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Researchers to use state-of-the-art brain imaging to study mucopolysaccharidosis

A team of researchers will use state-of-the-art brain imaging to unlock the secrets of a genetic disease, mucopolysaccharidosis, in a landmark study the team hope will lead to new treatments for this devastating disease.

27 Sep 2013

New ultra-specific test now available for prostate cancer

A new urine test for prostate cancer that measures minute fragments of RNA is now commercially available to men nationwide through the University of Michigan MLabs.

27 Sep 2013

PneumRx performs over 1500 RePneu LVRC treatments for patients with severe emphysema

PneumRx, Inc., a leader in interventional pulmonology, announced that over 1500 procedures have been performed using the RePneu Lung Volume Reduction Coil System for patients with severe emphysema.

26 Sep 2013

Nu Skin Enterprises receives FDA clearance to market facial spa device

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. today announced that it has received FDA clearance to market a facial spa device for over-the-counter cosmetic use. The company's 510(k) application was filed approximately one year ago.

26 Sep 2013

Use of feeding tubes in OPC cancer patients treated with IMPT decreased by 50%

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center found that the use of feeding tubes in oropharyngeal carcinoma cancer patients treated with intensity modulated proton therapy decreased by more than 50 percent compared to patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy.

26 Sep 2013

IRIDEX's MicroPulse Laser Therapy to be featured at EURETINA and ESCRS conferences

IRIDEX today announced a number of key international conferences and workshops that will feature its proprietary MicroPulse Laser Therapy for the treatment of diabetes and glaucoma related disorders.

26 Sep 2013

Consumer Reports launches web-based tool that offers personalized guidance on health insurance

Consumer Reports, the nonprofit consumer service organization empowering consumers for more than 75 years, today announced the launch of HealthLawHelper.org, an innovative web-based tool that offers personalized guidance to help consumers better understand how they may be affected by the Affordable Care Act.

26 Sep 2013

VolitionRx enters into distribution agreement with Active Motif for NuQ product line

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer, today entered into an agreement with Active Motif, a leading provider of kits and reagents to enable epigenetics research.

26 Sep 2013

New line of –30˚C biomedical freezers launched by Panasonic

Panasonic has launched a brand new line of -30˚C Biomedical freezers that provide cost-efficient and secure sample storage across a wide range of applications. A combination of technological advances in Panasonic’s new -30˚C freezers reduces energy consumption and improves temperature stability, delivering the effective, reliable environmental control needed when storing valuable materials such as vaccines, diagnostic samples, enzymes, culture media and reagents.

From PHC Europe B.V. 26 Sep 2013

Scientists report advancement in smartphone-based imaging to detect viruses in remote locations

Scientists are reporting an advance in smartphone-based imaging that could help physicians in far-flung and resource-limited locations monitor how well treatments for infections are working by detecting, for the first time, individual viruses. Their study on the light-weight device, which converts the phone into a powerful mini-microscope, appears in the journal ACS Nano.

26 Sep 2013

University of Michigan offers new test to improve PSA screening for prostate cancer

More than 1 million men will undergo a prostate biopsy this year, but only about one-fifth of those biopsies will result in a cancer diagnosis.

26 Sep 2013

FDA awards grants to boost development, availability of medical devices for children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it has awarded seven grants totaling more than $3.5 million to various pediatric device consortia to boost the development and availability of medical devices for children.

26 Sep 2013

New computational model to improve treatment of dangerous reactions to medical implants

A team from The University of Texas at Arlington has used mathematical modeling to develop a computer simulation they hope will one day improve the treatment of dangerous reactions to medical implants such as stents, catheters and artificial joints.

25 Sep 2013

Clinical decision rule may help doctors identify patients with headache in emergency department

Researchers have developed a simple clinical decision rule that may help doctors identify patients with headache in the emergency department who have subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding in a certain area of the brain), according to a study in the September 25 issue of JAMA.

25 Sep 2013

Simple smartphone fundus photography could help detect eye disease

Retinal (or fundus) photography is an essential part of any ophthalmology practice. Commercial fundus cameras can cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, making the technology out of reach for smaller ophthalmic practices and to physicians in third-world countries.

25 Sep 2013

Fat grafting shows promise as effective treatment for scars

Millions of people with scars suffer from pain, discomfort, and inability to perform regular activities. Some may have to revert to addicting pain medicine to get rid of their ailments.

25 Sep 2013

Use of insulin pump with sensor reduces rate of severe hypoglycemia

Use of an insulin pump with a sensor that suspends insulin delivery when blood glucose falls below a set threshold reduced the rate of severe and moderate hypoglycemia among patients with type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, according to a study in the September 25 issue of JAMA.

25 Sep 2013

Microbial clock: New tool to determine time of death

An intriguing study led by the University of Colorado Boulder may provide a powerful new tool in the quiver of forensic scientists attempting to determine the time of death in cases involving human corpses: a microbial clock.

25 Sep 2013

Cerebral imaging in patients with early symptoms of AD may have better clinical outcomes

Patients suffering from early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease who were diagnosed sooner than usual using a brain imaging test received Alzheimer-specific medications earlier than those who did not have the brain imaging results available to their doctors or themselves.

25 Sep 2013

inVentiv Health Clinical releases new tool to connect physicians participating in late-stage research

inVentiv Health Clinical, a leading global supplier of drug development services, today announced the launch of an innovative, web-based network to efficiently connect physicians interested in participating in late-stage research to appropriate clinical trials.

24 Sep 2013

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Researchers to use state-of-the-art brain imaging to study mucopolysaccharidosis

New ultra-specific test now available for prostate cancer

PneumRx performs over 1500 RePneu LVRC treatments for patients with severe emphysema

Nu Skin Enterprises receives FDA clearance to market facial spa device

Use of feeding tubes in OPC cancer patients treated with IMPT decreased by 50%

IRIDEX's MicroPulse Laser Therapy to be featured at EURETINA and ESCRS conferences

Consumer Reports launches web-based tool that offers personalized guidance on health insurance

VolitionRx enters into distribution agreement with Active Motif for NuQ product line

New line of –30˚C biomedical freezers launched by Panasonic

Scientists report advancement in smartphone-based imaging to detect viruses in remote locations

University of Michigan offers new test to improve PSA screening for prostate cancer

FDA awards grants to boost development, availability of medical devices for children

New computational model to improve treatment of dangerous reactions to medical implants

Clinical decision rule may help doctors identify patients with headache in emergency department

Simple smartphone fundus photography could help detect eye disease

Fat grafting shows promise as effective treatment for scars

Use of insulin pump with sensor reduces rate of severe hypoglycemia

Microbial clock: New tool to determine time of death

Cerebral imaging in patients with early symptoms of AD may have better clinical outcomes

inVentiv Health Clinical releases new tool to connect physicians participating in late-stage research

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