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More doctors adopt electronic health records

The nation's top Health IT official is lauding the nation's doctors for more widely adopting electronic health records in the past few years, but he and new studies say more work is needed to help the systems communicate with each other.

11 Jul 2013

Neuronix to present data on NeuroAD device at Alzheimer's Association International Conference

Neuronix, which has developed an innovative medical device technology for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, announces today that it will present at the leading Alzheimer's Association International Conference, in Boston, United States.

11 Jul 2013

Recent findings force scientists to rethink rules of neuroimaging

Is there a brain area for mind-wandering? For religious experience? For reorienting attention? A recent study casts serious doubt on the evidence for these ideas, and rewrites the rules for neuroimaging.

11 Jul 2013

PrenaTest can be now performed for high risk pregnancies after ninth week

PrenaTest, Europe's first non-invasive molecular genetic blood test to determine fetal trisomies 13, 18 and 21 in the mother's blood can now be performed for high risk pregnancies after the ninth week (W 9 + D 0).

11 Jul 2013

NIH awards Shared Instrumentation Grant to install 3D X-ray microscope at Creighton University

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded Mohammed Akhter, Ph.D., P.E., professor of medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine and director of the biomechanics laboratory at the Osteoporosis Research Center, a nearly $600,000 Shared Instrumentation Grant to install the area's first high-resolution 3D X-ray Microscope, the Xradia MicroXCT-200.

11 Jul 2013

Researchers develop new tool for comprehensive mapping of cell-cell communication

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, together with collaborators in Germany, have developed a new method for identifying the cell of origin of intracellular and secreted proteins within multicellular environments.

11 Jul 2013

Cell phone use may gauge risk for multitude of health issues related to inactive lifestyle

Today's smartphones allow for increased opportunities for activities traditionally defined as sedentary behaviors, such as surfing the internet, emailing and playing video games. However, researchers Jacob Barkley and Andrew Lepp, faculty members in the College of Education, Health and Human Services at Kent State University, linked high cell phone use to poor fitness in college students.

11 Jul 2013

Advanced genetics technologies may help predict patient outcomes in people with ALL

New evidence suggests that using advanced genetics technologies to monitor for remaining cancer cells after treatment may soon become an effective tool to inform treatment decisions and ultimately predict patient outcomes for patients with a particularly aggressive form of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

10 Jul 2013

MedSnap introduces iPhone app for health providers to improve medication use and safety

According to a recent IMS Health study, poor medication use by clinicians and patients costs $200 billion each year in the U.S., or 8 percent of all U.S. healthcare expenditures. To improve medication use and safety, MedSnap, LLC introduces MedSnap ID, an iPhone application for clinicians, health systems, hospitals, clinics, ACOs, pharmacies and home health providers.

10 Jul 2013

Molecularly imprinted polymer receptors for nicotine recognition in biological systems

Researchers from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nehru Marg, India have added another piece to the puzzle of how to synthetize an artificial nicotine receptor.

10 Jul 2013

visualFields package: A tool for analysis and visualization of visual fields

Vision researchers have developed new software that will analyze visual fields in an open-source platform to improve and encourage collaborative research among independent labs. An analysis of the free tool is presented in a Journal of Vision (JOV) paper, The visualFields package: A tool for analysis and visualization of visual fields.

10 Jul 2013

Agfa HealthCare's DX-D 35C detector now available for orthopaedic, general radiography imaging

Agfa HealthCare announces today the availability of its newest Direct Radiography (DR) detector, the DX-D 35C, an 11x14 inch sized wireless panel which will be on display in booth #310 at AHRA 2013, the Association for Medical Imaging Management's Annual Meeting, July 28-31, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

10 Jul 2013

Curetis starts prospective clinical trial for Unyvero P50 pneumonia application

Curetis AG today announced the start of an additional prospective, multicenter clinical trial of its marketed Unyvero™ P50 Pneumonia Application to demonstrate its clinical and health economic value.

10 Jul 2013

Study reveals that contaminated ultrasound gel causes healthcare-associated infection

After a 2011 outbreak of P. aeruginosa, investigators at Beaumont Health System near Detroit, Michigan determined contaminated ultrasound gel was the source of bacteria causing the healthcare-associated infection.

10 Jul 2013

NSF provides $150,000 for device to assist blind and visually impaired

The National Science Foundation is providing $150,000 for a device developed by a Magnolia-based company with input from University of Arkansas at Little Rock experts and facilities.

10 Jul 2013

TYRX's AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope technology gets FDA clearance

TYRX, Inc. announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market the Fully Resorbable AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope for use with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

10 Jul 2013

Miami Children's Hospital implements AnyPresence solution for mobile app development

AnyPresence, the leading enterprise backend-as-a-service platform, today announced that Miami Children's Hospital has implemented the AnyPresence solution for mobile app development, including unique new capabilities in their Fit4KidsCare app.

9 Jul 2013

Glythera secures £700k to advance development of new generation of biological therapeutics

Glythera Ltd is delighted to announce that it has successfully achieved a number of technical and commercial milestones which has resulted in the release of a second tranche of funding totalling £700k from IP Group and its managed fund, the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund.

9 Jul 2013

Atomo Diagnostics, BBI Solutions sign agreement for global rollout out of AtomoRapid test

Medical technology developer Atomo Diagnostics and market leading diagnostic company BBI Solutions have entered into an agreement to commercialise Atomo’s award winning, integrated rapid blood test platform, AtomoRapid.

9 Jul 2013

Providers search for new tests, smartphone apps to diagnose and treat mental illness

Health care providers are trying to find tests and create new smartphone and tablet apps to better diagnose and treat mental illness.

9 Jul 2013

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More doctors adopt electronic health records

Neuronix to present data on NeuroAD device at Alzheimer's Association International Conference

Recent findings force scientists to rethink rules of neuroimaging

PrenaTest can be now performed for high risk pregnancies after ninth week

NIH awards Shared Instrumentation Grant to install 3D X-ray microscope at Creighton University

Researchers develop new tool for comprehensive mapping of cell-cell communication

Cell phone use may gauge risk for multitude of health issues related to inactive lifestyle

Advanced genetics technologies may help predict patient outcomes in people with ALL

MedSnap introduces iPhone app for health providers to improve medication use and safety

Molecularly imprinted polymer receptors for nicotine recognition in biological systems

visualFields package: A tool for analysis and visualization of visual fields

Agfa HealthCare's DX-D 35C detector now available for orthopaedic, general radiography imaging

Curetis starts prospective clinical trial for Unyvero P50 pneumonia application

Study reveals that contaminated ultrasound gel causes healthcare-associated infection

NSF provides $150,000 for device to assist blind and visually impaired

TYRX's AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope technology gets FDA clearance

Miami Children's Hospital implements AnyPresence solution for mobile app development

Glythera secures £700k to advance development of new generation of biological therapeutics

Atomo Diagnostics, BBI Solutions sign agreement for global rollout out of AtomoRapid test

Providers search for new tests, smartphone apps to diagnose and treat mental illness

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