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Computing system in helmets protect construction workers from CO poisoning

Research calling for the use of a wearable computing system installed in a helmet to protect construction workers from carbon monoxide poisoning, a serious lethal threat in this industry, has garnered the Virginia Tech investigators a Best Paper Award from a prestigious scientific and engineering community.

17 Aug 2013

Novel way of observing electrical response in brain before and during fall through EEG

It's always in front of a million people and feels like eternity. You're strolling along when suddenly you've stumbled-the brain realizes you're falling, but your muscles aren't doing anything to stop it.

17 Aug 2013

New test hints 3 sodas daily hurt lifespan, reproduction in mice

When mice ate a diet of 25 percent extra sugar - the mouse equivalent of a healthy human diet plus three cans of soda daily - females died at twice the normal rate and males were a quarter less likely to hold territory and reproduce, according to a toxicity test developed at the University of Utah.

14 Aug 2013

Derma Sciences reports financial and operating results for 2013

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today reported financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013.

12 Aug 2013

Enrollment completed for Cook Medical’s study of tibiopedal access technique for treating PAD

Cook Medical has completed patient enrollment in a study evaluating a technique for achieving vascular access via below-the-knee arteries. The new access technique could be used in treating peripheral arterial disease, including patients with critical limb ischemia.

9 Aug 2013

FitBionic completes $2.2M funding round with KMG Capital Partners, CID4 and High Country Venture

FitBionic has completed a $2.2 million funding round with a team led by KMG Capital Partners, with High Country Venture and the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development. The investment was developed in support of the global launch of FitBionic's currently available first product, the FitBionic Foot, and as a bridge to the company's Series A financing, which is expected in 2014.

8 Aug 2013

Trampoline puts child at risk for serious injuries, says surgeon

Less than two weeks after getting a new trampoline, 12-year-old Abbey Creamean broke her ankle when she landed awkwardly. She wore a cast up to her mid-thigh. She had to cancel a dance recital, quit her softball team and give up swimming.

8 Aug 2013

Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center neurosurgeons implant MRI-safe spinal cord stimulator for pain

Neurosurgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are among the first in the United States to successfully implant an MRI-safe spinal cord stimulator to help patients suffering from chronic back or limb pain.

From Medtronic 7 Aug 2013

UCLA researchers combine cellular and gene therapies to develop treatment for breast cancer

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have successfully combined cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse-model system to develop a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has spread to a patient's brain.

7 Aug 2013

Public unions pushed to accept less expensive health benefits

The New York Times explores how local governments are pressing unions to accept less expensive benefit packages to avoid the health law's so-called Cadillac tax which goes into effect in 2018. Other news outlets examine health law outreach efforts, as well as how August might be a 'steamy' month of town hall meetings.

6 Aug 2013

First Edition: August 5, 2013

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jordan Rau reports: "Medicare will levy $227 million in fines against hospitals in every state but one for the second round of the government's campaign to reduce the number of patients readmitted within a month, according to federal records released Friday" (Rau, 8/2).

5 Aug 2013

Orthopaedic foot, ankle MDs explain treatment for common injury

Ankle sprains in sports happen all the time. In late July, players from the Cincinnati Reds, the Denver Broncos and the Jacksonville Jaguars all suffered ankle sprains while playing or practicing.

3 Aug 2013

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens cell culture DPM production site in Singapore

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it is expanding its global cell culture and bioprocessing capabilities by opening a new manufacturing plant in Singapore to produce dry powder media, a crucial cell culture raw material used to manufacture biologics, including vaccines, anti-cancer therapeutics, and others.

2 Aug 2013

Longer looks: mayo's demands; 140 character death watch; posting hospital prices

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

2 Aug 2013

UCLA researchers develop treatment approach for breast cancer metastasized to brain

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have successfully combined cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse model system to develop a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to the patient's brain.

2 Aug 2013

Neuroscientists identify protein that contributes to cognitive deficits in AS

A team of neuroscientists has identified a protein in laboratory mice linked to impairments similar to those afflicted with Angelman syndrome (AS)—a condition associated with symptoms that include autism, intellectual disability, and motor abnormalities.

2 Aug 2013

Convergent Dental’s Solea CO2 dental laser system receives FDA clearance

Convergent Dental, Inc., a privately held dental device and technology company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Solea™ for ablation of hard tissue for caries removal and cavity preparation. Solea is the first CO2 laser technology system that has received FDA clearance for hard tissue indications.

1 Aug 2013

Selling of Obamacare begins in earnest

President Barack Obama tells the New York Times that his plan to build support for the health law is simply to implement it. Meanwhile, high level aides and supporters meet to craft a new message, while volunteers for the nonprofit Enroll America fan out across the country to tell the uninsured about new coverage options.

30 Jul 2013

Implanting false memory in the brain can be possible, say MIT neuroscientists

The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who were sure of their recollections, but DNA evidence later overturned the conviction.

26 Jul 2013

Adaptimmune initiates Phase I/IIa open-label clinical trial in patients with ovarian cancer

Adaptimmune announced today that it has opened a Phase I/IIa, multiple-site, two-cohort, open-label clinical trial in ovarian cancer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, N.Y., and City of Hope (COH) in Duarte, Calif.

26 Jul 2013

Foot News and Research

Computing system in helmets protect construction workers from CO poisoning

Novel way of observing electrical response in brain before and during fall through EEG

New test hints 3 sodas daily hurt lifespan, reproduction in mice

Derma Sciences reports financial and operating results for 2013

Enrollment completed for Cook Medical’s study of tibiopedal access technique for treating PAD

FitBionic completes $2.2M funding round with KMG Capital Partners, CID4 and High Country Venture

Trampoline puts child at risk for serious injuries, says surgeon

Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center neurosurgeons implant MRI-safe spinal cord stimulator for pain

UCLA researchers combine cellular and gene therapies to develop treatment for breast cancer

Public unions pushed to accept less expensive health benefits

First Edition: August 5, 2013

Orthopaedic foot, ankle MDs explain treatment for common injury

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens cell culture DPM production site in Singapore

Longer looks: mayo's demands; 140 character death watch; posting hospital prices

UCLA researchers develop treatment approach for breast cancer metastasized to brain

Neuroscientists identify protein that contributes to cognitive deficits in AS

Convergent Dental’s Solea CO2 dental laser system receives FDA clearance

Selling of Obamacare begins in earnest

Implanting false memory in the brain can be possible, say MIT neuroscientists

Adaptimmune initiates Phase I/IIa open-label clinical trial in patients with ovarian cancer

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