clinical application

EDDA Technology today announced the completion of CE mark for its new release of IQQA®-Liver, an advanced clinical application designed to enhance efficiency and precision in liver imaging evaluation and treatment planning.

13 Nov 2009

Varian and SSI sign reseller's agreement

Varian, Inc. announced today that Steady State Imaging (SSI) has signed a reseller's agreement with Varian, Inc. regarding SSI's new SWIFT Software for Varian's research MRI Systems. SWIFT is a novel MRI technology that advances existing MR techniques with the ability to silently image structures and tissues previously invisible to conventional MRI systems.

13 Nov 2009

DGTC to transfer assets and product lines of Del medical imaging business to UMG

Del Global Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: DGTC) (“Del Global” or “the Company”) and United Marketing Group (“UMG”) have entered into an Agreement in Principle to transfer certain assets and the product lines of Del Medical Imaging from Del Global to UMG.

13 Nov 2009

54% of Americans are inconsistent in taking prescriptions, reveals survey

A new survey finds that 54 percent of Americans say they do not consistently take prescriptions as instructed even though 87 percent believe prescription medicines are important to their health – pointing to a growing public health problem.

12 Nov 2009

Catheter-directed therapy: First-line treatment option for massive pulmonary embolism

Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis-an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the lungs-saves lives and should be considered a first-line treatment option for massive pulmonary embolism, note researchers in the November Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

12 Nov 2009

Shimadzu, EDDA sign business deal

Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto Japan) and EDDA Technology Inc. (Princeton, NJ, USA) today announced that both parties have entered into a business partnership on X-ray chest CAD systems based on the Radiography System of Shimadzu featuring its direct conversion flat panel detector (FPD) and EDDA's CAD applications.

12 Nov 2009

Research team sheds new light on mercury-containing dental fillings

Amid the on-going controversy over the safety of mercury-containing dental fillings, a University of Saskatchewan research team has shed new light on how the chemical forms of mercury at the surface of fillings change over time.

10 Nov 2009

FDA approves Istodax for treatment of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Istodax (romidepsin), an injectable medication, for treatment of patients with a rare form of cancer known as Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma (CTCL).

10 Nov 2009

Caliper Life Sciences announces financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2009

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. today reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. GAAP revenues increased by 4% to $32.2 million, from non-GAAP revenues of $31.0 million in the same period of 2008, which represents GAAP revenue of $34.0 million in the third quarter of 2008 reduced by $3.0 million for the impact of divested product lines.

9 Nov 2009

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Halifax researcher wins Prix Galien Research Award

PaxScan digital image detectors and X-ray tubes of Varian Medical Systems to be exhibited

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

Cardiologists detect atherosclerosis in ancient Egyptian mummies

Atrium Medical presents interim results from its COBEST clinical study at the 2009 VIVA meeting

USPSTF recommendations against regular mammography screening can result in unnecessary breast cancer deaths

UMG to acquire the Del Medical Imaging US business from Del Global Technologies

UC San Diego Medical Center to implement Allocade's On-Cue System

National health leaders collaborate to create environmentally responsible health care system

El Camino Hospital moves into new, technologically and seismically advanced facility

Faculty members honored by Louisiana Tech University for their inventions, patents and licenses

EDDA Technology recieves CE Mark for its IQQA-Liver advanced clinical application

Varian and SSI sign reseller's agreement

DGTC to transfer assets and product lines of Del medical imaging business to UMG

54% of Americans are inconsistent in taking prescriptions, reveals survey

Catheter-directed therapy: First-line treatment option for massive pulmonary embolism

Shimadzu, EDDA sign business deal

Research team sheds new light on mercury-containing dental fillings

FDA approves Istodax for treatment of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma

Caliper Life Sciences announces financial results for third quarter ended September 30, 2009

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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