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Elekta's Versa HD system accelerates radiation delivery to new levels

Featuring a revolutionary combination of speed and accuracy, Elekta's new Versa HD system will help clinicians at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (Withington, Manchester) maximize the precision of therapeutic beams on the tumor target, while also accelerating radiation delivery to new levels.

From Elekta 10 Apr 2013

Cognoptix provides update on multi-site clinical trial of SAPPHIRE II eye test

Cognoptix announced today that it has reached the halfway point in a multi-site clinical trial of its SAPPHIRE II eye test designed to identify Alzheimer's disease patients via a beta amyloid ("Ab") signature in their eyes.

10 Apr 2013

Sebelius: 'Relentless and continuous' politics complicates health law's implementation

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she underestimated how long politics would dog the health law. Meanwhile, a regional official of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tells The Washington Post what's happening in the field.

10 Apr 2013

Cell>Point reports encouraging results from Phase 2a cardiovascular clinical study of 99mTc-EC-G

Cell>Point announced today encouraging results following the conclusion of its Phase 2a cardiovascular clinical study performed by Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies of Kansas City, Missouri.

10 Apr 2013

Researchers present data on ARQ 092 at 2013 AACR Annual Meeting

Researchers presented data today on ARQ 092, an AKT inhibitor in Phase 1 clinical development by ArQule, Inc. at the AACR Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10, showing that this novel, oral agent inhibits the AKT pathway and has a manageable safety profile in an ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial.

10 Apr 2013

Findings could help develop new ways to predict risks of tobacco-associated cancers

Believe it or not, while researchers have explored which genes are mutated in each type of tobacco-associated cancer, until now no one had thought to look across these types for common genes that might predict patient outcomes. Results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 show that in lung and bladder cancers, genes related to the regulation of the cell cycle are associated with poor patient outcomes.

10 Apr 2013

Moody's: Sequestration adds on new financial pressures for non-profit hospitals

Also in the news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun auditing some of the physicians who qualify for a Medicare EHR "meaningful use" bonus before they even receive a check -- a step that has triggered grumbling from organized medicine.

10 Apr 2013

Disinfection intervention highlights effective method in removing antibiotic-resistant bug

With rates and deaths associated with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) at historically high levels, many hospitals have taken extra steps to reduce these infections. New research finds that a dedicated daily cleaning crew who adequately clean and disinfect rooms contaminated by C. difficile using a standardized process can be more effective than other disinfection interventions.

10 Apr 2013

Gene variations can predispose people to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Seemingly benign differences in genetic code from one person to the next could influence who develops side effects to chemotherapy, a Mayo Clinic study has found.

10 Apr 2013

Mass., Vermont pioneer their own health reforms

Efforts in Massachusetts and Vermont offer insight regarding cost controls and a state initiative to create a single-payer system.

10 Apr 2013

BIND Therapeutics presents positive Phase 1 clinical study results for BIND-014 at AACR meeting

BIND Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of highly selective targeted and programmable therapeutics called AccurinsTM, announced today that positive Phase 1 clinical data for BIND-014, the company's lead drug candidate, were presented today in an oral presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research 2013 Annual Meeting.

10 Apr 2013

Multiple genes strongly contribute to risk for schizophrenia

Multiple genes contribute to risk for schizophrenia and appear to function in pathways related to transmission of signals in the brain and immunity, according to an international study led by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy researchers.

10 Apr 2013

Hospitals, other providers increasingly using 'the cloud' to store images

Health-care providers are starting to embrace the fast-growing area of technology known as cloud services, the model of shared computing in which data is stored on remote servers that hospitals can access via desktop, tablet or smartphone.

10 Apr 2013

More research needed to measure impact of co-infections on hospital admission

A study at Rhode Island Hospital has found that despite complications, patients co-infected with the pandemic 2009-2010 influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) and a second respiratory virus were not associated with worse outcomes or admission to the hospital's intensive care unit.

10 Apr 2013

Physicians uncertain about hospitalization for PID treatment

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient care leave some clinicians scratching their heads.

10 Apr 2013

Adults younger than 65 more likely to skip meds to save money

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that adults younger than 65 were more likely than older Americans to skip medicines, or not take them as prescribed.

10 Apr 2013

Combination of cetuximab and chemotherapy improves tumor shrinkage, extends survival

New results from a clinical trial conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that adding cetuximab (Erbitux) to standard chemotherapy enables some patients with otherwise inoperable liver metastases due to colorectal cancer have their metastases surgically removed.

10 Apr 2013

Research sheds light on malaria-related parasite's transition from acute to chronic stage

A new discovery about the malaria-related parasite Toxoplasma gondii -- which can threaten babies, AIDS patients, the elderly and others with weakened immune function -- may help solve the mystery of how this single-celled parasite establishes life-long infections in people.

10 Apr 2013

New study suggests that Ranibizumab can be potential prophylaxis for PVR

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy, or the formation of scar tissue in the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in people recovering from surgical repair of retinal detachment. PVR is difficult to predict, lacks effective treatment options, and substantially reduces an individual's quality of life.

10 Apr 2013

House GOP leader to introduce Tavenner at nomination hearing

Senators are planning to grill Marilyn Tavenner, the Obama administration's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, but Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., has said she is "eminently qualified," and her confirmation is expected.

10 Apr 2013

Medical News

Elekta's Versa HD system accelerates radiation delivery to new levels

Cognoptix provides update on multi-site clinical trial of SAPPHIRE II eye test

Sebelius: 'Relentless and continuous' politics complicates health law's implementation

Cell>Point reports encouraging results from Phase 2a cardiovascular clinical study of 99mTc-EC-G

Researchers present data on ARQ 092 at 2013 AACR Annual Meeting

Findings could help develop new ways to predict risks of tobacco-associated cancers

Moody's: Sequestration adds on new financial pressures for non-profit hospitals

Disinfection intervention highlights effective method in removing antibiotic-resistant bug

Gene variations can predispose people to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Mass., Vermont pioneer their own health reforms

BIND Therapeutics presents positive Phase 1 clinical study results for BIND-014 at AACR meeting

Multiple genes strongly contribute to risk for schizophrenia

Hospitals, other providers increasingly using 'the cloud' to store images

More research needed to measure impact of co-infections on hospital admission

Physicians uncertain about hospitalization for PID treatment

Adults younger than 65 more likely to skip meds to save money

Combination of cetuximab and chemotherapy improves tumor shrinkage, extends survival

Research sheds light on malaria-related parasite's transition from acute to chronic stage

New study suggests that Ranibizumab can be potential prophylaxis for PVR

House GOP leader to introduce Tavenner at nomination hearing

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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