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Experts to discuss public health issues on using mobile health technology at 2010 mHealth Summit

As obesity rates and the cost of healthcare continue to be on the rise, the 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington D.C. is bringing together industry thought leaders, researchers, and policy makers to discuss the opportunities to address pressing public health issues utilizing mobile health technology.

10 Nov 2010

New type of heart pump for infants born with univentricular circulation

Researchers have created a new type of heart pump inserted with a catheter to improve the survival rate for infants undergoing a series of surgeries to correct a deadly birth defect.

10 Nov 2010

NEWMEDS launches largest database to advance drug development for depressio, schizophrenia

In a remarkable and unprecedented collaboration NEWMEDS (Novel Methods leading to NeW MEdications in Depression and Schizophrenia) have pooled resources to bring together data of 23,401 anonymized patients from 67 trials on 11 compounds in over 25 countries to form the single largest database of clinical trial data ever amassed in psychiatric research.

10 Nov 2010

Experts develop new screening test to detect dementia in elderly patients

Dementia and cognitive impairment are widespread among elderly individuals in the United States, affecting more than 8 million people to some degree.

10 Nov 2010

ECRI Institute introduces CT Radiation Dose Safety Review service to reduce risk of excessive radiation

Keeping radiation dose in check is a top safety concern for today's hospitals, particularly in computed tomography, which has undergone some significant technological advances in the last ten years. The down side is that CT delivers some of the highest radiation doses in diagnostic radiology.

10 Nov 2010

New robotic surgery technique for kidney cancer reduces organ damage

A new method of surgery for kidney cancer could help reduce organ damage, leading to more successful treatment of the disease, scientists have discovered.

10 Nov 2010

FlexStent Femoropopliteal SE Stent System FIM study results presented at VIVA conference

Final first-in-man (FIM) clinical results on the use of the FlexStent® Femoropopliteal SE Stent System were presented recently at the VIVA conference in Las Vegas by Dr. Andrew Holden of Auckland City Hospital. The clinical results originated from Flexible Stenting Solutions, Inc.'s (FSS) FIM study conducted in New Zealand by Principle Investigator Dr. Andrew Holden, and FSS's supplementary study conducted in Germany by Principle Investigator Dr. Dierk Scheinert of University of Leipzig - Heart Center.

10 Nov 2010

Iris BioTechnologies awarded $245,000 grant under QTDP Program

Iris BioTechnologies Inc., a life sciences company focused on providing patients, doctors, and clinicians with improved methods of identifying effective treatment solutions, and recipient of the Frost and Sullivan 2008 Technology Innovation Award in Pharmacogenomics, is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded $245,000, the maximum amount given for a grant under the US Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) Program.

10 Nov 2010

Undergraduate students win Gates Foundation grant for low-cost ultrasound system

A team of University of Washington undergraduate students was among 65 research groups that today learned they had won one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants.

10 Nov 2010

BSD Medical awarded two grants under QTDP Program

BSD Medical Corporation announced today that it has received the maximum award provided by the U.S. government for a single program for two separate grants under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project ("QTDP") Program.

10 Nov 2010

Biovista and Pfizer enter pilot research collaboration

Biovista announced today that it has entered into a pilot research collaboration agreement with Pfizer. The aim of the collaboration is to identify new indications for a number of undisclosed Pfizer development candidates, using Biovista's Clinical Outcome Search Space (COSS) technology.

10 Nov 2010

Boston Scientific announces first implantation of Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation System in Parkinson's disease trial

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the first implantation of its Vercise™ Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System as part of the VANTAGE clinical trial. VANTAGE is a multi-center, prospective trial designed to examine the improvement of motor function in approximately 40 European patients implanted with the Vercise DBS System for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

10 Nov 2010

CRi adds TRIO to Nuance multispectral imaging product family

Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in multicolor imaging solutions for preclinical and clinical research, today announced the newest addition to the award-winning Nuance™ multispectral imaging product family for multicolor tissue and cell-based imaging. The TRIO system is compact, multipurpose and affordable, offering a simplified interface and versatile design to fit any microscope with a camera-mount.

10 Nov 2010

Gov't health IT spending attracts investments from all over

As part of its foray into health IT, AT&T has partnered with WellDoc, a Baltimore-based company that makes an FDA-approved mobile-phone application to help manage diabetes, The Baltimore Sun reports. "The telecommunications giant launched a new business segment last week that will focus on technology solutions for the health care industry. And WellDoc's software will be pitched by AT&T's huge marketing muscle to commercial clients ranging from hospitals to insurers to employers" (Sentementes, 11/8).

10 Nov 2010

Baxa launches ExactaMix 1200 Automated Compounding Device

Baxa Corporation, a leading provider of medical devices and systems that automate pharmacy operations, today introduced the ExactaMix 1200 Automated Compounding Device (ACD) for small- to mid-sized hospital pharmacies in need of an automated approach to compounding large-volume parenteral doses.

9 Nov 2010

Health advice on NHS website saves £44 million per year

The latest study has shown that as more people self diagnose using the NHS Choices website, Britain’s national healthcare service saves millions of pounds every year. The website was launched three years ago. Last year more than 100 million visits were recorded at the site which offers patients a quick reference guide to illnesses, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Overall, there was a 10% increase in the number of visits to the website in 2010 compared to 2009. Some 19 million people logged on to NHS Choices for information on swine flu.

9 Nov 2010

Changes in Medicare policies may hamper supply of power wheelchairs

Will power wheelchairs continue to be available to Nevada's Medicare patients following a series of federal regulatory and policy changes?

9 Nov 2010

Patients with germinal center-like structures face greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Biopsying the glands that produce saliva to test for germinal center-like formation when someone is diagnosed with primary Sjögren's Syndrome can predict later development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

9 Nov 2010

Data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations $6 billion annually

The latest benchmark study by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by ID Experts®, finds that data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations nearly $6 billion annually, and that many breaches go undetected. The research indicates that protecting patient data is a low priority for hospitals and that organizations have little confidence in their ability to secure patient records, putting individuals at great risk for medical identity theft, financial theft and embarrassment of exposure of private information.

9 Nov 2010

Spectral Molecular Imaging awarded $190,172 QTDP grant for development of melanoma detection system

Cascade Technologies Corp., announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. (SMI) has received a grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program to advance the development of the company's SkinSpect system for the detection of melanoma and other skin cancers.

9 Nov 2010

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Experts to discuss public health issues on using mobile health technology at 2010 mHealth Summit

New type of heart pump for infants born with univentricular circulation

NEWMEDS launches largest database to advance drug development for depressio, schizophrenia

Experts develop new screening test to detect dementia in elderly patients

ECRI Institute introduces CT Radiation Dose Safety Review service to reduce risk of excessive radiation

New robotic surgery technique for kidney cancer reduces organ damage

FlexStent Femoropopliteal SE Stent System FIM study results presented at VIVA conference

Iris BioTechnologies awarded $245,000 grant under QTDP Program

Undergraduate students win Gates Foundation grant for low-cost ultrasound system

BSD Medical awarded two grants under QTDP Program

Biovista and Pfizer enter pilot research collaboration

Boston Scientific announces first implantation of Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation System in Parkinson's disease trial

CRi adds TRIO to Nuance multispectral imaging product family

Gov't health IT spending attracts investments from all over

Baxa launches ExactaMix 1200 Automated Compounding Device

Health advice on NHS website saves £44 million per year

Changes in Medicare policies may hamper supply of power wheelchairs

Patients with germinal center-like structures face greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Data breaches of patient information cost healthcare organizations $6 billion annually

Spectral Molecular Imaging awarded $190,172 QTDP grant for development of melanoma detection system

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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