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Joint project focuses on finding ways to prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease

Every two years, 2,000 senior Group Health patients check in with the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study. The joint project between Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington (UW) focuses on finding ways to delay or prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, and declines in memory and thinking.

19 Nov 2009

Queen’s University Belfast to study individualized radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer

Individualised radiotherapy treatment based on a person’s genetic make up could soon become a reality, according to Breast Cancer Campaign.

19 Nov 2009

Medspira to manufacture and market Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies

Medspira, and Mayo Clinic have entered into an agreement to commercialize, manufacture and market several Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies invented by Mayo physicians and scientists.

19 Nov 2009

New radical approach to test chemo drugs for potential toxic effects

Jackson Laboratory Professor Gary Churchill wants to change that. With a new two-year, $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, Churchill is launching a radical new approach to testing three chemotherapeutic drugs for potential toxic effects.

19 Nov 2009

Researchers develop new device with nano-sized features to grab cancer cells

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

19 Nov 2009

Halifax researcher wins Prix Galien Research Award

Dr. Donald Weaver, a Halifax researcher with unmatched credentials, received the Prix Galien Research Award at a ceremony in Ottawa last night. Known as the Nobel Prize of pharmaceutical research, this award is the highest distinction worldwide for biopharmaceutical work, and the most prestigious in the field of Canadian pharmaceutical research and innovation.

19 Nov 2009

PaxScan digital image detectors and X-ray tubes of Varian Medical Systems to be exhibited

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and its line of X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the MEDICA 2009 International Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 18-21, 2009.

19 Nov 2009

Publicly released report cards do not appear to improve hospitals' performance, says new study

An analysis of quality of cardiac care following the public release of data on measures of care at hospitals in Ontario, Canada, did not result in significant systemwide improvement in hospitals' performance on most quality of care indicators, according to a study to be published in the December 2 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online because of its presentation at an American Heart Association scientific conference.

19 Nov 2009

Pfizer and DNDi to battle against HAT, VL and Chagas disease

Pfizer Inc and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) have signed an agreement that is designed to facilitate advancements in the battle against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and Chagas disease, which afflict vulnerable populations in the developing world.

19 Nov 2009

Lathian Health announces the availability of proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies

After aggregating and mining physician responses to ePromotion campaigns spanning more than 115 brands, 64 therapeutic conditions and 30 specialties, Lathian Health today announced the availability of its proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies.

19 Nov 2009

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

Spineology Inc., developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive spinal surgery devices, announced today that it has received FDA clearance for its minimally invasive surgery (MIS) Capture™ Facet Screw System.

19 Nov 2009

New mathematical model may hasten drug development for Parkinson's Disease

Australian scientists have significantly advanced our understanding of dopamine release from nerve cells, findings that should speed the development of more effective drugs for treating Parkinson's Disease.

19 Nov 2009

iCAD and AdMeTech Foundation sign a strategic partnership agreement

iCAD, Inc., an industry-leading provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early identification of cancer, today announces a strategic partnership with the AdMeTech Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission to end prostate cancer as a patient care crisis and socio-economic problem.

19 Nov 2009

Xeomin receives approval for post-stroke spasticity of upper limb in European countries

Today, Merz Pharmaceuticals announced Xeomin®, the first botulinum toxin type A free from complexing proteins has been granted an extension of indication for post-stroke spasticity of the upper limb presenting with flexed wrist and clenched fist in adults in various European countries.

19 Nov 2009

TIME Magazine journalist honored with ASTMH Communications Award

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) today honored TIME Magazine Foreign Correspondent Vivienne Walt with its Communications Award during the opening ceremony of its 58th annual meeting.

19 Nov 2009

Opiate-based painkillers can increase tumor-cell proliferation, says new study

Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells.

19 Nov 2009

Radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day arrives at CTCA

A radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, has arrived at Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R) (CTCA) in Philadelphia. CTCA will become the first in the country to offer this treatment option using the Novac7 technology from Rome, Italy.

19 Nov 2009

Protein content of women's saliva changes with advancing age, describe scientists

In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content of women's saliva change with advancing age.

19 Nov 2009

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

NYU Langone Medical Center is the first hospital in the Northeast to offer one of the world's fastest and most radiation dose efficient computed tomography (CT) scanner.

19 Nov 2009

BeamOne announces its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center

BeamOne LLC announces that it will locate its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Ground breaking will begin on the new facility in Q4 2009, and it is anticipated to be operational during Q4 2010.

19 Nov 2009

Medical News

Joint project focuses on finding ways to prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease

Queen’s University Belfast to study individualized radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer

Medspira to manufacture and market Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies

New radical approach to test chemo drugs for potential toxic effects

Researchers develop new device with nano-sized features to grab cancer cells

Halifax researcher wins Prix Galien Research Award

PaxScan digital image detectors and X-ray tubes of Varian Medical Systems to be exhibited

Publicly released report cards do not appear to improve hospitals' performance, says new study

Pfizer and DNDi to battle against HAT, VL and Chagas disease

Lathian Health announces the availability of proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

New mathematical model may hasten drug development for Parkinson's Disease

iCAD and AdMeTech Foundation sign a strategic partnership agreement

Xeomin receives approval for post-stroke spasticity of upper limb in European countries

TIME Magazine journalist honored with ASTMH Communications Award

Opiate-based painkillers can increase tumor-cell proliferation, says new study

Radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day arrives at CTCA

Protein content of women's saliva changes with advancing age, describe scientists

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

BeamOne announces its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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