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Mammography screening with 3D DBT increases overall cancer detection rate

In community-based radiology practice, mammography screening with 3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) yielded lower recall rates, an increased overall cancer detection rate, and an increased detection rate for invasive cancer compared with 2D digital mammography (DM).

17 Jun 2014

Kareo and Falcon HER help nephrology practices leverage cloud-based technology

Kareo Inc., the leading cloud-based medical office software and services provider for small medical practices, today announced the launch of a new cooperative relationship with Falcon EHR, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc..

17 Jun 2014

New technique to uncover building blocks of kidney regeneration

Doctors and scientists have for years been astonished to observe patients with kidney disease experiencing renal regeneration. The kidney, unlike its neighbor the liver, was universally understood to be a static organ once it had fully developed.

17 Jun 2014

New tool helps doctors talk to dying patients and families who are praying for miracle

Cancer clinicians and a chaplain at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a new tool to help doctors, nurses and other health care providers talk to dying patients and families who are, literally, praying for a miracle.

17 Jun 2014

Computer programming language automates "laboratory-on-a-chip", may reduce healthcare cost

A research team at the University of California, Riverside has created a computer programming language that will automate "laboratory-on-a-chip" technologies used in DNA sequencing, drug discovery, virus detection and other biomedical applications.

17 Jun 2014

Low-power sensor to track changes in eye pressure for management of glaucoma

Your eye could someday house its own high-tech information center, tracking important changes and letting you know when it's time to see an eye doctor.

17 Jun 2014

Portable imaging tool for imaging sports and military concussions

A portable imaging tool could change the way the medical community analyzes and understands the long-term effects of sports-related concussions.

17 Jun 2014

Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs

Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs in the high-speed surgical drill market as their integral supplier of OmniSeal® spring-energized seals. The seals excel at protecting the sensitive internal components of the drill during surgery and sterilization, ensuring a long life of the tool.

17 Jun 2014

Sacral nerve stimulation for patients with birth defect

Heather Rayser, 16, has a colon that does not function properly and as a result, she has never been to high school and has been on home hospital care for nine years.

17 Jun 2014

Distribution partnership announced by Nanion Technologies and Axion Biosystems

Nanion Technologies, a leading provider of automated patch clamp platforms, and Axion Biosystems, originator of the first high throughput microelectrode array system, today announce a distribution partnership in Europe and China. Nanion will immediately carry Axion’s MEA-products, supporting a broad range of biomedical applications.

17 Jun 2014

BioClinica announces acquisition of Blueprint Clinical to drive RBM strategies for clinical trials

BioClinica®, Inc., a leading provider of eClinical Solutions for the Pharmaceutical Industry, has announced the acquisition of Blueprint Clinical, a fast-growing company offering ground-breaking technology and extensive expertise to drive successful Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) strategies for clinical trials.

From Clario 16 Jun 2014

Protein Metrics releases freeware version of Preview software for pre-search protein analysis

Protein Metrics, Inc., a leading provider of software for rapid and thorough protein and peptide characterization, today announced the release of a freeware version of their Preview™ software for pre-search protein analysis available for download from the company's website.

16 Jun 2014

Cepheid releases molecular test for detection of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria

Cepheid today announced the release of Xpert® Carba-R, an on-demand molecular test for rapid and accurate detection of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria, to be marketed as a CE IVD product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices.

16 Jun 2014

AB SCIEX introduces TripleTOF 6600 system with SWATH Acquisition 2.0

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today introduced the TripleTOF® 6600 system with SWATH™ Acquisition 2.0 - the company's revolutionary solution for quantitative proteomics.

16 Jun 2014

Ascom enhances communications and efficiency at Wyndham Private Medical Center

Wyndham Private Medical Center is a new, purpose-built medical facility that has been developed to centralize and give easy access to many of Melbourne's premium health service providers.

16 Jun 2014

Novel microscopy technology helps detect protein that plays key role in prostate cancer

Assemblies of proteins, known as protein complexes, have important functions in cells; protein complexes embedded in the cell membrane, for example, are responsible for the exchange with the extracellular environment.

16 Jun 2014

Submicroscopic particles could make MRI far more powerful tool to detect disease

Submicroscopic particles that contain even smaller particles of iron oxide could make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a far more powerful tool to detect and fight disease.

16 Jun 2014

Lung cancer screening with LDCT not associated with long term distress

Examination and review of several studies that evaluated patient-centered outcomes for individuals undergoing low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer found that screening does not appear to significantly influence overall health-related quality of life or result in long-term changes in anxiety or distress, but that positive results in the short-term, do increase distress levels.

16 Jun 2014

New computer models predict outcome of treatments for TBI

Most people who suffer a severe brain injury take years to recover - if they recover at all. But the right treatment in the crucial hours following an accident can make all the difference.

16 Jun 2014

Simulator for evaluating effects of visual impairment on person's driving performance

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is the first ophthalmology department in the nation to feature a fully dedicated high-fidelity, highly realistic driving simulator for evaluating the effects of visual impairment on a person's driving performance.

16 Jun 2014

Device / Technology News

Mammography screening with 3D DBT increases overall cancer detection rate

Kareo and Falcon HER help nephrology practices leverage cloud-based technology

New technique to uncover building blocks of kidney regeneration

New tool helps doctors talk to dying patients and families who are praying for miracle

Computer programming language automates "laboratory-on-a-chip", may reduce healthcare cost

Low-power sensor to track changes in eye pressure for management of glaucoma

Portable imaging tool for imaging sports and military concussions

Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs

Sacral nerve stimulation for patients with birth defect

Distribution partnership announced by Nanion Technologies and Axion Biosystems

BioClinica announces acquisition of Blueprint Clinical to drive RBM strategies for clinical trials

Protein Metrics releases freeware version of Preview software for pre-search protein analysis

Cepheid releases molecular test for detection of carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria

AB SCIEX introduces TripleTOF 6600 system with SWATH Acquisition 2.0

Ascom enhances communications and efficiency at Wyndham Private Medical Center

Novel microscopy technology helps detect protein that plays key role in prostate cancer

Submicroscopic particles could make MRI far more powerful tool to detect disease

Lung cancer screening with LDCT not associated with long term distress

New computer models predict outcome of treatments for TBI

Simulator for evaluating effects of visual impairment on person's driving performance

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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