Environmental Tectonics Corp’s (ETC) Biomedical Systems Group has sold Bara-Med monoplace hyperbaric chamber to Nhat Nam Medical Equipment, a medical supplier in Hanoi, Vietnam. Bara-Med is expected to be integrated into a…
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ACD Unveils RNAscope FFPE Assay Kit For Biomarker Validation
Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) has launched RNAscope FFPE Assay Kit, a line of RUO (Research-Use-Only) products designed to detect RNA biomarkers in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens with single molecule sensitivity. ACD…
Weight a Factor in Breast Cancer Risk After HRT Use
Another analysis of data on hormone therapy use among U.S. women finds that the panorama of risks is even more complex than previously thought: Thinner women taking it showed a higher risk…
Rate of diabetic vision impairment down
Nearly 3 in 10 Americans with diabetes over the age of 40 suffer from vision impairment caused by diabetic retinopathy, and about 4.4% have a form of the condition so severe it…
Dangerous staph infections declining
The most comprehensive U.S. study to date shows that the number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, dropped in healthcare settings from 2005 to 2008. Dangerous infections caused by the…
New Technique for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s
It may soon be possible to obtain a highly accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing a sample of spinal fluid. A study released Monday found that a constellation of three substances…
H1N1 pandemic is officially over but far from gone
The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared the H1N1 flu pandemic over, a little more than a year after a spring flood of cases prompted a global effort to curb its wildfire…
Brain Responds Same To Acute And Chronic Sleep Loss
Burning the candle at both ends for a week may take an even bigger toll than you thought. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that five nights of restricted sleep–four…
Research Shows Sugary Drinks Do Not Cause Weight Gain
New research from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh(1), shows that sugary drinks, consumed in moderate quantities, do not promote weight gain, carbohydrate craving or adverse mood effects in overweight women when they do…
Gene Target May Block Breast Cancer Recurrence And Boost Survival
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a gene called POLQ is linked to an eight-fold risk of breast cancer returning. Developing drugs to block POLQ could increase survival and stop the…
Pfizer Receives FDA Approval For Prefilled Dual-Chamber Syringe For Use In The Treatment Of Hemophilia A
Pfizer Inc.has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval of the use of a Prefilled Dual-Chamber Syringe for administration of XYNTHA® Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant) Plasma/Albumin-Free to hemophilia…
That Middle-of-the-Night Bellyache: Appendicitis?
Let’s start with “Madeline.” In that classic children’s story by Ludwig Bemelmans, published in 1939, the little French girl of the title is awakened in the night by severe abdominal pain, and…
DNA Test May Speed Colon Cancer Diagnosis
A new generation of DNA tests for colon cancer seems likely to improve the detection both of cancers and of the precancerous polyps that precede them. The tests, if validated, could reduce…
MIT device may allow glucose testing minus the finger pricks
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT; Cambridge, Massachusetts) Spectroscopy Laboratory are working on a noninvasive way for diabetes patients to measure blood glucose levels using light, instead of having to prick…
BioElectronics Expands DRTV To UK
BioElectronics, a maker of drug-free medical devices and patches that deliver pulsed electromagnetic energy to relieve pain and inflammation, has expanded its Direct Response Television (DRTV) efforts to the UK and Canada….