April 28, 2008 - Many women with a faulty breast cancer gene may be at greater risk of the disease due to extra risk-amplifying genes, according to research published this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics, directly influencing how women with a family history of the disease are monitored.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine join an international consortium of research groups that looked at more than 10,000 women carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation for breast-cancer risk.

April 28, 2008 – Engineering students at the University of Florida designed a headset that may reduce the sound of loud noises produced by MRI examinations, aiming to provide a more positive experience for patients as well as reduce the number of examinations needed.

April 28, 2008 – WebReach Inc. released Mirth 1.7.1, designed to reduce the time and cost required to achieve health information system interoperability and data exchange and to speed secure information sharing across communities of healthcare professionals.

April 28, 2008 - Elekta filled its first New Zealand order for the Elekta Synergy system with MOSAIQ EMR and Elekta VMAT, at Auckland Radiation Oncology Limited (ARO), hoping to provide its patients with improved precision in treating tumors.

Intuitive Imaging Informatics will feature its PET Fusion at SIIM 2008, designed to provide the ability to combine high-resolution, anatomic images from a CT with functional images produced by PET in an integrated image. The system features user-selectable color maps, real time PET transparency manipulation and automated multi-planar reconstruction (MRP) for orthogonal views.

April 25, 2008 – Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. said its moldable putty configuration of Integra Mozaik Osteoconductive Scaffold is now available in a smaller configuration.

The addition of the smaller configuration aims to enable clinicians to use Integra Mozaik Osteoconductive Scaffold where smaller sizes are appropriate, such as cervical spine fusion and other non-spine orthopedic procedures.

April 25, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) launched its Performance Assessment for the Advancement of Radiation Oncology Treatment (PAAROT) program on April 1 as a way for ASTRO members to satisfy the American Board of Radiology’s Maintenance of Certification program requirements.

April 25, 2008 - Smith & Nephew’s Endoscopy Division announced the launch of the FOOTPRINT PK Suture Anchor, a system used to attach rotator cuff tissue to bone in the shoulder.

The system is featured at AANA 2008.

The objective during rotator cuff repair is to return the soft tissue to its original anatomic attachment site. Unlike early single row suture anchor techniques, which employed single-point re-attachment, the “footprint repair” approach uses multiple anchors in two rows, often with suture bridges that provide greater tissue-to-bone attachment.

April 25, 2008 - EPIX Pharmaceuticals Inc. met all pre-specified endpoints prospectively agreed to with the FDA in a blinded, independent re-read of images of its novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiographic (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), and plans to resubmit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for Vasovist in mid-2008.

April 25, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems reported net earnings of $0.56 per diluted share in the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 versus net earnings of $0.46 per diluted share in the year-ago quarter, marking a rise of 19 percent in operating earnings and a 22 percent growth in earnings per diluted share.

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