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Michael Garippa Joins SynCardia as President
July 8, 2010 12:34 am | by SynCardia | CommentsSynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that Michael Garippa, the CEO and President of TandemHeart for the last 8 years, has left the company to become SynCardia's new president. Rodger Ford will continue as SynCardia's CEO,...
1 in 4 Californian children have never seen a dentist, study finds
July 7, 2010 10:42 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of California - Los Angeles) A new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study published in the July issue of Health Affairs reveals that in California, nearly 25 percent of children in the state have never seen a dentist and that disparities exist across race,...
Startup Aims to Bring Useless Farmland Back to Life
July 7, 2010 10:41 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsThe company is developing crops that tolerate salty soils.
Home care equivalent to hospital care for some patients with cystic fibrosis
July 7, 2010 10:36 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(American Thoracic Society) Patients with cystic fibrosis recover from exacerbations equally well if they are treated at home or in a hospital, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University. Furthermore, longer treatment with antibiotics does not appear to offer any...
Multistep Diagnostics on Paper
July 7, 2010 10:35 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsA credit-card-sized diagnostic device can perform a task normally carried out by complex equipment.
Multiplying DNA One Drop at a Time
July 7, 2010 10:34 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsRainDance Technologies says its method of amplifying DNA in drops of water will expand clinical genetic testing.
Stryker to Host Conference Call on July 20, 2010
July 7, 2010 12:35 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsKALAMAZOO, Mich. , July 7 /- Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK ) announced that it will host a conference call on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time , to discuss the Company's operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 , and provide an operational update. Operating...
New 3-D imaging techniques for improved lung cancer drug development
July 7, 2010 12:32 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Optical Society of America) Advanced imaging technologies that promise to improve effective drug development to treat lung cancer are the focus of the current issue of Optics Express, an open-access journal published by the Optical Society. Research outlines standardized...
ESC Congress 2010: The year's major event in cardiovascular medicine
July 7, 2010 12:32 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(European Society of Cardiology) The European Society of Cardiology Congress 2010, the world's biggest international meeting in Cardiology will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, from Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2010.The scientific program for this year's ESC Congress is now complete and promises...
Nursing home operator faces $671M in damages
July 7, 2010 11:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSkilled Healthcare Group Inc. has been ordered to pay $671 million for failing to provide adequate staffing at its assisted-living facilities.A Humboldt County jury awarded the damages Tuesday in the class-action lawsuit against the company based in Foothill Ranch, more than seven months after...
Department of Defense Funding Shows Continued and Bi-Partisan Support for STB® Lifesaving Technologies' Products to Stop Blood Loss
July 7, 2010 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsROCKVILLE, Md. , July 7 /- For the third consecutive year the Department of Defense demonstrated its commitment to help save the lives of our troops by providing STB Lifesaving Technologies® with $2.85 million of funding. The award is to further advance the development of STB®'s...
EV group introduces new EVG610 mask and bond aligner optimized for greater cost and process flexibility
July 7, 2010 10:39 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsNew system provides World-class alignment technology at an affordable cost
MTuitive brings OpNote tech to UMass Medical
July 7, 2010 10:36 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsCenterville-based mTuitive Inc. has a new customer in UMass Memorial Medical Center's Division of Neurosurgery, which plans to use the company's OpNote technology to track surgical findings.
Alnylam launches drug trial to treat rare disease
July 7, 2010 10:35 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsAlnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched a Phase 1 trial for a drug candidate targeting a rare disease known as ATTR. Investors and analysts are taking notice because it is one of just a handful of RNAi human trials ongoing.
Cancer deaths continue to drop
July 7, 2010 10:34 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(American Cancer Society) The continued drop in overall cancer mortality rates over the last 20 years has averted more than 767,000 cancer deaths according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
