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RxWiki launches digital medication resource

RxWiki, Inc. announced today the launch of RxWiki.com 3.0, a leading digital medication resource. The website now offers enhanced navigation, richer video integration, social media sharing and an expanded medication encyclopedia.

6 Feb 2014

UTHealth unveils country's first Mobile Stroke Unit

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, in partnership with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, has unveiled the country's first Mobile Stroke Unit.

6 Feb 2014

Graphene balloon yields unprecedented images of hydrated protein molecules

A graphene water balloon may soon open up new vistas for scientists seeking to understand health and disease at the most fundamental level.

6 Feb 2014

Surgeons develop 'monoblock' flaps to reconstruct severe facial defects

Patients with massive burns causing complete loss of the facial skin pose a difficult challenge for reconstructive surgeons. Now a group of surgeons in China have developed an innovative technique for creating a one-piece skin flap large enough to perform full-face resurfacing, reports The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

6 Feb 2014

Researchers reveal inner workings of nanomotor

Our cells produce thousands of proteins but more than one-third of these proteins can fulfill their function only after migrating to the outside of the cell. While it is known that protein migration occurs with the help of various 'nanomotors' that push proteins out of the cell, little is known about their precise mechanical functioning.

6 Feb 2014

New electronically controlled drugs deliver medicine in much more targeted way

Potential side effects of many of today's therapeutic drugs can be downright frightening - just listen carefully to a drug commercial on TV. These effects often occur when a drug is active throughout the body, not just where and when it is needed.

6 Feb 2014

New effective method of treatment against increased cholesterol

Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally due to e.g. arteriosclerosis. The cause is increased cholesterol. There is therefore a considerable need for an effective method of treatment against increased cholesterol. Now, Danish researchers have made a discovery that may change the picture of how it must be treated.

5 Feb 2014

Inofile receives nearly 80 certifications at IHE North American Connectathon

Inofile announced today that it received nearly 80 certifications at the Integrating Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon, a national health information system and technology testing event for the healthcare industry.

5 Feb 2014

eInfochips launches Andromeda Reference Platform for medical imaging and telemedicine designers

The video processing system includes the system hardware and software that design teams need for fast time-to-application development

5 Feb 2014

Researchers develop new 3D structures to study complex behavior of cancer cells in breast tissue

Clemson University bioengineer Karen Burg and her colleagues in the Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering are developing a new, integrative means of studying the complex behavior of cancer cells in breast tissue that may one day change the way doctors treat the disease.

5 Feb 2014

New patent allows 22 claims surrounding Reverse Medical’s "MVP" technology platform

Reverse Medical Corporation announced today that the United States Patent Office has notified the Company that a new patent has issued entitled "Embolic Implant and Method of Use".

5 Feb 2014

New portable mini-lab performs faster and more efficiently than traditional laboratory

Researchers in Freiburg, Germany have invented a new device that revolutionizes lab analysis - the portable mini-lab performs faster and works more efficiently than a traditional laboratory.

5 Feb 2014

Scientists develop fully automated system to identify sepsis in infants within hours

New detection methods could shorten the detection of sepsis from days down to only a few hours. Sepsis is a possibly mortal bacterial infection. It affects neonates and young infants more severely since their immune system is not fully developed. Now scientists are developing a fully automated system, which can identify sepsis in infants within hours instead of days.

5 Feb 2014

New MRI can predict which atrial fibrillation patients are most likely to benefit from catheter ablation

A new type of contrast MRI can predict which heart patients with atrial fibrillation are most likely to benefit from a treatment called catheter ablation, according to a landmark multi-center study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

5 Feb 2014

Bioengineer receives $1.4M grant to create nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls

A UT Arlington bioengineer has received a four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to create a nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls following angioplasty and stenting procedures to treat coronary arterial disease.

5 Feb 2014

Pleasant auditory representations can help blind "see" colors and shapes

Using auditory or tactile stimulation, Sensory Substitution Devices (SSDs) provide representations of visual information and can help the blind "see" colors and shapes. SSDs scan images and transform the information into audio or touch signals that users are trained to understand, enabling them to recognize the image without seeing it.

5 Feb 2014

Scientists engineered microchip coated with blood vessel cells to study cardiovascular nanomedicine

Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease.

5 Feb 2014

Invasive 3D mapping biopsies detect ultrasound-guided biopsies miss prostate cancers

Ultrasound-guided biopsies miss prostate cancers that are detected by the slightly more expensive and slightly more invasive 3D mapping biopsies. For example, in a 2006 study of 180 men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer via ultrasound-guided biopsy, nearly a quarter were upgraded to a more clinically significant stage of disease after 3D mapping biopsy found pockets of cancer the first technique had missed.

5 Feb 2014

FDA approves new artificial heart valve device that does not require major open surgery

An artificial heart valve device that does not require major open surgery has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

From Medtronic 5 Feb 2014

Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies receives another patent for Parkinson’s disease monitoring technology

Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies announced today they have received another allowance of claims from the U.S. Patent Office. The application covers a system and method of controlling Parkinson's therapy in response to motor symptoms.

5 Feb 2014

Device / Technology News

RxWiki launches digital medication resource

UTHealth unveils country's first Mobile Stroke Unit

Graphene balloon yields unprecedented images of hydrated protein molecules

Surgeons develop 'monoblock' flaps to reconstruct severe facial defects

Researchers reveal inner workings of nanomotor

New electronically controlled drugs deliver medicine in much more targeted way

New effective method of treatment against increased cholesterol

Inofile receives nearly 80 certifications at IHE North American Connectathon

eInfochips launches Andromeda Reference Platform for medical imaging and telemedicine designers

Researchers develop new 3D structures to study complex behavior of cancer cells in breast tissue

New patent allows 22 claims surrounding Reverse Medical’s "MVP" technology platform

New portable mini-lab performs faster and more efficiently than traditional laboratory

Scientists develop fully automated system to identify sepsis in infants within hours

New MRI can predict which atrial fibrillation patients are most likely to benefit from catheter ablation

Bioengineer receives $1.4M grant to create nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls

Pleasant auditory representations can help blind "see" colors and shapes

Scientists engineered microchip coated with blood vessel cells to study cardiovascular nanomedicine

Invasive 3D mapping biopsies detect ultrasound-guided biopsies miss prostate cancers

FDA approves new artificial heart valve device that does not require major open surgery

Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies receives another patent for Parkinson’s disease monitoring technology

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