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Lantos Technologies Launches World's First 3D Direct Ear Scanner
March 30, 2012 6:45 am | News | CommentsCAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lantos Technologies today announced the launch of its 3D digital scanner for fast and painless measurement of the ear canal. The small, hand-held portable scanner using Lantos' patented dual-wavelength algorithm technology is the first platform...
Global Market for Home Medical Equipment to Reach $26.2 Billion in 2016
March 30, 2012 6:31 am | News | CommentsWellesley, Mass. – According to a new technical market research report, GLOBAL MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (HLC054C) from BCC Research, the global market for home medical equipment was valued at $18.9 billion...
Covidien Announces Organizational Changes
March 30, 2012 6:09 am | News | CommentsMANSFIELD, Mass. - Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced organizational changes to the leadership team of its Vascular Therapies Global Business Unit. According to Stacy Enxing Seng, president of the 4,000 employee, $1.4 billion business...
Cutting Edge Spine announces commercial availability of new family of PEEK-OPTIMA- based spinal interbody systems
March 30, 2012 5:46 am | News | CommentsCutting Edge Spine, LLC., Waxhaw, NC - Cutting Edge Spine (CES), an emerging leader in the supply of interbody implant systems for surgery of the spine, today announced commercial availability of the E-Vol System of spinal fusion devices. A 510k cleared family of spinal interbody systems...
PLC Announces Approval to Distribute RenalGuard@ in Brazil
March 30, 2012 4:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsPLC Systems Inc. (OTC: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, today announced that it had received approval from the Brazilian government to market its innovative RenalGuard SystemT in that country. PLC's exclusive distributor in Brazil, DISCOMED Comercio de ...
Mirada XD3 Analysis Software to Integrate with BioREAD Imaging Core Lab System for PET and Molecular Imaging in Oncology and Other Therapeutic Areas
March 30, 2012 2:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMirada XD3 Analysis Software to Integrate with BioREAD Imaging Core Lab System for PET and Molecular Imaging in Oncology and Other Therapeutic Areas NEWTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 30, 2012-- BioClinica(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOC), a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, today...
ThermoGenesis Announces AABB Accreditation for Cord Blood Products Customer in China
March 30, 2012 2:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsRANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., March 29, 2012 /- ThermoGenesis Corp. (NASDAQ: KOOL ), a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells, said today that its customer Beike Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Beike) has become the first company in China to...
Weakness Can Be an Advantage in Surviving Deadly Parasites, a New Study Shows
March 29, 2012 5:37 pm | by Georgia Tech Institute of Technology | News | CommentsWhen battling an epidemic of a deadly parasite, less resistance can sometimes be better than more. A new study suggests that a lake's ecological characteristics influence how freshwater zooplankton Daphnia dentifera evolve to survive epidemics of a virulent yeast parasite Metschnikowia...
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Doses Comparable to Mammography
March 29, 2012 5:33 pm | by Diagnostic Imaging | News | CommentsRadiation doses from digital breast tomosynthesis is comparable to and could be lower than conventional two-view full-field digital mammography.
Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D., Receives Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Grant
March 29, 2012 5:33 pm | by AACR | News | CommentsCHICAGO — The American Association for Cancer Research will award Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D., of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center with the 2012 Caring for Carcinoid Foundation-AACR Grant for Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research. The grant will...
Tomosynthesis Shows Promise in Knee Imaging
March 29, 2012 5:32 pm | by Diagnostic Imaging | News | CommentsResearchers found the modality to be more proficient than radiography in identifying the hallmarks of knee osteoarthritis, but say it's still too early to recommend using tomosynthesis as a standard practice.
Lantheus Medical Imaging to Host Fourth Quarter/2011 Conference Call on April 5, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
March 29, 2012 12:45 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsLantheus Medical Imaging to Host Fourth Quarter/2011 Conference Call on April 5, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time N. BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 29, 2012-- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. ("Lantheus") today announced that it will host a conference call at 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, April...
Bio-Path Holdings Engages PondelWilkinson for Retail Investor Relations Program
March 29, 2012 11:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBio-Path Holdings Engages PondelWilkinson for Retail Investor Relations Program HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 29, 2012-- Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., (OTCBB: BPTH) ("Bio-Path"), a biotechnology company developing a liposomal delivery technology for nucleic acid cancer drugs, today announced that...
Results show the acute safety and efficacy of the Diamondback TM Orbital Atherectomy System in a non-hospital setting:
March 29, 2012 10:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsResults show the acute safety and efficacy of the Diamondback TM Orbital Atherectomy System in a non-hospital setting: ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 29, 2012-- Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) (Nasdaq: CSII), today announced results from a study of patients treated for peripheral...
For March 28, 2012, CBS
March 29, 2012 9:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFor March 28, 2012, CBS xfdcb CBS-THIS-MORNING-02 <Show: CBS THIS MORNING> <Date: March 28, 2012> <Time: 07:30> <Tran: 032802cb.410> <Type: Show> <Head: For March 28, 2012, CBS> <Sect: News; Domestic> <Byline: Charlie Rose, Erica Hill, Gayle...
