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Researchers validate a technique capable of quick TB diagnosis

The team headed by Doctor Manuel Casal, head of Microbiology at Reina Sofia Hospital in Cordoba has validated in patients a technique, originally produced by a German company, capable of diagnosing tuberculosis in only one day and determining whether or not it is resistant to two of the drugs used to treat this disease.

7 Oct 2009

Roche and Genentech obtain license to use SurModics’ drug delivery system

SurModics, Inc., a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed a License and Development Agreement with Roche and Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group.

7 Oct 2009

Researchers tune Diffuse Optical Tomography for early detection of breast cancer

Clemson University researchers in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bremen, Germany, are working to make the physical pain and discomfort of mammograms a thing of the past, while allowing for diagnostic imaging eventually to be done in a home setting.

7 Oct 2009

Electrostimulation techniques for osteoarthritis still unclear

Despite twenty years of research on the use of electrostimulation techniques (TENS) for treatment of osteoarthritis in the knee, researchers still cannot say whether it reduces pain or physical disability. This is the conclusion of a Cochrane Systematic Review of electrostimulation trials in osteoarthritis

7 Oct 2009

The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010 announced at Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit

Cleveland Clinic's Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010 list features a wide range of new techniques and therapies that are being developed to treat everything from deafness and Parkinson's disease to pneumonia and sleep disorders.

7 Oct 2009

Transenterix raises $55 million to manufacture and market its revolutionary laparoscopic surgical platform

TransEnterix Inc. has secured $55 million in a second round of institutional financing, paving the way for the company to manufacture and market its revolutionary laparoscopic surgical platform.

7 Oct 2009

Patients and surgeons drive demand for elective orthopedic procedures despite economic slowdown

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, patients and surgeons are driving demand for elective orthopedic procedures.

7 Oct 2009

Advanced Diamond Technologies unveils UNCD Horizon vapor-deposited diamond

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT), announces the introduction of UNCD Horizon, the world’s smoothest vapor-deposited diamond, to its family of award-winning diamond products.

7 Oct 2009

HMS bags a three-year utilization review contract from University of Massachusetts Medical School

HMS today announced that the University of Massachusetts Medical School on behalf of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EHS) Office of Medicaid has awarded a contract to Permedion, Inc., HMS's wholly owned subsidiary, to provide utilization management of inpatient and outpatient services rendered to members of MassHealth. MassHealth is the Massachusetts Medicaid program.

7 Oct 2009

UnitedHealthcare launches new interactive website

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, opened Health Care LaneSM, a new interactive Web site where “townspeople” explain and teach health insurance topics.

7 Oct 2009

Unomedical announces the voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use MPR

Unomedical Inc., a manufacturer of medical devices, today announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use Manual Pulmonary Resuscitator (MPR).

7 Oct 2009

Southeast Alabama Medical Center upgrades Ekahau RTLS

Ekahau Inc., the performance leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC), a 370-bed regional hospital in Dothan, Ala., is upgrading its Ekahau RTLS to include campuswide monitoring of its refrigerators and freezers.

7 Oct 2009

US Spine introduces Phantom Plus Interbody Fusion System

US Spine® is pleased to announce the launch of the Phantom Plus™ Interbody Fusion System. Phantom Plus provides spine surgeons with next generation instrumentation and implants that offer a compliment to US Spine’s posterior fixation systems. Features include tapered leading edges for easy insertion, a higher degree of doming to more closely match endplate anatomy, anti-migration teeth, and advanced instrumentation for multiple insertion techniques.

7 Oct 2009

Real-time tracking of patients and providers to improve hospital care

On any day at three of Massachusetts General Hospital’s outpatient clinics, up to 100 patients may be seen for routine, sick or urgent care. When they register, patients 18 and older are asked to wear a wrist coil with an active-RFID tag. Compliance is virtually 100 percent once patients understand the purpose: to help care providers find ways to spend more time providing better care.

7 Oct 2009

Presbyterian Hospital implements Defensive Monitoring solution for their post-surgical patients

Presbyterian Hospital will “go live” today with a Defensive Monitoring™ solution for their post-surgical patients: A Prefense™ Early Detection and Notification™ System from Nihon Kohden America, Inc.

7 Oct 2009

New tool to help reduce cost and time factors for colonoscopies

Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, leading to over 50,000 fatalities every year. But it can be prevented with early screening using a procedure called a colonoscopy. Now researchers from North Carolina State University, Mayo Clinic and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass) have created a tool to help colonoscopy facilities operate more efficiently, ultimately lowering costs and leading to shorter waiting times for patients.

7 Oct 2009

PBS launches new website to support "This Emotional Life" documentary

PBS, Vulcan Productions and the WGBH/NOVA Science Unit launched a new website today to support the upcoming This Emotional Life documentary, which premieres on PBS in early 2010. The documentary series is hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness, and weaves the latest scientific research with compelling personal stories through deeply personal interviews with ordinary people, such as returning veterans and new parents, as well as celebrities.

7 Oct 2009

Clinical trial of gene transfer therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease

Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is embarking on a research study for advanced Parkinson's disease using a state-of-the-art treatment called gene transfer.

7 Oct 2009

Renaissance Laser and Vein Institute offers the new Titan Procedure for firming up sagging skin

The Renaissance Laser and Vein Institute offers patients the new Titan Procedure to treat stretch marks and sagging skin like never before. Thanks to recent advances in laser technology, there is a new wave of impressive skin care lasers in the dermatological and cosmetic skin care world. Among this new wave of highly effective laser treatments is the Titan Procedure.

7 Oct 2009

IDF announces new social networking online website for people with PIDD

People with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD) and their families will now be able to connect with one another and share their experiences through a new multidimensional social networking initiative, the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) announced today. Primary immunodeficiency diseases are a group of rare, chronic illnesses, caused by hereditary or genetic defects in the immune system.

7 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Researchers validate a technique capable of quick TB diagnosis

Roche and Genentech obtain license to use SurModics’ drug delivery system

Researchers tune Diffuse Optical Tomography for early detection of breast cancer

Electrostimulation techniques for osteoarthritis still unclear

The Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010 announced at Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit

Transenterix raises $55 million to manufacture and market its revolutionary laparoscopic surgical platform

Patients and surgeons drive demand for elective orthopedic procedures despite economic slowdown

Advanced Diamond Technologies unveils UNCD Horizon vapor-deposited diamond

HMS bags a three-year utilization review contract from University of Massachusetts Medical School

UnitedHealthcare launches new interactive website

Unomedical announces the voluntary recall of certain units of the single-patient use MPR

Southeast Alabama Medical Center upgrades Ekahau RTLS

US Spine introduces Phantom Plus Interbody Fusion System

Real-time tracking of patients and providers to improve hospital care

Presbyterian Hospital implements Defensive Monitoring solution for their post-surgical patients

New tool to help reduce cost and time factors for colonoscopies

PBS launches new website to support "This Emotional Life" documentary

Clinical trial of gene transfer therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease

Renaissance Laser and Vein Institute offers the new Titan Procedure for firming up sagging skin

IDF announces new social networking online website for people with PIDD

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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