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CDEX's Pay-Per-Use plan increases affordability of ValiMed medication safety technology

CDEX Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI) (www.cdexinc.com) announces the signing of two multi-unit contracts for the placement of four new ValiMed Units in U.S. hospitals. One of the contracts was for the direct purchase of two units and one contract was a two unit Pay-Per-Use pricing plan that CDEX recently implemented to allow more hospitals to afford this life saving medication safety technology.

27 Aug 2009

New Fraxel re:store Dual system with Thulium laser launched by Solta Medical

Solta Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM) today announced the launch of its new Fraxel re:store(R) Dual system, providing superior results for large body areas during a single treatment. Prior to the non-ablative Fraxel re:store Dual system, laser skin resurfacing procedures were largely limited to the face.

27 Aug 2009

Lawson to provide software suites to Oklahoma State University Medical Center

Oklahoma State University Medical Center, an osteopathic teaching hospital, was recently purchased from Ardent Health Services by a City of Tulsa trust. As part of the transition of management and operations, the trust launched a plan to improve business management and supply chain processes at Oklahoma State University Medical Center.

27 Aug 2009

Two-photon microscopy technique tracks calcium levels in mice neurons

For over a century, scientists have been using electrical stimulation to explore and treat the human brain. The technique has helped identify regions responsible for specific neural functions-for instance, the motor cortex and pleasure center-and has been used to treat a variety of conditions from Parkinson's disease to depression.

27 Aug 2009

Rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA with the Nanogap Sensor Array

A novel electronic sensor array for more rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis and biological research has been developed by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN).

27 Aug 2009

US Department of Health funds a project to enhance the quality of care to women of color suffering from HIV/AIDS

Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, a member of the Stevens Healthcare Information Technology Management Advisory Board and Seminar Leader for the Stevens Healthcare Educational Partnership (SHEP), will act as technical lead, solution provider and systems integrator within a nation-wide initiative to enhance the quality of care to women of color suffering from HIV/AIDS. The US Department of Health and Human Services is the funding agency for the project, which will be implemented in urban centers across America.

27 Aug 2009

DermaStream continuous streaming therapy for healing bedsores and chronic ulcers

More than six million people in the U.S. suffer from persistent wounds -- open sores that never seem to heal or, once apparently healed, return with a vengeance. The bedridden elderly and infirm are prone to painful and dangerous pressure ulcers, and diabetics are susceptible to wounds caused by a lack of blood flow to the extremities.

27 Aug 2009

New website launched for comparing mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region

A new Web site, www.DeathRiskRankings.com, developed by researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University, allows users to query publicly available data from the United States and Europe, and compare mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region. The Web site not only gives the risk of dying within the next year, but it also ranks the probable causes and allows for quick side-by-side comparison between groups.

26 Aug 2009

Avisio to acquire a portable sensory technology asset to instantly detect disease-causing pathogens

Avisio, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AVIC), a publicly traded commercialization company providing access to best-of-breed processes and resources, today announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a portable sensory technology asset that enables instant detection of infectious diseases, eliminating the need for processing samples in a lab.

26 Aug 2009

Cardiac Science Corporation installs 195 Powerheart AED G3 devices in Atlanta Public School

Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, announced the expansion of the largest AED deployment of any school system in Georgia with 195 Powerheart AED G3 devices from Cardiac Science.

26 Aug 2009

LaSalle Solutions awards mobility solution and services contract to InfoLogix

InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFLG), a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today that it has won a $2.6 million contract with LaSalle Solutions, Inc. to provide a major customer with a wide-ranging mobility solution and services encompassing 3,000 mobile users.

26 Aug 2009

Optimum Lightpath chosen as telecommunications provider by Medical Arts Radiology

Optimum Lightpath(SM), a market leader in Ethernet-based communication solutions for New York metropolitan area businesses, today announced that Medical Arts Radiology, one of the largest medical imaging groups in Long Island, has selected Optimum Lightpath as its telecommunications provider.

26 Aug 2009

Boehringer Ingelheim selects MicroStrategy software to improve sales reporting and efficiency

MicroStrategy((R)) Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH (named here as Boehringer Switzerland) has selected MicroStrategy to improve its sales reporting and efficiency. Boehringer Switzerland is the Swiss branch of the international pharmaceuticals company Boehringer Ingelheim.

26 Aug 2009

State of Kansas outsources its COBRA administration program

Like many innovative enterprises, the state of Kansas constantly searches for new ways to operate cost-effectively and use tax dollars wisely. One way it does so is by outsourcing its COBRA administration program. And effective October 2009, Kansas City-based COBRAGuard, Inc. will serve as the state's new COBRA administration partner.

26 Aug 2009

Quality test for Guardian Technologies International's Signature Mapping TBDx system completed

Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB: GDTI) today announced that its Software Quality Assurance Team has completed all unit, component, integration, and systems tests of Signature Mapping TBDx™ (TBDx™) in preparation for September clinical trials in South Africa.

26 Aug 2009

New interactive web site launched by DATATRAK

DATATRAK International, Inc. (OTCQX: DATA), a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, today announced the launch of the Company's new web site. Unveiled at the Annual Shareholder Meeting, the interactive web site is a continuation of DATATRAK's singular vision for product and service delivery - DATATRAK ONE(TM).

26 Aug 2009

ETC contracts Histria International to install the first BARA-MED hyperbaric chamber in Romania

Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) ("ETC" or the "Company") BioMedical Systems Division, a product division in ETC's Controls Systems Group, has contracted with Histria International, SRL for the delivery and installation of the first BARA-MED((R)) computerized monoplace hyperbaric chamber in Romania.

26 Aug 2009

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

It was announced by 01 Data Center that it has applied to the government broadband stimulus fund to provide broadband access to healthcare facilities in the unserved areas of the US. Unserved areas exist in all 50 states because they are not connected to the internet infrastructure since most networks consider them too remote or too disperse and challenging to dig ditches and lay wires.

26 Aug 2009

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. recently announced the launch of its community healthcare IT solution, PrimeEnterprise, which enables a community of Greenway((R)) customers to securely and seamlessly share select clinical, financial and administrative data.

26 Aug 2009

AOFAS announces results of clinical trials with the STAR ankle replacement device

Charles L. Saltzman, MD, newly-elected president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), presented the results of a groundbreaking study at the recent AOFAS 2009 Annual Summer Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

26 Aug 2009

Device / Technology News

CDEX's Pay-Per-Use plan increases affordability of ValiMed medication safety technology

New Fraxel re:store Dual system with Thulium laser launched by Solta Medical

Lawson to provide software suites to Oklahoma State University Medical Center

Two-photon microscopy technique tracks calcium levels in mice neurons

Rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA with the Nanogap Sensor Array

US Department of Health funds a project to enhance the quality of care to women of color suffering from HIV/AIDS

DermaStream continuous streaming therapy for healing bedsores and chronic ulcers

New website launched for comparing mortality risks by gender, age, cause of death and geographic region

Avisio to acquire a portable sensory technology asset to instantly detect disease-causing pathogens

Cardiac Science Corporation installs 195 Powerheart AED G3 devices in Atlanta Public School

LaSalle Solutions awards mobility solution and services contract to InfoLogix

Optimum Lightpath chosen as telecommunications provider by Medical Arts Radiology

Boehringer Ingelheim selects MicroStrategy software to improve sales reporting and efficiency

State of Kansas outsources its COBRA administration program

Quality test for Guardian Technologies International's Signature Mapping TBDx system completed

New interactive web site launched by DATATRAK

ETC contracts Histria International to install the first BARA-MED hyperbaric chamber in Romania

01 Data Center applies for government funds to render broadband access to healthcare facilities in unserved areas

PrimeEnterprise community healthcare IT solution launched by Greenway Medical Technologies

AOFAS announces results of clinical trials with the STAR ankle replacement device

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Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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