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New study to assess preventative brain radiation therapy for lung cancer patients

A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the brain.

3 Nov 2009

Melanoma patients treated with radiation after surgery at lower risk of cancer recurrence

High-risk melanoma patients who are treated with radiation after surgery have a significantly lower risk of their cancer returning to the lymph nodes (19 percent), compared to those patients who do not have radiation therapy (31 percent), according to the first randomized study of its kind presented at the plenary session, November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

3 Nov 2009

AET completes real-time remote diagnosis of a newborn baby's heart murmur

Telemedicine solution provider AET (American Educational Telecommunications; www.aetmedical.com) completed a first of its kind, real-time remote diagnosis of a newborn baby's heart murmur between Faith Regional Health Services and Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Norfolk and Omaha, NE, respectively.

3 Nov 2009

Patients dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests, wants more access to medical records

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that many patients are dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests and want more access to information in their medical records, specifically, detailed, lay-language results from those tests.

3 Nov 2009

Raycop's anti-bacterial vacuum cleaning system with UVC technology kills the H1N1 virus

Raycop, the first handheld anti-bacterial vacuum cleaning system and part of the Earlex® brands, offers a proven way to fight the H1N1 virus in the home with its UVC technology. The vac's effects against the virus have been independently tested by a leading international laboratory in August.

3 Nov 2009

Early tolerance of proton therapy excellent in prostate cancer patients

Proton beam therapy can be safely delivered to men with prostate cancer and has minimal urinary and rectal side effects, according to a study presented November 2, 2009, at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 51st Annual Meeting in Chicago.

3 Nov 2009

Calypso Medical Technologies presents its real-time tracking technology at 51st ASTRO annual meeting

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumor targets, today announced Calypso’s real-time tracking technology is included in 36 scientific presentations and posters at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), now underway at McCormick Place in Chicago.

3 Nov 2009

A new blood test for breast cancer

A healthy 44-year-old woman will celebrate many future birthdays thanks to the efforts of Dr. Keri Sweeten and a new blood test for breast cancer

3 Nov 2009

First integrated network of digital sales and marketing solutions for life sciences companies

PDI, Inc., a leading provider of sales and marketing support to U.S. health care companies, and Physicians Interactive, the leading provider of mobile reference and digital sales and marketing services to life sciences companies, have entered into a strategic alliance to collaborate and deliver the first integrated network of digital sales and marketing solutions. These products will drive expanded reach and revenue for life sciences customers, while increasing the level of service, access and value to physicians.

3 Nov 2009

Caliper Life Sciences presents the benefits of its LabChip GX platform

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of life sciences tools, presented at a training session for reviewers from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the benefits of the LabChip GX platform for high throughput screening and characterization assays for biological drugs.

3 Nov 2009

Roche Applied Science to launch the NimbleGen CGX arrays in Europe and Japan

Roche Applied Science will announce the European and Asia Pacific launch of the NimbleGen CGX arrays for microarray-based cytogenetic analysis at a workshop series in four European cities and seven cities in Asia Pacific. The CGX arrays are designed by Signature Genomic Laboratories (Signature Genomics) and provide high-resolution, genome-wide analysis of chromosomal abnormalities.

3 Nov 2009

Medico's Hirata to distribute Broncus Technologies' LungPoint system and Yield catheters in Japan

Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative solutions for lung diseases, announced today at the American College of Chest Physicians CHEST 2009 meeting that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Medico's Hirata as the sole distributor of their LungPoint system and Yield catheters in Japan.

3 Nov 2009

Siemens Healthcare to distribute Candelis' ImageGrid PACS-RT Appliance and ImageGrid RT Viewer

Today, Candelis, Inc. announced its plans to distribute and sell the ImageGrid™ PACS-RT Appliance and the ImageGrid™ RT Viewer through Siemens Healthcare’s Oncology Care Systems Business Unit.

3 Nov 2009

Tyco Healthcare violates antitrust laws relating to its Nellcor pulse oximetry products

Masimo, the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the 2006 Federal District Court decision that Tyco Healthcare, now Covidien, violated the antitrust laws through anticompetitive business practices related to the sale of its Nellcor pulse oximetry products.

3 Nov 2009

Modified version of Bluetooth can transfer patient data four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth

A telemedicine system based on a modified version of the Bluetooth wireless protocol can transfer patient data, such as medical images from patient to the healthcare provider's mobile device for patient assessment almost four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth and without the intermittent connectivity problems, according to a paper in the forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.

3 Nov 2009

Sales of AMD LASERS' Picasso soft tissue dental lasers triple expectations

AMD LASERS, with global headquarters in Indianapolis, IN, today announced that projected sales of the Picasso soft tissue dental lasers have more than tripled expectations in the first year. The March FDA market clearance of Picasso signaled the beginning in a series of dental laser products to be developed and launched over the next few years by the locally owned and operated company.

From AMD Lasers 3 Nov 2009

Caliper Life Sciences to use SRU Biosystems’ label-free BIND technology for new functional assays

SRU Biosystems today announced that Caliper Life Sciences will use SRU Biosystems’ label-free BIND® technology to offer new functional assays as part of its Discovery Alliances and Services.

3 Nov 2009

U.S. PTO grants third patent for Kane Biotech's Competence Stimulating Peptide technology

Kane Biotech Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and disperse microbial biofilms, is pleased to announce the issuance of Patent No. 7,597,895 entitled "Signal peptides, nucleic acid molecules and methods for treatment of caries" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This is the third patent to issue protecting Kane Biotech's CSP (Competence Stimulating Peptide) technology.

3 Nov 2009

NuPathe and SurModics sign a drug delivery technology license agreement

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, and NuPathe Inc., a neuroscience-focused specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the companies have entered into a license agreement for drug delivery technology.

3 Nov 2009

IMC-RT does not benefit breast cancer patients

After mastectomy, breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not live longer than those who do not receive radiation to this hard-to-treat area, according to a randomized 10-year study presented at the plenary session, November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

3 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

New study to assess preventative brain radiation therapy for lung cancer patients

Melanoma patients treated with radiation after surgery at lower risk of cancer recurrence

AET completes real-time remote diagnosis of a newborn baby's heart murmur

Patients dissatisfied with the way they receive results of radiology tests, wants more access to medical records

Raycop's anti-bacterial vacuum cleaning system with UVC technology kills the H1N1 virus

Early tolerance of proton therapy excellent in prostate cancer patients

Calypso Medical Technologies presents its real-time tracking technology at 51st ASTRO annual meeting

A new blood test for breast cancer

First integrated network of digital sales and marketing solutions for life sciences companies

Caliper Life Sciences presents the benefits of its LabChip GX platform

Roche Applied Science to launch the NimbleGen CGX arrays in Europe and Japan

Medico's Hirata to distribute Broncus Technologies' LungPoint system and Yield catheters in Japan

Siemens Healthcare to distribute Candelis' ImageGrid PACS-RT Appliance and ImageGrid RT Viewer

Tyco Healthcare violates antitrust laws relating to its Nellcor pulse oximetry products

Modified version of Bluetooth can transfer patient data four times as fast as conventional Bluetooth

Sales of AMD LASERS' Picasso soft tissue dental lasers triple expectations

Caliper Life Sciences to use SRU Biosystems’ label-free BIND technology for new functional assays

U.S. PTO grants third patent for Kane Biotech's Competence Stimulating Peptide technology

NuPathe and SurModics sign a drug delivery technology license agreement

IMC-RT does not benefit breast cancer patients

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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