Diagnostics
Medical Device Consultants, Inc. and Clinical Development & Support Services Ltd Announce Strategic Partnership
July 20, 2010 7:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsNORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. , July 20 /- Medical Device Consultants, Inc. (MDCI), a full-service regulatory consulting and contract research organization (CRO) serving the medical device and diagnostics industry, today announced a strategic partnership with Clinical Development & Support...
Sysmex America Begins Distribution of CellaVision® DM1200
July 20, 2010 7:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsMUNDELEIN, Ill. , July 20 /- Sysmex, a global leader in medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology, today announced the addition of the CellaVision® DM1200 cell image analysis analyzer to the Sysmex hematology product offering. The DM1200 enables...
Foundation Radiology Group Forms Strategic Partnership with Transcription Experts, Acusis
July 20, 2010 7:31 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsPITTSBURGH , July 20 /- Pittsburgh -based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), a premier provider of high-quality, diagnostic imaging professional services, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Acusis, a national provider of outsourced medical transcription services for...
Image-processing algorithm reduces CT radiation dose by as much as 95 percent
July 20, 2010 4:32 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(American Institute of Physics) In the wake of recent radiation overdoses, researchers at the Mayo Clinic, excited by CT perfusion's promise for diagnosing stroke, cancer, and possibly heart disease, have developed a way to reduce the amount of radiation involved in the procedure...
New biotech company grows from MCG diabetes and genomic research
July 19, 2010 6:34 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Medical College of Georgia) A new biotech company has grown out of laboratory and clinical studies at the Medical College of Georgia with the goal of improving the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and cancer. Dr. Jin-Xiong She, director of the MCG Center for Biotechnology and...
MDMA (Ecstasy)-assisted psychotherapy relieves treatment-resistant PTSD
July 19, 2010 4:31 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(SAGE Publications UK) MDMA (also known as Ecstasy), may one day offer hope for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even people for whom other treatments have failed. Clinical trial results out today in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, published by SAGE,...
China Sky One Medical's Chief Financial Officer's Health Issues to Restrict His Availability to Investors
July 16, 2010 5:34 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsHARBIN, China , July 16 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One Medical" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI ), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company producing over-the-counter drugs in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that...
Agendia to Provide Testimony at Public Meeting on FDA Oversight of Laboratory-Developed Tests
July 15, 2010 10:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsIRVINE, California , and AMSTERDAM , July 15, 2010 /- Agendia, a world leader in molecular cancer diagnostics, announced today that company CEO Dr. Bernhard Sixt will provide testimony at a public meeting on July 20 in Washington D.C. on the federal regulation of laboratory developed...
Peking University People's Hospital Partners with IBM to Build China's First Evidence-Based Patient Centric Care System
July 15, 2010 6:35 am | by IBM | News | CommentsIBM and Peking University People's Hospital (People's Hospital) have built an evidence-based patient centric care (ePC3) system to enable cooperation and resource sharing among medical services providers for improved patient care.
IBM Bolsters Scientific Research to Improve Healthcare Quality and Costs
July 15, 2010 6:34 am | by IBM | News | CommentsIBM today announced plans to enlist some of the company's leading scientists and technologists to help medical practitioners and insurance companies provide high-quality, evidence-based care to patients. As part of this initiative, IBM is collaborating with clinicians in numerous medical...
Drug detection firm Psychemedics signs deal with UK firm
July 14, 2010 12:32 pm | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | News | CommentsActon-based Psychemedics Corp., a substance abuse screening firm, has signed a deal with U.K.-based LGC Ltd., granting the British analytical and diagnostic services firm sales and marketing responsibilities in the U.K. and Europe for Psychemedics' hair analysis drug test.
Does the existing standard of care supply energy sources to brain tumor cells?
July 14, 2010 11:34 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Boston College) Examining a decade's worth of research, Boston College biochemists write in Lancet Oncology that the medical standard of care for the most common form of brain cancer may actually feed tumor cells the energy sources they need to survive or recur.
Children's National Medical Center receives first NIH CTSA given to a children's hospital
July 14, 2010 11:34 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Children's National Medical Center) Children's National Medical Center, in partnership with The George Washington University Medical Center, has received a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Research Resources of the National...
Diabetes Risk, on a Scale of 1 to 10
July 13, 2010 9:34 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsA new test is transforming the way some doctors diagnose and treat their patients.
MEMS & Sensors for Smartphones Report
July 13, 2010 5:42 am | by I-Micronews | News | CommentsWhen Sensing Comes Right into your Pocket!
A Turning Point for Genetic Testing
July 13, 2010 5:36 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsThe FDA plans to overhaul its regulation of the increasingly common diagnostic tests.
Visterra takes in $6M VC funds, launches Singapore arm
July 12, 2010 7:34 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | News | CommentsCambridge biotech startup Visterra Inc., formerly known as Parasol Therapeutics, has landed $6 million in its first round of funding, which accompanied the launch of Visterra Singapore Pte. Ltd. from Visterra, the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center and the...
MedPro Imaging to Supply Mobile Ultrasound Diagnostics to Chicago Bears Players
July 12, 2010 7:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWAUKESHA, Wis. , July 12 /- MedPro Imaging, a leading supplier of new and refurbished ultrasound solutions, announced the company has been chosen by the Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. to supply mobile ultrasound services for helping to diagnose injuries and other health issues for the...
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Completes Divestiture of Breast Care Business to Devicor Medical Products
July 12, 2010 7:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsCINCINNATI , July 12 /- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES), a Johnson & Johnson company, today announced it has completed the divestiture of its Breast Care business to Devicor Medical Products, Inc., a portfolio company of GTCR. Financial terms of the transaction are not being...
Pain, dry mouth may play role in sleep quality of head and neck cancer patients
July 11, 2010 10:33 pm | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(University of Michigan Health System) Head and neck cancer patients who reported poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to radiation treatments, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan...
New UC Davis study finds early Alzheimer's identification method
July 9, 2010 10:34 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(University of California - Davis - Health System) Abnormal brain images combined with examination of the composition of the fluid that surrounds the spine may offer the earliest signs identifying healthy older adults at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, well before cognitive...
Preliminary highlights of the AAPM 52nd Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., July 18-22, 2010
July 9, 2010 10:34 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(American Institute of Physics) At the 52nd meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, which convenes from July 18-22, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pa., thousands of scientists and board-certified health professionals will gather to share the latest developments in...
Pfizer Hemophilia presents new data at the World Federation of Hemophilia 2010 Congress
July 9, 2010 5:34 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Edelman Public Relations) Pfizer today announced that the results of a number of hemophilia studies will be presented at the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) 2010 Congress taking place July 10-14, 2010, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Key research includes a pre-clinical...
ECRI Institute Adds 4,000 New Terms to Universal Medical Device Nomenclature Systemâ„¢
July 8, 2010 10:35 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsFree license gives access to 24,544 terms, including genetic testing and device software PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. , July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute's Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System™, the most comprehensive medical device taxonomy, announces the...
Exagen Diagnostics Receives Lab Accreditation From College of American Pathologists
July 8, 2010 10:35 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. , July 8 /- Exagen Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics laboratory that discovers, develops and markets proprietary genomic tests, has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The CAP is a leading...
