Everyone needs a certain amount of body fat to stay healthy. Too little or too much can cause serious health problems. But most patients who put
themselves on a diet are seldom aware that part of their weight loss could signal a loss of muscle tissue rather than body fat.

Opened in 1952, Wilkes Regional Medical Center is owned by the town of North Wilkesboro, N.C. and is today a 130-bed hospital with a 10-bed skilled nursing unit on the main campus. Offsite outpatient facilities include a Dialysis Center, Home Care and Hospice and a state-of-the-art Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. Wilkes Regional’s comprehensive healthcare services include cardiology, diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, intensive care, internal medicine, neurology, general and vascular surgery, urology and women’s services.

August 20, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a "smart" radiotherapy treatment planning tool that will reportedly enable clinicians to significantly reduce the amount of time needed to plan advanced treatments, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT).

August 20, 2007 - Operating under the same tracking principles as a global positioning system, the Calypso 4D Localization System, a GPS for the Body, is now available from PENN Medicine’s Department of Radiation Oncology, offering cancer patient's real-time tracking of the prostate gland during radiation treatment with IMRT or intensity-modulated radiation therapy.

August 20, 2007 - EDAP TMS S.A., a provider of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of prostate cancer, is currently conducting clinical investigations in France under an approved clinical trial combining the company's Ablatherm-HIFU device with chemotherapy, using docetaxel.

The study is a primary treatment therapy program for men suffering from clinically localized but aggressive high risk prostate cancer typically classified as stage T2c. The study began in late 2006 and will enroll a total of 30 men, of which more than 10 have already been treated.

The AutoPulse is ZOLL’s revolutionary, automated chest compression system which can document, store and upload device and patient data.
Its unique, load-distributing LifeBand squeezes a wide surface area of the chest, helping to move more blood, more effectively than is possible with human hands.
As a result, victims receive consistent, high-quality chest compressions that not only improve blood flow but also minimize no-flow time.
AutoPulse is completely compatible with ZOLL’s defibrillators and electrode systems.

The SureSigns VS3 vital signs monitor by Philips provides caregivers with the information they require in an affordable and easy-to-use package.
Philips SureSigns monitors blend vital measurement and monitoring capabilities with simplicity, clarity, convenience and reliability.
Because the SureSigns VS3 user interface is intuitive and easy to use, users can focus on what matters most, patient safety and comfort.

Anthro Corp.’s Zido is a compact technology cart, ready to customize for use with a PC, medical equipment or for lab applications.
Equipped with a small sturdy slate blue colored frame, Zido has excellent mobility on four-inch casters. Zido is available in various widths and heights and provides flexibility in creating a cart for small spaces. The grey shelves have a weight capacity of 50 pounds and the entire cart has a 150-pound overall weight limit.

LighthouseMD, a leading provider of revenue cycle management, integrated practice management and EMR solutions for medical groups, recently announced the CareTracker EMR.
The Web-based electronic medical records system allows physicians and nurses to enhance patient care and reduce medical errors using more than 270,000 clinical data elements such as patient symptoms, medical histories, diagnoses, clinical tests and therapies.

Tensys Medical has released the latest generation of the T-Line, the TL-150Plus.
The TL-150Plus provides anesthesiologists with noninvasive beat-to-beat blood pressure giving early warning of hemodynamic changes and allowing tighter control of pressure by showing the beat-to-beat response to intervention.
The T-line is an innovative continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitor, which provides accuracy clinically equivalent to that of an invasive arterial cannula. It utilizes a mechanical bracelet for optimal positioning of the sensor above the radial artery.

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