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Health Canada updates Canadians regarding sale of unlicensed HIV test kits via Amazon.ca.

Health Canada is informing Canadians that multiple distributors (Positive Health, dailySupply, BestDealCA, eshopic, Urban Inspirations, grabthesale, and dealkings) are selling the unlicensed "OraQuick in Home HIV Test" kit via Amazon.ca.

29 Nov 2014

Philips launches Ambient Experience patient in-bore solution to reduce patient anxiety during MRI scans

Royal Philips announced the launch of the Ambient Experience patient in-bore solution designed to reduce patient anxiety and movement during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations.

29 Nov 2014

Dicom Systems releases DCMSYS Interface WebBridge at RSNA 2014

Dicom Systems today announced the release of its newest product, DCMSYS Interface WebBridge, at the 100th annual RSNA Meeting held November 30th through December 5th at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.

29 Nov 2014

eHealth Technologies to provide imaging sites access to RSNA Image Share network

eHealth Technologies announced today it has concluded an agreement with the Radiological Society of North America that will increase standards-based interoperability between image sharing providers in New York State.

29 Nov 2014

ImaCor releases all-in-one platform for advanced hemodynamic management

ImaCor, Inc, the developer of the world’s first and only hemodynamic transesophageal echocardiography (hTEE) technology, today announced the release of its all-in-one platform for advanced hemodynamic management.

29 Nov 2014

New eye test objectively measures level of fatigue that doctors may feel after long shifts

An international team of scientists which includes researchers from the U. of Granada has demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to establish in an objective way the level of fatigue in physicians after long shifts through their eye movement.

28 Nov 2014

China's healthcare IT market estimated to reach $3.97 billion in 2020

Healthcare in China varies markedly across regions in terms of quality of care, distribution of resources, and depth of insurance coverage.

28 Nov 2014

FEI releases software development framework for interactive remote 2D and 3D visualization

FEI announced the release of RemoteViz for Open Inventor, a software development framework for interactive remote 2D and 3D visualization.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Electron Microscopy Solutions 27 Nov 2014

Dresden scientists get access to the World's second-fastest computer for cancer research

For their calculations, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf will now, starting in 2015, have access to the World's second-fastest computer. The Dresden research initiative is one of 56 projects the US Department of Energy has granted access to Titan as part of their INCITE program.

27 Nov 2014

New smartphone app may help improve prescribing of antibiotics within RCSI Hospitals Group

A new smartphone app has been developed by the RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Hospitals Group, in association with the Dublin North East Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI) Committee, which will provide healthcare professionals in hospitals within the RCSI Hospitals Group with immediate access to guidelines for antimicrobial prescribing.

27 Nov 2014

Calcivis announces completion of first clinical study of Caries Activity Imaging System

Calcivis, a medical devices company focused on revolutionising the management of tooth decay, today announces that it has completed a first clinical study of its Calcivis® Caries Activity Imaging System.

27 Nov 2014

Good Samaritan Hospital receives $417,560 grant to implement telemedicine program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development awards Good Samaritan Hospital, a prominent downtown Los Angeles hospital, a $417,560 grant to implement a telemedicine program that will connect members of the medical staff at Good Samaritan Hospital with public health and primary care providers and their patients at six Public Health sites on the island of Guam.

27 Nov 2014

FDA issues Complete Response letter for Avanir’s AVP-825 NDA

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response letter to its New Drug Application (NDA) for AVP-825.

27 Nov 2014

Cognitive test battery developed to measure impact of spaceflight stressors on cognitive performance

Space is one of the most demanding and unforgiving environments. Human exploration of space requires astronauts to maintain consistently high levels of cognitive performance to ensure mission safety and success, and prevent potential errors and accidents. Despite the importance of cognitive performance for mission success, little is known about how cognition is affected by prolonged spaceflight, and what aspects of cognition are primarily affected.

27 Nov 2014

Researchers use EHRs to uncover hidden drug benefits

With research and development costs for many drugs reaching well into the billions, pharmaceutical companies want more than ever to determine whether their drugs already at market have any hidden therapeutic benefits that could warrant putting additional indications on the label and increase production.

27 Nov 2014

Peek's smartphone eye examination tool could help tackle blindness

The team behind Peek, the Portable Eye Examination Kit, are calling on the public to help provide a solution to avoidable blindness by increasing access to potentially life-changing new eye health testing equipment.

27 Nov 2014

Innovative collar for MND patients to be showcased at NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes

MEDICAL technology designers are to pitch a new contoured support snood helping to improve the quality of lives of motor neurone disease sufferers whose neck muscles have weakened to a panel of Dragons’ Den style judges as part of a £10,000 innovation challenge.

27 Nov 2014

Interventional X-ray guidance device may reduce radiation exposure of liver cancer patients

Johns Hopkins researchers report that their test of an interventional X-ray guidance device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2013 has the potential to reduce the radiation exposure of patients undergoing intra-arterial therapy (IAT) for liver cancer.

27 Nov 2014

Occlutech's PFO and ASD occluders to be launched in South Korea

Occlutech, a leading European innovator of products to treat structural heart disease today announced that it is making its range of PFO and ASD occluders available on the South Korean market.

26 Nov 2014

Minimally invasive surgeries successfully performed at Policlinico Gemelli in Rome with ALF-X system

It's called ALF-X and it's the innovative robotic surgical system being used by gynaecological surgeons at the A. Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, which has been in operation in the surgical field for a year in the Department for the Protection of Health of Women, Newborns, Children and Adolescents, directed by professor Giovanni Scambia.

26 Nov 2014

Device / Technology News

Health Canada updates Canadians regarding sale of unlicensed HIV test kits via Amazon.ca.

Philips launches Ambient Experience patient in-bore solution to reduce patient anxiety during MRI scans

Dicom Systems releases DCMSYS Interface WebBridge at RSNA 2014

eHealth Technologies to provide imaging sites access to RSNA Image Share network

ImaCor releases all-in-one platform for advanced hemodynamic management

New eye test objectively measures level of fatigue that doctors may feel after long shifts

China's healthcare IT market estimated to reach $3.97 billion in 2020

FEI releases software development framework for interactive remote 2D and 3D visualization

Dresden scientists get access to the World's second-fastest computer for cancer research

New smartphone app may help improve prescribing of antibiotics within RCSI Hospitals Group

Calcivis announces completion of first clinical study of Caries Activity Imaging System

Good Samaritan Hospital receives $417,560 grant to implement telemedicine program

FDA issues Complete Response letter for Avanir’s AVP-825 NDA

Cognitive test battery developed to measure impact of spaceflight stressors on cognitive performance

Researchers use EHRs to uncover hidden drug benefits

Peek's smartphone eye examination tool could help tackle blindness

Innovative collar for MND patients to be showcased at NHS Innovation Challenge Prizes

Interventional X-ray guidance device may reduce radiation exposure of liver cancer patients

Occlutech's PFO and ASD occluders to be launched in South Korea

Minimally invasive surgeries successfully performed at Policlinico Gemelli in Rome with ALF-X system

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