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Care for Asian-American heart attack patients gets better

Care for Asian-American heart attack patients improved between 2003 and 2008, according to a study published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

11 Jan 2012

Turku University Hospital selects Ascom Miratel's IP-based Innova Nurse Call System

According to an agreement made with Turku University Hospital (TYKS), Ascom Miratel Oy will deliver the IP-based Innova Nurse Call System to the new Turku University Hospital extension during 2012. The deal consists of equipment to almost 200 patient beds in 24 wards and other care facilities. This order is the single largest in Ascom Miratel Oy's history to date, with a total value exceeding €700,000.

11 Jan 2012

IBM software powers BodyMedia FIT body monitoring system

IBM announced today that BodyMedia, Inc., a leader in wearable body monitors designed for health and wellness, is using IBM software to help consumers more easily achieve their weight-loss goals. Powered by IBM software, the new personalized feedback capabilities in the BodyMedia FIT body monitoring system now provide users with their own fitness coach.

11 Jan 2012

Political cartoon: 'Treatment Plan'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh perspective on health policy news with "Treatment Plan."

11 Jan 2012

Tobacco more harmful to lungs than marijuana

A large-scale national study suggests low to moderate use of marijuana is less harmful to users' lungs than exposure to tobacco, even though the two substances contain many of the same components. This comprehensive study, led by UCSF and University of Alabama at Birmingham, collected data from more than 5,000 U.S. adults for more than 20 years.

11 Jan 2012

Study examines impact of maternal obesity on inflammatory responses

A number of different immunological mechanisms ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Imbalance in these mechanisms is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

11 Jan 2012

Canadians aren't consuming sufficient fruits and vegetables, Concordia study finds

Adults from 30 to 60 years old, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, aren't consuming the daily recommended levels of fruits and vegetables. Quebecers, however, eat more of nature's produce than their fellow Canadians.

11 Jan 2012

India on verge of recording polio-free year

If India does not record a new polio case through January 13, "produc[ing] 12 straight months of polio-free surveillance data, it will be removed from the list of countries where polio is considered endemic, leaving only the other three," Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria, Scientific American reports.

11 Jan 2012

Physiological impact of hurt feelings

Working up your courage to ask someone to be your Valentine? Science is uncovering the reason why we fear social rejection: Not only does it dash our hopes, it actually puts the brakes on our heart. Specifically, learning that someone doesn't like you triggers a drop in heart rate.

11 Jan 2012

Research identifies several new means to potentially target cancer

Scientists at the University of Leicester have opened up a whole new approach to the therapeutic intervention for a family of anti-cancer drug targets, thanks to a completely new and unexpected finding.

11 Jan 2012

Baro-Therapies introduces portable barometric therapy device for pain, inflammation

Baro-Therapies, Inc. has announced the national launch of The Rejuvenator, a portable barometric therapy device that provides drug-free relief from inflammatory pain and neurological conditions using elevated barometric pressure.

11 Jan 2012

Foundation Medicine, Sanofi enter strategic collaboration for cancer genome analysis

Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer genome analysis to routine clinical care, today announced the initiation of a strategic collaboration with Sanofi.

11 Jan 2012

2010 health spending grew slowly

This slowing of health spending brought the rate of growth in line with that of the U.S. economy. The Obama administration pointed to the new figures as evidence that the health law isn't making health care more expensive.

11 Jan 2012

Shire, Janssen enter development and marketing agreement for Resolor

Shire plc, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has acquired the rights to develop and market Resolor (prucalopride) in the United States (US) in an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.

11 Jan 2012

UCLA researchers identify chemical changes in brains of patients with early-onset Alzheimer's

With a lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer's, most of us would think long and hard about whether we wanted to know years in advance if we were genetically predisposed to develop the disease. For researchers, however, such knowledge is a window into Alzheimer's disease's evolution.

11 Jan 2012

Third-party to prepare FDA submittals for NanoLogix

NanoLogix Inc., an innovator in the accelerated detection, identification and antibiotic sensitivity determination of live bacteria announces that has instructed a third-party to prepare a total of six applications for submittal to the US FDA.

11 Jan 2012

Blog posts respond to legislation enacted in Brazil requiring registration of all pregnancies

The following summarizes two blog posts published in response to Provisionary Measure 557 (PM 557), legislation enacted by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on December 27 that will require all pregnancies to be registered with the government.

11 Jan 2012

SANUWAVE PACE technology reverses negative effects of ischemic, reperfusion injuries

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., today reported publication of peer-reviewed, preclinical data conducted at Cleveland Clinic that demonstrate the ability of the Company's Pulsed Acoustic Cellular Expression (PACE®) technology to substantially decrease the detrimental effects of microcirculatory injury for certain ischemic (lack of blood flow) and reperfusion (restoration of blood flow) injuries.

11 Jan 2012

Stereotaxis completes 50 clinical procedures with new Niobe ES system to treat cardiac arrhythmias

Stereotaxis, Inc. today announced the completion of the first 50 clinical procedures using the Company's new Niobe ES system to treat patients with a variety of complex cardiac arrhythmias. A majority of the first 50 cases were performed to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia.

11 Jan 2012

Special training for fewer injuries while playing handball

Handball is one of the top four sports, at least as far as the risk of injury is concerned. In particular, the jump shot frequently causes sprained ankles, tears to the ligaments connecting the bones of the foot and the lower leg.

11 Jan 2012

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Care for Asian-American heart attack patients gets better

Turku University Hospital selects Ascom Miratel's IP-based Innova Nurse Call System

IBM software powers BodyMedia FIT body monitoring system

Political cartoon: 'Treatment Plan'

Tobacco more harmful to lungs than marijuana

Study examines impact of maternal obesity on inflammatory responses

Canadians aren't consuming sufficient fruits and vegetables, Concordia study finds

India on verge of recording polio-free year

Physiological impact of hurt feelings

Research identifies several new means to potentially target cancer

Baro-Therapies introduces portable barometric therapy device for pain, inflammation

Foundation Medicine, Sanofi enter strategic collaboration for cancer genome analysis

2010 health spending grew slowly

Shire, Janssen enter development and marketing agreement for Resolor

UCLA researchers identify chemical changes in brains of patients with early-onset Alzheimer's

Third-party to prepare FDA submittals for NanoLogix

Blog posts respond to legislation enacted in Brazil requiring registration of all pregnancies

SANUWAVE PACE technology reverses negative effects of ischemic, reperfusion injuries

Stereotaxis completes 50 clinical procedures with new Niobe ES system to treat cardiac arrhythmias

Special training for fewer injuries while playing handball

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