May 7, 2007 – Oncology Med Inc., formerly known as Vianet Technology Group announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Comprehensive Physics & Regulatory Services (CPRS), a Nevada corporation and will now conduct business under the trade name of Oncology Med.

May 7, 2007 - The FDA has approved a new indication for FRAGMIN (dalteparin sodium injection), for the extended treatment of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) [proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE)] to reduce the recurrence of VTE in patients with cancer.

VTE is the formation of a blood clot that can travel from a leg vein to the lung, with potentially fatal results. FRAGMIN is the first low-molecular- weight heparin (LMWH) approved in the U.S. for the extended treatment of recurrent VTE in patients with cancer.

May 7, 2007 - President George W. Bush Thursday signed into law the Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007 (H.R. 727) reauthorizing funding for the United States trauma systems until the year 2012.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) strongly supports the legislation (now Public Law 110-23), which will increase the availability of trauma care across the country and ensure all areas are equipped with appropriate emergency medical services, thus improving the survival rate for severely injured patients.

May 7, 2007 - MINRAD International Inc. announced it has received approval from the FDA to market Sojourn (Sevoflurane) inhalation anesthetic.

May 7, 2007 - Data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting demonstrate that premature infants with neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) have a nearly 20 percent better chance of survival if they are treated with Curosurf (poractant alfa) Intratracheal Suspension rather than either of two competing surfactant therapies.

May 7, 2007 - InnerSpace announced the availability of three new small diameter scope cabinets that are ideal for storing bronchoscopes, cystoscopes, ureteroscopes and other small diameter flexible endoscopes.

Two free-standing cabinets are offered in either powder-coated metal or melamine, along with a wall-mounted powder coated metal cabinet. The cabinets house up to five small diameter scopes.

May 7, 2007 - In his newest book, health writer Bill Sardi asks why the current rise in autism, asthma, childhood diabetes and digestive tract problems (Crohn's, celiac and irritable bowel) has been paralleled by antibiotic germ resistance. Could all of these diseases have a sole origin?

At the same time that "magic bullet" antibiotics began to fail due to germ resistance, for no explainable reasons, in developed countries...

May 7, 2007 - Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. recently partnered with Empiric Systems LLC to integrate Empiric’s RIS functionality into its Synapse PACS and provide imaging centers with a customizable solution that is reportedly capable of meeting all of their imaging and information needs.

May 2, 2007 - Xoft Inc. announced at the 8th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons that the first breast cancer patients have been treated using the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System. The early stage breast cancer treatment uses a miniaturized X-ray source that can deliver localized and targeted radiation treatment in virtually any clinical setting under the supervision of a radiation oncologist.

May 4, 2007 - If a super-flu strikes, face masks may not protect you. Even so, the government says people should consider wearing them in certain situations, just in case.

The consumer advice issued Thursday reflects the fact that the science behind it is unclear. Whether widespread use of masks will help, or harm, during the next worldwide flu outbreak is a question that researchers are studying furiously.

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