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Combination of Pressure Right and antiemetic drug therapy can reduce PONV with no adverse effects

From a clinical-based perspective, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) can be characterized as an unmet global phenomenon in which anesthesia practitioners and PACU nurses worldwide are seeking more efficient clinical strategies for preventing PONV.

13 Jun 2013

Chemotherapy devices: an interview with Damien Salauze, head of Curie-Cancer

Although several chemotherapy treatments are now administered by the oral route (targeted chemotherapy), most chemotherapy treatments (cytotoxics) are administered by the intravenous route.

13 Jun 2013

Microbiologist uses new Geographic Information System to track deadly outbreaks of drug-resistant TB

TORONTO, ON - Professor Frances Jamieson at the University of Toronto's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP), and Medical Microbiologist, Public Health Ontario, is leading the way in tracking potentially deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) with a powerful new Geographic Information System (GIS) application, known as Ontario Universal Typing - Tuberculosis (OUT-TB) Web.

13 Jun 2013

Air-pollution-removal technology in "self-cleaning" paints may cause more problems than they solve

Research by Indiana University environmental scientists shows that air-pollution-removal technology used in "self-cleaning" paints and building surfaces may actually cause more problems than they solve.

13 Jun 2013

Network of video cameras track individuals in complex, indoor settings

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of video cameras, creating something similar to the fictional Marauder's Map used by Harry Potter to track comings and goings at the Hogwarts School.

13 Jun 2013

VISTAKON introduces 1-DAY ACUVUE TruEye Brand Contact Lenses in US

VISTAKON Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., today announced the U.S. introduction of 1-DAY ACUVUE TruEye Brand Contact Lenses (narafilcon A), a silicone hydrogel daily disposable lens currently being enjoyed by over 1.3 million patients worldwide.

13 Jun 2013

Tablets are of greater use for clinical purposes than smartphones, say physicians

Two reports from AmericanEHR Partners based on a survey of nearly 1,400 physicians suggests that tablets are of greater use for clinical purposes than smartphones.

13 Jun 2013

Using Swiss ball improves walking performance and muscle strength in AS patients

A new study presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrates that progressive muscle strengthening using a Swiss ball is effective in improving muscle strength and walking performance in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).

13 Jun 2013

Using hands-free devices to talk and text while driving is distracting and risky

Using hands-free devices to talk, text or send e-mail while driving is distracting and risky, contrary to what many people believe, says a new University of Utah study issued today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

13 Jun 2013

Society of Interventional Radiology releases Updates in Interventional Radiology 2013

The Society of Interventional Radiology announces the release of "Updates in Interventional Radiology 2013," a concise reference of the current literature most relevant to the specialty.

13 Jun 2013

IBM, EPFL and ETH Zürich explore new hybrid memory strategy for supercomputers

Motivated by extraordinary requirements for neuroscience, IBM Research, EPFL, and ETH Zürich through the Swiss National Supercomputing Center CSCS, are exploring how to combine different types of memory - DRAM, which is standard for computer memory, and flash memory that is akin to USB sticks - for less expensive and optimal supercomputing performance.

13 Jun 2013

Solution-based circuit chip for rapid, multiplexed detection of pathogens

Life-threatening bacterial infections cause tens of thousands of deaths every year in North America. Increasingly, many infections are resistant to first-line antibiotics. Unfortunately, current methods of culturing bacteria in the lab can take days to report the specific source of the infection, and even longer to pinpoint the right antibiotic that will clear the infection.

13 Jun 2013

Radionuclide drug treatment planning goes to next level with 3-D patient models

External beam radiation treatment has long been manipulated into the unique shape of patients' tumors for personalized cancer care. Technology providing a means of patient-specific radionuclide drug therapies has not been standardized, as it has been limited to software that requires oncologists to manually define the areas of tumors.

13 Jun 2013

Researcher improves segmentation technique of PET images

Elena Prieto-Azkarate, a graduate in Telecommunications Engineering at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and member of the Nuclear Medicine Service of the University College Hospital of Navarre, has implemented 12 algorithms to process medical images produced by means of PET (Positron Emission Tomography).

13 Jun 2013

Device / Technology News

Combination of Pressure Right and antiemetic drug therapy can reduce PONV with no adverse effects

Chemotherapy devices: an interview with Damien Salauze, head of Curie-Cancer

Microbiologist uses new Geographic Information System to track deadly outbreaks of drug-resistant TB

Air-pollution-removal technology in "self-cleaning" paints may cause more problems than they solve

Network of video cameras track individuals in complex, indoor settings

VISTAKON introduces 1-DAY ACUVUE TruEye Brand Contact Lenses in US

Tablets are of greater use for clinical purposes than smartphones, say physicians

Using Swiss ball improves walking performance and muscle strength in AS patients

Using hands-free devices to talk and text while driving is distracting and risky

Society of Interventional Radiology releases Updates in Interventional Radiology 2013

IBM, EPFL and ETH Zürich explore new hybrid memory strategy for supercomputers

Solution-based circuit chip for rapid, multiplexed detection of pathogens

Radionuclide drug treatment planning goes to next level with 3-D patient models

Researcher improves segmentation technique of PET images

More pleasant method for measuring blood pressure

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

3D motion-tracked PET imaging uses MR micro-coils to reduce movement-related imaging artifacts

Study on the development of internet-based physical activity intervention presented at EULAR 2013

Cordis receives FDA clearance for new ADROIT Guiding Catheter

Puritan granted European patents for high-performance PurFlock Ultra and HydraFlock swabs

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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