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DD and autism screening should be routine for all children seen in epilepsy clinics

Research presented today at the American Epilepsy Society's 65th annual meeting suggests that systematic screening for developmental delay (DD) and autism should be routine for all children seen in epilepsy clinics.

6 Dec 2011

MHI cardiologists use ABSORB bioresorbable vascular scaffold to treat CAD

The interventional cardiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) used the world's first drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold to successfully treat a woman suffering from coronary artery disease. This landmark procedure was performed by Dr. Jean-Fran-ois Tanguay, interventional cardiologist and coordinator of the Coronary Unit, as part of the ABSORB EXTEND clinical trial.

6 Dec 2011

Telemedicine can improve depression in nursing home rehab patients

A new pilot study is getting underway in Rhode Island aimed at improving depression in nursing home rehabilitation patients, all through telemedicine. Geriatric mental health specialists from Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals will work with patients in the Evergreen House Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in East Providence to test the program.

6 Dec 2011

Medicare tightening payments for 'big ticket' cardiology and orthopedic procedures in 11 states

In an effort to rein in costs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will in 2012 perform an audit before paying for certain cardiology and orthopedic procedures in key states, including Florida.

6 Dec 2011

EMBL-EBI, BBSRC welcome UK funding announcement on behalf of life science community

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) warmly welcome today's announcement from the UK Government of a £75 million commitment from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' Large Facilities Capital Fund (LFCF) for the ELIXIR research infrastructure.

6 Dec 2011

New website helps raise awareness about childhood obesity

A new website has been launched to help raise awareness of work being done in the East Midlands region of the UK to tackle childhood obesity and to seek the views of parents and healthcare professionals.

6 Dec 2011

Enrollment commences in Estech's HISTORIC-AF staged hybrid ablation study

Estech, a leader in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, announced today that the first three patients have been enrolled in the HISTORIC-AF European multi-center staged hybrid ablation clinical study.

5 Dec 2011

Herzig Eye Institute named TearScience's first Center of Excellence

TearScience, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, today announced Toronto-based Herzig Eye Institute, one of the leading authorities in laser vision correction and advanced cataract and refractive surgery, as its first Center of Excellence.

5 Dec 2011

MRG releases 2012 report on European markets for large-joint reconstructive implants

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the European market for large-joint reconstructive implants will grow moderately through 2016.

5 Dec 2011

Spacelabs Healthcare ranked top for Holter Monitoring solutions

According to MD Buyline's third quarter 2011 report, Spacelabs Healthcare is ranked #1 in overall customer satisfaction - having earned the industry's highest rating in all categories, including product performance, reliability, installation, implementation and applications training, as well as service response time and service repair quality - as related to Holter Monitoring solutions.

5 Dec 2011

New automated storage and pharmacy-grade refrigeration system from Talyst

Talyst, a leader in pharmacy automation, announced its new automated storage and pharmacy-grade refrigeration system, refrigerated AutoCarousel HD. The new technology ensures medications are kept at a safe temperature in the central pharmacy, while reducing energy costs and enhancing efficiency.

5 Dec 2011

gloStream to integrate DiagnosisOne's smartConsult CDS solution into CCHIT-certified EMR offering

DiagnosisOne, the clinical decision support and analytics company, today announced that gloStream has selected DiagnosisOne to provide clinical decision support (CDS) for its electronic medical record (EMR) solutions.

5 Dec 2011

Beyond Lucid Technologies launches MediView software platform

Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc., a healthcare IT startup serving the emergency medical, disaster management, and First Response industries, today announced the launch of its MediView software platform at the mHealth Summit, and the publication of a first-of-its-kind white paper surveying technologies currently available to connect ambulances with hospitals via telemedicine.

5 Dec 2011

Toshiba adds two new enhancements to RADREX-i DR X-ray system

Improving patient care by enabling clinicians to better manage radiation dose for X-ray procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has added two new enhancements to the RADREX-i digital radiographic (DR) X-ray system - DICOM Radiation Dose Structured Reporting and Reject Analysis software.

5 Dec 2011

Concord Medical hosts Twelfth Annual CCM Academic Conference in Beijing

Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, today announced that it hosted the Twelfth Annual CCM Academic Conference in Beijing on December 3 and 4, 2011.

5 Dec 2011

Epilepsy patients can benefit from gamma knife radiosurgery

Neurosurgeons continue to explore minimally invasive surgery with gamma radiation (gamma knife surgery / GKS) in the treatment of brain lesions causing seizures and epilepsy. Studies of the procedure are showing it to be an effective alternative to invasive microsurgery for hypothalamic hamartomas and other lesions that lie deep within the brain.

5 Dec 2011

Study: 3D-TV may cause seizures in children and adolescents

Certain visual patterns and flashing images can provoke seizures in susceptible individuals, particularly among children and adolescents. Some media reports on the recent introduction of 3D-television sets suggest that this new technology may cause seizures in some viewers.

5 Dec 2011

Potential medical and social barriers to resective epilepsy surgery in patients after initial evaluation

Epilepsy surgery is safe, effective and often curative in selected candidates. Although candidates for epilepsy surgery in the United States are estimated between 100,000 and 200,000, fewer than 5,000 such surgeries are conducted each year. The cause of this disparity is multi-factorial, including an unexplained low level of referrals by physicians and choices made by patients themselves.

5 Dec 2011

Researchers uncover binding pocket of 'functional significance' in Ras oncoprotein

A drug discovery team at Genentech, Inc., has uncovered a chink in the molecular armor of Ras, the most commonly occurring oncogene, which is a gene that when mutated has the potential of causing cancer in humans.

5 Dec 2011

FDA guides novel diabetes device manufacturers towards easier approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a rule book for scientists and device manufacturers who are working towards an artificial pancreas – a portable device to help people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels.

4 Dec 2011