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USB pedometers offer accountability and accuracy for health and wellness programs

Uploadable USB pedometers may be new, but they're already seeing prime time in wellness. A combination of advanced accelerometer functionality and automated data upload are solving a long term concern over the accuracy of self-reported data.

28 Nov 2009

Philips Electronics to showcase its new range of healthcare imaging and informatics solutions at RSNA meeting

At the upcoming Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting starting Sunday, Royal Philips Electronics will demonstrate a new range of healthcare imaging and informatics solutions designed to directly address the priorities of patients and care providers, by delivering meaningful imaging innovations that reflect a desire for value, modular price points and easy upgradability.

From Philips Healthcare 28 Nov 2009

Researchers devise new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia

Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children's Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children with leukemia will respond to chemotherapy.

28 Nov 2009

Cromoz's new drug delivery system to reduce amount of drugs used in cancer treatment

Cromoz Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, will initiate water-soluble carbon nanotube-based cancer drug delivery system in Hyderabad, India. The water-soluble carbon nanotubes, which have functional groups on the walls that allows for conjugation with cancer drugs, was developed in partnership with the Indian Institute of Kanpur (ITT). The conjugated carbon nanotubes serves as a drug delivery vehicle with the ability to target the cancer site which has the potential to increase the drug efficacy.

28 Nov 2009

Varian Medical Systems to exhibit its full range of detectors at RSNA Annual Meeting in Chicago

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, will exhibit its full range of detectors at the RSNA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill. from November 29 - December 3, 2009. Varian will also be exhibiting X-ray tube technology for multiple modalities as well as specialized cancer treatment technologies.

27 Nov 2009

Sectra and Fundación García Muñoz sign a partnership agreement

Sectra has signed a partnership agreement with the Spanish company Fundación García Muñoz S.L. Founded in 1920, Fundación García Muñoz is a leading supplier of medical equipment and has an extensive customer base in both the private and public healthcare sectors in Spain.

27 Nov 2009

Medipattern and PenRad Technologies sign sales and distribution agreement

The Medipattern Corporation ("Medipattern") (TSX VENTURE:MKI), a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, and PenRad Technologies, Inc. ("PenRad"), a leader in the development of mammography information systems (MIS) are pleased to announce the signing of a sales and distribution agreement for PenRad to incorporate Medipattern's B-CAD computer aided detection for breast ultrasound imaging product line.

27 Nov 2009

Whitehead researchers develop new type of genetic screen for human cells

Whitehead researchers have developed a new type of genetic screen for human cells to pinpoint specific genes and proteins used by pathogens, according to their paper in Science.

27 Nov 2009

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment offers new option for cancer patients in Ontario

Ontario marks a milestone with the announcement of the province's first CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment option for cancer patients at Juravinski Cancer Centre. The technology will offer many cancer patients an effective alternative to surgery for some cancers.

26 Nov 2009

Study on response to breast cancer radiotherapy

Scientists are closer to discovering why some people respond to breast cancer radiotherapy better than others, according to Breast Cancer Campaign.

26 Nov 2009

GE Healthcare, MTL partner to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, and a leading Russian medical imaging manufacturer Medical Technologies Limited (MTL), today announced a strategic partnership to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia, starting with GE Healthcare’s CT BrightSpeed™ Elite system, in line with GE’s healthymagination strategy. The partnership will see Russia’s first locally manufactured advanced 16-slice computed tomography (CT).

26 Nov 2009

GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD system installed in Moscow

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced the installation of Russia’s first high-definition computed tomography (CT) scanner, GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD, at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation by the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow led by Professor Konstantin V. Lyadov.

26 Nov 2009

UCLA engineers and physicians develop PAD treatment device to prevent thrombosis

A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.

26 Nov 2009

DeHiGate develops prototype box for emergency services

On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, tackled fires and evacuated as many people as they could in an area which contained an estimated 17,000 people.

26 Nov 2009

Free, confidential HIV testing at Northern California ‘Out of the Closet’ locations

To commemorate World AIDS Day 2009, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), together with local partners, will offer free, confidential HIV testing at all five of its popular Bay Area “Out of the Closet” Thrift Stores on Tuesday, December 1st, from 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m. The events are part of AHF’s World AIDS Day 2009 “Testing Millions” campaign which seeks to test several million people for HIV in conjunction with this year’s observance of World AIDS Day.

26 Nov 2009

Three high risk indicators that aid mammography screening

Mammography Reporting System, Inc. (MRS) will demonstrate their newest high risk indicator at RSNA 2009, in Chicago. MRS is the only company in the industry offering three separate high risk indicators to alert radiologists of potentially at-risk patients at the very point they interpret a mammogram.

26 Nov 2009

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey ranks Praxis EMR top in essential categories

Praxis Electronic Medical Records received first place rankings in the American Academy of Family Physicians' (AAFP) Family Practice Management (FPM) 2009 EHR User Satisfaction Survey for improving medical quality, health maintenance, and disease management, all critical for new ARRA Stimulus legislation. Praxis also ranked #1 among doctors indicating their EMR had a positive effect in determining their salary.

26 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

USB pedometers offer accountability and accuracy for health and wellness programs

Philips Electronics to showcase its new range of healthcare imaging and informatics solutions at RSNA meeting

Researchers devise new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia

Cromoz's new drug delivery system to reduce amount of drugs used in cancer treatment

Varian Medical Systems to exhibit its full range of detectors at RSNA Annual Meeting in Chicago

Sectra and Fundación García Muñoz sign a partnership agreement

Medipattern and PenRad Technologies sign sales and distribution agreement

Whitehead researchers develop new type of genetic screen for human cells

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment offers new option for cancer patients in Ontario

Study on response to breast cancer radiotherapy

GE Healthcare, MTL partner to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia

GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD system installed in Moscow

UCLA engineers and physicians develop PAD treatment device to prevent thrombosis

DeHiGate develops prototype box for emergency services

Free, confidential HIV testing at Northern California ‘Out of the Closet’ locations

Three high risk indicators that aid mammography screening

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey ranks Praxis EMR top in essential categories

Low-temperature plasma prototype devices as bactericidal cocktails

TomTec Imaging Systems to present new technology for radiologic ultrasound at upcoming RSNA conference

UT Southwestern Medical Center to offer NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System implantation

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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