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Heart scans detect problems before symptoms appear

Many times, people with heart disease have few visible symptoms. This is one of the reasons why heart disease is the number one killer for both men and women in America.

25 Jun 2004

Health Canada is warning the Canadian public to immediately discard "BABY" / "BÉBÉ" brand pacifiers

The pacifier was recently tested at Health Canada's Product Safety Laboratory and failed to meet Canadian safety requirements. The nipple from several of the pacifiers detached during testing, and the handle also detached. Young children and babies using the pacifier could choke on or aspirate a piece of it.

24 Jun 2004

Promise of improved workflows and reduced medical errors to boost adoption of computerised physician order entry systems

Motivated by the need to achieve cost-effective and high-quality care, the European healthcare industry is increasingly turning to computerised physician order entry (CPOE) systems.

24 Jun 2004

Implantable chip could serve as a prosthetic retina for people who suffer from age-related blindness

Where other types of chips use electricity to stimulate nerves, this one instead tickles cells with minute amounts of chemicals. Because nerve cells normally communicate with each other by releasing chemicals known as neurotransmitters, the new device points to a more effective way of treating very delicate tissues, such as those in the eye and in the brain.

24 Jun 2004

System to treat patients over the internet via webcam

Physiotherapy is coming to a lounge room near you with a University of Queensland lecturer inventing a system to treat patients over the internet via webcam.

24 Jun 2004

Tablet PC-based software application will act as virtual clipboard for health professionals

Tablet PC-based software application that allows psychologists and other treatment and educational staff to instantly file and retrieve patient information to and from a central database using wireless technology and the Internet.

23 Jun 2004

Computerised test that can help detect memory problems in older people

Ageing can cause many fears in people, but perhaps one of the biggest is fear of losing your memory.

23 Jun 2004

Microchip to track genetic signature of cancer and normal tissue

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), tiny pieces of genetic material that can serve as stop signs for gene expression and protein synthesis, are thought to be important in the development of cancer.

23 Jun 2004

Stents designed with thinner and fewer linkages may be the basis of a new generation of stents

An investigation of how blood flows through stents after opening clogged arteries has led a team of researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Center in Milwaukee to suggest that stents designed with thinner and fewer linkages may be the basis of a new generation of stents.

23 Jun 2004

New eye-tracking device

The newest research device at The William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation looks more like something out of a science fiction movie than a tool for discovering learning patterns.

21 Jun 2004

Cooling method to treat brain aneurysms

Patients who undergo brain surgery to treat aneurysms are at risk for permanent brain damage, but a protective cooling system is now being tested at Rush University Medical Center to reduce or eliminate this risk.

21 Jun 2004

Ultrasound technology to treat cancer

Ultrasound scans might be most familiar for getting a peek at a developing fetus, but the technology could also be used to treat cancer. A partnership between UC Davis, Siemens Medical Systems and ImaRx Inc., funded by a National Cancer Institute grant, will study ways to deliver drugs to tumors using focused ultrasound.

17 Jun 2004

New whole body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows scientists to watch as immune system respond to tumors or infection

Compared to the snapshot views of the immune system from tumor biopsies or blood assays, this whole body imaging allows scientists to track how the immune response changes, and the tumor or infection responds, throughout the different phases of immune response and over long periods of time.

15 Jun 2004

High resolution imaging greatly aids physicians treating irregular heart beats

The findings of a new study published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology demonstrate that the use of high resolution imaging can greatly aid physicians who are treating patients suffering from a particular type of irregular heart beat.

15 Jun 2004

New operating room with 3-dimensional technology that takes modern robotic surgery to new levels

Surgical teams are now performing robotic surgery for prostate cancer with enhanced efficiency, comfort and communication using this unique technology.

15 Jun 2004

Miniature ammonia sensor which detects ammonia in three steps

Dutch researcher Björn Timmer has developed a miniature ammonia sensor which detects ammonia in three steps. The sensor uses very small quantities of a reagent and is cheap to use.

15 Jun 2004

Wireless patient monitoring system using mobile phone technology

Your doctor may soon be able to check on your recovery after a hospital stay by texting your mobile phone. Researchers, writing in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making today, have developed and tested a wireless patient monitoring system that could help detect patient suffering at a distance.

14 Jun 2004

Textured titanium medical implants may be better than smooth ones

Medical implants – from catheters that deliver long-term life support to joint replacements – may work better when their surfaces are on the rough side, new research suggests.

14 Jun 2004

Development of a new kind of hearing aid that was inspired by basic biological studies of a tiny fly's ear

Oh, to be a fly on the wall at this meeting: Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, in his tour yesterday (June 8, 2004) of National Institutes of Health (NIH) headquarters, heard about the NIH's prime example of taxpayer-funded translational research -- development of a new kind of hearing aid that was inspired by basic biological studies of a tiny fly's ear.

11 Jun 2004

Magnetic resonance imaging better than traditional mammography for detecting the presence of breast cancer

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania today presented the first comprehensive study results which show that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is significantly better than traditional mammography for detecting the presence and extent of disease in patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer.

10 Jun 2004

Device / Technology News

Heart scans detect problems before symptoms appear

Health Canada is warning the Canadian public to immediately discard "BABY" / "BÉBÉ" brand pacifiers

Promise of improved workflows and reduced medical errors to boost adoption of computerised physician order entry systems

Implantable chip could serve as a prosthetic retina for people who suffer from age-related blindness

System to treat patients over the internet via webcam

Tablet PC-based software application will act as virtual clipboard for health professionals

Computerised test that can help detect memory problems in older people

Microchip to track genetic signature of cancer and normal tissue

Stents designed with thinner and fewer linkages may be the basis of a new generation of stents

New eye-tracking device

Cooling method to treat brain aneurysms

Ultrasound technology to treat cancer

New whole body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows scientists to watch as immune system respond to tumors or infection

High resolution imaging greatly aids physicians treating irregular heart beats

New operating room with 3-dimensional technology that takes modern robotic surgery to new levels

Miniature ammonia sensor which detects ammonia in three steps

Wireless patient monitoring system using mobile phone technology

Textured titanium medical implants may be better than smooth ones

Development of a new kind of hearing aid that was inspired by basic biological studies of a tiny fly's ear

Magnetic resonance imaging better than traditional mammography for detecting the presence of breast cancer

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