Radiology
FDA Cautions on Accurate Vitamin D Supplementation for Infants
June 15, 2010 9:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSILVER SPRING, Md. , June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration today alerted parents and caregivers that some liquid Vitamin D supplement products are sold with droppers that could allow excessive dosing of Vitamin D to infants. (Logo: ...
DHL Global Mail Launches Specialized Shipping Service for Mail-Order Pharmacies
June 15, 2010 9:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWESTON, Fla. , June 15 /- DHL Global Mail today launched a new shipping service designed specifically around the needs of mail-order pharmacies. DHL SMARTMAIL PHARMA SELECT ™ incorporates best practices the mail expediter has established over many years of serving the pharmaceutical...
Healthy Adviceâ„¢ Networks Physicians Participate in Panel at Sales Force Effectiveness Conference
June 15, 2010 9:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsCINCINNATI , June 15 /- Healthy Advice ™ Networks, the nation's leading provider of points-of-care health-education programs for consumers and physicians, hosted a panel of their physicians at the recent eyeforpharma Sales Force Effectiveness Conference held in Princeton, New Jersey...
Florida woman sues DePuy Orthopedics over hip implant
June 15, 2010 7:38 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsA Florida woman sues Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics, alleging that her ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement was defective and accusing the company of knowing about the device's problems but failing to warn physicians. DePuy Orthopaedics is facing the...
New President and Chief Executive Officer Named at Access Communications, LLC
June 15, 2010 6:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsBERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. , June 15 /- Access Communications, LLC (Access) has named David P. Gagliano the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). Since mid-2009, Access was under the leadership of a group of managing partners, a role in which Gagliano served in addition to...
Access Communications, LLC Wins Four Creative Design Awards from the Art Directors Club of New Jersey
June 15, 2010 6:40 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsBERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. , June 15 /- Access Communications, LLC (Access) has been awarded four distinctions of honor for its creative expertise from the Art Directors Club of New Jersey (ADCNJ). The most notable ADCNJ recognition for 2009 is the agency's Medal Award for the creative design...
Perrigo Company to Present at the 31st Annual Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference
June 15, 2010 6:39 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsALLEGAN, Mich. , June 15 /- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) today announced that Perrigo Executive Vice President and CFO Judy Brown will present at the 31st Annual Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 15 , at 3:05 p.m. (PT) at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza...
Healthcare matchmaker WellClicks raises $1 million
June 15, 2010 6:39 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsWellClicks, a startup aiming to connect consumers with healthcare providers that match their preferences, drums up $1 million in an equity offering. By Brandon Glenn WellClicks, a startup that promises to match consumers with health providers, raised $1 million from seven...
Surplus PC Power Yields Faster Cancer Research
June 15, 2010 4:42 am | by IBM | News | CommentsScientists have devised a way to automate and accelerate a manual, complex process that enables researchers to more easily discover the structure of cancer-related proteins, and, eventually, formulate cancer cures. This new, automated approach may also help the exploration of other...
Cleveland Clinic invests in company that helps patients shop for care
June 11, 2010 1:39 pm | by Mass Device | News | CommentsThe Cleveland Clinic makes an investment in California internet search engine company Castlight Health Inc. to push transparency in healthcare pricing by offering consumers way to find cheaper care. By Mary Vanac Already an outspoken advocate for healthy living as a means to...
Zargis licenses Stethographics' lung sounds analysis tool
June 11, 2010 7:40 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsZargis Medical Corp. licenses Stethographics Inc.'s auscultation analysis technology for its telemedicine and computer-aided auscultation platform. Zargis Medical Corp. licensed Stethographics Inc.'s lung sounds analysis technology for its telemedicine platform. The...
Smith & Nephew names Interlace Medical CTO in patent infringement suit
June 11, 2010 5:39 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsSmith & Nephew Inc.'s patent infringement lawsuit against Interlace Medical Inc. accuses Interlace Medical Inc. CTO Ronald Adams of bringing the technology with him when he left the British medical products conglomerate in 2006. Smith & Nephew Inc. (NYSE:SNN) hit...
MassDevice Q & A: John Abele, Part II
June 10, 2010 10:38 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsBoston Scientific Corp. co-founder John Abele, in the second installment of a lengthy interview, on the early days with Peter Nicholas, his take on demands for increased...
Protein E-selectin ligand-1 regulates production of TGF-beta
June 9, 2010 2:38 pm | by Baylor College of Medicine | News | CommentsSeveral years ago, Dr. Arthur Beaudet , Baylor College of Medicine's chair of molecular and human genetics, was surprised to find that mice that lacked a protein called E-selectin ligand-1 were shorter than normal. He and his colleagues were hoping that the protein was involved in cell...
VCs: Healthcare reform won't impede med-tech investment
June 9, 2010 12:37 pm | by Mass Device | News | CommentsAn informal survey of venture capital investors reveals their lack of worry that the healthcare reform act will slow down investment in medical technology. Readers of this website, and this blog, are likely to have a special interest in the business impacts of healthcare legislative...
Tennessee judge rules no preemption in Stryker hip implant suit
June 8, 2010 5:41 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsA federal judge in Tennessee rules that preemption does not apply in a product liability lawsuit over a Stryker Corp. hip implant. A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that preemption does not apply in the case of a product liability lawsuit over an allegedly defective Stryker...
Report: Reimbursement codes block innovative surgical techniques
June 7, 2010 1:40 pm | by Mass Device | News | CommentsCommercialization costs and bureaucratic red tape keep device makers from bringing more advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques into the spectrum of care, according to a report from design and engineering firm Cambridge Consultants. Entrepreneurs in the minimally...
Karmanos Cancer Institute Researchers Study Bisphosphonates and Their Affect on Early Stage Breast Cancer
June 5, 2010 11:38 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsCHICAGO , June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit presented preliminary data that shows nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates, therapeutic agents used to promote bone health and inhibit resorption, may cause a slightly poorer...
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Presents Interim Results of Phase 1b Carfilzomib Combination Trial
June 4, 2010 12:41 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsEMERYVILLE, Calif. , June 4 /- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX ) today announced updated interim results of the Phase 1b dose-escalation trial, known as the 006 study, evaluating carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide (Revlimid®) and low dose dexamethasone in patients...
Arizona Residents Get Help With Medicines Through PPA 2.0
June 4, 2010 12:41 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsWASHINGTON , June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent article in Arizona 's Gilbert Examiner highlighted the Partnership for Prescription Assistance ( PPA ) and announced the launch of " PPA 2.0 ," the organization's online expansion of the program. PPA has helped more than 6.5 million...
Veteran International Health Care Executive Appointed CEO of BeneChill(R)
June 4, 2010 10:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSAN DIEGO and STOCKHOLM , June 4 /- Amgen executive Alan Raffensperger has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of BeneChill, a privately held medical device company launching its first product, a novel cooling device for use by emergency response teams in the field, later this...
Siemens Donates MRI Scanner to Help Rebuild Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
June 4, 2010 10:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsAMERICUS, Ga. , June 4 /- After three long years of hardship to rebuild a cornerstone of the community, the staff of Phoebe Sumter Medical Center welcomed the arrival of a new MAGNETOM® ESSENZA magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, compliments of Siemens Healthcare. The new MRI...
St. Jude Medical and Hospitals in Ohio and Kentucky to Pay Almost $4 Million to Federal Government to Resolve Fraud Allegations
June 4, 2010 10:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsAKRON, Ohio , June 4 /- Working with an internal whistleblower, Attorney Warner Mendenhall , the Law firm of McLaughlin and McCaffrey, LLP, and Assistant United States Attorneys Alex Rokakis and Michelle Heyer have worked for four years to expose False Claims by St. Jude Medical, Inc. a...
Power Wheelchair From Medicare Helps Save Elderly Alabama Woman From Raging Fire That Destroyed Her Home of 40 Years
June 4, 2010 10:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsClose Call for Woman Who Needed Power Wheelchair to Escape the Blaze OPELIKA, Ala. , June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When Roena Hall , 75, received a power wheelchair through Medicare a year ago, it improved her mobility and relieved some of the pain in her back. But she didn't...
The SCOOTER Store Donates Scooter to High School Student With Muscular Dystrophy
June 4, 2010 10:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsMOSCOW, Idaho , June 4 /- Teenagers with Muscular Dystrophy (MD) are inspiring, and Isaac Aragon is no exception. Aragon is a 17-year-old high school student who has not let MD slow him down much. Although he visits Moscow Mountain Sport & Physical Therapy on a regular basis, he has...
