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CMBC honors Carol Milgard Breast Health Society with celebratory donor wall

The Carol Milgard Breast Center, a hospital partnership between the MultiCare Health System and Franciscan Health System recently honored the founding donors of the Carol Milgard Breast Health Society with a celebratory donor wall unveiling.

23 May 2011

Stanford University develops stress-shielding device to reduce surgical scarring

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a special wound dressing that they report was able to significantly reduce scar tissue caused by incisions.

23 May 2011

Roche's new cobas TaqScreen MPX viral discriminatory test, v2.0 now available in Europe

Roche announced today that the cobas TaqScreen MPX Test, version 2.0 for use on the cobas s 201 system is now commercially available in Europe.

23 May 2011

ShiftWise launches free VeriStaff management system for hospitals, healthcare providers

ShiftWise, the country's leading supplier of online healthcare staff management services, today announced ShiftWise VeriStaff, a free service that allows hospitals and other healthcare providers of all sizes to easily track their staff's credentialing compliance.

23 May 2011

Lab21 acquires molecular diagnostics company Myconostica Ltd

Lab21 Limited, the global specialist in personalised medicine and clinical diagnostics has today announced that it has acquired Myconostica Ltd, a molecular diagnostic company focussing on the diagnosis of fungal infections of clinical importance.

23 May 2011

Automated microfluidic device can monitor hematopoietic stem cells

A Canadian research team has developed an automated microfluidic cell culture platform to monitor the growth, survival and responses of hundreds of hematopoietic stem cells at the single cell level.

23 May 2011

CT scan may help determine early death in individuals with diabetes

New findings out of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveal that a common test may be useful in predicting early death in individuals with diabetes.

23 May 2011

Scientists invent Monolayer Stress Microscopy to measure physical forces during collective cellular migration

The physical forces that guide how cells migrate-how they manage to get from place to place in a coordinated fashion inside the living body- are poorly understood. Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia have, for the first time, devised a way to measure these forces during collective cellular migration.

23 May 2011

Patients with chronic heart failure can benefit from telemonitoring

Two trials presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2011, organized by the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, will help to define the precise populations of patients with chronic heart failure in whom telemedical management delivers benefits.

23 May 2011

Patients with mild heart failure more likely to benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation

Patients with dyssynchronous yet viable ventricles are most likely to benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy combined with defibrillation, concludes the latest analysis of the MADIT CRT trial.

23 May 2011

Verizon Wireless and Medco unveil mobile medication app with real-time patient-specific drug safety

Verizon Wireless and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. have announced a mobile application that can instantly guide patients and their doctors to the lowest-cost prescription drug to meet their health needs and help them identify potentially harmful drug interactions. Available now on Verizon Wireless Android handsets and BlackBerry devices, the new Medco Pharmacy mobile app delivers critical information to help Medco members manage their prescription medications.

22 May 2011

UB's graded exercise test for concussion could help decide hockey player's fitness to return to the ice

As the chase for the 2011 Stanley Cup heads to the finish, several players are off the ice suffering from concussion, an injury all too common in this contact sport.

21 May 2011

Stimulating electrode array assists paralyzed man to regain voluntary movements of limbs

A team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the University of Louisville have used a stimulating electrode array to assist a paralyzed man to stand, step on a treadmill with assistance, and, over time, to regain voluntary movements of his limbs.

21 May 2011

Breakthrough reason for cautious hope among those with spinal cord injuries

A team of scientists at the University of Louisville, UCLA and the California Institute of Technology has achieved a significant breakthrough in its initial work with a paralyzed male volunteer at Louisville's Frazier Rehab Institute - the result of 30 years of research to find potential clinical therapies for paralysis.

21 May 2011

Global clinical program demonstrates safety of Medtronic Resolute drug-eluting stent

A pooled analysis of the global RESOLUTE clinical program presented today during a late-breaking clinical trials session at EuroPCR demonstrated the strong safety record of the Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic, Inc., across a wide variety of patient and lesion types.

From Medtronic 21 May 2011

Golden Helix integrates CMC and KBAC methods of analyzing rare DNA sequence variants in SVS product

Though two of the best-known methods for analyzing rare variants in sequencing data were published in 2008 and 2010, they have never been available to the public as a supported package.

21 May 2011

Electrical experiment helps paralyzed man stand, walk

An electrode experiment has helped a paralyzed man stand and walk for short periods, which has some calling it a major breakthrough in treating paralysis. In other news, Ford is developing health-monitoring technology for cars.

21 May 2011

Blood stored in banks may undergo changes and damage

New research provides evidence for significant differences between new and old red blood cells used for transfusions and could provide a cheap, rapid and effective way to monitor the quality of blood supplies.

21 May 2011

First nucleic acid amplification test to diagnose early stages of Q fever infections receives FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the first nucleic acid amplification test to diagnose the early stages of Q fever infections in military personnel serving overseas.

21 May 2011

Artificial discs a viable alternative to fusion surgery for two-level lumbar degenerative disc disease

When two adjacent discs in the low back wear out, become compressed and cause unmanageable pain, numbness or other symptoms, replacement with artificial discs can be a viable alternative to standard fusion surgery, based on two-year post-surgery data from a randomized, multicenter trial recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

21 May 2011

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CMBC honors Carol Milgard Breast Health Society with celebratory donor wall

Stanford University develops stress-shielding device to reduce surgical scarring

Roche's new cobas TaqScreen MPX viral discriminatory test, v2.0 now available in Europe

ShiftWise launches free VeriStaff management system for hospitals, healthcare providers

Lab21 acquires molecular diagnostics company Myconostica Ltd

Automated microfluidic device can monitor hematopoietic stem cells

CT scan may help determine early death in individuals with diabetes

Scientists invent Monolayer Stress Microscopy to measure physical forces during collective cellular migration

Patients with chronic heart failure can benefit from telemonitoring

Patients with mild heart failure more likely to benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation

Verizon Wireless and Medco unveil mobile medication app with real-time patient-specific drug safety

UB's graded exercise test for concussion could help decide hockey player's fitness to return to the ice

Stimulating electrode array assists paralyzed man to regain voluntary movements of limbs

Breakthrough reason for cautious hope among those with spinal cord injuries

Global clinical program demonstrates safety of Medtronic Resolute drug-eluting stent

Golden Helix integrates CMC and KBAC methods of analyzing rare DNA sequence variants in SVS product

Electrical experiment helps paralyzed man stand, walk

Blood stored in banks may undergo changes and damage

First nucleic acid amplification test to diagnose early stages of Q fever infections receives FDA approval

Artificial discs a viable alternative to fusion surgery for two-level lumbar degenerative disc disease

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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