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FDA allows marketing of Angiotech's Bio-Seal Lung Biopsy Tract Plug System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the Bio-Seal Lung Biopsy Tract Plug System, a device that seals punctures left by biopsies performed to confirm a diagnosis of suspected lung conditions.

20 Dec 2012

Metallic probe can detect fibrils from misfolded proteins in real time

Rice University scientists have discovered a new way to look inside living cells and see the insoluble fibrillar deposits associated with Parkinson's disease.

19 Dec 2012

Riverside Methodist Hospital treats first PAD patient with Cook Medical's Zilver PTX device

Just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cook Medical's Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent, Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has treated the first patient with the device as part of Cook's U.S. commercial launch.

19 Dec 2012

Hospital MRIs may effectively predict long-term outcomes for people with mild TBI

Hospital MRIs may be better at predicting long-term outcomes for people with mild traumatic brain injuries than CT scans, the standard technique for evaluating such injuries in the emergency room, according to a clinical trial led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH).

19 Dec 2012

Turning small errors into bigger ones: A problem for EHRs

As electronic health record systems become more interconnected, errors may propagate much farther than under old paper-based systems, a recent study suggested. According to a review by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, mistakes and near misses involving electronic health records were analogous to those made with paper-based records with one caveat: those made with EHRs tend to be amplified and can affect a larger group of people.

18 Dec 2012

Telestroke networks can improve bottom line of patients and hospitals

Telestroke networks that enable the remote and rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke can improve the bottom line of patients and hospitals, researchers report.

18 Dec 2012

CNIO creates 2 new databases to study the human genome

Scientists from the Structural Computational Biology Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Alfonso Valencia, together with French and American researchers, have published recently two articles in the journal Nucleic Acid Research (NAR) that introduce two new databases for studying the human genome.

18 Dec 2012

U.S. health care organizations must be better prepared to deal with cyber threats

The health care system in the U.S. is a $2.5 trillion industry and depends heavily on communication and the transfer of information via the Internet. This puts it at ever-increasing risk of a cyberterrorism attack, which could jeopardize lives and threaten patient care and privacy. Cyber threats are on the rise, and U.S. health care organizations must be better prepared to deal with them, according to an article published in Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

18 Dec 2012

NCKU's wireless monitoring system helps track physiological status of dialysis patients

A wireless physiological monitoring system designed by the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, has proved to increase medical efficiency and safety for dialysis patients.

18 Dec 2012

Advanced MRI can non-invasively evaluate cellular proliferation of tumor models of breast cancer

Scientists at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and the Moffitt Cancer Center, led by Dr. Robert Gillies, have demonstrated that an advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method can non-invasively evaluate the cellular proliferation of tumor models of breast cancer.

18 Dec 2012

ARCHITECT 2nd Generation Testosterone Assay from Abbott

Testosterone is an important androgen hormone in the health and well-being of men and women. Testosterone levels are associated with sexual development, libido, protection against osteoporosis, and cardiovascular health. In men, insufficient testosterone levels (hypogonadism) have been linked to obesity and low libido.

18 Dec 2012

Vero system can treat patients with recent diagnoses of metastatic cancer

University of Florida radiation oncologists are using a sophisticated medical device to treat patients who have recent diagnoses of metastatic cancer, where the disease has started to spread from one part of the body to another.

18 Dec 2012

New MIT technology may help make cancer biomarker detection much easier

Finding ways to diagnose cancer earlier could greatly improve the chances of survival for many patients. One way to do this is to look for specific proteins secreted by cancer cells, which circulate in the bloodstream. However, the quantity of these biomarkers is so low that detecting them has proven difficult.

17 Dec 2012

Elekta receives clearance for Clarity 4D Monitoring software

Elekta has received 510(k) clearance for its Clarity 4D Monitoring software, enabling U.S. medical centers to implement this new way of reducing the uncertainty caused by prostate motion during radiation treatment.

From Elekta 17 Dec 2012

Alexian Brothers Health System implements online service to reduce wait times in ERs

Hospitals across the country are investigating ways to improve their patients' experience through decreasing waiting times in emergency rooms and in immediate care settings.

17 Dec 2012

NeoGenomics launches FISH assay for surveillance of patients with Barrett's Esophagus

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, announced today it has validated and launched a laboratory developed Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization assay for the surveillance of patients with Barrett's Esophagus.

17 Dec 2012

UMCG enrolls and treats first patients in RENEW pivotal trial to evaluate RePneu LVRC

PneumRx, Inc., a leader in interventional pulmonology, announced today that University Medical Center Groningen has enrolled and treated the first patients in the FDA-approved RENEW pivotal trial to evaluate the RePneu Lung Volume Reduction Coil.

17 Dec 2012

Range of epigenetic immunoassays from VolitionRx now available for research use

VolitionRx Limited, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, announces the launch of NuQ, its range of research use only epigenetic immunoassays, to be available for sale at www.nucleosomics.com.

17 Dec 2012

Scientists develop new nanotechnology to capture, release tumor cells that circulate in bloodstream

Scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Japan and University of California Los Angeles report a new nanoscale Velcro-like device that captures and releases tumor cells that have broken away from primary tumors and are circulating in the bloodstream.

17 Dec 2012

Pelvic exams frequently performed for reasons that are medically unjustified

The pelvic exam, a standard part of a woman's gynecologic checkup, frequently is performed for reasons that are medically unjustified, according to the authors of a UCSF study that may lay the groundwork for future changes to medical practice.

17 Dec 2012

Device / Technology News

FDA allows marketing of Angiotech's Bio-Seal Lung Biopsy Tract Plug System

Metallic probe can detect fibrils from misfolded proteins in real time

Riverside Methodist Hospital treats first PAD patient with Cook Medical's Zilver PTX device

Hospital MRIs may effectively predict long-term outcomes for people with mild TBI

Turning small errors into bigger ones: A problem for EHRs

Telestroke networks can improve bottom line of patients and hospitals

CNIO creates 2 new databases to study the human genome

U.S. health care organizations must be better prepared to deal with cyber threats

NCKU's wireless monitoring system helps track physiological status of dialysis patients

Advanced MRI can non-invasively evaluate cellular proliferation of tumor models of breast cancer

ARCHITECT 2nd Generation Testosterone Assay from Abbott

Vero system can treat patients with recent diagnoses of metastatic cancer

New MIT technology may help make cancer biomarker detection much easier

Elekta receives clearance for Clarity 4D Monitoring software

Alexian Brothers Health System implements online service to reduce wait times in ERs

NeoGenomics launches FISH assay for surveillance of patients with Barrett's Esophagus

UMCG enrolls and treats first patients in RENEW pivotal trial to evaluate RePneu LVRC

Range of epigenetic immunoassays from VolitionRx now available for research use

Scientists develop new nanotechnology to capture, release tumor cells that circulate in bloodstream

Pelvic exams frequently performed for reasons that are medically unjustified

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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