July 23, 2007 – Last week, President Bush underwent his second colonoscopy, joining the growing number of Americans who are proactively getting a screening test for colorectal cancer – the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.

July 23, 2007 – The Flexible Scope Cleaning Kit from Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. contains two brushes measuring 240cm in overall length. The first has two distinct ends, one measuring 3mm the other 6mm, both designed for cleaning the biopsy channel. The second 240cm brush, the company’s exclusive “Clean-N-Dry” brush has a 3mm end and a sponge end designed for drying. The remaining three brushes are designed to clean the air/water suction valve. All brushes in the kit have anti-microbial, medical grade, nylon bristles.

July 23, 2007 – The adoption rate for Accuray’s Xsight Lung Tracking System, a system designed for the noninvasive treatment of lung tumors, is exceeding 97 percent, the company announced. Xsight Lung is designed for use with the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.

July 23, 2007 — When a vomiting, simulated patient mannequin was rolled into the lecture hall last fall to teach large numbers of first and second-year Wake Forest University School of Medicine students about the brain and nervous system, Michael T. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D., wasn’t sure what to expect.

July 23, 2007 - The Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (CASCA) recently applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) for recognizing the vital role ASCs play in the country’s healthcare system and increasing the percentage of reimbursement rates Ambulatory Surgery Centers will receive for surgery they perform on Medicare patients starting on January 1, 2008.

July 23, 2007 – Derma Sciences Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of advanced wound care products, today announced that it has received clearance from the FDA to market and sell its API-MED Active Manuka Honey Absorbent Dressing.

This represents the first FDA clearance of a honey-based product for the management of wounds and burns. Honey-based products have been available throughout Europe where they compete against silver-based dressings, and have in only two years captured approximately 10% of that market.

July 23, 2007 - North American Scientific Inc. announced that its NOMOS Radiation Oncology division will introduce the recently FDA 510(k) approved BATCAM Multi-probe, its new IGRT solution, at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

Source: www.aapm.org

July 23, 2007 - By borrowing techniques used in telecommunications technology, computed tomography (CT) scanners may eventually see data collection speeds increase by hundreds of times, leading to better images, faster imaging procedures, and potentially lower X-ray exposures. A University of North Carolina team has pioneered a method that collects images from many sources at once, instead of the current serial method of data collection.

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