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Neuroscientists develop new way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals

UC Irvine neuroscientists have developed a way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals, heralding a novel opportunity to treat the most severe manifestations of the brain disorder.

28 Jan 2013

Alzheimer's Association, SNMMI publish appropriate use criteria for brain amyloid imaging with PET

Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so, questions remain about what can be learned from these PET images and which people should have this test.

28 Jan 2013

Sanofi Canada announces new option for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis

Sanofi Canada announces a new option for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Allerject is the first and only 'talking' epinephrine auto-injector in Canada.

28 Jan 2013

Counsyl, ARUP partner to expand pregnancy genetic test offering for prospective parents

Counsyl has partnered with ARUP Laboratories, a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah, to expand its pre-pregnancy and early pregnancy genetic test offering for prospective parents. ARUP's molecular genetic testing laboratory already provides a comprehensive set of testing options for a broad range of inherited disorders.

28 Jan 2013

UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine to develop blood test that can diagnose MCI

The Biomarker Discovery Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine has been awarded a three-year, $799,800 grant from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to develop a blood test that can diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI) caused by early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

28 Jan 2013

Carmenta acquires option to license Stanford technology for preeclampsia diagnostic test

Carmenta Bioscience, Inc., a privately held medical technology company focused on maternal and fetal health, today announced it has acquired the option for a worldwide, exclusive license from Stanford University to develop a set of tests enabling physicians to better diagnose and predict preeclampsia.

28 Jan 2013

Lincor Solutions to showcase latest developments in MEDIVista at Arab Health 2013

As part of the Ireland Pavilion at Arab Health 2013, Lincor Solutions, the global leaders in point of care computing, will be showcasing the latest developments in MEDIVista. These include significant enhancements to the MEDIVista enterprise server, new hardware and a preview of future developments.

28 Jan 2013

New AngioSculpt catheters from AngioScore can treat peripheral artery disease below the knee

AngioScore, Inc., a developer of novel angioplasty catheters for use in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, today announced the launch of its new 100 mm length AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon Catheters for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) below the knee (BTK).

28 Jan 2013

Leading-edge Masimo medical devices to be displayed at Arab Health

Masimo returns to Arab Health Jan. 28-31, the world's longest running healthcare exhibition and congress held each year in Dubai, UAE, to showcase advanced, noninvasive patient monitoring technologies – including breakthrough SET Measure-Through Motion pulse oximetry and rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry – that are becoming the standard-of-care across the Middle East.

28 Jan 2013

Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center performs DBS surgery on Alzheimer's patient

During a five-hour surgery last October at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Kathy Sanford became the first Alzheimer's patient in the United States to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain.

25 Jan 2013

High vaccine prices ignored by ‘Decade of Vaccines’ blueprint

Governments meeting at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board (WHO EB) this week must seize the opportunity to improve serious shortcomings in the document that will drive the global community’s vaccines response in the next few years. If they fail to do so, key reasons why children continue to be missed by immunisation programmes will be left unaddressed.

25 Jan 2013

UK government should adopt more radical approach to support remote care technology

The UK could be at the forefront of using technologies that enable patients to be cared for in the comfort of their home if the government adopted more imaginative approaches to supporting the NHS and industry working in this field, according to a report released today by researchers from Imperial College Business School.

25 Jan 2013

RaySearch Laboratories receives order for RayStation treatment planning from Spain

RaySearch Laboratories AB has received an order for its RayStation® treatment planning from Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castellón in Castellón, Spain.

25 Jan 2013

New handheld device performs rapid HIV tests

Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has taken his innovative lab-on-a-chip and developed a way to not only check a patient's HIV status anywhere in the world with just a finger prick, but also synchronize the results automatically and instantaneously with central health-care records-10 times faster, the researchers say, than the benchtop ELISA, a broadly used diagnostic technique.

25 Jan 2013

iRobot’s RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot receives FDA clearance

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic solutions, announced that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in hospitals. RP-VITA is the first autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance.

25 Jan 2013

Use of computerized clinical decision support systems leads to patient dissatisfaction

Health care practitioners now can access patients' data using electronic medical records, which often include information systems that assess individuals' medical histories and clinical research to facilitate doctors' diagnoses.

25 Jan 2013

Flow cytometry can now be used for quantification of microbial cells in drinking water

Flow cytometry (FCM) can now be officially used for the quantification of microbial cells in drinking water. The new analytical method - developed at Eawag and extensively tested both in Switzerland and abroad - has been incorporated into the Swiss Food Compendium (SLMB) by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).

25 Jan 2013

Breast cancer screening: Benefits outweigh deaths due to adverse treatment

Michael Baum, Professor emeritus of surgery at University College London says that, while deaths from breast cancer may be avoided, any benefit will be more than outweighed by deaths due to the long term adverse effects of treatment.

25 Jan 2013

Sacral nerve stimulation helps manage children with chronic incontinence

Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence - bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital have turned to a device, typically used in adult patients, to help manage children with chronic incontinence.

24 Jan 2013

New computing system determines age and sex of a corpse with reliability of 95%

Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This system is based on free software called Image and a free DICOM displayer called K-Pacs.

24 Jan 2013

Device / Technology News

Neuroscientists develop new way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals

Alzheimer's Association, SNMMI publish appropriate use criteria for brain amyloid imaging with PET

Sanofi Canada announces new option for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis

Counsyl, ARUP partner to expand pregnancy genetic test offering for prospective parents

UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine to develop blood test that can diagnose MCI

Carmenta acquires option to license Stanford technology for preeclampsia diagnostic test

Lincor Solutions to showcase latest developments in MEDIVista at Arab Health 2013

New AngioSculpt catheters from AngioScore can treat peripheral artery disease below the knee

Leading-edge Masimo medical devices to be displayed at Arab Health

Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center performs DBS surgery on Alzheimer's patient

High vaccine prices ignored by ‘Decade of Vaccines’ blueprint

UK government should adopt more radical approach to support remote care technology

RaySearch Laboratories receives order for RayStation treatment planning from Spain

New handheld device performs rapid HIV tests

iRobot’s RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot receives FDA clearance

Use of computerized clinical decision support systems leads to patient dissatisfaction

Flow cytometry can now be used for quantification of microbial cells in drinking water

Breast cancer screening: Benefits outweigh deaths due to adverse treatment

Sacral nerve stimulation helps manage children with chronic incontinence

New computing system determines age and sex of a corpse with reliability of 95%

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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