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IBM announces new Patient Empowerment System

Today IBM announced the next evolution of the patient portal, significantly expanding the types of information, alerts, recommendations and interactive coaching healthcare providers can offer to their patients online.

3 Mar 2011

Alternative intraoral appliance to treat obstructive sleep apnea

AZ-TMJ is once again leading the way in innovative and effective treatments for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Approximately one in five adults have at least mild sleep apnea, and one in 15 are classified as moderate sleep apnea sufferers. Sleep apnea is a disorder where a person's ability to breathe is impaired, resulting in a restless sleep and oftentimes snoring.

3 Mar 2011

Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for PD experience no greater risk of catheter infection

Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo hemodialysis, a retrospective study at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found.

3 Mar 2011

Naviscan launches PEM breast cancer scanner in Europe

Naviscan, Inc., announces the European launch of the Naviscan Positron Emission Mammography scanner at two prestigious radiology conferences in Vienna.

3 Mar 2011

New microfluidic device may help clinicians to improve cancer therapy

Manipulation of cells by a new microfluidic device may help clinicians improve a promising cancer therapy that harnesses the body's own immune cells to fight such diseases as metastatic melanoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and neuroblastoma.

3 Mar 2011

Portola, Accumetrics sign agreement to develop and supply VerifyNow System

Accumetrics, Inc., a privately-held developer and marketer of the VerifyNow System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care diagnostic system for measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced today that the company has signed an agreement with Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and supply the VerifyNow System and VerifyNowTests for use in clinical trials.

3 Mar 2011

Scientists devise new on-line calculator to predict food allergies in children

An on-line calculator that predicts, within seconds, the presence of the three major food allergies in children has been developed by researchers at University College Cork.

2 Mar 2011

ASU receives W. M. Keck $1 million grant to build next-generation 3D imaging microscope

The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Arizona State University a $1 million grant to the team of scientists led by Deirdre Meldrum, Ph.D., at the Biodesign Institute.

2 Mar 2011

TOF positron emission tomography scans can improve cancer detection

For the first time, quantitative-not qualitative-data analysis has demonstrated that time-of-flight positron emission tomography scans can improve cancer detection.

2 Mar 2011

Calypte Biomedical completes new Aware HIV-1/2 oral fluid rapid test internal studies

Calypte Biomedical Corporation, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of HIV diagnostic tests, today announced successful completion of internal studies of its new Aware HIV-1/2 oral fluid rapid test for the US and international markets.

2 Mar 2011

FDA clears Meridian's illumigene C. difficile molecular amplification test

Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new pediatric claim for its illumigene C. difficile molecular amplification test. C. difficile is a bacterium that is frequently associated with antibiotic therapy often causing diarrhea and, in severe cases, a life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

2 Mar 2011

Novabay commences NVC-422 catheter Phase 2 trial to treat UCBE

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing its first-in-class, anti-infective Aganocide compounds for the local non-systemic treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, today provided an update on its Phase 2 clinical trial for the use of its lead compound, NVC-422, to prevent urinary catheter blockage and encrustation which is often a contributing factor to urinary tract infections in chronically catheterized patients.

2 Mar 2011

OZ Systems helps TEHDI program to provide latest newborn hearing screening equipment for midwives

OZ Systems today announced that it is helping the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program facilitate an initiative that will provide the latest newborn hearing screening equipment to midwives across the state.

2 Mar 2011

Avvo launches new medical website for users to make physician search more effective

Avvo, the world's largest online directory for doctors and lawyers that provides free rankings for 90% of the working physicians in the U.S., continues to grow the number of service features offered on its medical website - to bring doctors and patients the latest, breakthrough online directory tools.

2 Mar 2011

NEI/FDA conference to analyze functional vision outcomes from clinical trials of visual prostheses

The National Eye Institute and Food and Drug Administration are sponsoring a conference to determine how functional vision-related endpoints for clinical trials of visual prostheses will be analyzed and correlated with objective measures of visual acuity, visual fields and contrast sensitivity.

2 Mar 2011

Dietitians of Canada releases new nutritional website

Dietitians of Canada today launched Nutrition Month 2011 with the release of Cook! This brand new Canadian treasure is a dazzling collection of 275 satisfying recipes, 32 mouth-watering food photographs, nutrition tips and practical family cooking lessons.

2 Mar 2011

Robotic surgery offers better results than laparoscopic procedures for kidney disease

Robotic surgery offers the same or better results than minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures for treating kidney disease, and can potentially help more patients because it is not as difficult for surgeons to learn, according to a new study led by Henry Ford Hospital specialists.

2 Mar 2011

Thermo Fisher Scientific plans for new manufacturing facility in China

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in China within the Suzhou Science and Technology Town - part of the company's strategy to aggressively expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2 Mar 2011

Accelr8 to present new BACcel test study results against hVISA in Europe

Accelr8 Technology Corporation announced that one of its outside principal investigators received acceptance to present results of a new study in Europe.

2 Mar 2011

AMIA releases position statement on EHR adoption and meaningful use

AMIA, the association for professionals in biomedical and health informatics, sent comments to the federal Office of the National Coordinator on Health Information Technology (DHHS/ ONCHIT), which has actively supported and incentivized the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) over the last year, and which solicited comment, through the HIT Policy Committee (HITPC), on the continuation of support for achieving meaningful use of EHRs in 2013 and 2014.

2 Mar 2011

Device / Technology News

IBM announces new Patient Empowerment System

Alternative intraoral appliance to treat obstructive sleep apnea

Patients with end-stage renal disease who opt for PD experience no greater risk of catheter infection

Naviscan launches PEM breast cancer scanner in Europe

New microfluidic device may help clinicians to improve cancer therapy

Portola, Accumetrics sign agreement to develop and supply VerifyNow System

Scientists devise new on-line calculator to predict food allergies in children

ASU receives W. M. Keck $1 million grant to build next-generation 3D imaging microscope

TOF positron emission tomography scans can improve cancer detection

Calypte Biomedical completes new Aware HIV-1/2 oral fluid rapid test internal studies

FDA clears Meridian's illumigene C. difficile molecular amplification test

Novabay commences NVC-422 catheter Phase 2 trial to treat UCBE

OZ Systems helps TEHDI program to provide latest newborn hearing screening equipment for midwives

Avvo launches new medical website for users to make physician search more effective

NEI/FDA conference to analyze functional vision outcomes from clinical trials of visual prostheses

Dietitians of Canada releases new nutritional website

Robotic surgery offers better results than laparoscopic procedures for kidney disease

Thermo Fisher Scientific plans for new manufacturing facility in China

Accelr8 to present new BACcel test study results against hVISA in Europe

AMIA releases position statement on EHR adoption and meaningful use

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