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Thommen Medical USA launches customizable gingiva former for natural and aesthetic contour

Thommen Medical USA announces the launch of its customizable gingiva former.

8 Oct 2009

HHS unveils several new resources on federal government’s website for flu information

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled several new resources on the federal government’s one-stop resource for flu information -- www.flu.gov. The Web site now features a new H1N1 Flu Self-Evaluation guide for adults 18 and older along with a new Flu Myths and Facts section, which provides the public with the latest and most accurate information about the flu.

8 Oct 2009

Medical Marijuana implements Tax Compliance System

Medical Marijuana, Inc. continues to execute its business plan with the next step of their Tax Compliance System now in place. MJNA now has over 30 collectives in 3 states and Canada signed on to use this tax system.

8 Oct 2009

MDLiveCare and Google Health collaborate to provide online health record platform

MDLiveCare, an on-demand telehealth company, announced today at the Health2.0 conference in San Francisco a partnership with Google Health.

8 Oct 2009

CEL-SCI Corporation reports on its dendritic H1N1 treatment

BioMedReports.Com, the news portal which covers Wall Street's biomedical sector and delivers financial and investment intelligence to a community of highly informed investors, has issued a special editorial report about CEL-SCI Corporation's presentation of data about the company's dendritic H1N1 treatment, being developed as a treatment for H1N1 hospitalized patients.

8 Oct 2009

NCG Medical takes part in new CCHIT certification program

NCG Medical announces Perfect Care EHR®'s participation in The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology's (CCHIT®) new certification program.

8 Oct 2009

Reverse Medical Corporation commences human use of its ReStore Microcatheter

Reverse Medical Corporation announced today they have initiated human use of their ReStore™ Microcatheter for reestablishing blood flow in the Neurovasculature. The device was successfully used in an acute ischemic stroke patient in Germany.

8 Oct 2009

Dominion Diagnostics enhances laboratory testing procedure for chronic opioid pharmacotherapy

Only a short time after introducing its newly developed and validated tapentadol assay, Dominion Diagnostics (Dominion) is pleased to announce an important enhancement to another clinical laboratory test.

8 Oct 2009

Medsphere Systems urges hospitals to meet EHR implementation deadline to avail maximum federal funding

Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source healthcare IT solutions, today announced that hospitals that sign a contract before December 31, 2009 to implement the OpenVista open source electronic health record (EHR) are guaranteed to achieve full implementation and meet federal meaningful use standards by January 31, 2011.

8 Oct 2009

The CE Marked HairDX Genetic Test for Hair Loss launched in Europe

The HairDX Genetic Test for Hair Loss, the world’s first genetic baldness (Androgenetic Alopecia) test, is now available as a CE Marked product under the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive.

8 Oct 2009

Health experts recommend schools to use new web-based tools in view of upcoming flu season

The CDC and Department of Health and Human Services have recommended that schools use school to home communication tools to aide parents and students in the event of school closures or student absences due to the upcoming H1N1 (Swine) flu season.

8 Oct 2009

New web-based tool to strengthen informed patient consent process launched

Krames, the leader in patient education, has announced the release of Krames Patient Consent, a comprehensive web-based tool designed to strengthen and streamline every aspect of the informed consent process.

8 Oct 2009

Phadia launches new, advanced assays for accurate diagnosis of celiac disease

Phadia Inc., worldwide leaders in the development, manufacturing and marketing of complete blood test systems for the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases, today announced the launch of a two new, highly -reliable assays to support the accurate diagnosis of celiac disease.

8 Oct 2009

University researchers create iPhone programs to help scientists and doctors study the human body

University of Utah researchers created new iPhone programs - known as applications or "apps" - to help scientists, students, doctors and patients study the human body, evaluate medical problems and analyze other three-dimensional images.

8 Oct 2009

Study discusses possible genetic effects of radiation and cancer drug exposures on future generations

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center are helping to lead a massive international study on the possible genetic effects of radiation and cancer drug exposures on future generations.

8 Oct 2009

Hamamatsu to release its NanoZoomer 2.0 series slide scanners

Hamamatsu Corporation has announced the release of its next-generation slide scanners, the NanoZoomer 2.0 series. Operating at nearly twice the speed of the original series, the NanoZoomer 2.0 converts a 20 mm x 20 mm area on a glass slide into a 1.9-gigapixel color image in as little as 1 minute 40 seconds.

8 Oct 2009

Healthcare providers to incorporate new technologies to improve their business and patient care

Healthcare providers realize that new technologies have to be adopted to improve their business, but the medical benefits of technology also are clearly in their sights, according to CompTIA’s Healthcare IT Market: Insights and Opportunities study.

8 Oct 2009

U.S. Army renews mPhase Technologies' Phase II STTR grant

mPhase Technologies, Inc. announced today that their Phase II STTR Grant was renewed by the U.S. Army. The two year grant was initially awarded in September 2008 for the amount of $750,000. mPhase will continue to develop the Smart NanoBattery under this grant program through September 2010.

8 Oct 2009

Hutchinson Center scientists awarded $16.7M to develop progenitor and stem cell tools

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a total of $16.7 million to Irwin Bernstein, M.D., and Beverly Torok-Storb, Ph.D., both members of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The Hutchinson Center grants represent part of a $170 million effort involving 18 teams of research scientists dedicated to developing stem- and progenitor-cell tools and therapies.

8 Oct 2009

Brain mapping and 3-D reconstruction redefined with Carl Zeiss' advanced electron microscope instruments

Electron microscopy and analysis instruments from Carl Zeiss are redefining the science of brain mapping and 3-D reconstruction. Wide-field, high resolution imaging, huge data storage and manipulation capabilities plus highly automated sample preparation techniques are yielding research results 100-times, or more, faster than ever before.

8 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Thommen Medical USA launches customizable gingiva former for natural and aesthetic contour

HHS unveils several new resources on federal government’s website for flu information

Medical Marijuana implements Tax Compliance System

MDLiveCare and Google Health collaborate to provide online health record platform

CEL-SCI Corporation reports on its dendritic H1N1 treatment

NCG Medical takes part in new CCHIT certification program

Reverse Medical Corporation commences human use of its ReStore Microcatheter

Dominion Diagnostics enhances laboratory testing procedure for chronic opioid pharmacotherapy

Medsphere Systems urges hospitals to meet EHR implementation deadline to avail maximum federal funding

The CE Marked HairDX Genetic Test for Hair Loss launched in Europe

Health experts recommend schools to use new web-based tools in view of upcoming flu season

New web-based tool to strengthen informed patient consent process launched

Phadia launches new, advanced assays for accurate diagnosis of celiac disease

University researchers create iPhone programs to help scientists and doctors study the human body

Study discusses possible genetic effects of radiation and cancer drug exposures on future generations

Hamamatsu to release its NanoZoomer 2.0 series slide scanners

Healthcare providers to incorporate new technologies to improve their business and patient care

U.S. Army renews mPhase Technologies' Phase II STTR grant

Hutchinson Center scientists awarded $16.7M to develop progenitor and stem cell tools

Brain mapping and 3-D reconstruction redefined with Carl Zeiss' advanced electron microscope instruments

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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