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Last week's meeting in San Diego of ambulatory surgical center executives covered key issues broadly and deeply. Read DOTmed's ongoing exclusive reports on this important health care sector.
New cardiac and pediatric packages expand clinical applications.
Heart disease patients 65 and older who receive stents coated with medicine are more likely to survive and less likely to suffer a heart attack than people fitted with stents not coated with medication.
Leading University Hospitals in Germany and Switzerland have commenced treatments for complex cancers, including head & neck tumors, using RapidArc™ radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.
If you are a veterinary surgeon providing services for companion animals the CTU is available to help you in assessing the cancer patient and in considering the available treatments.
Functional MRI can help brain surgeons prevent neurological damage by allowing them to identify critical brain areas prior to surgery.
Redskins team physician Dr. James Andrews is the host as the Andrews Institute brings national attention to injuries in football.
Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain appears to be linked to a higher risk for depression.
News from the Department of Justice.
Hospira expects to reduce its global workforce by approximately 10 percent.
Planning on living longer? So are the anti-aging experts from all over the globe who are planning to gather in Orlando, April 23-25 for the 17th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Congress).
Trials to test acupressure wrist bands as a drug-free alternative for chemotherapy-related nausea are to take place at the University of Liverpool.
The Pharmacy Practice Residency Program is designed to develop self-directed practitioners who are prepared to assume an advanced practice in a hospital environment.
Edwards Lifesciences prevailed in German patent infringement case initiated by Cook Inc.
DOTmed spoke with the lead investigator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on the groundbreaking research.
STERIS CORPORATION expands its leading position in general surgical tables with three new and innovative products. The STERIS® 4085, 5085 and 5085 SRT Surgical Tables to be introduced at the 2009 Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Congress.
The company showcases technology and services at AORN Congress to help providers achieve year-one operating cost savings.
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has created a Venture Capital Advisory Council to help Emerging Growth Companies address their unique and specific policy and capital needs during these difficult economic times.
Genentech has agreed to be acquired by Roche for $95 a share, or $46.8 billion, ending a drawn out battle that began last summer, when Genentech rebuffed Roche's $89 a share offer in July.
Surgical implants coated with one of 'nature's antibiotics' could prevent infection, according to a University of British Columbia study.
Mortality findings suspend Pfizer Phase 3 research on heart drug.
What are the Feds up to? Read the Center for Devices and Radiological Health 2005 annual report.
Molecular imaging professionals, have you registered for the Symposium on Multimodality Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging?
Carestream Health has signed a contract with Diakonische Dienste Hannover GmbH and the Röntgenpraxis am Marstall X-ray Clinic for one of its largest PACS installations in Germany to date.
NCI issues clinical announcement for preferred method of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer.
A new minimally invasive surgical procedure that relieves the symptoms associated with lumbar spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) is now available at New York Methodist Hospital (NYM). Information session held March 23.
Siemens Healthcare has launched the Acuson S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) system that automatically acquires volume images of dense breast tissue.
Philips has disclosed the first 3D imaging results obtained with a new imaging technology it calls Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). The technology uses the magnetic properties of iron-oxide nanoparticles, which are injected into the bloodstream.
European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting takes place in Vienna, Austria from March 6 - 10, 2009.
Fiber tracking shows white matter development in newborns.
Accumetrics, Inc. announced that the company has appointed Gregory J. Tibbitts, CPA to the position of Chief Financial Officer.
Magnetic Particle Imaging generates unprecedented real-time images of blood flow and heart movement which may improve disease diagnosis and treatment planning.
Study seeks to find alternative to standard of care for women with undiagnosed chest pain.
Study in Society of Nuclear Medicine publication looks at consequences of plaques, supports prevention methods for heart disease.
A self-help guide for young patients to be published soon.
Patients suffering from obsessive, distressing thoughts have a new treatment option: a pacemaker-like device that relieves anxiety with electrical jolts to the brain.
System offers advanced trending for long-term monitoring of complex arrhythmias.
The Cancer Genome Atlas begins with three-year, $100 million pilot.
Massachusetts, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas research programs among recipients.
Global diagnostic imaging supplier taps Italian cone beam CT technology.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the University of Missouri-Rolla invent analogue laser.
Agency dates back to June 1906 and Teddy Roosevelt.
Nexomics Biosciences, a New Jersey-based start-up biotechnology company, agreed to license the rights to a portfolio of intellectual property provided by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
New global trade association to advocate for the brain industry.
The device is the only annuloplasty ring offering "shape optimization" that matches the geometry of the ring to the characteristics of the patient's diseased mitral valve.
Find the benefits of learning at a teaching hospital. Brookdale offers PostGraduate Training, Clinical and Support, and Osteopathic Teaching programs.
Internationally recognized for his accomplishments as the head of Mexico's National HIV/AIDS Program and for his successful advocacy work, he will oversee programs in 20 countries.
M2S, Inc. is a global provider of image management services for medical device clinical trials and a leader in 3-D endovascular treatment planning. The company will hold two free webinars on how image management can enhance Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) services for bone mineral density and body composition trials.
Developing image-guided, localized drug delivery technologies like microbubbles in a €15.9 million project.
