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Dalhousie University interdisciplinary cooperation leads to innovation of Femoral Fracture Reduction device

It's late at night when most of the city is sleeping and the hospital is eerily quiet. But in the operating room, a tired but undeterred surgeon is struggling through a femoral fracture reduction on a young patient. The surgery, which is usually a meticulous and straightforward procedure, is not going smoothly. After wrestling with the fracture, he has no choice but to take a more invasive approach. He cuts open the femur and reduces the fracture—if not, displaced fat and marrow could cause a fat embolism in the lungs.

13 Apr 2010

$15M grant to support research and development of new health care IT infrastructure

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School will lead the efforts of a $15 million grant recently announced from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services to support research and development of a new health care information technology infrastructure.

13 Apr 2010

GHG selects INetU as dedicated managed hosting provider for Valencia

Gorman Health Group announced today that they have chosen INetU as the dedicated managed hosting provider for their healthcare software platform, Valencia.

13 Apr 2010

Optovue founds "Eye-Give" non-profit foundation

Optovue, a pioneer in fourier/spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), has founded "Eye-Give," a non-profit foundation for the purposes of donating technology and funding to sight saving charities and organizations around the world.

13 Apr 2010

New website for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Industries practice

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP today launched a new website for their Health Industries practice – www.pwc.com/healthreform – which will serve as a central point of access for PricewaterhouseCoopers' latest insight and analysis on the implications of health reform for health organizations including insurers, physicians, hospitals and other providers, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies and employers.

13 Apr 2010

IMX releases enhanced employer group reporting offering, Tru:Insights

Intelimedix, a business intelligence company focused on relational data analysis for faster, more accurate decision-making, has released an enhanced employer group reporting offering. The rebranded offering, Tru:Insights, empowers users to customize data analysis and information delivery and better identify and manage financial and medical risk.

13 Apr 2010

New Supramap web-based application to track and stop disease outbreaks

Pathogens can now be easily tracked in time and space as they evolve, an advance that could revolutionize both public health and inform national security in the fight against infectious diseases. Developed by researchers that include scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Supramap is a new, powerful, web-based application that maps genetic mutations like those among the different strains of avian influenza onto the globe.

13 Apr 2010

Implanting blue light-filtering IOLs during cataract surgery may help preserve retina health

Implanting blue light-filtering intraocular lenses during cataract surgery helps maintain visual function and may preserve the health of the retina, specifically in disease states such as age-related macular degeneration, according to a comprehensive review published in the May/June 2010 edition of Survey of Ophthalmology.

13 Apr 2010

Older patients more likely to die in hospital following implantation of defibrillators: Report

Older patients may be more likely to die in the hospital following the implantation of defibrillators or pacemakers, according to a report in the April 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

13 Apr 2010

Real-time elastography method depicts liver hardness: Study

Palpation continues to be of great value in modern medicine, both practiced by doctors and as a technique for self-examination. However, palpation is limited to a few accessible organs, and the interpretation of the information sensed by the fingers is highly subjective.

13 Apr 2010

False claims to Medicare: Los Angeles DME company owner pleads guilty

The owner and operator of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) company pleaded guilty today to submitting nearly one half of a million dollars in false claims to Medicare, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services.

13 Apr 2010

New medical imaging technique using pulsed laser and nanocages

New research findings suggest that an experimental ultrasensitive medical imaging technique that uses a pulsed laser and tiny metallic "nanocages" might enable both the early detection and treatment of disease.

13 Apr 2010

Study investigates cerebral cortical response to biliary stimulation

The cortical response to esophageal, stomach or rectal stimulation has been studied using several different modalities including evoked potentials, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and positron emission tomography. However, there is no information concerning the cerebral cortical response to sensory signals that originate in the biliary tract in humans.

13 Apr 2010

New tool for retrieving accurate drug side-effect information

It's not uncommon for individuals to take as many as a dozen different prescriptions, each with its own set of possible side effects. If a patient experiences one of the potential hundreds of different adverse reactions such as nausea, headaches, insomnia or heart palpitations, how does the physician quickly and accurately determine which drug is the culprit?

13 Apr 2010

Study supports use of Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator for treating depression, anxiety and insomnia

Fisher Wallace Laboratories today announced the results of a brain stimulation study involving the Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator, a portable medical device that treats depression, anxiety and insomnia. The study, published in The Neuroscientist and authored by Dr. Felipe Fregni, assistant professor in neurology at Harvard Medical School, analyzes a decade's worth of research on the brain stimulation technology used by the Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator.

13 Apr 2010

Tailwind device that helps stroke survivors improve arm movement now available

The Tailwind, a new rehabilitation device that helps stroke survivors improve arm movement, even many years after their stroke, is now available on the eve of May as National Stroke Awareness Month. The exercise device empowers stroke survivors to become more independent and enables them to achieve the tasks of daily life.

13 Apr 2010

RXi Pharmaceuticals, miRagen Therapeutics enter into research collaboration

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company pursuing the development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics based on RNA interference, and miRagen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patients' lives by developing innovative microRNA -based therapeutics for cardiovascular and muscle disease, announced today that they have entered into a research collaboration.

13 Apr 2010

Baylor University researchers develop portable noninvasive sensor to read blood glucose levels

Two years ago, a Baylor University researcher developed an effective and accurate electromagnetic sensor that provides diabetics a noninvasive alternative to reading their blood glucose levels. There was just one problem: it was too big to carry around.

13 Apr 2010

New endoscopic scanning technique improves early detection of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus

Cancer of the lower esophagus develops almost exclusively in patients with Barrett's esophagus, an otherwise benign complication of esophageal reflux that affects approximately 3 million Americans. Although the prognosis of patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer is poor, the chances of successful treatment increase significantly if the disease is detected at an early dysplastic stage.

13 Apr 2010

Zargis Cardioscan software and Littmann Electronic Stethoscope win red dot design award

Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp. (Nasdaq: SPDE), today announced that its Zargis Cardioscan™ device and the compatible 3M™ Littmann® Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 have jointly won a "red dot: best of the best" award as part of the internationally renowned "red dot award: product design 2010" competition.

13 Apr 2010

Device / Technology News

Dalhousie University interdisciplinary cooperation leads to innovation of Femoral Fracture Reduction device

$15M grant to support research and development of new health care IT infrastructure

GHG selects INetU as dedicated managed hosting provider for Valencia

Optovue founds "Eye-Give" non-profit foundation

New website for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Industries practice

IMX releases enhanced employer group reporting offering, Tru:Insights

New Supramap web-based application to track and stop disease outbreaks

Implanting blue light-filtering IOLs during cataract surgery may help preserve retina health

Older patients more likely to die in hospital following implantation of defibrillators: Report

Real-time elastography method depicts liver hardness: Study

False claims to Medicare: Los Angeles DME company owner pleads guilty

New medical imaging technique using pulsed laser and nanocages

Study investigates cerebral cortical response to biliary stimulation

New tool for retrieving accurate drug side-effect information

Study supports use of Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator for treating depression, anxiety and insomnia

Tailwind device that helps stroke survivors improve arm movement now available

RXi Pharmaceuticals, miRagen Therapeutics enter into research collaboration

Baylor University researchers develop portable noninvasive sensor to read blood glucose levels

New endoscopic scanning technique improves early detection of dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus

Zargis Cardioscan software and Littmann Electronic Stethoscope win red dot design award

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