AirStrip Technologies has received FDA clearance to market its gynecological software on the iPhone and Blackberry.
Despite a difficult first quarter, Johnson & Johnson's shares rallied 2 percent to $51.90 in early trading Tuesday.
Royal Philips Electronics reported a first-quarter net loss Tuesday as sales at U.S. hospitals weakened for the first three months of this year.
Routine screening for coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms of angina or a history of coronary disease is unnecessary and may lead to more invasive and costly heart procedures, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine.
Brain scans given to veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan show that those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develop distinct differences in their brain that cause memory impairment.
Higher doses of radiation combined with chemotherapy improve survival in patients with stage III lung cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Baseball season is underway. With the pros, college and high school teams taking to the baseball diamonds and Little Leaguers soon to follow, orthopedic specialists at Rush University Medical Center are cautioning players to take precautions against throwing injuries.
A new way to fight microbes that form biofilms that wreak havoc on all manner of surfaces, from mighty ships to medical devices.
The Transportation Security Administration says it will replace the metal detectors now used at airports around the country with a new type of body scan called millimeter wave technology.
A technique called irreversible electroporation (IRE), which appears to prevent restenosis better than angioplasty and stent implantation, has been developed by researchers led by Professor Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
University of Utah researchers have found that delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI), holds promise for predicting treatment outcomes and measuring disease progression for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
HealthGrades Inc., an independent organization that has been rating 5,000 non-federally funded U.S. hospitals for six years, has identified the 242 top hospitals this year and has honored them with its 2009 Patient Safety Excellence Award.
Radiologists can now feel safer lowering the dose delivered by cardiac CT angiography by 39 percent in patients weighing 185 pounds or less, according to a study performed at the University of Erlangen, in Germany.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom.
Orthopaedic surgeons are using new methods to quickly respond to battlefield injuries, according to an article in the April issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).
VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., said the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel unanimously recommended approval of the company's Implantable Miniature Telescope for end-stage advanced macular degeneration (AMD).
According to a literature review in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), treating patients with dwarfism is an extremely complex process.
The FDA Advisory Committee unanimously recommended that Genentech's--now Roche's--drug Avastin be approved for a fatal form of brain cancer, called glioblastoma, in cases in which initial treatment has failed.
Medtronic told physicians at the American College of Cardiology meeting this week that sudden cardiac death in a specific subset of immediate post-MI patients was significantly reduced with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy.
People who suffer cardiac arrest and then receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the procedure, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers.
Abiomed said the FDA has approved its AB Portable Driver for cardiac patients who have been implanted with the AB5000 Circulatory Support System. Patients using the device can recover from heart surgery at home, instead of in the hospital.
Patient-specific radiation exposure estimates may help guide decisions about the risk associated with CT scans.
Heart disease patients 65 and older who receive stents coated with medicine are more likely to survive and less likely to suffer a heart attack than people fitted with stents not coated with medication.
High-deductible health plans are increasingly being used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But employers also enroll many low-income, vulnerable families, according to a new study.
An innovative new device created by researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston uses magnetism to quickly pull disease pathogens out of an infected bloodstream.
The Neurotech Industry Organization (NI0), is holding a partnering and investing conference on May 11-13, at the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco. Get the scoop on next-generation neurodevices, drugs and diagnostics.
Called the CARTO 3, the new system is currently under review by Health Canada.
Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain appears to be linked to a higher risk for depression.
IBM and MedVirginia, a clinical data and information exchange, have developed an electronic records system for the Social Security Administration (SSA) that promises to speed up the process of evaluating disability claims.
Imagine a hospital for children and teens that's built like a castle studded with whimsical artwork and an enchanted forest. That's what Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. looks like. Step into a DOTmed exclusive look at this imaginative approach to pediatric care.
Breast cancer patients with lymphedema in their upper arm experienced reduced fluid in the swollen arm by up to 39 percent after undergoing a super-microsurgical technique known as lymphaticovenular bypass, report researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Trials to test acupressure wrist bands as a drug-free alternative for chemotherapy-related nausea are to take place at the University of Liverpool.
Moody's Investors Services cut GE and its finance unit, GE Capital, by two notches to Aa2 on Monday following a similar move by S&P earlier this month. The downgrade makes it more expensive to insure GE's debt.
DOTmed spoke with the lead investigator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on the groundbreaking research.
It is critical to fund a 'fix' to the Sustainable Growth Rate in the Medicare reimbursement formula and to provide adequate funding for primary care and health reform, doctors told the House of Representatives Committee on Small Business this week.
University of Antwerp researchers have found that a large percentage of people who suffer from FTD have a genetic defect in chromosome 17 and that the defect causes them to produce only half the normal amount of a protein called progranulin.
Physicians should be able to access their cardiac patients' implantable devices remotely but cannot, since most European Union governments won't pay for the innovation.
Wal-Mart's service division, Sam's Club, is about to crack the market for electronic medical records (EMRs), capitalizing on the Obama Administration's plan to allocate $19 billion to trigger the adoption of this cost-saving technology.
A University of Missouri researcher is developing a device that will analyze breath and urine samples for volatile markers inside the body that indicate disease.
Titan Medical Inc. and Bell Canada said they have successfully completed telesurgery tests using Titan Medical's Phase B Amadeus, a next generation robotic surgical system.
Albert Einstein researchers hypothesized that antibiotics that could reduce the infective functions of bacteria, but not kill them, would minimize the risk that resistance would later develop.
Genentech has agreed to be acquired by Roche for $95 a share, or $46.8 billion, ending a drawn out battle that began last summer, when Genentech rebuffed Roche's $89 a share offer in July.
GE lost its AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's and is now being rated AA+.
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have identified a key immunological defense reaction to the metals in joint replacement devices, which leads to loosening of the components and device failure.
Surgical implants coated with one of 'nature's antibiotics' could prevent infection, according to a University of British Columbia study.
Two Japanese scientists will arrive at the University of Houston next month to help develop a unique brain-mapping device that promises to deliver more accurate insights into the mind at a fraction of the cost of current technologies. The portable device can be used in the ER or on the battlefield.
A class 1 recall is being issued on selected lots of pediatric tracheostomy tubes (Shiley 3.0PED Cuffless Pediatric Tracheostomy Tubes, Covidien Inc) manufactured from July 7, 2008, through December 9, 2008, and distributed from July 24, 2008, through December 23, 2008, the FDA says.
Physicians reported in the journal Lancet Oncology that they were able to catch ovarian cancer at its earliest stages using ultrasound and the CA 125 blood test.
Genentech (called "DNA" on the Street) is reportedly close to selling out to Roche, now that the Swiss drug company upped its offer to $95 a share last Friday from its prior $86.50 offer. At the new price, the deal would cost Roche $46.7 billion.
About 95 percent of health care workers' mobile phones were contaminated with several types of bacteria, including MRSA, say researchers from the Ondokuz Mayis University in Turkey in a study published Biomed Central's Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials.
