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HyGreen's hand hygiene system to be showcased at AHA summit

HyGreen, Inc. announces that it will showcase its hand hygiene system, HyGreen, at the 19th Annual American Hospital Association Leadership Summit held July 17-19, 2011 in San Diego, CA.

11 Jul 2011

Medworxx, AHS to expand use of Patient Flow system across the province

Medworxx Inc., provider of healthcare solutions for patient flow, compliance and education, is pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS) to purchase coverage of additional beds by the Medworxx Patient Flow system.

11 Jul 2011

New radiofrequency ablation system for treating spinal tumors

The Orthopedic Clinic and Policlinic at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has recently deployed a new system for the treatment of spinal tumors for the first time.

11 Jul 2011

Randox launches Lab Tests Blog

Randox Laboratories is excited to announce the launch of its very own online blog - Lab Tests Blog.

From Randox Laboratories Ltd. 11 Jul 2011

Toshiba receives FDA approval for new MR software upgrade

To streamline diagnosis and enable greater overall exam efficiency, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has announced FDA approval of VirtualExplorer Version 3.1, a software upgrade package for Toshiba MR VirtualExplorer workstations.

11 Jul 2011

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital offers two new treatment options for cancer patients

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has two new treatment options for patients with brain tumors and other cancers -- a next-generation radiosurgical Gamma Knife and linear accelerator.

From Elekta 11 Jul 2011

Isogenica opens new automation facility

Isogenica Ltd today announced the opening of a new automation facility at their current location, Chesterford Research Park.

11 Jul 2011

New tool reveals mutations that cause HIV-drug resistance

Protease inhibitor drugs are one of the major weapons in the fight against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but their effectiveness is limited as the virus mutates and develops resistance to the drugs over time.

11 Jul 2011

Covidien to support NOTES human trial on transoral, transvaginal cholecystectomies

The Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research- (NOSCAR-), a joint effort of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, is pleased to announce a grant from Covidien to support the U.S. multicenter human trial on transoral and transvaginal cholecystectomies using Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery.

11 Jul 2011

MicroOCT technology can reveal cellular features of coronary artery disease

Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a one-micrometer-resolution version of the intravascular imaging technology optical coherence tomography (OCT) that can reveal cellular and subcellular features of coronary artery disease.

11 Jul 2011

Life Technologies introduces new India Distribution Center

Life Technologies Corporation announced today that it has launched a regional distribution hub in India to address strong customer demand in the South Asia region.

11 Jul 2011

ActiveCare includes medication compliance technology in ActiveHome Monitoring System

ActiveCare, Inc. a leader in senior care technology, today announced the addition of breakthrough technology for medication compliance as part of its comprehensive ActiveHome Monitoring System. According to a study by the Center for Health Transformation, 1 in 4 nursing home admissions is the result of not properly taking your medications.

8 Jul 2011

Lace-up ankle braces can reduce occurrence of acute ankle injuries in basketball players

Lace-up ankle braces can reduce the occurrence of acute ankle injuries in male and female high school basketball players, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in San Diego. The study demonstrated that the braces are effective for athletes both with and without a history of ankle injury.

8 Jul 2011

Calif. and Colo. move forward on building exchanges

California Healthline looks at efforts in that state to meld an insurance exchange with an information exchange to help consumers, while Colorado officials set the first meeting of the new exchange board.

8 Jul 2011

Federal incentives not necessarily moving physicians to adopt health information technology

In Dr. Sandra Berglund's well-stocked waiting room, there's a box of children's toys and picture books and, on either side of a magazine rack, framed photographs of sacred places: the stadiums of the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians.

8 Jul 2011

Blood tests encourage more people to participate in regular screening for colorectal cancer

Epigenomics AG, the cancer molecular diagnostics company, today announced the results of a survey conducted at europacolon's first European CRC Patient Conference, The Power of Patient Voice 2011, showing that patients believe tests using blood samples would encourage more people to participate in regular screening for colorectal cancer.

8 Jul 2011

Cloud computing technology shortens development time for new antibiotics

IBM today announced researchers from science and technology university ETH Zurich and CloudBroker, a high-performance cloud computing company, have partnered with IBM to use cloud computing technology to conduct cutting-edge research focused on developing new antibiotics to fight disease.

8 Jul 2011

Scientists track public health trends through Twitter

Twitter allows millions of social media fans to comment in 140 characters or less on just about anything: an actor's outlandish behavior, an earthquake's tragic toll or the great taste of a grilled cheese sandwich.

8 Jul 2011

Portable system for highly sensitive multi-dimensional chemical analysis

By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have opened the door to a portable system for highly sensitive multi-dimensional chemical analysis that would be impractical if not impossible with conventional technologies.

8 Jul 2011

XLR paediatric-optimized MRI workflow to address unmet need in imaging

HTX announced today it provided $475,385 in financing to XLR lmaging Inc. through their Technology Acceleration Program. The company is developing a complete paediatric-optimized MRI workflow solution designed to directly address the unique challenges in paediatric imaging while developing high resolution images and reducing scan times.

8 Jul 2011