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Patient Home Monitoring retains Equicom for strategic investor relations

Patient Home Monitoring, a company focused on in-home cardiology healthcare services, today announced that it has retained The Equicom Group Inc. to provide the Company with strategic investor relations.

10 Jun 2010

Goodmans Interior Structures and Shore Memorial Hospital receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Goodmans Interior Structures and Shore Memorial Hospital have received CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ accreditation, recognizing commitment of these organizations to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle.

10 Jun 2010

Atrium Medical wins Supplier Performance Award

Atrium Medical Corporation today announced that it is a winner of the Supplier Performance Award, presented by the Premier healthcare alliance. Premier contracts with more than 800 suppliers and Atrium is one of 65 contracted suppliers to receive the Performance Award. Winners are recognized for their outstanding management of Premier agreements and drive toward the mutual goal of providing clinical and financial value to the not-for-profit hospital members of the Premier alliance.

10 Jun 2010

Misinterpretation of genetic information may undermine efforts to promote behavioral changes for disease prevention

Does knowing that genes are partly responsible for your health condition mean you are less likely to be motivated to find out about the benefits of behavioral changes? According to Dr. Suzanne O'Neill from the National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health, and her colleagues, people on the whole are still interested in how health habits affect disease risk.

10 Jun 2010

Allopurinol exhibits potential benefits for CKD patients

A drug commonly used to treat gout may help maintain kidney disease patients' health, according to an analysis appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The research is the first to show that allopurinol treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) decreases inflammation, slows the progression of kidney disease, and reduces patients' risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event or being hospitalized.

10 Jun 2010

AACN endorses scientific statement on prevention of TdP

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently endorsed "Prevention of Torsades de Pointes in Hospital Settings," a scientific statement from the American Heart Association, Dallas, and American College of Cardiology Foundation, Washington, D.C.

10 Jun 2010

Caregiver's guide on avoiding life-threatening swallowing problems

That's the message of Drs. Roya Sayadi and Joel Herskowitz. They are a wife-husband team from Natick, Massachusetts, who are spreading the word that swallowing problems are everywhere - and they can be deadly!

10 Jun 2010

Researchers differentiate human stem cells to become heart cells with cardiomyopathy

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time differentiated human stem cells to become heart cells with cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle cells are abnormal. The discovery will allow scientists to learn how those heart cells become diseased and from there, they can begin developing drug therapies to stop the disease from occurring or progressing. The study is published in the June 9th issue of Nature.

10 Jun 2010

Spectrum Dynamics commences ultra low dose trials of radiopharmaceutical agents with D-SPECT technology

Cardiovascular imaging accounts for 30 percent of all the radiation patients receive in the U.S. and today, at the Society for Nuclear Medicine annual meeting, Spectrum Dynamics announced it has begun clinical studies to show that its D-SPECT™ technology can accommodate significantly lower doses of radiopharmaceutical agents so the total radiation exposure to patients and staff is much lower compared to conventional cardiac imaging.

10 Jun 2010

New study finds propofol poses low risk for children undergoing research-driven imaging studies

A new study finds that propofol, a well-known anesthesia medication, has a low occurrence of adverse events for children undergoing research-driven imaging studies. The study, led by a pediatric anesthesiologist now at Children's National Medical Center, showed a low incidence of adverse events and no long term complications when propofol was used to sedate children for imaging studies that require them to be still for long periods of time.

10 Jun 2010

Lantheus presents preliminary Phase 2 data of flurpiridaz F18 injection PET MPI at 57th SNM

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced preliminary Phase 2 data describing the methodology used to define an imaging protocol for a one-day rest-stress myocardial perfusion imaging test using its novel investigational PET imaging agent flurpiridaz F 18 injection (formerly known as BMS747158).

10 Jun 2010

DermaGenoma releases CelluliteDX Genetic Test for women

As summer swimsuit season heats up, women around the world will inspect their looks in the mirror. A majority of them will see cellulite - at some point - but a new genetic test may be able to help them avoid cellulite before anyone notices.

10 Jun 2010

Emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks drop by 2.4% following smoke-free legislation

The introduction of smoke-free legislation in England was followed by a 2.4 per cent drop in the number of emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks, new research shows.

10 Jun 2010

Sialidase improves nerve regrowth, motor recovery and nervous system function: Researchers

Once damaged, nerves in the spinal cord normally cannot grow back and the only drug approved for treating these injuries does not enable nerve regrowth. Publishing online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine show that treating injured rat spinal cords with an enzyme, sialidase, improves nerve regrowth, motor recovery and nervous system function.

10 Jun 2010

New study affirms relationship between depression and abdominal obesity

A new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been linked to an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

10 Jun 2010

CoLucid's lasmiditan NAAMA effective in treatment of acute migraine attacks

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,, an innovative biotechnology company focusing on therapies for central nervous system disorders, today announced that its investigational first-in-class Neurally Acting Anti-Migraine Agent (NAAMA), lasmiditan (also known as COL-144), a selective 5-HT1F receptor agonist, was effective when given orally to treat acute migraine attacks, as documented in a Phase IIb study.

10 Jun 2010

Microscopic polymer fibers for rebuilding human tissue, speeding healing process

Queen's University Brian Amsden is hoping that in about 10 years a tendon, spinal cord or heart valve will be able to regenerate itself after an injury or disease. The chemical engineering professor, along with scientists from the University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto, is currently trying to develop microscopic polymer fibers to help rebuild human tissue and speed the healing process.

10 Jun 2010

Synteract joins Medidata's ASPire to Win channel partner program

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, today announced that Synteract has joined Medidata's ASPire to Win® channel partner program. A full-service contract research organization (CRO) with an increasing global presence and extensive experience working with emerging biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device sponsors, Synteract will offer services around Medidata Rave®, the market-leading electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management (CDM) solution.

9 Jun 2010

Caritas Christi Health Care implements MedAptus' Intelligent Charge Capture suite

MedAptus(R), the market leader for charge capture technologies, today announced that Caritas Christi Health Care, also based in Boston, has implemented the company's Intelligent Charge Capture suite for revenue and compliance enhancement initiatives. The organization selected MedAptus' Practice Plus Edition on BlackBerry smartphone devices and web-enabled workstations for the capture of physician inpatient charges. In addition, Caritas Christi is rolling out the MedAptus Facility Edition for the capture of outpatient clinic charges, starting in the area of cardiology.

9 Jun 2010

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina licensed A.D.A.M. health tools for their hospital websites

A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of health information and benefits technology solutions announced today that University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina has licensed the A.D.A.M. Multimedia Encyclopedia, Heart Center, and other A.D.A.M. health tools for eight of their hospital websites. The A.D.A.M. health information allows the system to provide more robust online health and wellness information to the counties served by the hospital system, and empowers people within those communities to lead healthier lives.

9 Jun 2010

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Patient Home Monitoring retains Equicom for strategic investor relations

Goodmans Interior Structures and Shore Memorial Hospital receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Atrium Medical wins Supplier Performance Award

Misinterpretation of genetic information may undermine efforts to promote behavioral changes for disease prevention

Allopurinol exhibits potential benefits for CKD patients

AACN endorses scientific statement on prevention of TdP

Caregiver's guide on avoiding life-threatening swallowing problems

Researchers differentiate human stem cells to become heart cells with cardiomyopathy

Spectrum Dynamics commences ultra low dose trials of radiopharmaceutical agents with D-SPECT technology

New study finds propofol poses low risk for children undergoing research-driven imaging studies

Lantheus presents preliminary Phase 2 data of flurpiridaz F18 injection PET MPI at 57th SNM

DermaGenoma releases CelluliteDX Genetic Test for women

Emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks drop by 2.4% following smoke-free legislation

Sialidase improves nerve regrowth, motor recovery and nervous system function: Researchers

New study affirms relationship between depression and abdominal obesity

CoLucid's lasmiditan NAAMA effective in treatment of acute migraine attacks

Microscopic polymer fibers for rebuilding human tissue, speeding healing process

Synteract joins Medidata's ASPire to Win channel partner program

Caritas Christi Health Care implements MedAptus' Intelligent Charge Capture suite

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina licensed A.D.A.M. health tools for their hospital websites

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