The Department of Health and Human Services said it would pay privately-held, biotech company, Protein Sciences a minimum of $35 million to develop its recombinant (DNA) influenza vaccine for the possible swine flu pandemic.
ER physicians who evaluate patients with chest pain using whole chest multi-detector CT (MDCT), combined with retrospective electrocardiogram (ECG) gating can reduce their patients' radiation dose 71% by using MDCT combined with prospective ECG triggering instead, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
Chinese medtech manufacturers are intent on targeting international markets, including the U.S., and the time to connect with Chinese companies and multinationals doing business in China is now, says Reed Exhibitions' director of International Sales, Geoff Sauer. A must-read DOTmed exclusive.
In the first study of its kind, scientists at UCLA and McGill University have used fluorescent imaging to visualize protein synthesis at individual synapses, which occurs while people or animals learn.
Using nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new way to differentiate healthy and cancerous cells.
As President Barack Obama has earmarked more than $1 billion in the Federal stimulus package to identify cost-effective medical procedures, a new study concludes that knee replacement surgery is expensive but "highly cost effective," say researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Boston University School of Public Health.
A huge number of CT scans of the skull were used to create a 3-D digital model of a mummy's skull. The technique could help homicide detectives find missing persons, one detective said.
As a result of the recession, women are delaying pregnancy as well as their annual wellness exam, according to a new Gallup Organization survey conducted for The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
In their report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Boston University School of Medicine describe results of the first large-scale study looking at the significance of a prolonged PR interval in a general population undergoing ECG.
A new nonsurgical technique to repair leaking mitral valves in heart failure patients was found to be safe, in a study reported in the journal Circulation.
Philips is dedicated to pursuing its leadership role in health care as the global aging population is expected to double from 500 million people today to 1 billion people in 2015.
Since the Canadian government refuses to say when, or if, its National Research Universal (NRU) reactor will be restarted, MO-99 distributor MSD Nordion and downstream supplier, Lantheus Medical Imaging, have both said they have contracted with new suppliers.
The most popular type of gastric bypass surgery appears to nearly double the chance that a patient will develop kidney stones, despite earlier assumptions that it would not, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study.
Telemedicine is giving Parkinson's Disease patients access to neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC).
As Congress debates President Obama's health care legislation, a report urging the delivery of preventive health care to young women is gaining support.
Chemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed novel compounds that show promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, which uses light-activated drugs to kill tumor cells.
Duke University engineers have taken a first step toward a minimally invasive treatment of brain tumors by combining chemotherapy with heat administered from the end of a 3-D catheter.
Doctors who ignore the socioeconomic status of patients when evaluating their risk for heart disease are missing a crucial element that might result in inadequate treatment, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the American Heart Journal.
Forty-six percent of patients over age 60 currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant will die before they receive an organ.
United Kingdom High Court of Justice decided that a Cook Inc.'s UK transcatheter valve patent is invalid and is not infringed by the Edwards Lifesciences.
PET scans show that music drives the brain's pleasure centers the same way as drugs like cocaine do, by stimulating the brain's dopaminergic striatal reward system.
Mayo Clinic received $48 million in grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and from industry to study the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Flu vaccine maker Novartis said Friday it has produced its first batch of the swine flu vaccine using new cell-based technology that is quicker and yields larger quantities than growing vaccine in eggs.
The World Health Organization Thursday said it is declaring H1N1 a flu pandemic, the first since 1968, when Hong Kong flu killed a million people.
The shortage of medical isotopes is a crucial issue for experts convening at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting in Toronto. Read this DOTmed exclusive report on where things stand.
A Canadian master's student exploded the myth that primary care patients are to blame for overcrowded and sometimes chaotic ERs.
Missing just one hour of sleep over five years upped the risk of developing high blood pressure by 37 percent in middle-age adults whose average age was 40, Kristen L. Knutson, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago has found.
The use of fenestrated endografts to treat juxta-renal and para-renal aneurysms after previous aortic reconstruction is a viable alternative to open heart surgery.
The radiation dose for CT angiography was reduced on average by more than half for almost 5,000 patients with no effect on image quality, as a result of a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan-funded project, Beaumont Hospitals said.
In a setback to stent makers, a New England Journal of Medicine study has concluded that diabetics with stable heart disease fare just as well on medicine that opens blocked arteries; however, those diabetics with severe heart disease should have surgery as soon as possible.
Cardinal Health announced a 25 percent increase in its regular quarterly dividend to $0.175 per share, or $0.70 per share, on an annualized basis.
Antigen Express, a subsidiary of biotech firm Generex, tells DOTmed News that its prostate cancer vaccine had proved successful in Phase I clinical trials.
External beam partial breast irradiation (EB-PBI) is the most cost-effective method for treating postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer, according to the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (ASTRO).
A new device, called the Shape-HF Cardiopulmonary Testing System, cleared by FDA in April, optimizes heart failure therapy for people using pacemakers.
Microsoft, continuing to gain a foothold into the medical equipment market, has signed an agreement with Merck to acquire some of its genomic data management software.
The wealthy Arab states are expected to invest $60 billion in health care by 2025, according to the Financial Times, a trend that could spell opportunity for DOTmed users.
Three patients at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the United States to be implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart Left-Ventricular Assist System, while waiting for a transplant.
It's been more than six months since the FDA set up operations in China. Direct from Beijing, get an on-the-ground report on its top priorities.
In developing this new treatment method, traditional CO2 lasers were modified into a fractional format. The carbon laser beam is broken into numerous microscopically thin beams that strike the skin and vaporize sun damaged or scarred tissue.
ASTRO has updated its award-winning patient booklet, Radiation Therapy for Cancer.
Members of a USC-led research team say they've made a big improvement in a new breed of electronic detectors for viruses and other biological materials, one that may be a valuable addition to the battle against epidemics.
The swine flu outbreak appears to be slowing in most parts of the U.S., except New York, New Jersey and New England. Meanwhile, the government has awarded vaccine makers $1 billion to start production of a swine flu antigen. A DOTmed News exclusive update.
Used her mom's computer to enter online auction.
A procedure that uses heat generated by radio waves to treat Barrett's esophagus--a condition caused by acid reflux--is proving to be highly successful, a new study has found.
A third of American adults, 69 million men and women over the age of 40, are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall than others, because they have an inner-ear dysfunction that throws them off balance and makes them dizzy, according to Johns Hopkins experts.
Nearly 20 percent of patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer had additional malignant tumors found only by MRI, according to a study performed at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
An analysis of the cardiovascular disease risk factors in 500 veteran National Football League players finds that retired athletes have an increased prevalence of high blood pressure, although their cardiovascular profile is primarily the same as non-athletes', according to a study published in JAMA.
Hospitalized patients who receive acid-suppressive medications, such as proton-pump inhibitors, have a 30 percent increased risk of developing pneumonia while in the hospital, according to a study in the May 27 issue of JAMA.
The study showed that in heart attack patients undergoing angioplasty, the use of paclitaxel-eluting stents reduces rates of target lesion revascularization (TLR) and binary angiographic restenosis when compared to the use of bare-metal stents after one year.
Duke University researchers believe that insulin and insulin-like growth factor found in carbohydrates contribute to the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer.
