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Enrollment begins in Repligen's RG1068 pilot study to improve detection, staging of pancreatic cancer

Repligen Corporation today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a pilot study to evaluate the ability of RG1068 to improve detection and characterization of pancreatic cancer in combination with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography.

22 Jul 2011

Common myths about air purifiers

At AllergyBuyersClub.com, many customers ask what exactly an air purifier can and can't do for them.

22 Jul 2011

Abbott's AACC workshops to showcase HIV and vitamin D diagnostics, lab informatics

Abbott announced its schedule of key workshops and scientific presentations at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting, July 24-28 in Atlanta.

22 Jul 2011

McDavid 195 Ultralight Ankle Brace prevents acute injuries in amateur athletes

Lace-up ankle braces are designed to prevent acute ankle injury in amateur athletes. But until now, that statement wasn't backed up with any hard-core evidence. A recent study, the most extensive of its kind, shows that lace-up ankle braces, specifically the McDavid 195 Ultralight Ankle Brace, prevents most acute ankle injuries in amateur basketball players.

22 Jul 2011

Montifiore's surgeons receive certification training for implanting total artificial heart

A surgical team from the Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care recently received certification training for implanting the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart, a replacement heart implanted in patients at risk of imminent death from heart failure.

22 Jul 2011

A*STAR's ETC, Agilent introduce drug screening platform

Agilent Technologies Inc. and A*STAR's Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC) today announced the launch of a drug screening platform within ETC's new Singapore Screening Centre.

22 Jul 2011

Enrollment complete in Sapheon's clinical study of saphenous vein reflux disease treatment

Sapheon Inc. announced successful enrollment in a 30-patient, prospective, single-arm clinical study of the Sapheon Closure System — a single-use, minimally invasive approach to the treatment of saphenous vein reflux disease.

22 Jul 2011

BioMedix receives U.S. patent titled, 'System and Method for Testing for Cardiovascular Disease'

BioMedix, a leader in providing integrated Health Information Technology (HIT) products and services, has been awarded a U.S. Patent recognizing its innovative solutions and methods for detecting and managing cardiovascular disease.

22 Jul 2011

Neogen develops new pathogen DNA detection method for E. coli strains

Neogen Corporation has announced the development of a breakthrough pathogen detection and identification technology that provides next day, DNA-specific test results for seven pathogenic E. coli strains. The technology could be adapted to target almost any bacterium of concern in almost any food sample type.

21 Jul 2011

Sound Physicians offers Value-Based Purchasing Performance Assessment Tool to hospitals at no cost

Sound Physicians, a leading hospitalist organization focused on measurably improving the quality, satisfaction, efficiency and financial performance of healthcare delivery, today announced the availability of its Value-Based Purchasing Performance Assessment Tool to all hospitals at no cost.

21 Jul 2011

Spacelabs Healthcare adds ICS Xprezz iPad application to Xprezzon monitoring line

Spacelabs Healthcare, a pioneer of patient monitoring and connectivity solutions, today announced the newest addition to the Xprezzon™ monitoring line - ICS Xprezz - a mobile application for the iPad. Building on Spacelabs' commitment to clinical partners, ICS Xprezz adds a new dimension in providing the best care experience for patients and their families.

21 Jul 2011

Parkview Health enters agreement to upgrade to Streamline Health's accessANYware v1.9

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, announced today that Parkview Health has signed an agreement to upgrade to accessANYware v1.9. Under the terms of the agreement, the healthcare system will upgrade to accessANYware v1.9 in six of the healthcare system's hospitals.

21 Jul 2011

Neovasc to fund Tiara project with $4 million private placement

Neovasc Inc. today announced that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement with accredited investors of up to four million equity units at the price of $1.00 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $4.0 million. The company expects that insiders will purchase approximately half of the units.

21 Jul 2011

CCHIT certifies Nightingale On Demand V10.0 as Complete EHR

Nightingale announced today that Nightingale On Demand V10.0, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on July 19, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable eligible provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

21 Jul 2011

SBI, ACR applaud updated ACOG mammography recommendations

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and Society of Breast Imaging applaud and support updated American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) recommendations that women begin getting annual mammograms at age 40.

21 Jul 2011

Deep brain stimulation benefits people with Parkinson's, essential tremor

Tom Keilen couldn't grab a glass of water without spilling it all over himself. Plagued with uncontrollable tremors at just 57 years old, the Michigan resident was fighting a battle against an aggressive case of Parkinson's disease.

21 Jul 2011

RCSI introduces 30 minute magazine style surgical podcast

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has launched 'Surgery Now', a magazine style surgical podcast which allows surgeons to easily access the latest information about clinical practice and surgical technology at the touch of a button.

21 Jul 2011

WHO warning increases opportunity for Biomagnetics urine based TB assay

Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis and malaria detection, and other innovative technologies, today announced that the World Health Organization ("WHO") on Sunday July 17, 2011 warned that the widely used blood tests to detect tuberculosis ("TB") are unreliable and "dangerous" to patients because they produce too many false negatives and positives.

21 Jul 2011

High methodological quality studies of PET in malignant melanoma patients needed

The relevance of positron emission tomography (PET) alone or in combination with computed tomography (CT) in patients with malignant melanoma cannot be currently assessed due to a lack of meaningful studies. This is the result of a final report published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) on 20 July 2011.

21 Jul 2011

Lonza, Cellectis reach milestone in development of newly bioengineered cell line

Cellectis bioresearch, the genome customization specialist and a commercial subsidiary of Cellectis, and Lonza, a world leader in biotechnology production, announce today that they have reached a significant milestone in the development of a newly bioengineered cell line.

21 Jul 2011

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Enrollment begins in Repligen's RG1068 pilot study to improve detection, staging of pancreatic cancer

Common myths about air purifiers

Abbott's AACC workshops to showcase HIV and vitamin D diagnostics, lab informatics

McDavid 195 Ultralight Ankle Brace prevents acute injuries in amateur athletes

Montifiore's surgeons receive certification training for implanting total artificial heart

A*STAR's ETC, Agilent introduce drug screening platform

Enrollment complete in Sapheon's clinical study of saphenous vein reflux disease treatment

BioMedix receives U.S. patent titled, 'System and Method for Testing for Cardiovascular Disease'

Neogen develops new pathogen DNA detection method for E. coli strains

Sound Physicians offers Value-Based Purchasing Performance Assessment Tool to hospitals at no cost

Spacelabs Healthcare adds ICS Xprezz iPad application to Xprezzon monitoring line

Parkview Health enters agreement to upgrade to Streamline Health's accessANYware v1.9

Neovasc to fund Tiara project with $4 million private placement

CCHIT certifies Nightingale On Demand V10.0 as Complete EHR

SBI, ACR applaud updated ACOG mammography recommendations

Deep brain stimulation benefits people with Parkinson's, essential tremor

RCSI introduces 30 minute magazine style surgical podcast

WHO warning increases opportunity for Biomagnetics urine based TB assay

High methodological quality studies of PET in malignant melanoma patients needed

Lonza, Cellectis reach milestone in development of newly bioengineered cell line

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