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maxIT Healthcare, Ingenuity Solutions Group enter definitive agreement to merge

maxIT Healthcare, LLC and Ingenuity Solutions Group, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement, under which the companies will be combined as maxIT Healthcare. The combined company is now better positioned to extend its presence throughout the healthcare IT professional services market, particularly in the area of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system solutions.

19 May 2010

ABBOTT PRISM Chagas test receives FDA approval

Abbott received Biologic License Application (BLA) approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ABBOTT PRISM Chagas test. The test is a fully automated blood screening assay that can detect antibodies to Trypansoma cruzi (T. cruzi), a parasite found only in the Americas and most commonly acquired through contact with the blood-sucking triatomine or "kissing bug."

19 May 2010

PrimeWire PRESTIGE Pressure Guide Wire receives 510(k) clearance, CE Mark approval

Volcano Corporation announced today it received both 510(k) clearance and CE Mark approval for its PrimeWire PRESTIGE Pressure Guide Wire for use with patients who have both single-vessel and multi-vessel disease. This next generation pressure wire is compatible with Volcano's full suite of integrated multi-modality consoles and stand-alone physiology systems as well as various hemodynamic monitoring systems.

19 May 2010

Abiomed's Impella revenue for full fiscal year 2010 up 59% to $57.8 million

Abiomed, Inc., a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today reported fourth quarter fiscal 2010 revenue of $23.0 million, up 17% compared to revenue of $19.6 million for the same period of fiscal 2009.

19 May 2010

Positive data from Geron's TAT153 small molecule telomerase activator in animal model of IPF

Geron Corporation today announced positive data on its orally available small molecule telomerase activator, TAT153, in an animal model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The data show that administration of TAT153 increased telomerase activity in the lung tissue, reduced inflammation, preserved functional lung tissue, slowed disease progression and attenuated loss of pulmonary function.

19 May 2010

SBANE recognizes Isis Biopolymer with 2010 Rising Star Award

Isis Biopolymer has been awarded the 2010 Rising Star Award by SBANE (Smaller Business Association of New England). The Rising Star is a coveted annual award that honors innovative products and services offered by early-stage companies in New England.

19 May 2010

MEDNAX acquires neonatal physician group in Ft. Myers, Florida

MEDNAX, Inc., today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a neonatal physician group in Ft. Myers, Florida.

19 May 2010

Study identifies suppression as a mediator between negative emotions and desire to binge

A German study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics explores what is behind binge eating.

19 May 2010

eMedonline telemonitoring system developed to help patients transition from inpatient to outpatient setting

A clinical study is underway at Nyack Hospital to evaluate the use of cellphone-based technology to monitor medication adherence in discharged heart failure patients. The study is using the eMedonline telemonitoring system developed by Leap of Faith Technologies to help patients transition from the inpatient to outpatient setting.

19 May 2010

Cell Therapeutics reports cardiac safety results from phase II trial of pixantrone in CHOP-R regimen

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. reported today preliminary cardiac safety results from a North American randomized phase II trial which substituted pixantrone for doxorubicin in the standard CHOP-R regimen. Called PIX203, the randomized trial compared CPOP-R directly to CHOP-R in the 1st line treatment of high risk patients with diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (DLBCL, NHL).

19 May 2010

Loyola conducts heart health-risk assessment and screening program for EMS providers

Research suggests that stress can take its toll on even the toughest first responders. Loyola University Health System is taking steps to protect firefighters and paramedics who risk their lives and perform other heroic measures to help those in need. The organization will offer heart health-risk assessments and screenings to its network of more than 3,000 emergency medical services (EMS) providers. This is part of Loyola's efforts to celebrate its 35th anniversary as an emergency medical services resource hospital.

19 May 2010

Study demonstrates need for understanding societal, economic impact of growing medicalization

Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They've been "medicalized." In the first study of its kind in the current issue of Social Science and Medicine, Brandeis researchers used national data to estimate the costs of these and a handful of other common conditions on escalating U.S. healthcare spending.

19 May 2010

Vaccinations recommended for adults

Yearly vaccinations aren't just for kids any more. You probably heard a lot about a seasonal or H1N1 flu shot last fall, but you should know that a battery of other adult vaccinations might also become part of your health care routine. Pneumonia and shingles vaccines are preventive-care essentials for older adults, and meningitis and tetanus shots are now college rites of passage. Even the vaccines of childhood—measles, mumps and rubella, and whooping cough—are recommended for adults who missed out in their younger years.

19 May 2010

Significant proportion of men with ED exhibit early signs of CAD: Review

International experts are calling for all men experiencing impotence to undergo thorough medical assessments, after an extensive review showed that a significant proportion of men with erectile dysfunction exhibit early signs of coronary artery disease.

19 May 2010

i3 completes acquisition of ChinaGate

i3, a global life sciences services company and subsidiary of Ingenix, has acquired ChinaGate, a contract research organization that provides product-development regulatory services for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies looking to enter and access the Chinese market.

19 May 2010

New book on history and future of medical technology

Some health care reform advocates complain that physicians rely too much on expensive technology. Published by Telescope Books, The History and Future of Medical Technology shows that today's medical technologies are worth every penny—saving lives, improving patients' quality of life, and helping doctors diagnose diseases during the earliest, most treatable stages.

19 May 2010

Early tracheotomy not beneficial in terms of MV duration, mortality compared to late tracheotomy

Early tracheotomy in ICU patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) did not reduce mortality when compared to later tracheotomy in a study of cardiac surgery patients requiring prolonged ventilation in a Paris study.

19 May 2010

Roche Diagnostics, ACC collaborate to develop biomarkers clinical resource Web portal

Roche Diagnostics and the American College of Cardiology have begun a unique collaboration to develop a peer-reviewed biomarkers clinical resource Web portal.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 19 May 2010

Low blood phosphorus levels associated with high death rates in African AIDS patients: Research

Low blood phosphorus levels are associated with high death rates in the initial weeks of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new research conducted by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers at the UAB-affiliated Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia.

19 May 2010

Market for telehealth and home health monitoring to grow up to $7.7 billion by 2012: Survey

AMERICAN TELEMEDICINE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING - Health care delivery in the United States will undergo dramatic changes over the next 10 years through the adoption of telehealth, according to a national survey of health care and information technology professionals sponsored by Intel Corporation.

19 May 2010

Heart Disease News and Research

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

maxIT Healthcare, Ingenuity Solutions Group enter definitive agreement to merge

ABBOTT PRISM Chagas test receives FDA approval

PrimeWire PRESTIGE Pressure Guide Wire receives 510(k) clearance, CE Mark approval

Abiomed's Impella revenue for full fiscal year 2010 up 59% to $57.8 million

Positive data from Geron's TAT153 small molecule telomerase activator in animal model of IPF

SBANE recognizes Isis Biopolymer with 2010 Rising Star Award

MEDNAX acquires neonatal physician group in Ft. Myers, Florida

Study identifies suppression as a mediator between negative emotions and desire to binge

eMedonline telemonitoring system developed to help patients transition from inpatient to outpatient setting

Cell Therapeutics reports cardiac safety results from phase II trial of pixantrone in CHOP-R regimen

Loyola conducts heart health-risk assessment and screening program for EMS providers

Study demonstrates need for understanding societal, economic impact of growing medicalization

Vaccinations recommended for adults

Significant proportion of men with ED exhibit early signs of CAD: Review

i3 completes acquisition of ChinaGate

New book on history and future of medical technology

Early tracheotomy not beneficial in terms of MV duration, mortality compared to late tracheotomy

Roche Diagnostics, ACC collaborate to develop biomarkers clinical resource Web portal

Low blood phosphorus levels associated with high death rates in African AIDS patients: Research

Market for telehealth and home health monitoring to grow up to $7.7 billion by 2012: Survey

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