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Environmental sensors may help avoid air pollution hot spots in everyday life

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors that will help you avoid air pollution hot spots that exist exactly when you are planning your route.

5 Dec 2009

Aetna Medicare Advantage members now have access to MidState Medical Center and Windham Hospital

Aetna (NYSE:ΑET) announced today that beginning January 1, 2010, its Medicare Advantage members will have access to MidState Medical Center and Windham Hospital as part of Aetna’s Medicare network of participating health care facilities in Connecticut.

5 Dec 2009

New findings shed light on heart attack symptoms

Researchers at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas are investigating what symptoms could help doctors better spot heart attacks and if certain symptoms might indicate different types of heart attacks.

5 Dec 2009

First patient treated in Carticept Medical's Cartiva SCI study

Carticept Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative products for the treatment of cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis, today announced that the first patient has been treated in an international, multi-center study of the Company's Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implant (SCI). The study aims to determine the effectiveness of Cartiva SCI in comparison to arthrodesis (joint fusion), the current standard of care, for reducing the debilitating pain associated with osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint.

4 Dec 2009

Senate bill moves forward, amendment ensures coverage for women's preventive care

Los Angeles Times: "After days of delay, Senate Democrats pushed ahead Thursday with their drive to pass a healthcare bill by Christmas, approving the first amendment to their giant bill: a measure to expand women's access to preventive services such as mammograms."

4 Dec 2009

Health Policy Research Roundup

UCLA Center For Health Policy Research: Health Disparities Among California's Nearly Four Million Low-Income Nonelderly Adult Women - Using data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey, the authors of this policy brief compare low-income women, ages 18-64, to others. The report finds the low-income women are four times more likely to report fair or poor health and are more likely to report a health condition that interferes with basic physical activities, such as walking or climbing stairs.

4 Dec 2009

Absorption Systems opens renovated AAALAC-accredited GLP surgical suite for medical device testing

Absorption Systems, a leader in testing drugs for ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity), today introduced an extensively renovated surgical suite for preclinical medical device testing at the company’s facility in San Diego, CA. Absorption Systems has long been recognized as a leader in drug testing and is experiencing increased demand for its medical device testing services as well.

4 Dec 2009

Axsun Technologies reports successful testing of novel OCT imaging integrated light source architecture

Axsun Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volcano Corporation, today announced the initial development and successful testing of a novel integrated light source architecture for OCT imaging. Axsun believes this proprietary optical engine design raises the bar on imaging speed and overcomes fundamental limitations of laser-based designs for swept source OCT light sources.

4 Dec 2009

Stentys commences enrollment in its comparative stent study

Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that the first patient has been enrolled into the ‘APPOSITION II’ clinical study—a randomized trial comparing the Stentys self-expanding stent with a conventional balloon-expandable stent in AMI patients. The primary endpoint of the ‘APPOSITION II’ study is stent strut apposition at day three post-procedure via extremely high-resolution OCT (optical coherence tomography) imaging.

4 Dec 2009

Pfizer to present study findings from its expanded breast cancer portfolio

Pfizer Oncology announced today that it will be presenting study findings evaluating several compounds including those from its newly expanded breast cancer portfolio following the recent acquisition of Wyeth, focusing on the needs of multiple breast cancer patient populations at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) being held December 9 – 13.

4 Dec 2009

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers narrows racial disparity in lung cancer rates

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The December issue has a special focus on tobacco.

4 Dec 2009

Mitral valve repair by experienced surgeons improves the survival rate of patients

Superior surgical techniques used in centres such as the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) to fix a faulty heart valve flap, eliminate severe blood leakage and other serious cardiac conditions are highlighted as an expert guide to physicians and featured today in one of medicine's most prestigious journals.

4 Dec 2009

Type 2 diabetics with CAD experience greater antiplatelet activity with prasugrel compared to clopidogrel

Results from a new study showed patients with type 2 diabetes who also had coronary artery disease (CAD) experienced greater antiplatelet activity with the investigational antiplatelet drug prasugrel compared to Plavix(R) (clopidogrel). Patients who received a 60 mg loading dose and 10 mg maintenance dose of prasugrel achieved significantly greater platelet inhibition compared with a 600 mg loading dose and 150 mg maintenance dose of Plavix.

4 Dec 2009

GetWellNetwork experiences positive momentum for its IPC solutions across major hospitals

GetWellNetwork, Inc., the leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, today announced that major hospitals and healthcare providers selected its award-winning IPC solutions to improve patient engagement and quality. Additionally, hospitals already using GetWellNetwork's IPC solutions chose to expand and renew their projects to continue reaping performance improvements and affecting positive outcomes for their patients.

4 Dec 2009

Weight loss - an effective treatment for sleep apnoea in obese men

For obese men, a dramatic weight loss can be an effective way to improve moderate to severe sleep apnoea, scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet report. Those with severe sleep apnoea when the study began benefited most from weight loss.

4 Dec 2009

PACS injection-record integration capabilities demonstrated at RSNA

Radiology imaging leader MEDRAD, Inc. demonstrated PACS injection-record integration capabilities at the November 2009 Radiology Society of North America in Chicago.

4 Dec 2009

Guidepoint Global launches Sleep Apnea Tracker

Guidepoint Global, LLC, a leading primary research firm, today announced the launch of their Sleep Apnea Tracker, a monthly longitudinal data release that monitors and projects trends and market share in the worldwide Sleep Apnea market.

4 Dec 2009

Climate change can cause major impact on global mental health

Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health, yet this issue is unlikely to be given much attention at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen next week.

4 Dec 2009

TapeBeat.Com posts research on GeneLink

TapeBeat.Com the news and community portal for the serious investor has posted research on GeneLink (GNLK). GeneLink’s approach to well-being utilizes the science of pharmacogenenomics - using individual genetic variations to customize nutritional, skincare products and health maintenance products.

4 Dec 2009

Majority of Canadians living with diabetes do not receive all clinical tests from health providers

While most Canadian adults living with diabetes get regular care, they are not always getting all of the clinically recommended tests they require to prevent health complications.

4 Dec 2009

Cardiology News and Research

Latest Cardiology News and Research

Environmental sensors may help avoid air pollution hot spots in everyday life

Aetna Medicare Advantage members now have access to MidState Medical Center and Windham Hospital

New findings shed light on heart attack symptoms

First patient treated in Carticept Medical's Cartiva SCI study

Senate bill moves forward, amendment ensures coverage for women's preventive care

Health Policy Research Roundup

Absorption Systems opens renovated AAALAC-accredited GLP surgical suite for medical device testing

Axsun Technologies reports successful testing of novel OCT imaging integrated light source architecture

Stentys commences enrollment in its comparative stent study

Pfizer to present study findings from its expanded breast cancer portfolio

Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers narrows racial disparity in lung cancer rates

Mitral valve repair by experienced surgeons improves the survival rate of patients

Type 2 diabetics with CAD experience greater antiplatelet activity with prasugrel compared to clopidogrel

GetWellNetwork experiences positive momentum for its IPC solutions across major hospitals

Weight loss - an effective treatment for sleep apnoea in obese men

PACS injection-record integration capabilities demonstrated at RSNA

Guidepoint Global launches Sleep Apnea Tracker

Climate change can cause major impact on global mental health

TapeBeat.Com posts research on GeneLink

Majority of Canadians living with diabetes do not receive all clinical tests from health providers

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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