September 10, 2007 - Leading pharmacies in Florida, including Walgreens, CVS, Wal-Mart, Publix and Winn-Dixie, are now part of the ePrescribe Florida Collaborative to promote a cooperative statewide effort toward the adoption of electronic prescribing capabilities by physicians and clinicians.

September 10, 2007 - Doctors in south Texas are seeing the potentially deadly staph infection known as Community Acquired-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA) emerging in epidemic proportions in children.
South Texas was one of the first regions of the country to experience CA-MRSA and has since become a hot bed for the infection.
"We've seen that MRSA working in the community is much more virulent," said Jaime Fergie, M.D., Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX.

September 10, 2007 - Health information management services provider Precyse Solutions said it made major enhancements to its remote coding capabilities with PrecyseCode 2X, including a new screen emulation innovation, which ensures greater security of the medical record and greater efficiency and speed of coding.

September 11, 2007 - The FDA has approved TraumaCure's new WoundStat, a lightweight, pre-mixed, dressing compound, which stems high-pressure bleeding in moderate to severe wounds.

September 10, 2007 - For the fourth year in a row, Siemens Medical Solutions, Molecular Imaging Division presented the Preclinical Image of the Year Awards this weekend at the Siemens Preclinical User's Group Meeting, held in Providence, R.I.

September 10, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions’ Molecular Imaging Division is showcased its Inveon modular system that allows users to combine positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) acquisition systems in one unit, at the Joint AMI/SMI Molecular Imaging Conference, Sept. 7 to Sept. 11, in Providence, RI.

September 10, 2007 - Accuray Inc. announced today at the 9th Biennial European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy in Barcelona, Spain, that its Monte Carlo Dose Calculation algorithm has received 510(k) and is now commercially available worldwide.

September 10, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems showcased its full range of technologies and products aimed at improving the speed and precision of radiotherapy, at the 2007 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting in Barcelona, Spain from Sep. 8 to Sept. 13, 2007.

September 10, 2007 - Philips is showcasing its complete preclinical product portfolio, including a new Preclinical Workspace, the MOSAIC HP preclinical PET system with new software version and the NanoSPECT/CT, at the Joint AMI/SMI Molecular Imaging Conference, Sept. 7 to Sept. 11, in Providence, RI.

September 7, 2007 — So vital is the p53 tumor suppressor gene in controlling cancer that its dysfunction is linked to more than half of human cancers. At the same time, the gene’s capacity for shutting down cell growth, even causing cells to commit suicide if necessary, is so absolute that it must be tightly regulated to maintain the optimal balance between protecting against cancer and permitting normal growth.

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