May 17, 2007 - According to a study recently today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, elderly women who receive radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer appear to have no increased risk of a heart attack after taking pre-existing cardiac risk factors into account. Pre-existing cardiac risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia do not potentiate the effects of radiation on the heart.

May 17, 2007 — The U.S. health care system is "a dysfunctional mess," and politicians who insist otherwise look ignorant, according to a medical journal essay by a prominent ethicist at the National Institutes of Health.

"If a politician declares that the United States has the best health care system in the world today, he or she looks clueless rather than patriotic or authoritative," Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel wrote in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

Detecting the molecular structure of a tiny protein using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) currently requires two things: a million-dollar machine the size of a massive SUV, and a large sample of the protein under study.

Now, researchers from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms report the development of a radically different approach to NMR. The new highly sensitive technique, which makes use of a microscopic detector, decreases by several orders of magnitude the amount of protein needed to measure molecular structure.

May 17, 2007 - Given Imaging Ltd. today announced that it has received marketing clearance from the FDA for its PillCam SB 2 video capsule, its our next generation small bowel video capsule, and RAPID 5 Software, an upgraded version, which it will debuted at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2007, in Washington, D.C., May 19-24.

May 17, 2007 - Merge Healthcare recently announced an order for an RIS/PACS solution with speech recognition from the Algemeen Ziekenhuis Heilige Familie in Rumst, Belgium, representing its first comprehensive RIS/PACS/speech recognition agreement in the Belgium market.

May 17, 2007 - UltraRAD Corp. recently announced an agreement with StructuRad LLC to integrate StructuRad’s workflow management and advanced reporting capabilities into its UltraPACS application, available in June through UltraRAD and its distributors.

As part of the agreement, UltraRAD will bundle StructuRad’s StudyManager and ReportNow applications with UltraPACS as a complete viewing and reporting solution. The integration of StructuRad’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) reportedly delivers the robust user experience of a client-side application with UltraRAD’s web-based PACS.

May 16, 2007 - Sunrise Medical recently announced plans to evolve into two separate organizations: a mobility-focused business and a respiratory-focused business, aiming to supply Quickie, Jay, Guardian, Hoyer and Bio Clinic products.

In addition, Sunrise will offer the A.R.T. Group portfolio of products that includes Whitmyer, AES, Rehabilitech, Kid Kart and Kid's Up brands. DeVilbiss Healthcare Inc. will supply the DeVilbiss respiratory and sleep therapy product lines.

May 16, 2007 – The 23rd Annual TEPR Conference (Towards the Electronic Patient Record), focusing on providing the best educational program on electronic medical record (EMR) systems and health information technology (HIT) and offering an exhibit hall with more than 150 vendors, will take place May 19-23 at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX.

May 16, 2007 - Scientific Vision Systems, a distributor of medical and professional video equipment, announced availability of the MediCap USB200 Digital Image Capture device, produced by MediCapture. The device, a desktop peripheral, allows users to simply plug in and capture video and still images from endoscopes, ultrasound machines, C-Arms, surgical microscopes and other medical imaging devices at the touch of a button or a footswitch. The images are captured on a USB flash memory drive and can be transferred to any Windows PC via any USB port.

May 16, 2007 — Synthetic Blood International Inc. announced positive data from a statistical analysis of its Phase IIa study with Oxycyte in patients with traumatic brain injury. In line with preliminary study results announced in December 2006, statistical results confirmed that the primary endpoint of increasing patients' oxygen tension levels compared with baseline was met.

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