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Rate of hypertension in the U.S. not decreased in recent years: JAMA

About 50 percent of patients with hypertension have adequate control of their blood pressure, meeting a goal of Healthy People 2010, but the rate of hypertension in the U.S. has not decreased in recent years, according to a study in the May 26 issue of JAMA.

27 May 2010

New device to predict wound healing

Complex wounds affect more patients in the United States than heart attack and stroke combined. About 150,000 amputations a year result from complex wounds, while about 80,000 are attributed to diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. There are currently no established methods for early detection of wound healing, or for precise identification of healing progress.

27 May 2010

Blocking the activity of death receptor can stop tumor growth: New research study

Every cell contains machinery for self-destruction, used to induce death when damaged or sick. But according to a new research study, a receptor thought to mediate cell suicide in normal cells may actually be responsible for the unrestrained growth of cancerous tumors.

27 May 2010

Weill Cornell Medical College commences construction of 18-story, $650 million Medical Research Building

Weill Cornell Medical College today celebrated the start of construction on its new Medical Research Building, a state-of-the-art facility that will more than double the institution's existing research space. The 18-story, $650 million building is the centerpiece of Weill Cornell's $1.3 billion Discoveries that Make a Difference Campaign, the country's largest for a medical college. A total of $1 billion has been raised toward this goal in a record time of less than four years.

27 May 2010

Cordis announces launch of ExoSeal Vascular Closure Device

Cordis Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of interventional vascular technology, announced the launch of the ExoSeal(TM) Vascular Closure Device. ExoSeal(TM) incorporates a number of new advances in technology and simplicity of design to provide precise and secure extravascular arterial closure. Cordis Corporation received CE-Marking approval for ExoSeal(TM) Vascular Closure Device in May 2010.

27 May 2010

Designation of operating rooms as "wet" locations could prevent electrical injury to patients, OR personnel

A frightening electrical injury to an operating room nurse highlights the need to update electrical safety policies for the operating room, according to the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

27 May 2010

Aria Health joins other healthcare organizations nationwide to launch ACOs

Aria Health has joined 18 other healthcare organizations nationwide to launch Accountable Care Organizations, a collaborative effort designed to implement essential healthcare reforms to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.

27 May 2010

Blocking the activity of PAT proteins stops cancer cell growth: Scientists

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have revealed that a set of proteins act as the cell's 'nose' to 'sniff out' molecules which trigger cell growth, according to research published in Oncogene today.

27 May 2010

Wireless monitoring system for people with debilitating conditions

A wireless monitoring system for people with debilitating conditions such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder could allow healthcare workers to assess a patient's health and the development of their disease without hindering their movements. Details of the system are reported in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

27 May 2010

UCI scientists create eight-layer, early-stage retina from human embryonic stem cells

UC Irvine scientists have created an eight-layer, early-stage retina from human embryonic stem cells, the first three-dimensional tissue structure to be made from stem cells.

27 May 2010

Patients with transformed lymphoma show positive response to lenalidomide: Research

New research illustrates that some patients with transformed lymphoma showed "remarkable" response to lenalidomide, an oral drug with few side effects.

27 May 2010

Spectrum Health to deploy Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation MD software

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Spectrum Health will deploy its ProVation MD software for cardiology procedure documentation and coding in the cardiac catheterization labs at Blodgett Hospital and Butterworth Hospital.

27 May 2010

Physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients

In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients. The physician experts reviewed all current literature available on PubMed and MEDLINE with no limits in the search to recommend a uniform and practical guide to approaching analgesia in the cirrhotic patients.

27 May 2010

Benefits of new health insurance reform law for Medicare recipients discussed in news conference

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Barbara Kennelly of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and Dr. Ben Williamowsky of Silver Spring, Md., a Medicare recipient, held a news conference today to discuss benefits of and misconceptions about the Affordable Care Act and Medicare.

27 May 2010

Small segment of a protein can control normal expression of genes: Research

In a major cancer-research breakthrough, researchers at the McGill University, Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a small segment of a protein that interacts with RNA can control the normal expression of genes - including those that are active in cancer.

27 May 2010

Naturxan expands production and distribution capabilities to provide worldwide availability of Aquasta

Naturxan, LLC, a joint venture between Archer Daniels Midland Company and Igene Biotechnology, Inc., today announced that it has completed an expansion of its production and distribution capabilities to provide worldwide availability of Aquasta, a naturally sourced astaxanthin made from Phaffia yeast for enriching and pigmenting salmon and trout consuming aquaculture feeds.

27 May 2010

Researchers discover genetic variant that raises risk of CHD

Although congenital heart disease represents the most common major birth defect, scientists have not previously identified the common variation in the genes that give rise to it. Now genetics and cardiology researchers, two of them brothers, have discovered a genetic variant on chromosome 5 that strongly raises the risk of congenital heart disease.

27 May 2010

Fear of H1N1 appears to be the driving factor behind adoption of preventive behaviors: Study

Fear of the H1N1 virus appears to be the driving factor behind the adoption of preventive behaviors, according to a study published in the June issue of AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

27 May 2010

Head Start Dental Home Initiative launched to benefit low-income children in Illinois

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry today announces the launch of its Head Start Dental Home Initiative to benefit the one-in-three low-income children in the state of Illinois. The Initiative links children participating in Head Start programs to local dentists who will provide children with a "dental home" which will ensure that each child's oral health care is delivered in a comprehensive, ongoing, accessible, coordinated and family-centered way by a participating dentist.

27 May 2010

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Isilon® Systems today announced that Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Genomics Institute and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences has deployed Isilon scale-out NAS as the primary repository for its next-generation DNA sequencing and analysis workflow.

27 May 2010

Medical News

Rate of hypertension in the U.S. not decreased in recent years: JAMA

New device to predict wound healing

Blocking the activity of death receptor can stop tumor growth: New research study

Weill Cornell Medical College commences construction of 18-story, $650 million Medical Research Building

Cordis announces launch of ExoSeal Vascular Closure Device

Designation of operating rooms as "wet" locations could prevent electrical injury to patients, OR personnel

Aria Health joins other healthcare organizations nationwide to launch ACOs

Blocking the activity of PAT proteins stops cancer cell growth: Scientists

Wireless monitoring system for people with debilitating conditions

UCI scientists create eight-layer, early-stage retina from human embryonic stem cells

Patients with transformed lymphoma show positive response to lenalidomide: Research

Spectrum Health to deploy Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation MD software

Physician experts review current practices for pain management in cirrhotic patients

Benefits of new health insurance reform law for Medicare recipients discussed in news conference

Small segment of a protein can control normal expression of genes: Research

Naturxan expands production and distribution capabilities to provide worldwide availability of Aquasta

Researchers discover genetic variant that raises risk of CHD

Fear of H1N1 appears to be the driving factor behind adoption of preventive behaviors: Study

Head Start Dental Home Initiative launched to benefit low-income children in Illinois

Mount Sinai School of Medicine deploys Isilon scale-out NAS for DNA sequencing and analysis workflow

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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