Diagnostics
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...
Simple diagnostic tool predicts Type 2 diabetes in Southeast Asians
July 8, 2010 5:35 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments(Research Australia) Australian and Vietnamese researchers have estimated the current prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Vietnam, and have developed a simple tool for identifying individuals at high risk.Often triggered by sedentary lifestyles and high-fat or high-sugar diets,...
Enrollment Underway in CLARITY-AF Study to Compare Efficacy, Safety and Efficiency of Two Catheter Ablation Technologies
July 8, 2010 5:35 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWATERLOO, Belgium , July 8, 2010 /- Biosense Webster, Inc., a worldwide leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announces that more than 10 patients have now been enrolled in the CLARITY-study ("CLARITY-AF"), comparing the efficacy, safety and efficiency of CARTO(R)...
Boston Scientific Announces First Patient Enrollment in MultiSENSE Clinical Trial
July 8, 2010 5:35 am | by Boston Scientific | News | CommentsNATICK, Mass., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced enrollment of the first patient in its MultiSENSE clinical trial. The trial is designed to evaluate multiple physiolog
Multistep Diagnostics on Paper
July 7, 2010 10:35 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | 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 | News | CommentsRainDance Technologies says its method of amplifying DNA in drops of water will expand clinical genetic testing.
New 3-D imaging techniques for improved lung cancer drug development
July 7, 2010 12:32 pm | by EurekAlert | News | 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 | News | 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...
Concord Medical Files 2009 Annual Report on Form 20-F
July 7, 2010 4:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsBEIJING , July 7 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited ("Concord Medical" or the "Company") (NYSE: CCM ), operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China , today announced that it has filed its annual report for...
Invision Sally Jobe Introduces New Breast Cancer Screening Technology to Denver
July 7, 2010 4:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsDENVER , July 7 /- Invision Sally Jobe is among the first diagnostic imaging networks in the nation to offer a new breast ultrasound technology for the early detection of cancer. Screening Breast Ultrasound (SBU) is a highly effective technology developed to complement mammography in...
