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PRI introduces OnSite to assist clinical sites with patient enrollment solutions

Patient Recruiters International, Inc. (PRI), a leading provider of direct patient access solutions for patient recruitment, announced today the launch of OnSite.

29 Feb 2012

Genome sequencing helps characterize S. aureus ST398-NM strain

Using genome sequencing and household surveillance, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and their colleagues from Columbia University Medical Center and St. George's University of London have pieced together how a newly emerging type of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria has adapted to transmit more easily among humans.

29 Feb 2012

TUT creates first biodegradable joint implant for arthritic patients

Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland, has been the first in the world to develop biodegradable joint implant, RegJoint-. The implant is used in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

29 Feb 2012

Activating brain's visual cortex improves our sense of smell

A new study reveals for the first time that activating the brain's visual cortex with a small amount of electrical stimulation actually improves our sense of smell.

28 Feb 2012

BrainAble project to offer benefits for people with motor disabilities

In the 2009 film Surrogates, humans live vicariously through robots while safely remaining in their own homes. That sci-fi future is still a long way off, but recent advances in technology, supported by EU funding, are bringing this technology a step closer to reality in order to give disabled people more autonomy and independence than ever before.

28 Feb 2012

Biogen Idec receives FDA approval for two separate dosing innovations to treat MS

Today Biogen Idec announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two separate dosing innovations designed to improve the treatment experience for patients receiving once-a-week AVONEX for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).

28 Feb 2012

New guidelines for detection of rheumatic heart disease

The inaugural international guidelines for the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide, have today been published by the World Heart Federation in Nature Reviews Cardiology.

28 Feb 2012

Lantronix selects ADI's iCoupler technology to enable new wireless communication devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced that Lantronix, Inc. has selected ADI's iCoupler digital isolator technology to enable its new family of wireless communication network servers.

28 Feb 2012

Journal of Cardiac Failure explains new recommendations for CRT use

Based on a review of the latest evidence, the Guidelines Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America now recommends that the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) be expanded to a larger group of patients with mild heart failure symptoms.

28 Feb 2012

Largest study to date to observe dynamic social scenes in children with ASD

In a study published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Katherine Rice and colleagues, from the Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine, used eye-tracking technology to measure the relationship between cognitive and social disability in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the ability of children with ASD to pay attention to social interactions.

28 Feb 2012

FDA panel schedules review for U-Systems' somo•v ABUS system

U-Systems, the leader in automated breast ultrasound, today announced the somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) system has been scheduled for review by the Radiological Devices Panel of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on April 11, 2012.

28 Feb 2012

Rapid influenza diagnostic tests highly accurate in children than in adults

A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, has put the accuracy of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) under the microscope.

28 Feb 2012

New approaches may increase effectiveness of SCS for severe back pain

New approaches to electrical stimulation—using an implanted device with three columns of electrodes—may increase the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for severe back pain, suggests a study in the March issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

28 Feb 2012

Ambient assisted-living technology supports active ageing

'When I am less worried, I do not think about the fact that I'm alone': the words of an older Swedish person who participated in a recent trial of European technology that supports active ageing. Loneliness from being disconnected from friends and family, fears about health and safety and worries about security are some of the many burdens of old age. EU-funded researchers are proving how technology can alleviate the problems.

28 Feb 2012

WATCHMAN device may prevent stroke in AF patients

In the United States alone, approximately 6 million people suffer from an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation (AF), and since the incidence increases with age, it is predicted that 15.9 million Americans will be affected by 2050. The most devastating side effect of AF is stroke, but a new device from Boston Scientific may prevent them from occurring.

28 Feb 2012

Problem Products to offer no charge software licenses for Gambling Website Blocker

Problem Products, Inc. manufacturers of ProblemPoker.com software is pleased to announce that starting today until April 30, 2012, ProblemPoker.com will offer no charge software licenses for its Gambling Website Blocker.

28 Feb 2012

Vascular Magnetics to advance development of new drug delivery system for PAD

Vascular Magnetics, the first start-up company spun off by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has raised $7 million to advance development of an innovative drug delivery system using magnetically targeted nanoparticles to treat peripheral artery disease.

28 Feb 2012

FDA clears Meridian Bioscience's TRU Legionella test

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. today announced that it has received FDA clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TRU Legionella, a new rapid assay for detection of legionellosis.

28 Feb 2012

EMBL-EBI launches Enzyme Portal

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute has launched the Enzyme Portal, a freely available resource for people who are interested in the biology of enzymes and proteins with enzymatic activity.

28 Feb 2012

Strong link between BMI and asthma in Hispanic youth

Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 children between ages 6 and 19, found that the association between asthma and body mass index varied by race and ethnicity.

28 Feb 2012