Aydogan Ozcan, an assistant professor at University of California, Los Angeles, has developed an attachment for camera phones that turns these devices into microscopes useful for histological and microbiological analysis. Interestingly, the device uses no additional optics but relies on processing the interference patterns of light coming from the samples to recreate the image. A snippet from the New...
French and German scientists decided to analyze the crying of newborns from the two countries for differences in intonation. Turns out that German babies have a different "accent" to their cry compared with those from France, which implies that language learning perhaps begins even in the womb. The analysis of crying conducted under the supervision of the psychologist Kathleen Wermke from...
A collaboration between researchers from University of Houston and University of Texas Health Science Center has developed a new method to perform sleep studies that minimized the amount of equipment that has to be tethered to the patient. The biggest impediment is the tube placed over the nose that monitors airflow. The researchers created an infrared camera monitoring system that can observe breathing...
Medical visualization software company FiatLux Imaging, Inc., from Redmond, WA, has announced that it is making available for download its FiatLux Visualize Free application. The software, designed to run on any computer with Windows, is a 2D/3D DICOM viewer for CT and MRI medical data. To learn more about the software, check out the press release, product page, or video clips embedded below....
We've previously covered Iomai Corp's (now part of Intercell) transcutaneous vaccination technology, with the idea being that if you're able to vaccinate patients through their skin, you can take advantage of the high density of Langerhans cells in the epidermis to activate an amplified immune response. Also, since transcutaneous vaccination does not involve systemic exposure, you're able to use more...
Amy Tenderich from DiabetesMine spoke with Thierry Navarro, co-founder of PICOSULIN, a Geneva, Switzerland company developing a patch and an insulin pump with an unusually open R&D process. A snippet: "We think differently from the traditional way of keeping R&D secret. We have perfected our technology, and we’re disclosing the benefits. Now we want to try to get feedback from all...
Quick-Med Technologies out of Gainesville, Florida got its NIMBUS barrier gauze wound dressing classified as a novel Class II medical device by the FDA: The newly issued guidance pertains to a wound dressing with permanently bound cationic biocide pDADMAC, a key component of the NIMBUS technology and one of the molecular entities covered in nine Quick-Med U.S. patents and patents pending and in 24...
Combining PET and MRI scanning into one machine has great potential for comprehensive imaging of the body. Modern gamma ray detectors use vacuum photomultiplier tubes which are sensitive to magnetic fields, so a major goal of the project was to overcome this limitation. Philips, the leader of HYPERImage, the multi-institution European project to create a PET/MR machine, is announcing considerate success...
Optima Neuroscience (Alachua, FL) has announced that FDA has approved the company's software package that detect seizures from long-term EEG recordings. The development of the IdentEvent™ algorithm began at the University of Florida, and the software has now shown an exceptional sensitivity and specificity to detect seizure activity. From the press release: Optima’s IdentEvent 510(k) submission...
Merck has released the iChemoDiary for the iPhone platform, an app designed to help patients monitor their time on chemotherapy. The software allows patient to compile chemo treatments, side effects, and general well being, through a set of criteria, that can be later presented to a healthcare provider. Track your chemotherapy schedule, medication, and treatment plan Record some of the possible side...
I saw this on PRweb today: Drummond Group Inc. announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for Electronic Health Records (EHR). Drummond Group has been approached recently by numerous EHR software and services [...]
I saw this on PRweb today: Drummond Group Inc. announced today that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) requirements for certifying bodies for Electronic Health Records (EHR). Drummond Group has been approached recently by numerous EHR software and services [...]
Ever wondered what a piece of furniture formed from raw data extracted from your brain would look like? But of course you have, and so did Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen, the designers of the Brainwave Sofa. Mr. Verbruggen had his brain activity measured while he closed his eyes for 3 seconds. The extracted EEG data was used to create a 3D landscape with the x-axis representing the frequency of...
According to Dow Jones Newswires, an FDA panel has recommended the approval of Alair® bronchial thermoplasty device from Sunnyvale, California based Asthmatx, Inc. Designed to reduce the amount of smooth muscles in the walls of small to medium size airways, the device will likely be indicated for drug-resistant adult cases of severe asthma. We have reported extensively on this technology, including...
Here's an excerpt from a fascinating lecture presented at Brookhaven National Lab in 2004 by Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan, the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry:...
Bharatbook.com included "Global Healthcare Information Technology (2009 - 2014)" report which analyzes the market dynamics exclusively from the industry point of view. Global Healthcare Information Technology (2009 - 2014) The market research report analyses the key trends in global the healthcare information technology market, and segments it into various submarkets as per their sizes in various geographies.
Tarrytown, NY - OmniMD, one of the leading healthcare information technology companies, which provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PMS) and other Healthcare IT products and services to the providers and clinics across the nation, has announced today that Walker Family Medicine (WFM) located in Willcox, Arizona has adopted the company’s EMR and PMS solution in order to improve...
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