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FiatLux Imaging releases free advanced 2D/3D visualization software for CT and MRI imaging data

Medical software company FiatLux Imaging, Inc., located in Redmond, WA, announces the availability of FiatLux Visualize(TM) Free, advanced 2D/3D visualization software for CT and MRI imaging data. The free software is available for any healthcare professional via download from www.FiatLuxImaging.com. There is no charge for download or use.

3 Nov 2009

Calypso Medical Technologies presents its real-time tracking technology at 51st ASTRO annual meeting

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumor targets, today announced Calypso’s real-time tracking technology is included in 36 scientific presentations and posters at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), now underway at McCormick Place in Chicago.

3 Nov 2009

A new blood test for breast cancer

A healthy 44-year-old woman will celebrate many future birthdays thanks to the efforts of Dr. Keri Sweeten and a new blood test for breast cancer

3 Nov 2009

Individuals who had experienced trauma exposure in both childhood and adulthood likely to develop PTSD

Individuals who experience both childhood adversity and traumatic events in adulthood appear more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder than those exposed to only one of these types of incidents, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, the risk was further increased in individuals with a certain genetic mutation.

3 Nov 2009

Appropriate treatment for children with meniscal tears leads to high success rate: Study

The meniscus is a rubber-like, crescent moon-shaped cartilage cushion that sits between the leg and thigh bone. Each knee has two menisci: one on the inside of the knee joint and one on the outside. In recent years, more children have been diagnosed with tears to this area (meniscal tears); however, according to a literature review published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), prospects for a full recovery are high.

3 Nov 2009

Siemens Healthcare to distribute Candelis' ImageGrid PACS-RT Appliance and ImageGrid RT Viewer

Today, Candelis, Inc. announced its plans to distribute and sell the ImageGrid™ PACS-RT Appliance and the ImageGrid™ RT Viewer through Siemens Healthcare’s Oncology Care Systems Business Unit.

3 Nov 2009

Not enough is being done to support patients suffering from tinnitus

As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive research review in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

3 Nov 2009

Skilled Healthcare Group announces unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. today announced its unaudited consolidated financial operating results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.

3 Nov 2009

Tyco Healthcare violates antitrust laws relating to its Nellcor pulse oximetry products

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the 2006 Federal District Court decision that Tyco Healthcare, now Covidien, violated the antitrust laws through anticompetitive business practices related to the sale of its Nellcor pulse oximetry products.

3 Nov 2009

MGH Institute of Health Professions 3rd Annual Scholarship Gala generates more than $350,000

More than 350 people packed the Grand Ballroom at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel Thursday, October 29, at the MGH Institute of Health Professions 3rd Annual Scholarship Gala.

3 Nov 2009

AAPM Task Group issues new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy

Radiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedure should be carefully analyzed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in every patient, according to a new guideline co-authored by Yan Yu, Ph.D., director of Medical Physics in the department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University.

3 Nov 2009

Modified version of Bluetooth can transfer patient data four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth

A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the healthcare provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth and without the intermittent connectivity problems, according to a paper in the forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.

3 Nov 2009

Crohn's disease drug market driven by TNF-alpha inhibitors Humira and Remicade

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, in the Crohn's disease drug market, the dominance of TNF-alpha inhibitors such as Abbott/Eisai's Humira and Centocor Ortho Biotech/Schering-Plough/Mitsubishi Tanabe's Remicade will continue over the next decade. Sales of Humira and Remicade, which accounted for more than three-quarters of the market in 2008, will continue to grow through 2018 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

3 Nov 2009

FDA update on BYETTA injection: Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly respond

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Eli Lilly and Company today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update on BYETTA® (exenatide) injection.

3 Nov 2009

Baxter Healthcare wins the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Practice Award

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS-) today announced that Baxter Healthcare is the winner of the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Practice Award.

3 Nov 2009

Kindred Healthcare reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. today announced its operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

3 Nov 2009

NuPathe and SurModics sign a drug delivery technology license agreement

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, and NuPathe Inc., a neuroscience-focused specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the companies have entered into a license agreement for drug delivery technology.

3 Nov 2009

ASTRO commends CMS for limiting payment reductions proposed for radiation oncology

ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, today praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for limiting the payment reductions initially proposed for radiation oncology and spreading the remaining cuts over four years.

3 Nov 2009

CareTech Solutions signs agreement to acquire IGCN

CareTech Solutions, Inc. (www.caretechsolutions.com) announced today the firm has reached agreement in principle to acquire IGCN (www.IGCN.com). CareTech Solutions is an information technology and web products and services provider for hospitals and health systems and IGCN provides solutions for hospitals to build and manage robust websites.

3 Nov 2009

ART Advanced Research Technologies to secure $1.2M interim financing

ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc., a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, announced that earlier today it filed a notice of intention to make a proposal to its creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act with KPMG Inc. in order to provide the company with the liquidity it requires to pursue its solicitation process.

2 Nov 2009

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

FiatLux Imaging releases free advanced 2D/3D visualization software for CT and MRI imaging data

Calypso Medical Technologies presents its real-time tracking technology at 51st ASTRO annual meeting

A new blood test for breast cancer

Individuals who had experienced trauma exposure in both childhood and adulthood likely to develop PTSD

Appropriate treatment for children with meniscal tears leads to high success rate: Study

Siemens Healthcare to distribute Candelis' ImageGrid PACS-RT Appliance and ImageGrid RT Viewer

Not enough is being done to support patients suffering from tinnitus

Skilled Healthcare Group announces unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Tyco Healthcare violates antitrust laws relating to its Nellcor pulse oximetry products

MGH Institute of Health Professions 3rd Annual Scholarship Gala generates more than $350,000

AAPM Task Group issues new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy

Modified version of Bluetooth can transfer patient data four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth

Crohn's disease drug market driven by TNF-alpha inhibitors Humira and Remicade

FDA update on BYETTA injection: Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly respond

Baxter Healthcare wins the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Practice Award

Kindred Healthcare reports financial results for the third quarter of 2009

NuPathe and SurModics sign a drug delivery technology license agreement

ASTRO commends CMS for limiting payment reductions proposed for radiation oncology

CareTech Solutions signs agreement to acquire IGCN

ART Advanced Research Technologies to secure $1.2M interim financing

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