January 2, 2008 - Anesthesiologists at The Ohio State University Medical Center are utilizing a new ultrasound procedure to help guide a needle to key nerves that are then numbed for surgical procedures in the arms, knees, shoulders or hips.

These areas can be anesthetized before and after surgery, and patients can remain pain-free for more than 24 hours, in most cases. A small catheter inserted next to the nerves can infuse numbing medicine for up to three days following surgery.

January 2, 2008 – White patients with pain are more likely to be prescribed opioids than minorities according to a new study this week in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

January 2, 2008 - Echo Therapeutics Inc. said today it started a second clinical study of its current Symphony Continuous Transdermal Glucose Monitoring System (CTGM System) at the Tufts-New England Medical Center (Tufts-NEMC) and expects to announce the results in the first quarter of 2008.

January 2, 2008 - Purdue University researchers recently developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature biosensors, a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.

The experimental devices represent a new class of portable sensors designed to capture and detect specific target molecules, which researchers say will allow the sensors to identify pathogens, DNA or other substances.

January 2, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearances for its RapidArc radiotherapy technology, which is designed to deliver image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reportedly two to eight times faster and more precisely than conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

January 2, 2008 – Unless limited to women young in age or to women with dense breasts, digital mammography screening does not result in sufficient health gains to outweigh its increased cost, according to a study appearing in the Annals of Internal Medicine, conducted as part of the Digital Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST).

January 2, 2008 – Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast injections in adults and pediatric patients, under the age of 19, are rare, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor, MI,.
Studying 78,353 gadolinium-containing contrast injections over five years, acute allergic-like reactions occurred after 54 injections, 48 reactions involved adults and six occurred in pediatric patients. Seventy-four percent of these reactions were mild, 19 percent were moderate and seven percent were marked as severe.

Varian Medical Systems offers the RapidArc radiotherapy technology, which is designed to deliver image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reportedly two to eight times faster and more precisely than conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

December 31, 2007 - KLAS rating service has recognized Unity PACS by DR Systems as the leading PACS vendor in its 2007 Community Hospital PACS Report, scoring above all other PACS providers including GE, McKesson, Siemens, Carestream and Philips.

Unity RIS/PACS integrates numerous tools to improve financial performance and productivity, including: Web-based scheduling, image, report and audio clip distribution; patented, automated hanging protocols for radiologists; and the report format preferences of individual referring physicians.

December 31, 2007 - American Medical Sales Inc. has received 15 new orders from its distributor network during December 2007, consisting of products from both its’ MIDAS line of mid-sized PACS solutions and its PACS-in-a-BOX products designed for private practices and imaging centers.

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