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ACR, SBI: Mammo Overdiagnosis Study Flawed
April 4, 2012 11:34 am | by Diagnostic Imaging | News | CommentsThe AIM study that found 15 percent to 25 percent of breast cancers are overdiagnosed by mammogram overestimates overdiagosis and draws invalid conclusions, the groups said.
MDHI Enhances the MediPendant™ and Begins International Shipments
April 4, 2012 11:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsKING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 4, 2012 /- Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc. (OTCQB: MDHI.PK), today announced several significant feature and function enhancements to its patented, MediPendant™ personal medical alarm system. The MediPendant™ is different from most medical...
Syndicus, Inc. Scientific Services, SOAPware Announce Strategic Alliance
April 4, 2012 11:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsANNAPOLIS, Md. and FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., April 4, 2012 /- Syndicus, Inc. and Fayetteville, Ark.-based healthcare solutions provider SOAPware, Inc. have forged a strategic alliance that will ultimately help Maryland-area primary care practices transition from paper-based records to...
Frost & Sullivan: Industry Push toward Quantitative Imaging Positions Computer Aided Detection and Diagnosis Adequately for Renewed Clinical Expansion
April 4, 2012 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 4, 2012 /- Since the inception of the market in 1998 and until 2008, revenue from the North American computer aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) market continued to grow rapidly year over year. It surpassed the $100 million mark for the first time in 2007....
Global BioClinical Launches New Website
April 4, 2012 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSEATTLE, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global BioClinical (GBC) the Seattle-based contract consulting and clinical research services company has launched a new website at www.globalbioclinical.com . The site offers expanded information on the company, services offered,...
Enanta Announces Positive Phase 2 Results From Interferon-Free Combination Studies with ABT-450 for Hepatitis C Treatment to be Presented at EASL
April 4, 2012 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWATERTOWN, Mass., April. 4, 2012 /- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a research and development company dedicated to creating best-in-class small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field, announced today that key data from two of its hepatitis C (HCV) programs will be presented at the...
Medicare Bidding Program Endangers Patients, Costs Jobs in Pittsburgh, says American Association for Homecare
April 4, 2012 11:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsPITTSBURGH, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment and services (HME) is forcing those providers in the Pittsburgh area to revise operating models, lay off workers, or leave the profession. Medicare beneficiaries are also affected,...
Results in Science Translational Medicine Highlight a New Class of Targeted Cancer Therapeutics Showing High Drug Concentration in Tumors and Promising Clinical Effects in Advanced...
April 4, 2012 10:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsResults in Science Translational Medicine Highlight a New Class of Targeted Cancer Therapeutics Showing High Drug Concentration in Tumors and Promising Clinical Effects in Advanced or Metastatic Cancers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 4, 2012-- BIND Biosciences, a clinical-stage...
Proximity Alarm Features LED and Audio Warnings
April 4, 2012 9:54 am | Standex Electronics | Product Releases | CommentsStandex Electronics introduces a non-contact proximity alarm that combines audio and visual alerts, believed to be an industry first. When the trigger element nears the base element...
Green Level V Power Supplies
April 4, 2012 9:52 am | Product Releases | CommentsProviding green power supply solutions to engineers worldwide, the GlobTek GT-41132 Family of 60-W Level V power supplies now carry Singapore to IEC 60950-1:2005 approval.
Molded Eight-Pin M8 Cordsets
April 4, 2012 9:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsBinder-USA is pleased to announce the most recent addition of molded eight-pin cordsets to the M8 sensor connector range. The new cordset is a response to the high demand...
Multi-Axis Machine Controller
April 4, 2012 9:46 am | Aerotech, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAerotech has introduced a motion control industrial computer option for its Automation 3200 Multi-Axis Machine Controller. The A3200 Automation Controller provides...
St. Jude will stop selling 2 heart device wires
April 4, 2012 9:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSt. Jude Medical Inc. will stop selling two types of wires used in devices that treat heart failure because in some cases, conductive wires were sticking out of their insulation. The St. Paul, Minn., company said Wednesday it will stop selling QuickSite and QuickFlex wires. St. Jude said there...
Class I Medical Device Recall: Thoratec Corporation, HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS)
April 4, 2012 9:31 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | News | CommentsDetachment of the bend relief from its intended position around the proximal outflow graft may allow the graft to kink or deform, resulting in reduction of blood flow from the HeartMate II LVAS pump, pump/graft thrombosis, or perforation of the outflow...
FlexFix Receives Fundamental Patents in the Orthopedic Fracture Fixation Space
April 4, 2012 8:45 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFlexFix Receives Fundamental Patents in the Orthopedic Fracture Fixation Space LOGAN, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 4, 2012-- FlexFix, LLC, a VentureMD portfolio company, announces that it has recently been granted two new patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which are fundamental ...
