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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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, 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 [...]

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 [...]

In the future, patients who arrive at a hospital Emergency Department complaining of chest pain may be diagnosed with a sophisticated CT scan. If the diagnosis is negative, the patient can go home?”and the total time at the hospital will be much shorter than it is today. That is the theory behind a study being [...]

St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC) now offers a 64-slice Cardiac CT Scan service, one of the most advanced coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnostic procedures available. The 64-slice Cardiac CT Scan captures high resolution, 3-D images of the heart anatomy, coronary arteries and surrounding chest cavity. This allows doctors to distinguish between calcified plaque and soft [...]