Cook Medical, Bloomington, IL, is launching a new division making new devices and technology in the field of interventional radiology.
Taking children to the beach can increase their risk of developing skin cancer some day.
Meharry Medical College's Center for Women's Health Research has examined gene therapy to treat uterine fibroids. Study published in "Fertility and Sterility."
Sonora Medical Systems has developed and released the FC-t, a new version of FirstCall, an ultrasound probe testing device.
InMedica (IMS Research's medical research division) releases report predicting that worldwide revenues of the global ultrasound market will exceed $6 billion by 2012.
Extraordinary results seen from system that eases the pain of burn care.
Researchers from Rush University Medical Center examined their results using one of the first cementless metal cup designs and found that fixation of the implant to bone is extremely durable even 20 years after repeat or "revision" hip replacement.
The new GE Healthcare Pediatric CT Solution provides lower dose, improved image quality.
The agreement stops all litigation in interventional cardiology and endovascular repair.
Undergraduate and graduate students will be judged separately and winners will receive $1,000. Deadline is March 2, 2009.
The $819 billion stimulus plan, which passed the House, contains many health care and technology provisions.
Alpha Source welcomes Mei-Shan Wong, international sales account representative and marketing assistant.
A Cornell grad student has developed a pocket-sized, inexpensive ultrasound device that can help treat cancer and relieve arthritis.
Dalhousie researcher Jeremy Brown is developing, in collaboration with ear surgeon Manohar Bance, an ultrasound device so small it can travel through the eardrum.
Strong sales growth from Healthcare division despite overall slump. Read the highlights.
Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in an agreement that includes $68 billion in cash and shares.
Nearby students pose as potential victims.
Tiny doses, amazing results. Read a DOTmed exclusive report.
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Ambulance remanufacturer gains experienced manager.
The Arkansas Minority Health Commission has designed a new grant program aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS among minority populations at a local level.
Fluke Biomedical receives clearance for its New Impulse 7010.
Rush participating in International Study exploring how to best manage unruptured brain aneurysms.
Students from the Marquette University Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Engineers Without Borders (EWB) organization have gained the support of Alpha Source Inc. in their efforts to assemble defibrillator battery test kits for distribution and use in hospitals of developing countries.
The Chicago Tribune reported that an operator of 14 Chicago area imaging centers will settle allegations that it gave illegal kickbacks to doctors to win patient referrals.
Mednovus President Tobias Gilk presents a Joint Commission Audio Conference on MRI Safety and the new Environment of Care (EC) standard.
Ken Barat, Certified Laser Safety Officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will be awarded the 2009 R. James Rockwell, Jr. Educational Achievement Award for exceptional accomplishments in laser safety education at the 2009 International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®) in Reno, Nevada in March.
A UW Hospital orthopedic surgeon received $19 million from a medical device company over five years.
Rush University Medical Center has appointed John Lowenberg, a Chicago resident, as the new vice president of philanthropy.
The American Organization of Nurse Executives, an AHA subsidiary, has announced its 2009 class of Nurse Manager Fellows.
Harvard Health Publications, a publishing division of Harvard Medical School, announced the launch of its redesigned and enhanced website to serve the needs of health-conscious consumers in search of trusted health care information.
MRI Scan Van offers New Yorkers free magnetic resonance imaging scans.
OrthAlign Inc., a Laguna Beach medical-device startup, has received $7.2 million in its first outside funding.
MedaSorb Technologies Corporation announces management changes.
The economic recession is having a dramatic impact on California's hospitals, according to a new report by the California Hospital Association.
BioControl Medical has received CE Mark certification for their CardioFit system, which works by applying electrical impulses to the vagus nerve.
Richard Price joins AdvaMed's Payment and Health Care Delivery Policy department.
In a letter to the Obama transition team, a group of federal scientists complain of misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration.
A federal judge has dismissed the Medtronic lawsuits in a decision with implications about federal oversight in adjudication of medical equipment matters.
As suits pile up over a controversial medical device for women and 22 federal cases over OBTape are consolidated, the manufacturer has won its first verdict.
MEDRAD sponsors PET research with University of Zurich; controlled FDG delivery study uses Intego(TM).
The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine strongly opposes the citizen petition filed by Genentech, Inc. on December 5, 2008, seeking to restrict the ability of laboratories to offer diagnostic tests to physicians and patients.
Large midwest hospital adds enterprise information management licenses, storage devices to existing storage area network.
Alliance Imaging has acquired Shared P.E.T. Imaging LLC, of Canton, OH, for approximately $43 million and assumed indebtedness.
St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, plans to invest $30 million in Penang (on the north-west coast of Peninsular Malaysia).
The French medical device industry has plans to expand operations in Asia.
Manufacturer Moog Inc. has purchased AITECS Medical UAB, a company that makes drug delivery pumps, for $21 million.
Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings Plc sold its loss-making haematology business unit to Escalon Medical Corp for 4.2 million euros.
Scantek Medical, Inc. announced that it filed a voluntary petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Dr. Phil spinoff TV show "The Doctors" will feature the company's medical laser in Thursday broadcast.
