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Defentect's radiation detection system to be installed at Washington Hospital Center

Defentect announced today Washington Hospital Center is deploying Defentect's radiation detection system hospital-wide following a pilot project to test its effectiveness, with an additional nine GT2(TM) radiation sensors and two GT4(TM) Gamma Radiation sensors, capable of isotopic identification.

26 Aug 2009

FAIR Health Plan provides cost effective healthcare to the uninsured

Nearly everyone in America can agree that the current healthcare system is broken. Now we have a real solution, the Federal Act Insurance Restructure (FAIR) Health Plan, a functional and cost-effective healthcare system. The FAIR Health Plan is designed to meet all of the strategic goals that the American people deserve. It is largely based on successful healthcare systems that are proven sustainable over the long term.

26 Aug 2009

Tikcro Technologies announces financial results for the second-quarter ended June 30, 2009

Tikcro Technologies Ltd. (OTC BB: TIKRF) today reported results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2009.

26 Aug 2009

Mid-career scientists receive the 2009 Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research

Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh and David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD, associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received the 2009 Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research. Sponsored by The Ellison Medical Foundation, the grants provide funding of $550,000 to mid-career scientists whose research has great potential in advancing understanding of basic aging and its impact on age-related diseases.

26 Aug 2009

Positron forges Agent Agreement with Technology Imaging Services

Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) (the “Company”), a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, announced today that they have executed an Agent Agreement with TIS – Technology Imaging Services. TIS offers a wide range of solutions for Nuclear Cardiology, Oncology, and Cardiac PET, including hot lab set up and products.

26 Aug 2009

Analysis of pending health reform bill points to huge cuts in Medicare funding

A new American Health Care Association analysis of the pending House health reform bill when combined with the impact of a recently-enacted Medicare regulation cutting Medicare-funded nursing home care by $12 billion will result in total cuts of $44 billion over ten years.

26 Aug 2009

New online educational forum for medical professionals from HMP Communications

HMP Communications, the authoritative source for education services targeting healthcare professionals for over two decades, announced it has added a new online educational forum at www.CardiovascularLIVE.com. The site offers video instruction and discussion forums for medical professionals.

26 Aug 2009

Research study concludes the difference in mortality between men and women depending on the type of ACS

A new study from NYU School of Medicine found that women may have a slightly higher risk of death than men in the thirty days following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but that these differences appear to be attributable to factors such as severity and type of ACS.

26 Aug 2009

First-quarter financial results of ReBuilder Medical Technologies announced

ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: RBRM) a provider of electronic treatments for the pain resulting from Peripheral Neuropathy and Peripheral Artery Disease today announced that it has turned the corner and is now reporting profits for the first Quarter of 2009.

26 Aug 2009

Half of Somalia needs emergency aid, significant deterioration in food security, report says

Somalia faces its "worst humanitarian crisis since civil war began in the country 18 years ago, with half of the country's population in need of emergency aid," the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU), a U.N. agency, said in a report (pdf) released Monday, Bloomberg reports (McLure, 8/25).

26 Aug 2009

California AIDS Clearinghouse to close after cut in social service funding

A casualty of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's draconian cuts in social service funding, the California AIDS Clearinghouse will close next week. The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, which operated the program for more than 15 years, received notification from the state Office of AIDS that all funding for it had been eliminated.

26 Aug 2009

Kaduna State Nigeria to install the M2SYS Bio-Plugin easy-to-use fingerprint biometrics system

Kaduna State Nigeria, an established service provider of hitch-free Hajj operations, will be using the M2SYS Bio-Plugin solution, a seamless and easy-to-use fingerprint biometrics system. The software will enable Kaduna to keep a database of records that include every detail related to Hajj, including how many times a pilgrim performed.

26 Aug 2009

Bioethicists and safety experts suggest guidelines for policy makers to improve patient safety

Is it more urgent for hospitals, doctors and nurses to focus resources on preventing the thousands of falls that injure hospitalized patients each year, or to home in on preventing rare but dramatic instances of wrong-side surgery? Is it best to concentrate immediately on preventing pediatric medical errors or on preventing drug interactions in the elderly?

26 Aug 2009

Interactive Intelligence's CIC communications software suite deployed at WRB Communications

WRB Communications, a medical information call center services company, has deployed the Interactive Intelligence (Nasdaq: ININ) all-in-one IP communications software suite, Customer Interaction Center® (CIC).

26 Aug 2009

Virginia Tech researchers to help pre-diabetic adults begin resistance training for preventing diabetes

Systematic, progressive resistance training - also called strength training - is a safe and efficient way for middle-aged and older adults to improve their health. A Virginia Tech led research team that includes experts in behavior, exercise, physiology, and medicine is designing a program to help pre-diabetic adults begin and, most important, maintain resistance training in order to prevent diabetes.

26 Aug 2009

University of Kentucky receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The University of Kentucky College of Public Health's Center for Public Health Systems and Services Research (CPHSSR) has been awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

26 Aug 2009

Task Force guidelines to improve identification and treatment of high BP among young people

Comprehensive guidelines for the treatment and management of hypertension in children and adolescents are being published for the first time in the latest issue of the Journal of Hypertension.

26 Aug 2009

Vision-related patient-reported outcomes used for improving medical product labeling in ophthalmology

The National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring an October 13 conference to determine how vision-related patient-reported outcomes might be used to improve medical product labeling in ophthalmology.

26 Aug 2009

Saint Vincent Hospital adds RF Surgical Detection System to surgical safety protocols

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts has joined a growing number of over 100 hospitals nationwide to add the RF Surgical Detection System to its surgical safety protocols. This patented and FDA-approved technology uses a scanning wand that detects and signals an alert if any radio frequency tagged surgical sponges remain in a patient following surgery

26 Aug 2009

Phase III RE-LY study results to be presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress

Results of the Phase III RE-LY(R) (Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulant Therapy, Warfarin, Compared to Dabigatran) study will be presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Barcelona on Sunday, Aug. 30. The primary objective of RE-LY was to assess the safety and efficacy of the investigational oral direct thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran etexilate, against the current standard therapy, warfarin, for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

26 Aug 2009

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Defentect's radiation detection system to be installed at Washington Hospital Center

FAIR Health Plan provides cost effective healthcare to the uninsured

Tikcro Technologies announces financial results for the second-quarter ended June 30, 2009

Mid-career scientists receive the 2009 Julie Martin Mid-Career Awards in Aging Research

Positron forges Agent Agreement with Technology Imaging Services

Analysis of pending health reform bill points to huge cuts in Medicare funding

New online educational forum for medical professionals from HMP Communications

Research study concludes the difference in mortality between men and women depending on the type of ACS

First-quarter financial results of ReBuilder Medical Technologies announced

Half of Somalia needs emergency aid, significant deterioration in food security, report says

California AIDS Clearinghouse to close after cut in social service funding

Kaduna State Nigeria to install the M2SYS Bio-Plugin easy-to-use fingerprint biometrics system

Bioethicists and safety experts suggest guidelines for policy makers to improve patient safety

Interactive Intelligence's CIC communications software suite deployed at WRB Communications

Virginia Tech researchers to help pre-diabetic adults begin resistance training for preventing diabetes

University of Kentucky receives grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Task Force guidelines to improve identification and treatment of high BP among young people

Vision-related patient-reported outcomes used for improving medical product labeling in ophthalmology

Saint Vincent Hospital adds RF Surgical Detection System to surgical safety protocols

Phase III RE-LY study results to be presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress

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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