Diagnostic Medicine News

Diagnostic Medicine News



HealthHelp Enhances Diagnostic Cardiology Services (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HOUSTON----HealthHelp, a leading specialty benefit management provider, continues to target health care cost drivers by adding diagnostic cardiac catheterization to its well-established and effective suite of services.
March/April 2010 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet (EurekAlert!)
( American Academy of Family Physicians ) This tip sheet features highlights from the March/April issue of Annals of Family Medicine research journal, including original research and articles on health system reform and new models of care.
Medicine may finally be facing its own Enron moment (Baltimore Sun)
A s the century's sleazy first decade coasted to a finish, medicine was perhaps the only profession to emerge unslimed.
BG Medicine and Abbott to Develop Galectin-3 Test for the i-STAT® System (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WALTHAM, Mass.----BG Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to extend its current development and commercialization collaboration to include the development of a galectin-3 test for Abbott Point of Care’s i-STAT® System.
Revolutionizing medicine, one chip at a time (PhysOrg)
In the past several decades, microchips have transformed consumer electronics, enabling new products from digital watches and pocket-sized calculators to laptop computers and digital music players.
News From The Annals Of Family Medicine: March/April 2010 (Medical News Today)
Convenience of Retail Health Clinics Attractive to Patients The time and cost savings offered by retail clinics are attractive to patients, and they are likely to seek care for minor illnesses there given sufficient cost savings, according to a telephone survey of nearly 500 adults...
Paired Ends (GenomeWeb News)
nanoMR , a diagnostic company developing technology to detect pathogens, named Colin Dykes as chief scientific officer. In this position, he will be responsible for studies that validate the company's pathogen detection system in clinical settings.
Cytogenetics Labs ID New Genetic Disorder by Array CGH (GenomeWeb News)
Four US laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities have used microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization to identify a previously unrecognized genetic disorder.
Multicenter NIH clinical trial will study potential benefits of brain cooling after a stroke (EurekAlert!)
( Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ) Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and UTHealth's Medical School will collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia (brain cooling) for stroke to date.
Finding the balance between East and West (The Grass Valley Union)
Editor's note: Dr. Angela Ingendaay is a physician who has blended her training in Western medicine with traditional Chinese medicine at her practice in downtown Grass Valley. What is your specialty? I am a holistic physician integrating Western medicine with classical, five-element Chinese medicine. Describe your services. I strive to help patients lead physically thriving and emotionally ...
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