January 11, 2008 – Siemens Medical Solutions changed the name of its healthcare division to Siemens Healthcare, as part of a global restructuring of the Erlangen company, taking effect this month.

Announced in November, the name change will cover the Imaging and IT, Workflow and Solutions, including cardiology, oncology, urology, surgery and women’s health and Diagnostic divisions.

January 10, 2008 — Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. will phase out the production of medical imaging film products at Fujifilm Manufacturing USA Inc. in Greenwood, S.C., by April 1, 2008, due to declines in medical film use.

January 9, 2008 - ReBuilder Medical Technologies Inc. said today that as a result of their success with silver ions in treating Molluscum Contagiosum, it has expanded and reformulated those products specifically for the MRSA market.

The company said the past standard for treatment with open Molluscum lesions was to leave them open for up to two years. However, these lesions can be a breeding ground for a deadly MRSA infection.

January 10, 2008 - The perception that U.S. doctors are unwilling to report medical errors and learn how to prevent them is untrue, according to a new study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

January 10, 2008 - HIMSS Analytics today introduced a new Web-based database to expand industry knowledge about the Canadian healthcare IT market.

January 10, 2008 - WebMD Health Corp. said this week it is providing comprehensive health coverage for the 2008 presidential election with its “Health Matters in the 2008 Election” section, which explains where each presidential candidate stands on healthcare issues.

The WebMD election site offers a comparison of the candidates’ platforms on many healthcare issues of interest to voters. The site defines the key healthcare topics for voters. The WebMD election message board allows visitors to tell their health stories and weigh in on the candidates.

January 10, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearances for its RapidArc radiotherapy technology, technology that is designed to deliver image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reportedly two to eight times faster and more precisely than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

January 10, 2008 - InSite One Inc. completed a system validation and integration testing project in collaboration with Siemens Medical Solutions confirming that syngo Imaging, a Siemens picture archiving and communication system (PACS), has interoperability with InDex services ranging from online DICOM archiving to only redundant offsite copies of the Long-Term Storage with disaster recovery.

January 10, 2008 - Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data uncovered a connection with the left posterior amygdala part of the brain, and overeating, according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.

January 10, 2008 – Due to the short lifespan of the popular radioactive isotope fluorine-18, researchers have developed germanium-68, designed with a longer shelf life and allowing for more accurate measurements.

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