Press Releases by Category Health & Medicine
Rapid detection of synthetic cannabinoids and other designer drugs
Randox Toxicology releases the world’s first commercially available immunoassay solution for rapid detection of synthetic cannabinoids and other designer drugs
In October 2011, Randox Toxicology launched an ELISA for the detection of synthetic cannabinoids (Spice) in urine and blood. With a dramatic rise in forensic cases involving these drugs, it is essential that all suspected synthetic cannabinoid cases are detected. The Randox Toxicology ELISA offers a highly sensitive screen targeting JWH-018,…
USEI Announces Release of U-Cal 300 DICOM Calibration Software
US Electronics Inc., a leading North American diagnostic display manufacturer and supplier, announces a new version of DICOM calibration software that ensures any premium commercial or medical display meets the most demanding industry standards.
11/22/2011, Minneapolis, USA - USEI has released a new version of its medical display calibration and verification software, U-Cal 300. This software will calibrate any premium commercial or medical imaging monitor to the NEMA DICOM part 14…
SMi's Orphan Drugs conference held on December 7, 2011
SMi’s Orphan Drugs masterclass aims to tackle the development of orphan drug treatments and the unique challenges involved.
The masterclass will help delegates understand what differentiates orphan drugs from other drugs and how to approach the design of development programs for rare diseases.
It will be delivered through a combination of diversely skilled speakers who will give presentations, case studies and encourage interaction and discussion. This is designed to help…
The global medical device contract manufacturing revenues will reach $95.7bn in …
A new report by visiongain, a London-based business information provider, predicts that the global medical device contract manufacturing revenues will reach $95.7bn in 2021.From 2011 to 2021, revenues for this industry will more than double, according to Medical Devices Contract Manufacturing: World Market Prospects 2011-2021, published in November 2011. Electronics manufacturing outsourcing will be the fastest growing segment in the market, driving the contract manufacturer's revenue streams.
The medical device manufacturing…
QUBYX Integrated High-End Luminance Meters by PEHAMED in PerfectLum Software
QUBYX LIMITED announced that it has integrated digital luminance meters CD-Mon and CD-Lux by PEHAMED in its medical display calibration and QA software PerfectLum.
11/22/2011, Nice, France - QUBYX, a technology contributor to medical imaging and color management industries, today announced that it has integrated digital luminance meters CD-Mon and CD-Lux by PEHA Medical Equipment GmbH, designed to perform acceptance and constancy tests on medical monitors, in PerfectLum 3.0. Now PerfectLum…
Hyalgan Offers Relief from Excruciating Knee Pain
Hyalgan helps to restore the cushioning and lubricating effects of the normal joint fluid. Sodium hyaluronate is a substitute of natural chemical as found in the human body. The most interesting point is that Hyalgan made of sodium hyaluronate solution substitutes the natural chemical present in the body creating the soothing effect. The substitute is used in preparing the solution and helps cure knee pain effectively. It is then injected…
Clinic Service is Proud to Announce their Partnership with DrFirst™
(Denver, CO) Clinic Service Corporation (CSC), a medical billing and practice management firm, is proud to announce a partnership with DrFirst, a leader in stand-alone electronic prescribing. As a Meaningful Use ONC/ATCB Certified Partner, Clinic Service Corporation can provide a smooth transition of patient data to an electronic health record (EMR) while working with DrFirst’s Rcopia e-prescribing software.
“This partnership helps all sizes of medical practices with both transitioning…
Community Boot Camp Workouts Help Feed Homeless Children
Nov. 21, 2011, Dover, DE On Thursday, November 24th, Thanksgiving morning, Punch Kettlebell Gym is doing free "turkey-busting boot camp workouts" to help feed the hungry this holiday season. Fitness expert and owner of Punch Kettlebell Gym, Chris Gray, says “This time of year it’s important to Pay It Forward and help those who are less fortunate.”
We all have so much to be thankful for, this is a great…
Frost & Sullivan: High Uptake of New Drug Therapies and Aging Population Expansi …
Advancements in formulation technology open new avenues for revenue generation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – November 21, 2011 – Alarm bells are ringing loud and clear as diabetes has grown to epidemic proportions worldwide, triggering intensive ophthalmic research into vision-compromising comorbidities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that diabetic retinopathy will triple from 5.5 million in 2005 to 16.0 million in 2050. As diabetes is the leading cause of blindness…
Pharmacy OneSource Launches Schedule OneSource, a New Scheduling Application
Makes staff scheduling a faster and more transparent process
Bellevue, Wash. – Wolters Kluwer Health announced today that Pharmacy OneSource launched Schedule OneSource, a new application for pharmacists that helps save time and decrease stress with the staff scheduling process.
Schedule OneSource helps pharmacy directors generate and manage staff schedules quickly and easily, with real-time data and integrated email communication. Schedule OneSource helps hospital pharmacies better utilize staff time and key competencies…
US Food Safety Hazard: Cantaloupe Caused Listeria Food Poisoning
On October 19, 2011 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the presence of strains of listeria in cantaloupe samples taken from Jensen Farms. Currently, there are 33 additional illnesses and 29 deaths reported to be linked to the ongoing outbreak of listeria food poisoning from Colorado-grown cantaloupes.
The bacterium that causes listeriosis, L. monocytogenes, produces varying symptoms depending on a person’s risk factors. Listeriosis normally starts with diarrhea…
New Glow in the Dark Brain Tumour Treatment Could be Covered by Private Medical …
An experimental technique to make brain tumours glow is being tested in clinical trials in the UK, and could soon be used to aid surgeons across the country. But many private medical insurance customers are unaware of whether their policy covers unproven treatments like this.
A new trial called GALA-5 will involve at least 60 patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most common primary malignant brain tumour in adults. Participants will…
B & D Associates, leads the way in sliver recycling.
Grantham, NH October 19, 2011—B & D Associates, Inc. the leading company for medical waste services and silver recycling is at the forefront of silver recovery efforts for hospitals, medical facilities, newspaper printing plants and others using black & white film processes that contain silver.
“With the EPA requiring silver discharge limits at 5 ppm (parts per million) and local government that often requires even lower limits, it’s critical that…
Frost & Sullivan: Five Million Pregnancies Every Year Represents a Large Market …
The desire to have healthy babies and the availability of fetal treatment options encourages parents-to-be to request prenatal tests
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Nov. 18, 2011 – Prenatal testing for fetal defects will become critical as the risk of chromosomal abnormality increases with maternal age and women are commonly delaying motherhood. Prenatal microarray detects serious chromosomal abnormalities at a resolution that surpasses that of traditional karyotyping. While prenatal microarray still requires…
Skip the Diet Pills and Supplements for Your Health, Say Experts
Autopsy results for ex-NFL player and film star Bubba Smith, who died on August 3, have recently been released and the cause of death was an overdose of the diet pill phentermine, as ruled by the L.A. county coroner.
“Diet pills and supplements are responsible for many deaths and serious complications annually,” say boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel, Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, authors of the new book TurboCharged: Accelerate Your…
Tinnitus Tragedy Underscores Urgency of Problem
New Jersey Hypnotist James Malone was saddened to learn about the recent death by suicide of a 52 year old UK man who developed tinnitus after attending a loud rock concert, saying it underscores the importance of making help available to the many people who need it.
The individual in question, a married father of two, took his own life after struggling with tinnitus for three months and apparently became despondent…
Cancer Risk Shown to Rise in Those Who Sit for Long Periods
A recent study presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research’s annual meeting suggests that every year, over 80,000 new cases of cancer can be attributed to inactivity and sitting for too long.
“Even people who get 30 minutes a day of exercise have a higher risk of cancer if they spend the majority of their waking hours sitting,” say boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, authors…
Local Company to Speak in Chicago about Physician Jobs, Social Media
OKEMOS, MICH. — Leapdoctor.com, a physician job search engine run out of Okemos, Michigan, is going to be represented in Chicago, Illinois this Friday at the Illinois Staff Physician Recruiter Members Only Retreat. The company will be represented by President & CEO, Ronit Tyagi, along with Founder, Ashok Tyagi. They will be sponsoring lunch for the retreat and will also be hosting a short presentation for the members, in which…
Cervilenz Inc. receives CE Mark and Additional International Patents for its Sig …
CLEVELAND, OH – November 17, 2011
Cervilenz Inc. recently received its CE Mark and ISO 13485 Certification for the CerviLenz® device. This innovative medical device is used to measure vaginal cervical length to help obstetricians identify and manage pregnant women at high risk for premature birth.
Cervilenz Inc. also added to its already robust patent portfolio for the device. The company now holds 12 issued patents, including 5 in the United States,…
Safety and Efficacy: Paclitaxel-Eluting Balloon SeQuent® Please Shows Positive R …
The results of the largest registry about treatment with Drug Eluting Balloons (DEB) were presented last week during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference (TCT) in San Francisco. Primary investigator Prof. Dr. Jochen Woehrle from the University of Ulm explained: “The aim of the SeQuent Please World Wide Registry is to assess the safety and efficacy of the paclitaxel-coated SeQuent Please balloon under so called real-world conditions.”
About the Registry
The total enrolled…
RSNA 2011: aycan and Chimaera showcase New Software Tool for Multi-Modal Image F …
aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH, a recognized worldwide leader in medical imaging, and Chimaera GmbH, a producer of leading-edge medical imaging software, today announced their partnership to market a new software tool for more efficient handling and diagnosis of multi-modal and follow-up medical data.
Today, diagnosis, based on follow-up image series, is often a time-consuming task due to missing data alignment and the need for manual adaptions of viewing settings. To address…
Gateway Gastroenterology Inc has completed six months services with SpectraMedi, …
The reputed client Gateway Gastroenterology Inc is now six month old with SpectraMedi Transcription Services and SpectraMedi is continuing to provide quality services according to the client’s need.
Syracuse, NY, November 16, 2011 – SpectraMedi Medical Transcription Services, the prominent medical transcription services in US is very much pleased to inform that Gateway Gastroenterology Inc has moved on to their sixth month of continuing successful transcription services with SpectraMedi.
Gateway Gastroenterology…
Great Plains Regional Medical Center chooses Medical Transcription Services of S …
Great Plains Regional Medical Center is now associating with SpectraMedi Medical Transcription Services for their medical transcription needs.
Syracuse, NY, November 15, 2011 – On September 3, 2011, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, leading General Medical and Surgical Hospital, located at North Platte, NE, selected SpectraMedi, a US based Medical Transcription Service provider, to provide their transcription services. Great Plains Regional Medical Center is an outstanding hospital made up of highly-trained,…
Freshly Baked Cakes with Maître Paul! Consistent Quality, Day in Day out
Baking a cake may not be that difficult, but baking large identical batches of cakes is! This is a favourite saying of Engineering Manager Louis Van den Broek of Maître Paul, one of the largest bakeries in the Netherlands.
Maître Paul has been preparing freshly baked cakes and pastries at the company’s own bakery for 25 years. Every day 15 to 20 tons of produced pastries leave the factory; around half…
SeniorHomes.com Announces Caregiver Recognition Awards Winners
SeniorHomes.com is the most comprehensive resource for seniors and their families searching for senior care or housing. Today the company announces the winners of its first-annual SeniorHomes.com Caregiver Recognition Awards, co-sponsored by Emeritus Senior Living.
In honor of National Family Caregiver Month, SeniorHomes.com strives to offer recognition and support with the Caregiver Recognition Awards, which gathered caregivers' most memorable moments in short-story format. The contest was divided into professional and…
Medications: Are We Turning Our Kids Into Mental Patients?
"In the past half century, the use of psychotropic medications has grown dramatically, with the biggest rise in usage over the past 15 years. Currently, for example, about 11% of the US adult population uses anti-depressant medication,” Sinsheimer M.D., explained on Lon Woodbury’s Internet Talk Radio Show “Parent Choices for Struggling Teens” on November 7, 2011 on LATalkRadio at http://www.latalkradio.com.” In recent years, that explosion in the use of…
Autoimmune Disease Diagnostics: High Sensitivity ACPA Test for Rheumatoid Arthri …
Mainz, November 16, 2011 – For Medica 2011, ORGENTEC Diagnostika presents a new laboratory test for the diagnosis of rheumatism. The highly sensitive Anti-CCP hs (high sensitive)® test makes possible the early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which in turn allows for successful treatment of this autoimmune disease.
The new Anti-CCP hs (high sensitive)® test is the most recent development in the area of ACPA testing. This innovate enzyme immunoassay combines…
Regular Dental Cleaning Lowers Stroke A Leading Risk For Long Term Care Ne
Regular doctor visits are important for your good health. Turns out, so are regular visits to your dentist for tooth cleaning.
Those regular cleanings may provide more than just a brighter smile.
Researchers have found that people who have their teeth professionally scraped and cleaned had a 24 percent lower risk of heart attack and 13 percent lower risk of stroke compared to those who never had a dental…
Camillus Surgery Center adopts services of SpectraMedi,Leading US based Medical …
Syracuse, NY, November 16, 2011 – SpectraMedi, a leading US based Medical Transcription Company started its tie up with Camillus Surgery Center, the leading Surgery Center located at Syracuse, NY. SpectraMedi is pleased to have association with this respected account with its easy to use Phone-in and PDA dictation technologies.
“We know that it’s only our clients’ success that ultimately places us in the position of top to end. So we…
The Expatriate Health Management Conference - EHMCON 2012
Today, multinational employers, the expatriates that work for them, and the organizations that provide them with healthcare services, continue to face many challenges. Health risks are increasing around the world. Expatriates are required to be ever more flexible. There is continuing pressure to optimize budgets. Managing healthcare in an unsafe world is a constant challenge. And the destabilization of financial markets continues to threaten long-term planning, and the goals…
Intelligent InSites Appoints Mary Jagim as Chief Nursing Officer
Jagim to drive strategic healthcare initiatives enabling improvements in patient care and performance outcomes.
Fargo, ND, November 16, 2011 -- Intelligent InSites Inc., the leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve patient satisfaction and operational performance while supporting multiple RFID and RTLS technologies, announced today the appointment of Mary Jagim to Chief Nursing Officer.
In this position, Jagim will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic initiatives…
Pharma Outsourcing & Procurement Summit 2012
Pharma Outsourcing & Procurement Summit 2012
3rd-4th May 2012, Berlin, Germany
www.outsourcingevent.com
Pharmaceutical outsourcing is growing exponentially amidst challenging price restrictions, US health care reforms and reduced revenues.
The Pharma Outsourcing and Procurement Summit 2012 addresses the urgent need for pharma to identify and locate the best outsourcing partnerships and solutions to stay competitive in an uncertain climate whilst addressing heightened regulatory pressures and need to maintain high quality standards.
The summit…
10th World Food Technology & Innovation Forum 2012
The World Food Technology & Innovation Forum 2012 will now be taking place at the City West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland on 29th February - 1st March 2012. The feedback from our existing customers showed a great interest in returning back to Ireland, where this summit was originally taking place. As we want to deliver the best service to our customers, we have decided to move the 2012 summit back…
TheMitralValve.org - A Proper Reference Guide to Cure Your Heart is Launched
New York, NY, November 16, 2011 -- The numeric age, which started a few decades ago, provides new tools of communication to all domains, including medicine. An enormous amount of data can be collected and thousands of figures can be stored so as to be used whenever necessary. Doctor Farzan Filsoufi, from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, took advantage of these revolutionary tools to develop an original program…
Avoid the Unwanted Gift of a Heart Attack this Holiday Season
Amid the frenzied pace of decorating, planning and shopping for the perfect holiday with family and friends, your health could let you down. Cold temperatures and the heightened stress brought on by these activities can trigger heart attacks or heart-related complications if left unchecked.
While cold weather is dependent upon Mother Nature, stress is a major contributor that everyone can and should control, says Dr. Nasser Lakkis, chief, Cardiology Department, Ben…
Dilyx Appoints Distributor in Japan
Dilyx Biotechnologies, LLC is pleased to announce that is has signed an agreement with Funakoshi Co. Ltd. of Japan, to distribute Dilyx’ protein solubility products in that region.
Dave Dilyx, Technical Advisor of Dilyx said: “I am delighted to have secured such an outstanding organization as distributor of our protein solubility products in Japan. Funakoshi has an excellent reputation amongst life scientists in Japan and we have been very impressed by…
Expanding Healthcare Company Targets Business Process Outsourcing
November 15, 2011 (San Antonio) - Carenet Healthcare Services (www.callcarenet.com) continues to strengthen its executive team's unparalleled experience, with the addition of Stacie Stoner as vice president of Strategic Services.
Carenet operates in tandem with the nation's leading healthcare organizations delivering performance-driven results with solutions that are improving today's healthcare cost, access to care and quality issues.
Stoner, a 20-year veteran to the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, will…
'The global advanced wound care market to be worth $14.6bn by 2021' says latest …
A new report by Visiongain predicts the global advanced wound care market to be worth $14.6bn by 2021. The market generated $6.2bn in 2010, according to Advanced Wound Care: World Market Prospects 2011-2021, published in November 2011.
Advanced wound care is now the physician's choice for the treatment of both acute and chronic wounds, commonly used in the treatment of burns, diabetic ulcers and pressure ulcers. The advanced wound care market…
Second Opinion through MediAngels Saves 9 –Months Old Arnav Patel from Unwarrant …
Arnav Patel, a nine-month old boy from Ahmedabad was detected with swelling in his kidneys three months ago. Local doctors advised immediate surgery for Arnav. Arnav’s father, a Builder by profession, decided to take a second opinion and uploaded his reports for an e-consultation with a super specialist on MediAngels. Pediatric Urologist and founder director of MediAngels, Dr. Arbinder Singal, reviewed Arnav’s reports and advised the family against surgery. Dr.…
Interplex Medical Exhibit at MEDICA 2011 Features The CerviLenz® Device Used for …
Milford OH – November 14, 2011 - Interplex Medical, LLC, an FDA-registered, ISO 13485-certified company that designs and manufactures medical products for OEM customers, will display a variety of newly developed components, subsystems and finished products at MEDICA 2011, including an innovative device it helped develop for Cleveland-based Cervilenz Inc.
The Interplex Medical exhibit at Medica will be located in the North America Pavilion at Booth D32-13 in…
Improving hand hygiene in hospital: OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring System® wins "Bes …
Improving hand hygiene in hospital: OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring System® wins "Best Practices Award 2011"
Newly developed complete solution to improve hand hygiene compliance live at MEDICA 2011
Issum, 11. November 2011. The OPHARDT Hygiene Monitoring System®, a complete hardware and software solution to measure and improve hand hygiene compliance, has been recognised with the prestigious Frost & Sullivan "Best Practices Award 2011".
In the course of an international study carried out…
SMi’s 9th annual Controlled Release conference held on the 28th & 29th March 201 …
Challenges and solutions in the delivery of a prodrug in an oral, extended-release delivery system
As formulation and delivery for small molecule and biologics becomes ever more important, targeted delivery and lifecycle extension remain an ongoing need for all concerned. Advances in nanomedicine are meeting these challenges to deliver increasingly sophisticated medicines for oral, parenteral and transdermal extended release therapeutics.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to network…
SMi’s 8th annual Imaging in Cancer Drug Development held on 14th &15th March 201 …
Effective treatments for a wide verity of cancers are still very slow and costly to develop with many prospective drugs ending up in being scraped.
With the current economic climate businesses of all sizes are looking for new ways to develop drugs in a smarter manner with reduced production time and improved methods of predicting futility to prevent wasted time and money. Imaging is quickly seen as the way to do…
EKU Elektronik introduces CΛLIBSO Family
With more than 20 years of experience in development and production of respiratory and anaesthesia devices EKU Elektronik will present at this year's MEDICA the new generation of medical measurement and data logging systems for respiration and anaesthesia, the CΛLIBSO Family. What applies for multitech operation with smartphones and tablet PCs, will be continued with the CΛLIBSO Family. With a colour touchdisplay and modern integrated communication interfaces further hardware modules…
Vitamin Power's Juniper Berry Is Discontinued At the Vitamin Mineral Shop
Vitamin Power has discontinued this natural herbal product, Juniper Berry, and thus it is now discontinued at the Vitamin Mineral Shop.
Clinton Township, Michigan -- Established in 1975, Vitamin Power is an exclusive line of nutritional healthcare products. The discontinuance of Juniper Berry (product id 664R) is a reluctant reduction is the size of the product line. Vitamin Power will continue to distribute its other products in the same manner…
Minor Holiday Mishaps & Illnesses Lead to Urgent Care Patient Boom
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emergency physicians treated approximately 39,700 people for fall-related injuries during the 2010 holiday season. Recognizing that holidays offer no vacation from minor accidents and illness, the developer of the free consumer healthcare application iTriage® announced today that it has added holiday hours for premier urgent care providers.
This addition will help consumers more easily locate urgent care medical facilities…
Kolmac Clinic to Open Office in Downtown Baltimore
The Kolmac Clinic is pleased to announce the October 24th opening of its new downtown Baltimore office. The office is located at One North Charles Street, Suite 602 in the Blaustein Building on the corner of Charles and Fayette Streets.
The Baltimore office will have an evening Intensive Outpatient Program running from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., as well as Continuing Care groups at various times. Ambulatory detoxification will continue to…
Frost & Sullivan: Economic Downturn Compelled Pharmacists in the United States t …
Pharmacists perceive themselves as having a strong say in patients’ purchase decisions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Nov. 14, 2011 – Pharmacists in the United States consider their roles challenging and dynamic, as they have evolved from mere product orientation (dispensing medicines) to patient focus (managing healthcare costs and disease states as well as patient counseling). The economic downturn has had much to do with this change in job profile, since pharmacists…
Clinic Service C-Suite Electronic Health Record (EMR) solution is approved as a …
(Denver, CO) Clinic Service Corporation (CSC), a medical billing and practice management firm, has been designated an approved provider for Electronic Heath Record solutions by the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) for their Clinic Service C-Suite Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software solution.
As a COHRIO approved EHR solution, Clinic Service was required to meet criteria in five core areas in the CORHIO/CO-REC review process: Corporate and Financial Strength,…
UMS United Medical Systems International AG: Noticeable Improvement in Q3 2011
Hamburg, November 14, 2011 - UMS United Medical Systems International AG
(UMS/ ISIN DE0005493654) is reporting noticeable improvement for the third
quarter of 2011 compared to the previous quarter. Total revenues came to
EUR 9.7 million, following EUR 9.4 million in the second quarter of this
year. Compared to the same quarter a year ago, like-for-like sales climbed
EUR 0.5 million, or 5%.
Earnings per share (EPS) for the third quarter of the current year came…
