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St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital uses CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system for treating tumours

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is the first hospital in Houston to feature the CyberKnife((R)), a noninvasive alternative to surgery for the treatment of both cancerous and non-cancerous tumors.

2 Sep 2009

ACTICOAT Flex 3 and ACTICOAT Flex 7 launched in Europe

Smith & Nephew's (NYSE: SNN) (LSE: SN) Advanced Wound Management division, announce the European launch of ACTICOAT™ Flex 3 and ACTICOAT™ Flex 7, to expand the ACTICOAT portfolio. The Flex range provides enhanced conformability to better address patient comfort and in utilizing the Silcryst™ nanocrystalline silver technology, ACTICOAT Flex products have been designed to support physicians dealing with soft tissue injuries at high risk of infection.

2 Sep 2009

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System provides pain-free, non-surgical option for patients with tumours

The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), invites media representatives to discover the first autonomous robotic radiosurgery device installed in Canada, the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System. This device provides a pain-free, non-surgical option for patients who have inoperable or surgically complex tumors, or who may be looking for an alternative to surgery.

2 Sep 2009

Knopp Neurosciences to accelerate the development of KNS-760704 in ALS, says CEO of Knopp

Knopp Neurosciences Inc. announced that it received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of KNS-760704 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

2 Sep 2009

Defibrillator-cardiac resynchronization therapy combination reduces heat failure risk

Patients who had a cardiac resynchronization device combined with a defibrillator (CRT-D) implanted had a 34 percent reduction in their risk of death or heart failure when compared to patients receiving only an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD), according to a landmark study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC) in Barcelona, Spain.

2 Sep 2009

CardioWest Total Artificial Heart recipient going strong for more than 10 months

Over the last five years, Jim Hennigan has had four different hearts beating in his chest… the heart he was born with, two donor hearts and a Total Artificial Heart.

2 Sep 2009

Ono Pharmaceutical secures exclusive rights to develop and commercialize asimadoline in Japan

Tioga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. Osaka, Japan today announced an exclusive license agreement under which Ono has licensed rights to develop and commercialize asimadoline in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Tioga retains all other rights to asimadoline.

2 Sep 2009

TRAF6 protein plays a role in cell growth and carcinogenesis, says researchers

The mainstay immune system protein TRAF6 plays an unexpected, key role activating a cell signaling molecule that in mutant form is associated with cancer growth, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Aug. 28 edition of Science.

2 Sep 2009

ProMedica Health System to tackle northwest Ohio’s and southeast Michigan’s obesity problems

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System (PHS) will launch the second year of a health and wellness initiative called Fields of Green to address northwest Ohio’s and southeast Michigan’s obesity problem.

2 Sep 2009

Education and cardiac defibrillators can boost survival rates

More widespread availability of defibrillators and education of the general public could boost survival rates fourfold amongst athletes suffering cardiac arrest, a study has found. In less than half of cases, a bystander initiated cardiopulmonary reanimation. This is crucial as survival at hospital admission is 4 times higher when CPR is attempted and 10 times greater when an electric shock is delivered.

2 Sep 2009

Current European practice and routines associated with the implantation of a CRT device described

The European cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) Survey is a joint initiative taken by the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology.

2 Sep 2009

Novo Nordisk's NCDP provides support for accurate cost and benefit assessments of preventive health

The National Changing Diabetes((R) )Program (NCDP), a program of Novo Nordisk, commends Representative Donna M. Christensen, M.D. (D-VI) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) for sponsoring legislation that will lead to a more accurate assessment of the cost and benefits of preventive health, including preventing complications and delaying progression of chronic diseases such as diabetes.

From Novo Nordisk 2 Sep 2009

Spectrum Healthcare Resources receives The Joint Commission's intra-cycle certification

Spectrum Healthcare Resources (Spectrum) recently passed The Joint Commission's intra-cycle certification, a program that offers an independent, comprehensive evaluation of a staffing firm's ability to provide competent staffing services. This certification follows Spectrum's third consecutive Gold Seal of Approval, which the organization received in 2008.

2 Sep 2009

Milwaukee judge dismisses class action lawsuit against Extendicare

Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust ("Extendicare REIT") (TSX:EXE.UN) announced that a judge in Milwaukee County Circuit Court ruled that a class action lawsuit brought against Extendicare Health Services, Inc., Extendicare Homes, Inc. and other related entities (collectively "Extendicare"), wholly owned U.S. based subsidiaries of Extendicare REIT, was improper and ordered the case dismissed in its entirety.

2 Sep 2009

Grossman Burn Center will be relocating to West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in 2010

Grossman Burn Center, one of the nation's leading burn care facilities, will be relocating from Sherman Oaks Hospital to West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in the first quarter of 2010. The joint announcement was made on Monday, August 31, 2009.

2 Sep 2009

Primary angioplasty procedures vary in European countries

Primary angioplasty (with stent implantation) is the most effective therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but it is not available to many patients, even though most European countries have sufficient resources (ie, catheterisation laboratories) for its wider use.

2 Sep 2009

LINGO1 variant responsible for essential tremors and Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and their collaborators worldwide have discovered that a single gene promotes development of essential tremor in some patients and Parkinson's disease in others.

2 Sep 2009

Linkwell concerned with misunderstanding of prevention and control measures of H1N1

Linkwell Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLL), a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of healthcare-related disinfectants in China, put forward its worries about the trend of the misunderstanding concerning dealing with the spread of H1N1.

2 Sep 2009

STEMCELL Technologies to conduct a two-day stem cell training program

STEMCELL Technologies has announced the schedule for their fall training program. This includes 2-day courses on mesenchymal stem cell biology (October 2nd and 3rd), mammary stem cell biology (October 17th and 18th), neural stem cell biology (October 30th and 31st), hematopoietic stem cell biology (October 30th and 31st), and human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell biology (November 14th and 15th).

2 Sep 2009

Structural MRI for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders

A new Mayo Clinic study may help physicians differentially diagnose three common neurodegenerative disorders in the future. The study will be presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease on July 11 in Vienna.

2 Sep 2009

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St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital uses CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system for treating tumours

ACTICOAT Flex 3 and ACTICOAT Flex 7 launched in Europe

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System provides pain-free, non-surgical option for patients with tumours

Knopp Neurosciences to accelerate the development of KNS-760704 in ALS, says CEO of Knopp

Defibrillator-cardiac resynchronization therapy combination reduces heat failure risk

CardioWest Total Artificial Heart recipient going strong for more than 10 months

Ono Pharmaceutical secures exclusive rights to develop and commercialize asimadoline in Japan

TRAF6 protein plays a role in cell growth and carcinogenesis, says researchers

ProMedica Health System to tackle northwest Ohio’s and southeast Michigan’s obesity problems

Education and cardiac defibrillators can boost survival rates

Current European practice and routines associated with the implantation of a CRT device described

Novo Nordisk's NCDP provides support for accurate cost and benefit assessments of preventive health

Spectrum Healthcare Resources receives The Joint Commission's intra-cycle certification

Milwaukee judge dismisses class action lawsuit against Extendicare

Grossman Burn Center will be relocating to West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in 2010

Primary angioplasty procedures vary in European countries

LINGO1 variant responsible for essential tremors and Parkinson's disease

Linkwell concerned with misunderstanding of prevention and control measures of H1N1

STEMCELL Technologies to conduct a two-day stem cell training program

Structural MRI for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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