Improvements To Medical Scans By UK Mathematicians

Mathematicians at the University of Liverpool have found that it is possible to gain full control of sound waves which could lead to improved medical scans, for technology such as ultra sound machines.
Working in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, they tested the numerical properties of a flat lens made out of [...]

Research, Technology May Be Impacted By Strange-Behaving Crystals

All of us break the rules from time to time — even crystals.
“There are all sorts of rules about what crystals can do during phase transitions,” said Mark D. Hollingsworth, associate professor of chemistry at Kansas State University. “For a long time, scientists have assumed that the norm applied for all sorts of substances.
But aperiodic [...]

Rare Tumor Cells In Bloodstream Can Now Be Detected By Microchip-Based Device

A team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biomicroelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Resource Center and the MGH Cancer Center has developed a microchip-based device that can isolate, enumerate and analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from a blood sample. CTCs are viable cells from solid tumors carried in the bloodstream at a level of one [...]

Lead Testing Kits Are Unreliable, Health Canada Says

Home lead testing kits have been more heavily promoted since the number of recalls of toys containing too much lead has increased. The Product Safety Laboratory, Health Canada, has tested several of these home lead test kits and has found that they are not generally that reliable. Kits varied considerably in their accuracy - the [...]

New Technology Could Enable New Cancer Treatment Techniques And Antibacterial Coatings

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new way to seek out specific proteins, including dangerous proteins such as anthrax toxin, and render them harmless using nothing but light. The technique lends itself to the creation of new antibacterial and antimicrobial films to help curb the spread of germs, and also holds promise for [...]

Catheters Used To Unclog Arteries Can Also Treat Tears

Catheters outfitted with balloons, lasers, and miniature drills have made the treatment of blocked arteries virtually routine. These devices are used to clear plaque from many vessels including coronary, femoral, renal, and carotid arteries. Until recently, a misstep in the delicate procedure usually required risky emergency surgery. Now physicians are using the same technology used [...]

Evaluation Of Stem Cells’ Potential For New Ways To Treat Disease - Aided By PET And Bioluminescent Imaging

Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with bioluminescence - the light produced by a chemical reaction within an organism - researchers are starting to understand the behavior of transplanted or implanted stem cells that may one day be used to develop new treatments for disease.
According to a study in the December Journal of Nuclear Medicine, [...]

NIMS’ Motion Platform Treatments Beneficial In Patients With Heart Failure And Peripheral Arterial Disease

Gary Macleod, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. [NIMS] (OTCBB:NIMU) announced that Drs. Kohler, Bloch and associates from the University Hospital of Zurich published a paper entitled, “Periodic whole body acceleration: A novel therapy for cardiovascular disease” in the December issue of VASA. This paper reported on the benefits of 35, forty minute treatments [...]

Smiths Medical Receives Clearance For New Safety Needle To Help Protect Clinicians And Minimize Patient Discomfort

SMITHS Medical, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, announces that it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new safety needle designed to protect clinicians from needlestick injuries and minimize discomfort for patients.
Smiths Medical’s GRIPPER® Micro Safety Needle is similar in design to the popular GRIPPER PLUS® [...]

InforMedix Rings Up Med-ePhone - Mobile, Wireless Patient Medication Adherence Solution

InforMedix Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IFMX, http://www.informedix.com), developer of the Med-eMonitor™, an interactive smart pillbox system for medication adherence and health management, is planning to introduce a new device, the Med-ePhone™.
InforMedix expects that the Med-ePhone system will provide a simple, inexpensive method for reminding users to take their medications regularly, and that the device will record [...]