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UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics professor wins Book of the Year Award from HIMSS

Dean Sittig, Ph.D., professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Biomedical Informatics, received a Book of the Year Award from The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

27 Feb 2013

CellAegis Devices to use autoRIC Device for Chronic Remote Ischemic Conditioning

CellAegis Devices, Inc., announced today that it has received an Investigational Testing Approval from Health Canada that allows the initiation of clinical testing in Canada of the Company's autoRIC Device for Chronic Remote Ischemic Conditioning (CRIC).

27 Feb 2013

FDA accepts Antares Pharma's New Drug Application for OTREXUP

Antares Pharma, Inc. today announced that the New Drug Application for OTREXUP, a potential new product for the subcutaneous delivery of methotrexate using Medi-Jet technology, has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicating that the application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review.

27 Feb 2013

Cliantha Research chooses Acceliant's eClinical Suite for clinical trial data management needs

Acceliant, a global technology provider of innovative clinical trial data management solutions, today announced that Cliantha Research, a leading global Contract Research Organization, has chosen Acceliant's eClinical Suite for their clinical trial data management needs.

27 Feb 2013

Using smart phones to manage HIV treatment in rural Virginia

An innovative plan developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will use smart phones to improve care for people recently diagnosed with HIV in rural Virginia.

27 Feb 2013

UCSF researchers: Lower-income patients often lack electronic health-related communication

Lower-income patients want to communicate electronically with their doctors, but the revolution in health care technology often is not accessible to them, due to inadequate health information services within the health care clinics they frequent, according to a survey by UC San Francisco researchers.

27 Feb 2013

Vision CRC develops retinal camera for detection of blinding eye disease and general health disorders

The most advanced technology for use in real-time detection and assessment of common blinding eye disease and general health disorders will soon be available to the world with stimulus funding provided for development by the Australian Government's CRC Program.

27 Feb 2013

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Johns Hopkins' John Wong, Ph.D., has won a BioMaryland LIFE Award, and Ronald Berger, M.D., Ph.D., and Hien Nguyen, M.D., were awarded funds from the Abell Foundation, the researchers learned last week. Each of the winners will receive $50,000 to help develop their discoveries for clinical use.

27 Feb 2013

Bridging the Divides model can help patients with chronic heart disease

Christiana Care Health System has partnered with ColdLight and Medecision to provide more coordinated personalized care to patients with chronic heart disease with breakthrough analytics technology.

27 Feb 2013

New digital system could identify poisonous plants

Carnegie Mellon University researchers and a botany expert from Carnegie Museum of Natural History are developing a digital system for identifying poisonous plants.

27 Feb 2013

IFR, PBL to further develop Dynamic Gastric Model

The Dynamic Gastric Model, developed from years of research at the Institute of Food Research, has taken significant steps towards improving its commercial use by food and drug companies worldwide.

26 Feb 2013

Breakthrough study aims at developing first comprehensive model of fetal heart

Technology developed at The University of Nottingham has been used in a breakthrough study aimed at developing the first comprehensive model of a fully functioning fetal heart.

26 Feb 2013

Societies advocate some change for colonoscopy patients with Medicare

The federal government has issued an important clarification on preventive screening benefits under the Affordable Care Act. Patients with private insurance will no longer be liable for cost sharing when a pre-cancerous colon polyp is removed during screening colonoscopy.

26 Feb 2013

New handheld ultrasound device available from Signostics

Physicians now have access to an even faster and more accurate handheld ultrasound device, with Signostics today unveiling its new “Signos RT” model.

26 Feb 2013

Researchers discover novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway

A novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway, a dynamic process that clears waste and solutes from the brain that otherwise might build-up and contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease, may provide the basis for a new strategy to evaluate disease susceptibility, according to a research paper published online in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

26 Feb 2013

Surefire Medical’s latest line of infusion system and specialty catheters receive CE Mark approval

Surefire Medical, Inc., the developer of a new class of infusion systems designed to maximize targeted delivery of embolization agents without reflux, today announced CE Mark approval for its Surefire Infusion System ST/LT and Surefire Specialty Catheters.

26 Feb 2013

New UM technology could provide five-minute diagnostic test and vaccine for Staph infections

New technology from the University of Maryland (UM) could potentially provide a five-minute diagnostic test and a vaccine for tough-to-treat Staphylococcus aureus infections, including the antibiotic-resistant MRSA, often called a "super bug," says inventor Mark Shirtliff, PhD, an associate professor at the UM School of Dentistry in Baltimore.

26 Feb 2013

Researchers improve NanoVelcro device to better grab cancer cells as blood passes by them

Researchers at UCLA report that they have refined a method they previously developed for capturing and analyzing cancer cells that break away from patients' tumors and circulate in the blood. With the improvements to their device, which uses a Velcro-like nanoscale technology, they can now detect and isolate single cancer cells from patient blood samples for analysis.

26 Feb 2013

Researchers create high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people

Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) have created a high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people.

26 Feb 2013

Expanding Orthopedics initiates enrollment in XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System study

Expanding Orthopedics Inc., a leading company in the area of expanding orthopedics devices, announced today that it has started to enroll patients in Germany for its multi-center post-market study to evaluate the performance and usability of the XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System.

26 Feb 2013

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UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics professor wins Book of the Year Award from HIMSS

CellAegis Devices to use autoRIC Device for Chronic Remote Ischemic Conditioning

FDA accepts Antares Pharma's New Drug Application for OTREXUP

Cliantha Research chooses Acceliant's eClinical Suite for clinical trial data management needs

Using smart phones to manage HIV treatment in rural Virginia

UCSF researchers: Lower-income patients often lack electronic health-related communication

Vision CRC develops retinal camera for detection of blinding eye disease and general health disorders

Abell Foundation to award $50,000 to 3 Johns Hopkins researchers for medical inventions

Bridging the Divides model can help patients with chronic heart disease

New digital system could identify poisonous plants

IFR, PBL to further develop Dynamic Gastric Model

Breakthrough study aims at developing first comprehensive model of fetal heart

Societies advocate some change for colonoscopy patients with Medicare

New handheld ultrasound device available from Signostics

Researchers discover novel way to image the entire brain's glymphatic pathway

Surefire Medical’s latest line of infusion system and specialty catheters receive CE Mark approval

New UM technology could provide five-minute diagnostic test and vaccine for Staph infections

Researchers improve NanoVelcro device to better grab cancer cells as blood passes by them

Researchers create high resolution atlas of the heart with 3D images taken from 138 people

Expanding Orthopedics initiates enrollment in XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System study

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

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