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Sysmex unveils latest series of haematology analysers at IFCC congress

The Sysmex Corporation, the global leader in haematology, unveiled its latest series of haematology analysers at the annual IFCC congress, EuroMedLab JIB in Paris today. The XN-L series follows in the footsteps of its game-changing big brother, the XN-Series. The new, smaller XN-L Series makes top quality haematology available for all.

From Sysmex America, Inc. 22 Jun 2015

Jopari announces immediate availability of Jopari Attach at HFMA

"The need Healthcare Providers have to make supporting documentation available to Payers for both administrative and clinical purposes is increasing" states Steve Stevens, CEO of Jopari Solutions.

22 Jun 2015

Hearing aid users can now fine-tune their devices themselves

More than 20 per cent of people with hearing aids use their devices for less than one hour a day because of problems they encounter with tuning the settings. But now users can participate in fine-tuning their devices themselves.

22 Jun 2015

Research: Patients test drive pacemaker outside the skin before deciding on permanent implant

Patients are test driving a pacemaker outside the skin before deciding whether to have a permanent implant, reveals novel research presented today at EHRA EUROPACE - CARDIOSTIM 2015 by Professor Michael Giudici, director of arrhythmia services in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, US.

22 Jun 2015

Cardiac device wearers ought to keep safe distance from smartphones to prevent unwanted painful shocks

Cardiac device wearers should keep a safe distance from smartphones to avoid unwanted painful shocks or pauses in function, reveals research presented today at EHRA EUROPACE -- CARDIOSTIM 2015 by Dr. Carsten Lennerz, first author and cardiology resident in the Clinic for Heart and Circulatory Diseases, German Heart Centre, Munich, Germany.

22 Jun 2015

ZEISS and University of California Berkeley launch public-private partnership to support brain microscopy Innovation Center

ZEISS announces that it is participating in a new public-private partnership with UC Berkeley as part of the Brain Microscopy Innovation Center (BrainMIC), a component of the Berkeley BRAIN Initiative.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 22 Jun 2015

New Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR Imaging opens at MedUni Vienna

Today the new Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR Imaging (MOLIMA) was opened at the University Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at MedUni Vienna. Its aim is to bring about a significant improvement in the prognosis or course of a disease. The research institute, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, develops high-resolution, quantitative imaging techniques to allow disease to be identified at an even earlier stage.

19 Jun 2015

ARN announces launch of ReSTART online recovery resource for rehabilitation

The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses today announced the launch of the brand-new ReSTART online recovery resource for rehabilitation. The ReSTART site provides key information for those starting the journey of rehabilitation, as well as their family members, loved ones, and caretakers.

19 Jun 2015

Endocrine Society's diabetes tool, diversity programs earn top honors in ASAE 2015 Power of A Awards

An Endocrine Society-led diabetes initiative's interactive tools earned top honors and two other Society programs won Silver in the ASAE 2015 Power of A Awards, the Society announced today.

19 Jun 2015

New technology offers advanced detection in drug and other healthcare screenings

A George Washington University professor has designed new technology that can identify traces of chemicals at 10-19 moles, a previously undetectable amount. This minute quantity can be conceptualized as 10 times below a billionth of a billionth of a teaspoon of water.

19 Jun 2015

Automated droplet-based surface sampling probe analyzes liver biopsy sample in 10 minutes

Surgeons could know while their patients are still on the operating table if a tissue is cancerous, according to researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

19 Jun 2015

Professor Tiago H. Falk receives CMBES Early Career Achievement Award

Professor Tiago H. Falk of the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has received the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) Early Career Achievement Award in recognition of the outstanding scientific contributions the young researcher has made over the past five years.

19 Jun 2015

Researchers find easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that can carry drugs to targeted tissues

Researchers have found an easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that are small enough to evade the body's immune system, reflect light in the near-infrared range for easy detection, and carry payloads of pharmaceutical drugs to targeted tissues.

19 Jun 2015

Study demonstrates potential of new approach for sorting out BRCA1 gene variants

Patients seeking certainty in genetic tests often receive a perplexing result. Many learn they carry a 'variant of unknown significance' of a disease-linked gene. Such variants might -- or equally might not -- increase disease risk.

19 Jun 2015

AliveCor Mobile ECG now available in Canada

AliveCor, Inc., the leader in FDA-cleared ECG technology for smartphones, announced today that the AliveCor Mobile ECG is now available for patients and physicians in Canada. With the AliveCor Mobile ECG and the AliveECG app users can instantly detect the presence of atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib), a leading cause of stroke, in an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) and manage their heart health with an FDA-cleared and Health Canada Licensed electrocardiogram ECG monitor, anywhere and at anytime.

From AliveCor, Inc. 19 Jun 2015

DICOM Grid recognized with SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution

DICOM Grid, the #1 medical image exchange vendor, announced today that it was recognized as the winner of the 2015 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution. Winners were announced today during a luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.

19 Jun 2015

Florida Institute finalizes funding agreement with TransGenex Nanobiotech

The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with TransGenex Nanobiotech, Inc., a company that is developing nano-scale technologies for novel, cost-effective diagnostic and therapeutic agents against cancers and other inflammatory diseases.

19 Jun 2015

CellResearch receives new patent approval from USPTO for stem cell technology

CellResearch Corporation Pte Ltd, a Singaporean company that specializes in stem cell technology, has received approval for its latest patent on 6 May 2015 from the US Patent and Trademark Office.

18 Jun 2015

NIH researchers develop 'placenta-on-a-chip' to study role of placenta in pregnancy

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have developed a "placenta-on-a-chip" to study the inner workings of the human placenta and its role in pregnancy. The device was designed to imitate, on a micro-level, the structure and function of the placenta and model the transfer of nutrients from mother to fetus. This prototype is one of the latest in a series of organ-on-a-chip technologies developed to accelerate biomedical advances.

18 Jun 2015

PAREXEL expands Perceptive MyTrials Data-Driven Monitoring solution

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today launched next generation risk-based monitoring capabilities, expanding its Perceptive MyTrials Data-Driven Monitoring (DDM) solution.

From Parexel 18 Jun 2015

Device / Technology News

Sysmex unveils latest series of haematology analysers at IFCC congress

Jopari announces immediate availability of Jopari Attach at HFMA

Hearing aid users can now fine-tune their devices themselves

Research: Patients test drive pacemaker outside the skin before deciding on permanent implant

Cardiac device wearers ought to keep safe distance from smartphones to prevent unwanted painful shocks

ZEISS and University of California Berkeley launch public-private partnership to support brain microscopy Innovation Center

New Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR Imaging opens at MedUni Vienna

ARN announces launch of ReSTART online recovery resource for rehabilitation

Endocrine Society's diabetes tool, diversity programs earn top honors in ASAE 2015 Power of A Awards

New technology offers advanced detection in drug and other healthcare screenings

Automated droplet-based surface sampling probe analyzes liver biopsy sample in 10 minutes

Professor Tiago H. Falk receives CMBES Early Career Achievement Award

Researchers find easy way to produce carbon nanoparticles that can carry drugs to targeted tissues

Study demonstrates potential of new approach for sorting out BRCA1 gene variants

AliveCor Mobile ECG now available in Canada

DICOM Grid recognized with SIIA CODiE Award for Best Health and Medical Information Solution

Florida Institute finalizes funding agreement with TransGenex Nanobiotech

CellResearch receives new patent approval from USPTO for stem cell technology

NIH researchers develop 'placenta-on-a-chip' to study role of placenta in pregnancy

PAREXEL expands Perceptive MyTrials Data-Driven Monitoring solution

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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