http://www.devicespace.com/DeviceSpace RSS GeneratorFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:06 GMT20http://rss.biospace.com/images/deviceSpaceLogo.gifhttp://www.BioSpace.com/news.aspx?SectionId=2Copyright (C) 2009http://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78666&full=1This year cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have risen by 2% in the UK, in spite of a small drop in the incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea, according to scientists speaking today (Wednesday 28 November 2007) at the Federation of Infection Societies Conference 2007 at the University of Cardiff, UK, which runs from 28-30 November 2007.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78673&full=1Wright Medical Group has introduced a new surgical system for treating a degenerative condition called avascular necrosis of the hip.The system from the Arlington-based medical device maker combines the firm's X-ream brand surgical instrument with its Pro-dense brand bone graft product, which promote bone tissue growth.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78675&full=1The days of waiting around in the X-ray department for the image to be processed are over thanks to new digital technology called PACS (Picture Archive Communication System).The new system has numerous benefits for patients including faster examinations, reduced exposure to radiation, no lost films or repeat exams, and less traveling to see specialists. With PACS, specialists are more accessible...Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78671&full=1INDIANAPOLIS Primary care physicians should focus on "dementia red flags" rather than routinely screen individuals with no dementia symptoms just because they've reached a certain age, according to Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH, of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and colleagues from the University of Kent and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom...Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78660&full=1Tumor imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) may improve the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of lung cancer patients, according to a review published online November 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Tumor imaging is frequently used in the diagnosis of lung cancer and is important for making treatment decisions. Standard imaging technologies, such as magnetic resonance...Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78480&full=1The mobile phone is increasingly being used by doctors to help them in the diagnosis of illness. It is particularly useful in the case of children, whose parents can record their symptoms and then show them to a paediatrician.Professor Denis Gill of Temple St children's hospital, Dublin, said he has already found static and video images of children, taken by parents, to be a useful diagnostic aid...Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78494&full=1A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by as much as 80%. The new 256-slice CT machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures, and combines them using computer technology to produce the final detailed images. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78481&full=1HealthLinx Limited (ASX:HTX), has reached an agreement with The University of Liverpool (UK) to in-license additional patented biomarker technology and antibodies that has shown efficacy in detecting grade I & II ovarian cancer.HealthLinx and The University of Liverpool (UK) have been jointly developing this technology over the past twelve months which has potential to be the world's first commercially...Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78499&full=1Despite tactful handling of its Fidelis lead recall, Medtronic (MDT - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr - Rating) may have more problems on the horizon with the insulated defibrillation wires, according to a Deutsche Bank research report late last week.Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78490&full=1In 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a radiofrequency identification (RFID) device that is implanted under the skin of the upper arm of patients and that stores the patients medical identifier. A debate in this week's PLoS Medicine discusses the pros and cons of patients getting fitted with such an RFID chip.When a scanner is passed over the RFID device, the identifier...Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78487&full=1CHICAGO - For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke.The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA...Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78331&full=1To do so, it permanently evaluates the dynamic pressure fluctuations in the system and compares them to the reference values stored by teaching. Damage, e.g by cavitation or trapped air, is detected at an early stage. So, the sensor can be perfectly integrated in condition-based maintenance concepts.Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78312&full=1Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Prognosis of patients with HCC complicating cirrhosis mainly depends on the tumor growth, progression of the underlying liver disease and the effectiveness of antitumoral treatment. Trans-catheter treatment is extensively used to treat HCC not suitable for surgical resection or percutaneous ablation therapies. Unfortunately...Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78314&full=1CAMBRIDGE, Mass MIT researchers have found that the children of mothers whose water supplies were contaminated with arsenic during their pregnancies harbored gene expression changes that may lead to cancer and other diseases later in life. In addition to establishing the potential harmful effects of these prenatal exposures, the new study also provides a possible method for screening populations...Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78317&full=1Brain scans may be able to reveal which people are at genetic risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers say.Individuals with OCD and their close relatives have distinctive patterns in their brain structure, a team at Cambridge University found. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78323&full=1The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced a Medical Device Profile for Bluetooth wireless technology at Medica in Dsseldorf last week.A Bluetooth profile defines how different applications use Bluetooth wireless technology to set up a connection and exchange data. The Medical Devices Working Group of the Bluetooth SIG developed this profile to ensure that devices in the medical environment...Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78318&full=1Doctors must take body weight into account when reading test results for prostate cancer as obesity may distort the findings, a US study argues.Obese men have more blood so the concentration of antigen, a marker for the disease, is lower, a team found. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78322&full=1 BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has warned 13 companies about manufacturing unapproved medical devices, which have been blacklisted in a new round of spot checks. Eighty percent of the photonic cosmetic machines (similar to lasers) from five companies and about 43 percent of high frequency electric knives (which can be used in dental procedures...Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78192&full=1Nov. 20, 2007 -- Whole-body PET (positron emission tomography) scans done three months after completion of cervical cancer therapy can ensure that patients are disease-free or warn that further interventions are needed, according to a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78207&full=1U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee on Tuesday called for a congressional investigation into medical-device manufacturers and operators who use unproven "energy medicine" machines to exploit patients."I fear these may be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to deadly scams aimed at vulnerable Americans who are sick and holding out hope for a cure to what ails them," Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, said in a letter...Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78190&full=1STANFORD, Calif. The pedometer, a small, inexpensive device that counts the number of steps walked per day, could be key to ramping up a persons physical activity.Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that the use of a pedometer is associated with significant increases in physical activity and weight loss and improvements in blood pressure.Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78197&full=1CT colonography (CTC), when used in elderly patients, can detect a high number of new and significant abnormalities outside the colon (including cirrhosis and tumors) and is well tolerated, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at St. Jamess University Hospital in Leeds, United Kingdom (UK).Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78196&full=1Although the use of intraoperative MRI can add time to surgical procedures, it can help surgeons detect residual disease and, if needed, modify their plan for surgery while the patient is on the operating room table, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78188&full=1DURHAM, N.C. -- Doctors may be missing cancers in obese men because the telltale blood marker used to detect the disease can be falsely interpreted as low in this population, according to a new study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers."Obese men have more blood circulating throughout their bodies than normal weight men, and as a result, the concentration of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA...Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78030&full=1Scientists at the University of Oxford are trying to harness the energy released when bubbles burst as a way of killing off cancer cells.They have built a device to beam waves of ultrasound into the body, generating bubbles at the site of a tumour. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78031&full=1A young mother in Los Angeles was desperate. A rare form of cancer was ravaging her 5-month-old son. Their doctor said chemotherapy offered the best hope for survival, a 1-in-4 chance.Natalia Campos watched as her baby, Antonio, struggled in pain through the first few treatments. Then she learned of an alternative-therapy clinic that promised a cure, without pain, using a machine called a PAP...Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78032&full=1Although still rare, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing. In this longitudinal study over 12 years from a large cancer registry, Kent and colleagues used the Ontario Cancer Registry to identify 7422 cases of differentiated thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2001. Their results show the jump in the incidence rate of this type of thyroid cancer was 146% over the 12-year period, or an annual increase...Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78046&full=1SEATTLE - In the late 1980s, an out-of-work math instructor in Colorado built an electronic device he claimed could diagnose and destroy disease -- everything from allergies to cancer -- by firing radio frequencies into the body.But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates medical devices, ordered William Nelson to quit selling his machine and making false claims. Nelson refused...Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=78043&full=1UGR News Researchers from the Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Psychiatry of the University of Granada (UGR) developed a new method to detect metal concentrations in iron and steel industry workers. Continuous exposure to certain elements constitutes one of the work-related poisonings which were discussed in the course Technologies for Industrial Waste Treatment (Tecnologas para el tratamiento...Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77058&full=1 An outbreak of chikungunya virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala has prompted researchers to develop a new diagnostic test to distinguish chikungunya from dengue viruses, the science site SciDev.Net reported.The kit works as early as the second or third day of symptoms, whereas conventional tests can only detect antibodies a week after infection. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77050&full=1Scientists have received funding to mass produce a testing kit to detect potentially fatal food contamination within hours rather than days.The project team, based at The Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen, aims to cut detection times for bugs such as listeria and salmonella. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77053&full=1A year after safety questions about drug-coated heart stents prompted doctors to change treatment for hundreds of thousands of cardiac patients, many physicians say the medical community overreacted and should now reverse course.Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77895&full=1CAMBRIDGE, MA--MIT scientists have devised remotely controlled nanoparticles that, when pulsed with an electromagnetic field, release drugs to attack tumors. The innovation, reported in the Nov. 15 online issue of Advanced Materials, could lead to the improved diagnosis and targeted treatment of cancer.In earlier work the team, led by Sangeeta Bhatia, M.D.,Ph.D., an associate professor in the Harvard...Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77902&full=1Texas Instruments has released a new microprocessor designed to be a workhorse for any number of medical diagnostic devices needing an embedded processor. What makes the new MSP430 interesting to the medical device community is its integrated analog signal filtering, digital conversion, and processing functions in addition to a complete digital signal processing path. What this means is that a designer...Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77903&full=1Many studies document health care disparities -- the lamentable failures of the medical establishment to deliver the best available care to women, minorities and other groups.But there is a flip side: When it comes to brand-new drugs and medical devices, it's sometimes good to be left out. That's because therapies that perform well in clinical trials often prove less effective -- and sometimes...Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77889&full=1OAK BROOK, Ill. November 19, 2007 A pilot study from researchers at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, found that narrow band imaging (NBI) colonoscopy used in cancer surveillance for ulcerative colitis patients can identify flat dysplastic lesions. The research appears in the November issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for...Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77913&full=1For anyone going to the tiny yellow building in Issaquah last year to get treatments from the PAP-IMI machine, a warning sign attached to the device was hardly reassuring: "Attention. Do not let device and probe overheat. Allow cooling. Check probe frequently for insulation defects."The bulky energy-medicine machine prohibited for use in the U.S. was owned by Regan Golob, a former chiropractor...Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77901&full=1ATLANTA - In the highly competitive medical device industry, finding and keeping great talent is easier said than done. Attendees of Novembers Southeastern Medical Device Association (SEMDA) meeting will have the opportunity to learn and ask questions from proven industry experts on best practices in recruiting and keeping top talent.The event will take place Wednesday, November 28, 2007 in the...Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77770&full=1Talk about candid cameras.At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, physicians carefully insert a flexible camera into a patients urethra, hunting for obstructions.The digital camera lets doctors identify such obstructions as blockages in the bladder, but it also allows patients to see crystal-clear images of their own bodies. The technology can help patients understand their own medical...Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77773&full=1t takes only a tiny magnetic field to see clear through a person's head, a new study shows. A method called ultra-low field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has captured its first, blurry shots of a human brain, revealing activity as well as structure.MRI scanners image the human body by detecting how hydrogen atoms respond to magnetic fields. They typically require fields of a few tesla about...Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77780&full=1A research team led by Tadashi Isa, a professor at the Japanese National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS (SEIRIKEN), and Dr. Yukio Nishimura (University of Washington, Seattle), have found that brain compensatory mechanisms contribute to recovery from spinal cord injury. This study was conducted in collaboration with Hamamatsu Photonics (Dr. Hideo Tsukada) and RIKEN (Dr. Hirotaka Onoe)...Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77777&full=1Diagnostics developer Healthlinx Ltd hopes to have a multi-marker blood test for ovarian cancer on the market in the second quarter of calendar 2008, after successfully completing a Phase II bio-marker trial on its OvPlex test.A multi-marker test measures five substances in the blood, thereby increasing the likelihood of correctly diagnosing the presence of ovarian cancer and reducing the rate...Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77778&full=1Using patented, innovative technologies, Clearview offers a wide range of point-of-care diagnostic tests that include Clearview HCG, Easy HCG, hCG Combo, Easy LH and Careplan VpH test gloveInverness Medical says it is enabling healthcare professionals to deliver fast, accurate and reliable results with its Clearview Women's Health product portfolio. These simple one-step tests have, says the company...Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77790&full=1The medical supplies and devices sector is likely to perform in line with the broader market, but Washington, D.C., is a wild card for the industry, with a high potential for turbulence in the upcoming year, industry experts predict.Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77610&full=1While fluorescence has long been used to tag biological molecules, a new technology developed at Yale allows researchers to use tiny fluorescent probes to rapidly detect and identify protein interactions within living cells while avoiding the biological disruption of existing methods, according to a report in Nature Chemical Biology. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77583&full=1It's not the amount that counts--it's the first few milliliters. That's the word from Helen Lee, an associate professor at the University of Cambridge, who invented the FirstBurst, that device you see in her hands. It captures the first part of a male patient's urine sample and seals it off into a tube. Those initial milliliters are the ones doctors need for testing. Lee hopes to see the device get...Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77581&full=1By MARIE GILBERT --Studying and treating disorders of the digestive system might not be the most glamorous job. But you'd never know it from talking with Dr. Fawaz Hakki, a gastroenterologist. These days, he's feeling like a movie director. The feature presentation? It's a full-color video of the tight, twisted tunnels of a patient's small intestine. Welcome to real fantastic voyage, the story...Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77613&full=1Imagine paint that adheres to a surface, but releases on command or road signs that change their reflectivity with changing weather conditions. These are two potential uses of a novel, responsive material designed by researchers in the University of Massachusetts Amherst polymer science and engineering department. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77629&full=1Biological and physical studies on DNA structure have revealed considerable interest into the electronic properties of DNA. Part of this interest is in using DNA as the basis for forming minute nanowires for use in ultra small nanoelectronics. Molecular nanowires made from DNA can be a building block for the exceptionally small yet powerful computers of the future. An article released as part of...Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77624&full=1If you ever had a set of Micronauts toy robots with removable body parts you probably had fun swapping their heads, imagining how it would affect their behavior. Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have been performing similar experiments on ion channels pores in our nerve cells to sort out the channels' key functional parts. In the November 15 issue of Nature, one group...Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77579&full=1Jackson Streeter left his dream job as a fighter pilot to tackle the second leading cause of death. Dr. Jackson Streeter once held the ultimate cool job. In the mid-1990s he was the first medical doctor to be a pilot in the elite U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, more commonly known as TOPGUNthe same group immortalized by Tom Cruise in the 1986 movie. Streeter, now 46, had wanted to join ever since...Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77601&full=1Using the tools and techniques of soft condensed matter physics, a research team in Switzerland has demonstrated that a finely tuned balance of attractions between proteins keeps the lens of the eye transparent, and that even a small change in this balance can cause proteins to aggregate and de-mix. This leads to cataract formation, the world's leading cause of blindness. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77414&full=1Implanted pacemakers and defibrillators have to be replaced when their built-in power sources run low normally every 7 to 10 years and any surgery carries some risk for patients.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77389&full=1UGR News. Researchers at the University of Granada (UGR) from the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit and the Cardiology Service of the Hospital Clnico San Cecilio in Granada have developed an innovative system which will help doctors make the earliest diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension possible, which is the main cause of death for patients suffering from scleroderma, a rare disease which affects...Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77394&full=1Experts examining patterns in ultrasound images can more accurately classify ovarian tumors as benign or malignant than can pre-surgical blood tests, according to a study published online in the Nov. 13 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.An elevated level of the protein CA-125 in blood is considered an indicator of whether an ovarian tumor is benign or malignant. This measure, however, can...Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77411&full=1StethoClean(TM) device offers clean, disposable stethoscope covers to protect patients in hospitals from germs and infectious diseases, including common cold, flu, and MRSA. Device attaches to stethoscope, providing 20 single-use covers and making them accessible to healthcare professionals as they carry stethoscope with them throughout day.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77412&full=1Easy to operate, highly accessible, fast and mobile - these are the characteristics that make ultrasound the No. 1 used modality in diagnostic imaging and the reason why leading healthcare providers continue to invest in innovation to drive workflow improvements. Siemens Medical Solutions continues to lead the way in innovating workflow solutions for their customers expanding the use of ultrasound...Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77415&full=1Rewiring nerve fibres that once served a missing arm to the muscles in an amputee's chest now offers a way to control prosthetic limbs more intuitively and effectively.In clinical trials, an improved interface for this type of prosthetic arm allowed volunteers to use their limbs to perform a variety of tasks up to seven times faster than before, after only minimal training. Previous systems only...Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77248&full=1The meal was great, but afterwards a burning sensation at the back of the throat spoils the pleasure we call it heartburn. This unpleasant reaction occurs because the sphincter is unable to perform its normal function of holding back the gastric acid in the stomach, allowing it to rise up into the esophagus. If this recurs frequently over many years, it is not merely discomforting but can actually...Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77249&full=1A project that could help rewrite psychiatrists' diagnostic guidebook is underway at UCLA. The work, launched this summer by the National Institutes of Health, aims to put the diagnosis of several major psychiatric conditions -- including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia -- on a more rigorous footing by identifying and mapping the biological processes that...Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77251&full=1November 8, 2007 - Spectroline Marksman(TM) converts and amplifies inaudible ultrasonic sound into audible sound that alerts service technicians to problems such as leaks and electrical discharge. Sound Signal Technology(TM) fine-tunes audible sound into natural sound emitted by defect itself, and 10-bar LED display indicates intensity of incoming signals. Also available, MDE-1000 Marksman Master...Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77226&full=1Positron emission tomography or PET scans can help clinicians diagnose and treat some cancers, but it is not clear yet whether the imaging technology helps people with cancer live longer and healthier lives, according to a comprehensive review by the U.K. National Health Service.PET scans are one of the latest tools used to detect and determine a cancers activity in the body. PET is generally...Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77231&full=1DALLAS Nov. 13, 2007 High urinary levels of certain molecules might have the potential to serve as biomarkers for a potentially life-shortening kidney ailment caused by the autoimmune disease lupus, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.Our studies suggest a quartet of molecules may have potential diagnostic significance, said Dr. Chandra Mohan, professor of internal medicine...Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77059&full=1MUMBAI: Imagine biomedical waste being recycled and used to diagnose diseases in humans. This innovation by the alumni of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, promises to change the availability and affordability of medical tests in the country.Paresh Bhanushalis Navi Mumbai-based company Yashraj Biotechnology is using biomedical waste like urine, amniotic fluid, hepatitis positive plasma...Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=77056&full=1When the SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) epidemic broke out in 2002, Israeli scientist Dorit Arad was alarmed. She was living in the US at the time, and had to fly frequently for her work, exposing herself to risk. During the outbreak, which lasted from November 2002 to July 2003, 774 people died of the highly contagious respiratory disease - a mortality rate of 9.6 percent."I was panicked...Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76881&full=1Recent advances in the diagnosis of early stage lung cancer are showing promise to help improve treatment outcomes from this disease. In addition to CT scans, fluorescence bronchoscopya procedure approved by the FDA in 2005is giving physicians the ability to diagnose lung cancer at its earliest, most treatable stagesFri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76880&full=1Emerging as an important subspecialty of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, interventional pulmonology incorporates advanced technologies into promising new diagnostic and treatment options for patients with lung disease. NYUs Interventional Pulmonology program has opened a new bronchoscopy suite, with state-of-the-art capabilities including:Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76899&full=1Surgeons at Primary Children's Medical Center have successfully implanted a ventricular assist device in an infant.Kaidence Stephenson, 8 months, is recuperating following Wednesday's surgery, which was the first use of a VAD at the children's hospital and the first pediatric implantation in the region.Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76882&full=1NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases was the first hospital in New York City to offer the X-Stop procedure for patients with lower back pain caused by lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spine that often occurs with aging. As the spine narrows, compression of a spinal nerve occurs, causing back pain and pain, weakness, or numbness in the legs.Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76889&full=1NARRAGANSETT As emergency medical services coordinator for the Narragansett Fire Department, Capt. Byron Cahoone is no stranger to calls from salespeople pitching new products.Most times the product being pitched is not a necessity.The call he got about 18 months ago was different. It was from a salesman who said he had a product that could save lives.Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76695&full=1Frank Tong is peering into another mans mind. The Vanderbilt University neuroscientist is sitting in front of a bank of monitors inside a dimly lit room. On the other side of a plate-glass window, an undergraduate lies immobile, his legs protruding from a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner. A display unit above the young mans eyes flashes a picture of a pigeon or a penguinat this...Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76698&full=1The five biggest makers of hip- and knee-implant devices have disclosed the names of 1,805 medical consultants they paid this year, including several doctors from the Indianapolis area and 46 doctors or organizations that received $1 million or more.The companies posted the names on their Web sites under Sept. 27 agreements with U.S. prosecutors to settle claims that they paid kickbacks to surgeons...Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76699&full=1A state agency cleared the way Wednesday for doctors across West Virginia to put diagnostic imaging equipment in their offices, a move hospital executives predict will drive up health costs and force them to raise rates.West Virginia Health Care Authority members voted unanimously to approve standards that doctors offices must meet before the state allows them to buy and use computed tomography...Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76694&full=1Todays prosthetics are medical miracles, controlled by impulses from the users own muscles. But one myoelectric hand can cost $35,000 and upa daunting, if attainable, figure for patients with health insurance, but more of a concept than an option for many amputees around the world. So when a team of students at ITESO Graduate School in Guadalajara, Mexico, began working on a new prosthetic hand...Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76681&full=1A Supreme Court decision on federal preemption authority for medical devices may hinge on the FDAs position, and the agency has come out in favor of preemption.The Supreme Court will hear Riegel v. Medtronic Dec. 4 to examine whether the express preemption provision of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) preempts state-law claims seeking damages for injuries caused by medical devices...Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76500&full=1Results of the largest study of a new test designed to predict life-threatening arrhythmias in people following a heart attack were presented in a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76513&full=1Itamar Medical Ltd. (TASE:ITMR) is presenting at the American Heart Association convention in Orlando four studies which it claims demonstrate that the company's non-invasive Endo-PAT device can identify heart disease.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76514&full=1Nov. 5, 2007The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon require manufacturers of medical devices and supplies to apply unique device identification (UDI) mechanisms to individual items so they can be automatically tracked and traced in the supply chain. The agency is also urging companies to file reports electronically whenever an item is involved in an adverse event. Currently, such reports...Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76499&full=1A subset of heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) did not demonstrate a significant improvement in exercise capacity measured by peak VO2 when compared to a control group, researchers reported in a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.In the Resynchronization Therapy in Normal QRS trial (RethinQ...Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76515&full=1ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2007) In the wake of Dow Corning's bankrupting experience with silicone gel breast implants, the medical plastics industry is now undergoing a renaissance. Medical plastics are a $1 billion a year market and demand is growing at 10 to 20 percent a year.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76312&full=1Lasers could be used to combat viruses and infections like HIV and MRSA without side effects, researchers say.Current ultraviolet light laser treatments can kill micro-organisms - but cannot be used in humans as they would also damage cells in the body. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76363&full=1A multinational European study found that using a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device to provide overdrive atrial pacing does not prevent patients with heart failure (HF) from developing permanent atrial fibrillation (AF). The results were presented in a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76306&full=1A high-tech imaging technique might replace the more invasive standard coronary angiography as a way for doctors to look at blockages in heart arteries in some patients, according to late-breaking clinical trial results presented at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76310&full=1A study by an international team of cardiac imaging specialists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, concludes that sophisticated computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart and its surrounding arteries are almost as reliable and accurate as more invasive procedures to check for blockages. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76304&full=1CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fans of TV emergency room dramas already know the drill: shout "Clear," place the paddles on the chest and watch the lifeless heart patient revive.When that drama takes place in an airport or shopping mall, bystanders using battery-powered defibrillators may be saving more than 500 lives every year in the United States and Canada alone, researchers reported on Monday.Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76094&full=1Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can identify which patients will benefit more from undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than receiving medical therapy alone for blocked coronary arteries, according to late-breaking clinical trial results presented at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.Myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) is a nuclear imaging...Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76084&full=1(Nanowerk News) Treating prostate cancer is a race against time. By the time the patient can feel the first symptoms, the disease has usually spread too far. A novel diagnostic technique combines optical imaging with ultrasound, thus improving early diagnosis.Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76090&full=1A device that transmits patient data from the ambulance to the hospitals emergency department with the view of saving hospitals valuable time has been showcased at the European Society of Cardiologys (ESC) annual congress.The HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator works by sending ECG data ahead of the patient, allowing clinicians to prepare for treatment.Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76091&full=1"Like I had two seizures this day. This day I had three."A few days later, Paul Herzog had four seizures."Sometimes I don't even know I had one."For 25 years, no medication has been able to control Paul's epileptic seizures. He's not a candidate for surgery. Paul's seizures are centered in both temporal lobes, the home to short term memory. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76092&full=1A small, implantable device that helps the heart pump blood works equally well for men and women but may benefit twice as many women awaiting transplants, researchers reported at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.The fact that we have a technology where the outcomes in women are equal to men is important, said Roberta C. Bogaev, M.D., lead author of the study and medical...Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=76093&full=1Drug-eluting stents to open blocked coronary arteries caused no more risks for death or heart attack than bare metal stents, according to a late-breaking outcomes trial presented at the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions 2007.Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75968&full=1A Senate bill would require devicemakers to report average and median sales prices for implantable devices as a condition for receiving payment from federal and state health plans. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who introduced S. 2221, the Transparency in Medical Device Pricing Act of 2007, Oct. 23, said it will ensure devicemakers arent overcharging for implantable devices covered by federal and state...Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75932&full=1BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- The effects are all too familiar: a fancy dinner, some fine wine and then, a few hours later, a racing heart and a pounding headache. But a device developed by University of California, Berkeley, researchers could help avoid the dreaded "red wine headache."Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75938&full=1A recently completed licensing agreement for two novel National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) technologies may help bring affordable graphic reading systems for the blind and visually impaired to market. The two systems bring electronic images to life in the same way that Braille makes words readable.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75939&full=1LONDON (Reuters) - Expensive drug-coated stents -- used to prop open clogged coronary arteries -- are not worth using in many patients, Swiss researchers said on Friday.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75934&full=1Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by non-invasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University has shown in preclinical experiments. In a paper posted online ahead of December publication in the journal Cancer, researchers show that the technique...Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75935&full=1NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have led to increased detection of minor brain abnormalities that may worry the patient, but often will never cause any problems, according to study findings reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75736&full=1A tiny "electronic nose" that MIT researchers have engineered with a novel inkjet printing method could be used to detect hazards including carbon monoxide, harmful industrial solvents and explosives.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75936&full=1Boulder, Colo. A tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslasequivalent to the brain waves of a person daydreaminghas been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The sensor could be battery-operated and could reduce the costs of non-invasive biomagnetic measurements such as fetal heart monitoring. The device also may have applications...Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devspace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=75740&full=1CHARLOTTE - Charlotte will be pushing to be known as the advanced medical device area in the state. The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is implementing a strategic plan to augment the states offerings in advanced medical technology.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT