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Strides therapeutic approach helps autistic children reach breakthroughs in communication

Luke, a 7-year-old autistic child had primarily only expressed requests to his parents (e.g., I want a drink), but this past year he was given a 1-pound iPad, introduced to a 1,000 pound horse and a special program called Strides©.

11 Sep 2013

Study suggests that social media can be used to successfully improve medical practice

Barcelona, Spain: A doctor from the UK has shown how an innovative music video can help increase awareness of how to treat asthma.

11 Sep 2013

Professor to develop DNA sequencing technologies to search for long-range genome interactions

Why do some people develop disease while others with the same genetic mutation don't? For example, the National Cancer Institute estimates that women who inherit a harmful BRCA2 mutation have a 45 percent chance of developing breast cancer by age 70.

11 Sep 2013

Unique mobile app allows parents to access information about safety of vaccines

The Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is launching Vaccines on the Go: What You Should Know, a unique mobile app that allows busy parents to access up-to-date, reliable information about the science and safety of vaccines -- wherever and whenever they need it.

11 Sep 2013

Screening of growth disorders using EHR system linked with higher rate of detection in kids

"Monitoring of linear growth is a well-established part of pediatric health care in the developed world. Although monitoring aims to support early diagnosis and timely treatment of disorders affecting growth, such disorders are often diagnosed late," write Ulla Sankilampi, M.D., Ph.D., of Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, and colleagues.

11 Sep 2013

InSightec: First patient treated in ExAblate Neuro Phase III pivotal trial for tremor

InSightec Ltd, the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound, announced that the first patient has been treated as part of an ExAblate Neuro Phase III pivotal trial. The trial is a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment using the ExAblate Neuro in medication-refractory essential tremor patients.

11 Sep 2013

Experts to develop internet-based platform that links health data with environment, climatic factors

Experts from the University of Exeter, the Met Office, Public Health England, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and University of Bristol will be involved in the project which, over three years, will develop an internet-based platform that will link health data with information on the environment and climate.

11 Sep 2013

2D Barcoding of U.S. vaccines: an interview with Dr. Leonard Friedland, VP, Director, Scientific Affairs and Public Health, GSK Vaccines North America

2D barcodes contain product identification, lot number, and expiration date. Linear barcodes only contain product identification information.

10 Sep 2013

Three rapid diagnostic tests could be used to diagnose drug resistance in TB

Results of a new study suggest that three new diagnostic tests could each be used to successfully diagnose drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) patients in a quarter of the time taken by the current method.

10 Sep 2013

Heart IT releases WebPAX cardiac echo reporting module

Heart IT, the global leader that pioneered the first FDA approved zero-footprint medical imaging workstation, announced today the release of the WebPAX cardiac echo reporting module.

10 Sep 2013

Banook Central Imaging, Oncodesign partner to expand use of new approaches in pharmaco-imaging

Oncodesign, a contract research laboratory dedicated to the discovery of new anticancer therapies, and Banook Central Imaging, a company specializing in the centralized reading of medical images, today announce the start of a partnership to expand the use of new approaches in pharmaco-imaging.

10 Sep 2013

Findings could lead to improvements in pneumonia care, outcomes for patients

An electronic decision support tool helped to reduce deaths from pneumonia in four hospital emergency departments in a new study.

10 Sep 2013

Metamark reports positive results from clinical validation study of prostate cancer prognostic test

Metamark Genetics, Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, today announced positive results from a large clinical validation study of ProMark, its biopsy-based prostate cancer prognostic test.

10 Sep 2013

Artificial nose: New device to diagnose blood infections and finger specific microbe

Disease-causing bacteria stink - literally - and the odor released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis for a faster and simpler new way to diagnose blood infections and finger the specific microbe, scientists reported here today at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.

10 Sep 2013

GIQuIC expands endoscopic quality registry to include upper GI endoscopy

The GI Quality Improvement Consortium announces the expansion of its endoscopic quality registry to include upper GI endoscopy and related quality measures. GIQuIC, a quality benchmarking registry co-sponsored by the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, provides reliable and relevant measures of endoscopic quality that give physicians meaningful information they can use to improve patient care.

10 Sep 2013

Revolutionary new solar energy technology sanitizes medical and dental instruments

A revolutionary new solar energy technology that turns water into steam without boiling the entire container of water has become the basis for new devices to sanitize medical and dental instruments and human waste in developing countries, scientists said here today.

10 Sep 2013

Experts develop website to help navigate new challenges posed by breast density notification laws

A team of California-based breast imagers and breast cancer risk specialists have developed a website to help navigate the new challenges posed by breast density notification laws, according to a special report published online in the journal Radiology.

10 Sep 2013

Researchers develop TSUNAMI method to create animal model of adult-onset version of SMA

A research team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has used a recently developed technology they call TSUNAMI to create the first animal model of the adult-onset version of spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating motor-neuron illness.

10 Sep 2013

Trial to compare e-cigarettes with nicotine patches shows success in helping smokers to quit

First trial to compare e-cigarettes with nicotine patches shows comparable success in helping smokers to quit.

10 Sep 2013

Engineers develop network of wireless sensors that can detect person falling

University of Utah electrical engineers have developed a network of wireless sensors that can detect a person falling. This monitoring technology could be linked to a service that would call emergency help for the elderly without requiring them to wear monitoring devices.

10 Sep 2013

Device / Technology News

Strides therapeutic approach helps autistic children reach breakthroughs in communication

Study suggests that social media can be used to successfully improve medical practice

Professor to develop DNA sequencing technologies to search for long-range genome interactions

Unique mobile app allows parents to access information about safety of vaccines

Screening of growth disorders using EHR system linked with higher rate of detection in kids

InSightec: First patient treated in ExAblate Neuro Phase III pivotal trial for tremor

Experts to develop internet-based platform that links health data with environment, climatic factors

2D Barcoding of U.S. vaccines: an interview with Dr. Leonard Friedland, VP, Director, Scientific Affairs and Public Health, GSK Vaccines North America

Three rapid diagnostic tests could be used to diagnose drug resistance in TB

Heart IT releases WebPAX cardiac echo reporting module

Banook Central Imaging, Oncodesign partner to expand use of new approaches in pharmaco-imaging

Findings could lead to improvements in pneumonia care, outcomes for patients

Metamark reports positive results from clinical validation study of prostate cancer prognostic test

Artificial nose: New device to diagnose blood infections and finger specific microbe

GIQuIC expands endoscopic quality registry to include upper GI endoscopy

Revolutionary new solar energy technology sanitizes medical and dental instruments

Experts develop website to help navigate new challenges posed by breast density notification laws

Researchers develop TSUNAMI method to create animal model of adult-onset version of SMA

Trial to compare e-cigarettes with nicotine patches shows success in helping smokers to quit

Engineers develop network of wireless sensors that can detect person falling

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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