Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG), which operates the
recently shuttered nuclear reactor in Petten, in northwestern
Netherlands, announced Wednesday it would not restart the reactor
before the end of October.
Under a new FDA rule, medical device manufacturers can add or
strengthen contraindications, warnings, precautions or adverse
reactions sections of labeling via a premarket application
supplement without prior FDA approval, when “such modifications are
based on newly acquired information and evidence of a causal
association between the product and a safety signal is present.”
Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid an average 12.4
percent more per enrollee in 2008 compared to what the same enrollee
would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program,
according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
Merging multiple CT images increases the accuracy of probe
repositioning during radiofrequency ablation treatments of various
lesions, according to a recent study published in the September issue
of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
A new imaging system that allows physicians to examine tissue at the
cellular level from inside the body may enable them to more effectively
diagnose cancer of the bile ducts, according to a new study in the
September issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation
therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early-stage breast
cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
ContextVision, a software imaging company for medical imaging manufacturers, has partnered with three global x-ray manufacturers for the delivery of image-enhancement software.
GE Healthcare has launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and
vascular applications that fuses ultrasound images with images from
other imaging modalities like CT and MR.
Merge Healthcare, a medical imaging solutions company, has launched its
Managed Services initiative, which includes Merge Off-Site Disaster
Recovery, providing HIPAA compliant backup of radiology images and
information.
A team led by Nick Cheshire, MD, from St. Mary's Hospital, part of the
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, have utilized Hansen
Medical’s Sensei robotic catheter system and Artisan control catheter
to deploy stent grafts to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a
78-year old patient.
While the ICD-10 code set has the potential to transform the healthcare system, the three-year timeframe proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is not long enough to make a successful transition, according to physicians and health insurers.
Boston Scientific scored a major victory in an ongoing patent dispute
with Medtronic involving balloon catheters and stent delivery systems,
when the judge reduced the award from $250 million to $19 million.
Trends found among projects funded by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) point toward evidence of improvements in
patient outcomes and experiences with the healthcare system by
implementing teleheath systems, according to a new report from the
National Resource Center.
New York’s participation in the Nationwide Health Information Network
(NHIN) trial demonstrations will help the state advance its internal
health IT strategy, according to officials with the New York eHealth
Collaborative.
Colorectal adenomas, the precursor polyps in virtually all colorectal cancers, occur infrequently in younger adults, but the rate sharply increases after age 50. The study results, published online in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, further emphasize the importance of colonoscopies for the prevention of colorectal cancer beginning at age 50.
Brain scans taken at different times of year using PET suggest that the
actions of the serotonin transporter vary by season, according to a
report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Time-of-flight and contrast-enhanced MR angiography
accurately detects high-grade internal carotid artery stenoses
and occlusions, suggesting that the procedure could replace the
gold-standard, intra-arterial angiography.
Philips Healthcare unveiled its XperSwing dual-axis rotational
functionality for coronary angiography at the European Society of
Cardiology (ESC) congress this week in Munich, Germany.
Zecotek Imaging Systems Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zecotek
Photonics, has received notification of Grant of Patent Rights from the
Chinese Patent Office for its LFS scintillation material.
Two cancer centers have carried out radiosurgery treatments for
multiple brain metastases using new RapidArc radiotherapy technology
from Varian Medical Systems.
Rex M. Adams has joined WellCare Health Plans as chief operating
officer (COO). In the newly created position, Adams will report
directly to the president and CEO and oversee the
company’s operating activities, including claims payment, customer
service and information systems.
