December 11, 2007 - A new study funded by the National Cancer Institute is examining the role that yoga may play in bettering the immune system of women with breast cancer.

It's been around for more than 5,000 years, and still, yoga is one of the fastest growing fitness programs in the country. Those who do it will tell you yoga can make you stronger and more flexible. Could it be doing more than that? Some believe yoga might even bolster the immune system in women who are battling breast cancer. To find out if that's a stretch, scientists are now weighing in.

December 11, 2007 - A recent study found that with cervical cancer, treatments such as chemotherapy can nearly double a woman’s chance of survival if there is good blood flow inside of the tumor.

By the end of 2007, more than 11,000 women will have been told they have cervical cancer, but doctors are getting better at treating it and increasing patients' chances of survival. They're making those improvements with the help of some high-tech imaging.

December 11, 2007 – McKesson Corp. announced that the Practice Partner Research Network (PPRNet) at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, S.C., received a $1.2 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to research medication safety in the ambulatory setting.

December 11, 2007 - iCAD Inc. a provider of computer-aided detection (CAD) solutions for the early identification of cancer, announced two U.S. patents have recently been granted to the company by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

According to Ken Ferry, President and Chief Executive Officer of iCAD, the first patent provides an information fusion method for multiple indicators of cancer by using a specific method of combining lesion information, while the second patent addresses improved clinical workflow.

December 11, 2007 - A poll of infection prevention professionals conducted six months after the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology’s (APIC) national MRSA Prevalence Study indicated that while 59 percent of the 2,100 who responded are adopting or already adopted interventions to address Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 50 percent said their healthcare facility is not doing as much as it could.

December 11, 2007 - When it comes to evaluating the quality of surgical care, a Thomson Healthcare analytical method that uses data from healthcare claims is as effective as a methodology that uses data taken directly from medical records, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

December 11, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced that two new private cancer centers in Switzerland have been equipped with the company’s radiotherapy machines, offering image guided advanced intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments to patients.

December 11, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. announced that Ultrasound Associates of Virginia has purchased its KODAK CARESTREAM Outpatient Solution, a new turnkey digital imaging and information management package designed for imaging centers.

December 11, 2007 - GE’s SnapShot Pulse technology for prospectively gated diagnostic cardiac CT exams has been proven to reduce a patient’s radiation exposure by up to 83 percent and improve image quality, validated from clinicians performing thousands of exams at sites around the world.

December 11, 2007 - Frost & Sullivan presented the 2007 Global Excellence Award in speech recognition technology to Philips Speech Recognition Systems (Philips SRS), for its demonstrated leadership in the field of speech recognition technologies for the healthcare market.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now