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UH Case Medical Center offers new test for coronary artery disease

Medical tests are stressful. Invasive tests, stress tests and unnecessary surgeries are too, not to mention the costs associated with all of them, but the alternative of undiagnosed heart problems are not. They can be fatal.

21 Jan 2015

Echo Therapeutics re-establishes operational and strategic partnership with MTIA

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company focused on skin permeation, continuous glucose monitoring, and associated technologies, announced today that it has re-established its operational and strategic partnership with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia, Ltd., Hong Kong, and has initiated the technology transfer process.

21 Jan 2015

Cohera Medical, B. Braun sign sales and distribution agreement for TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive

Cohera Medical, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing distribution agreement with B. Braun for its TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive in Germany, Spain and Portugal.

From B. Braun Melsungen AG 21 Jan 2015

Experts hail new Smartinhaler device that encourages child asthmatics to take medications

A NEW technology that encourages child asthmatics to take medications has been hailed by experts as a breakthrough device, after a landmark study, showed children were 180% more likely to comply with drug regimes.

21 Jan 2015

VolitionRx initiates pilot study to assess effectiveness of NuQ assays for ovarian cancer

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for a broad range of cancer types and other conditions, today announced it has signed an agreement to commence a pilot ovarian cancer study in collaboration with Singapore General Hospital.

21 Jan 2015

Trovagene, Genomac Research Institute to expand clinical collaboration

Trovagene, Inc., today announced it will expand the clinical collaboration with Genomac Research Institute in Prague, Czech Republic. Trovagene Precision Cancer Monitoring SM technology will be used in two prospective clinical studies for the early detection of emerging oncogene mutations indicative of resistance to targeted therapies used to treat colorectal and lung cancer.

21 Jan 2015

AMBER unveils new bone repair technology

AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre, hosted in Trinity College Dublin, has today unveiled a new bone repair technology, which has led to an injured racehorse returning to winning ways after successful jaw reconstruction.

21 Jan 2015

Researchers test pocket stimulator on patients with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is a slowly degenerative neurological disease that is expressed as impaired motor control, tremors, stiffness and, in later stages, problems with balance.

21 Jan 2015

Epic selected as Mayo Clinic's strategic partner for single, integrated EHR and RCM system

Mayo Clinic announced today that Epic has been selected as its strategic partner for a single, integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management (RCM) system. The new system will replace Mayo's three EHRs in use today and will be a foundation for Mayo Clinic operations over the next several decades.

21 Jan 2015

UB researchers design nanoparticle that may open door for new 'hypermodal' imaging systems

Using two biocompatible parts, University at Buffalo researchers and their colleagues have designed a nanoparticle that can be detected by six medical imaging techniques.

21 Jan 2015

MU researcher develops intervention to help older adults gradually adjust to hearing aids

When individuals wear their hearing aids for the first time, they are flooded with sounds they have not heard in months or years; yet, previous research has shown that not all new sounds are welcomed. Ambient noises such as air conditioners, wind and background conversations can be painful, irritating and difficult to ignore, causing some individuals to stop using their hearing aids right away.

21 Jan 2015

Researchers invent new imaging system to help detect malignant tissue during surgery

With the goal of making it easier for surgeons to detect malignant tissue during surgery and hopefully reduce the rate of cancer recurrence, scientists have invented a new imaging system that causes tumors to "light up" when a hand-held laser is directed at them.

21 Jan 2015

NC State researchers develop wearable nanowire sensor to monitor electrophysiological signals

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new, wearable sensor that uses silver nanowires to monitor electrophysiological signals, such as electrocardiography (EKG) or electromyography (EMG). The new sensor is as accurate as the "wet electrode" sensors used in hospitals, but can be used for long-term monitoring and is more accurate than existing sensors when a patient is moving.

21 Jan 2015

NeoDeck, DataMotion partner for secure messaging of clinical and non-clinical information

FNeoDeck Holdings, Puerto Rico's leading provider of healthcare management solutions, today announced it has partnered with DataMotion, an accredited health information service provider (HISP) supplying email encryption solutions for clinical and non-clinical exchange of protected health information (PHI).

20 Jan 2015

St. Luke’s offers Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery for treatment of brain tumors

Some treatments for brain and spine tumors traditionally have involved restraining a patient with a heavy immobilization device and pins that pierce the skin and embed into the skull to ensure the accuracy and precision of a treatment. Doctors say the pins can add considerable anxiety.

20 Jan 2015

Gecko Biomedical obtains 1.3 million euros to advance Bio-inspired Surgical Solutions

Gecko Biomedical, a French medical device company developing 'bio-inspired' biodegradable surgical glues and patches for wound closure, announces today it has received 1.3 million euros from Bpifrance to advance its Bio-inspired Surgical Solutions.

20 Jan 2015

Lhasa announces release of Mirabilis software to assess impurities in final drug product

Lhasa Limited, a leading global supplier of knowledge based software and associated databases, today announces the first release of Mirabilis, software that can help experts assess and predict the likelihood for the potential carryover of impurities.

20 Jan 2015

Advanced visualization solutions market estimated to reach $557.5 million in 2020

As healthcare systems across the globe churn out imaging scans in larger numbers, the need for advanced visualization (AV) solutions that enable physicians to effectively visualize and analyze examination results is rising. In the face of growing diagnostic workloads in Western Europe, AV solutions help physicians arrive at accurate diagnoses of pathologies, thereby enhancing patient management.

20 Jan 2015

CUMC researcher develops new 3D microscope that can help view living things at very high speeds

Opening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research, Elizabeth Hillman, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center, has developed a new microscope that can image living things in 3D at very high speeds.

20 Jan 2015

Using breath tests to diagnose liver diseases: an interview with Larry Cohen

It was back in the 1960s that scientists first started to understand that breath could be used to find out different things about diseases and other factors. I’m sure you’re familiar with alcohol breath testing, which was patented back in the ‘50s and has been used since the ‘60s.

19 Jan 2015

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UH Case Medical Center offers new test for coronary artery disease

Echo Therapeutics re-establishes operational and strategic partnership with MTIA

Cohera Medical, B. Braun sign sales and distribution agreement for TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive

Experts hail new Smartinhaler device that encourages child asthmatics to take medications

VolitionRx initiates pilot study to assess effectiveness of NuQ assays for ovarian cancer

Trovagene, Genomac Research Institute to expand clinical collaboration

AMBER unveils new bone repair technology

Researchers test pocket stimulator on patients with Parkinson's disease

Epic selected as Mayo Clinic's strategic partner for single, integrated EHR and RCM system

UB researchers design nanoparticle that may open door for new 'hypermodal' imaging systems

MU researcher develops intervention to help older adults gradually adjust to hearing aids

Researchers invent new imaging system to help detect malignant tissue during surgery

NC State researchers develop wearable nanowire sensor to monitor electrophysiological signals

NeoDeck, DataMotion partner for secure messaging of clinical and non-clinical information

St. Luke’s offers Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery for treatment of brain tumors

Gecko Biomedical obtains 1.3 million euros to advance Bio-inspired Surgical Solutions

Lhasa announces release of Mirabilis software to assess impurities in final drug product

Advanced visualization solutions market estimated to reach $557.5 million in 2020

CUMC researcher develops new 3D microscope that can help view living things at very high speeds

Using breath tests to diagnose liver diseases: an interview with Larry Cohen

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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