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Gore receives Shonin approval from Japan to market GORE C3 Delivery System

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market the GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis featuring C3 Delivery System as a minimally invasive treatment for patients suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

3 Dec 2013

Oregon struggles to clear health insurance exchange's high-tech hurdle

Oregon's state-based health law online insurance exchange is still struggling in its quest to sign people up, and officials there are using paper applications to get the job done -- a time-consuming task. Exchanges also make news in Kentucky, California, Mississippi and Washington state.

3 Dec 2013

Pfizer's Polish subsidiary acquires rights to Polocard from ZF Polpharma SA

Pfizer Inc. today announced that a wholly-owned Polish subsidiary of Pfizer has acquired the rights to Polocard, a low-dose aspirin (acidum acetylsalicylicum), and the leading over-the-counter brand for heart attack prevention in Poland, from ZF Polpharma SA.

3 Dec 2013

Administration officials give thumbs up to HealthCare.gov's technical fixes and capacity upgrades

The health law website reportedly now is operating 90 percent of the time, but more work still must be done, according to the Obama administration's Sunday progress report on their efforts to correct healthcare.gov's problems.

3 Dec 2013

Alliance HealthCare Services, ONRAD form strategic affiliation to provide quality services to customers

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., a leading national provider of radiology and radiation therapy services, and ONRAD, Inc., a full service radiology provider, have agreed to establish a strategic affiliation to develop and support opportunities to further enhance access to the quality services each company provides to its customers.

2 Dec 2013

Obamacare 'navigators' hope for do-over

The groups charged with helping people sign up for health coverage are looking for a fresh start after experiencing the same difficulties getting plan information as many consumers.

2 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 2, 2013

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about healthcare.gov's status, the challenges that lie ahead and the concerns being expressed by consumers and insurers.

2 Dec 2013

WHO releases new report on spinal cord injury

As many as 500 000 people suffer a spinal cord injury each year. People with spinal cord injuries are 2 to 5 times more likely to die prematurely, with worse survival rates in low- and middle-income countries. The new WHO report, "International perspectives on spinal cord injuries", summarizes the best available evidence on the causes, prevention, care and lived experience of people with spinal cord injury.

2 Dec 2013

Toshiba's M-Power interface simplifies MR scans and helps improve patient care

Healthcare providers are able to do more with less and improve patient care thanks to Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s enhanced M-Power user interface. Toshiba's M-Power interface simplifies MR scans by automatically guiding clinicians to complete exams accurately and efficiently. Combined with the large bore, quiet MR technology and advanced non-contrast techniques of Toshiba's MR systems, clinicians can offer an overall more comfortable and safer exam.

2 Dec 2013

JHL Biotech installs GE Healthcare's FlexFactory biomanufacturing platform at Hsinchu plant in Taiwan

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and JHL Biotech today announced that GE Healthcare has completed installation of its FlexFactory biomanufacturing platform at JHL Biotech's Research Center and manufacturing plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

2 Dec 2013

Healthcare providers can now improve diagnostic confidence with Toshiba's Kalare R&F digital X-ray

Healthcare providers can improve their diagnostic confidence with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s more flexible Kalare R&F digital X-ray system. Featuring a new 17" x 17" dynamic flat panel detector (works-in-progress), the system provides clinicians with distortion-free, high-quality images.

2 Dec 2013

Valley Presbyterian Hospital receives First 5 LA grant to implement Welcome Baby program

Valley Presbyterian Hospital was awarded a $772,643 grant from First 5 LA to implement the 'Welcome Baby' prenatal and infant care program. The grant period is from December 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 and is expected to be extended for an additional year, through June 30, 2015.

2 Dec 2013

New multinational survey to investigate early conversations between physicians and T2D people

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today announced the launch of the largest multinational survey to investigate early conversations between physicians and people living with Type 2 Diabetes. The survey was developed in partnership with the International Diabetes Federation and will include more than 10,000 people with T2D and more than 6,500 treating-physicians across 26 countries worldwide

2 Dec 2013

GFF launches education campaign to stop violence against women in DRC, prevent HIV/AIDS in military

The Gertler Family Foundation, in partnership with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, marked World AIDS Day by launching an aggressive new education campaign to stop violence against women in the DRC and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the military.

2 Dec 2013

Northwest ImageShare provides better patient care, shorter wait times in emergency departments

Northwest ImageShare, now installed and running at 42 locations throughout the Kitsap Peninsula, is fulfilling its initial goals of better patient care and shorter wait-times spent in the emergency department.

2 Dec 2013

Science Translational Medicine editorial urges researchers to support the Affordable Care Act

An editorial by Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH, William H. Frist, MD, and Stuart Altman, PhD, published in the November 27 issue of Science Translational Medicine says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an example of the role of experimentation in improving health at the public policy level.

2 Dec 2013

Special issue of JACR focuses on the role of imaging-based screening in preventive medicine

To be published online Monday, Dec. 2, a special issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology addresses imaging-based screening and radiology's increasing role in preventive medicine. Topics covered include breast density legislation, digital breast tomosynthesis (or 3-D mammography), lung cancer screening and computed tomography colonography reimbursement.

2 Dec 2013

PRP therapy improves functionality of tendons in athletes with degenerative disease

Ultrasound-guided delivery of platelet-rich plasma improves functionality and reduces recovery time in athletes with degenerative disease in their tendons, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

2 Dec 2013

Soldiers who suffer blast-induced MTBI exhibit long-term brain differences

Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging, researchers have found that soldiers who suffered mild traumatic brain injury induced by blast exposure exhibit long-term brain differences, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

2 Dec 2013

Study reveals effect of energy drinks on the function of the heart

Healthy adults who consumed energy drinks high in caffeine and taurine had significantly increased heart contraction rates one hour later, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

2 Dec 2013

Healthcare News

Gore receives Shonin approval from Japan to market GORE C3 Delivery System

Oregon struggles to clear health insurance exchange's high-tech hurdle

Pfizer's Polish subsidiary acquires rights to Polocard from ZF Polpharma SA

Administration officials give thumbs up to HealthCare.gov's technical fixes and capacity upgrades

Alliance HealthCare Services, ONRAD form strategic affiliation to provide quality services to customers

Obamacare 'navigators' hope for do-over

First Edition: December 2, 2013

WHO releases new report on spinal cord injury

Toshiba's M-Power interface simplifies MR scans and helps improve patient care

JHL Biotech installs GE Healthcare's FlexFactory biomanufacturing platform at Hsinchu plant in Taiwan

Healthcare providers can now improve diagnostic confidence with Toshiba's Kalare R&F digital X-ray

Valley Presbyterian Hospital receives First 5 LA grant to implement Welcome Baby program

New multinational survey to investigate early conversations between physicians and T2D people

GFF launches education campaign to stop violence against women in DRC, prevent HIV/AIDS in military

Northwest ImageShare provides better patient care, shorter wait times in emergency departments

Science Translational Medicine editorial urges researchers to support the Affordable Care Act

Special issue of JACR focuses on the role of imaging-based screening in preventive medicine

PRP therapy improves functionality of tendons in athletes with degenerative disease

Soldiers who suffer blast-induced MTBI exhibit long-term brain differences

Study reveals effect of energy drinks on the function of the heart

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