TOUCH in Medical News

Cutting Edge iPhone(TM)/iPod(R) Touch Apps Improve Quality of Life for Those With Celiac/Coeliac & Food Allergies

CHICAGO, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- AllergyFree Passport(R) and GlutenFree Passport(R), internationally acclaimed health education firms, today launched the iEatOut Gluten & Allergen Free(TM) application. iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) touch users can now experience instant access to saf...

Tech Global Price Rollback on their 22" Dell Touch Screen Monitor

During these hard economic times, Tech Global will offer a 22% Recession Price Rollback on their 22'' Dell Touch Screen Monitor. This offer will provide our customers with the same high-performance, quality product at an outstanding value. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 9, 20...

Emotions of Music Touch Universal Chord

No matter the culture, people recognize most basic feelings in unfamiliar tunes THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Michael Jackson may have been more prescient than he realized when he wrote the lyrics to the global "feel-good" song, We Are the World . New research recognizes t...

TabletKiosk Introduces the MediSlate™ MCA i1040XT: A Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) with Touch Screen Input

TabletKiosk®, launches the MediSlate™ MCA i1040XT, the new mobile clinical assistant (MCA), featuring touch screen input. The MediSlate was designed to endure the rigors, needs and workflow of the clinical environment-- whether that is a hospital ward, medical clinic or emergency room....

Apple's iPod Touch Joins the iPhone as a Stuttering Therapy Tool At Hollins Communications Research Institute

One month after the introduction of Apple's iPhone as a stuttering treatment tool, nonprofit Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI - http://www.stuttering.org ) has integrated the iPod Touch into its scientifically based stuttering therapy program. Applications for both devices were de...

HealthiNation's Health Video Library is Now Available on Verizon Hub, The New Touch Screen Home Phone System From Verizon Wireless

New Verizon Hub Delivers Streaming Health Videos to Consumers NEW YORK and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthiNation, a leading independent producer of health and wellness videos, and Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider, announced today that Heal...

Unbound Medicine Announces Download Support for iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) Touch Devices

Nursing Central(TM) Released as First Native Application CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, announced that the Unbound(TM) Platform now supports application download to Apple(R) iPhon...

Dr. Will Sawyer and Henry the Hand Champion Handwasher Have Discovered How to PREVENT the Flu and Common Cold!! DO NOT TOUCH the T Zone!

CINCINNATI, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What is the T Zone? It is the mucous membranes of your eyes, nose or mouth. Touching your mucous membranes is how most germs enter your body and grow to make you sick. Touching the T Zone is also referred to as direct inoculation or contamination, ey...

LodgeNet and Control4 Join Forces to Deliver Ultimate Personalized Guest Experience With One Touch Control

Hospitality Industry First: State-of-the-Art Remote Enables Access to All Entertainment and Room Settings NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET ) and Control4, the leader in IP-based control systems, today announced the ult...

Global Hemoglobin A1c Monitoring Market to Touch $272 Million by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

World hemoglobin A1c monitoring market is forecast to surpass $272 million by 2012. The market is primarily driven by an ever increasing diabetic population. Other growth drivers include greater glucose control and product innovations that help improve compliance or convenience. ...

Effects of healing touch therapy being studied

CINCINNATIOften, a gentle hand on your shoulder when you're upset is all it takes to ease your mind and calm your nerves. Now, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers are looking at a similar occurrence by pairing a complementary therapy known as Healing Touch with mild sedation to see if the...

A Touch of Pink Never Looked So Good

QVC's Pink Ribbon Beauty Broadcast Benefits the Breast Cancer Research Fund WEST CHESTER, Pa., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoppers are sure to be tickled pink this May when leading multimedia retailer QVC(R) once again broadcasts Pink Ribbon Beauty on Tuesday, May 27 at 1 AM (ET) and 6 PM (ET). Thes...

Penn talks at ASCB touch on cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and MD

WASHINGTON, DC Among the 72 posters, lectures, and mini-symposia given by University of Pennsylvania researchers at the ASCB annual meeting are talks that present new research findings on the molecular workings of several types of diseases. The 47th annual meeting of the American Society of C...

Brain Can 'See' Objects Through Touch

Tactile input plays a key role in visualization, study finds THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Touch alone can activate areas of the brain triggered when people look at objects, a finding that shows that these regions process information about objects using different types of sensor...

Researchers studying hearing loss find auditory regions of the brain convert to the sense of touch

RICHMOND, Va. (March 24, 2009) Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain. In the study, published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings ...

Animals Respond to Acupuncture's Healing Touch

Specially trained vets are using ancient treatment to fight illness, pain,, TUESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- After surgery for a ruptured disk two years ago, Nelly's legs remained extremely weak. She could barely move, became lethargic and lost her appetite. Things were looking ...

DaVita Launches Kidney Calculator for iPhone and iPod Touch

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney failure, today announced the launch of the DaVita(R) Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Calculator for the Apple iPhone a...

Lexi-Comp Databases Now Available for the iPhone™ and iPod touch

Lexi-Comp expands their ON-HAND™ product offering, announcing the availability of their trusted point-of-care information on the iPhone and iPod touch. Hudson, OH (PRWEB) December 3, 2008 -- Lexi-Comp, Inc., a provider of clinical information for healthcare profes...

Spinning(R) Announces First Heart Rate and Fitness Application for the iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) touch

iTMP Technology, Inc. Enables Innovative New Suite of Cardio and Cycling iPhone Apps VENICE, Calif. and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Spinning(R), the worldwide leader in indoor group cycling, today introduced the new iSPINNING(TM) fitness applicat...

Scientists identify brain circuits used in sensation of touch

The ability to tactually recognize fine spatial details, such as the raised dots used in braille, is especially important to those who are blind. With that in mind, a team of researchers has identified the neural circuitry that facilitates spatial discrimination through touch. Understanding this c...

eSie Touch Elasticity Imaging, and a Promise of Avoiding Breast Biopsies

A new method in ultrasound known as "eSie Touch Elasticity Imaging" will be shown by Siemens Medical Solutions at the ECR 2007 (European Congress of Radiology) in Vienna//, Austria. Physicians hope that this new method, which is an adjunct to regular breast ultrasound examinations, may provide a cl...

AIDS Will Touch Half a Million Lives in Indonesia by 2010

Indonesia, with 220 million people, is the fourth most populous nation in the world. Today it is also a nation on the verge of a HIV explosion. At present Indonesia has// about a quarter million HIV infections according to official reports. But it is likely that there are more HIV patients than wha...

Cancellations of Operations touch 22,000

Last year about 22,000 operations were cancelled by 34 hospitals across the State according to new figures.// According to the report from these hospitals thousands of patients had their operations cancelled because the hospitals they were scheduled to be admitted to for elective surgery in 200...

Stroke Care Cost To Touch $2.2 trillion by 2050

A study published in the online edition of Neurology projects the total cost of ischemic stroke from 2005-2050 will total $2.2 trillion with lost// income from younger stroke victims playing a major role. The study, based on two major stroke studies BASIC and NOMASS, looked only at the costs o...

Pet Project: Lifestyle Touch Ups for Senior Citizens and Their Beloved Pets

Blacksburg: Procter & Gamble and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) have forked out a competitive grant of $40,000 to a Virginia Tech team led by Ed Dorsa // , associate professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Affairs for the development of new products and systems that c...

Handy Touch - A Wand to Bust Stressful Situations

A path breaking study by Neuro Scientists has revealed that a Husband’s comforting touch can be a perfect stress buster to married women. // According to the study, those who establish instant communication by reaching out and touching their husband’s hands, feel immediate relief. A handy tip on ho...

A Soldier's Healing Touch

Haryana: This one's a very different kind of war for Prem Khullar. Here you don't shed blood - you donate some. You bomb bacteria, not civilian populations//. And the retired air force squadron leader has been doing this consistently for the past 13 years. What began in 1993 as a one-room cli...

Hospice Partners On Call Selects Category 5 Hurricane Rated 1Vault Networks to Safeguard Server and Call Center Infrastructure

...is critical," said Jennifer Kast, COO of Hospice Partners On Call. "We needed to ensure we would never be without our necessary information or out of touch with those who need us most. 1Vault will ensure we are always available." The world-class 1Vault data center, located in Fort Lauderdale, can w...

Electronic Health Records Help Cardiac Patients Remain Healthy

...re doctors, and cardiologists with an electronic health record also kept the patients healthy two years after they left the program by keeping them in touch with their care givers electronically, according to a randomized study by Kaiser Permanente published in The American Journal of Managed Care this mon...

CVS Caremark and Inverness Medical Innovations Launch Strategic Alliance to Provide Enhanced Health Management Services to Clients

...armacy, pharmacy benefit management and the retail clinic businesses and developed Proactive Pharmacy Care to take advantage of the unmatched consumer touch points provided through its stores and clinics. "This strategic alliance creates a first in the health management space, a more direct connecti...

The World of HD Video Conferencing is Now at VideoCentric - One-stop Comparisons of Tandberg, Polycom, Lifesize, Sony, Emblaze-VCON and Aethra

... or multipoint configurations and demonstrated in standalone form or at the touch of a button, fully integrated with VC commander touch screen controller or 94" SMARTboard data sharing. Tandberg :1080P...

Cancer Survivors Face Tough Road Long After Treatment Ends

...ng physically active, Stein said. "All of those things impact mood in a positive way and can help manage distress," Stein said. "And always stay in touch with your doctor. When you recognize signs of emotional distress, discuss it." More information The American Cancer Society has resources t...

Hearing Aid Savings Galore

...ex, Sonic Innovations and Phonak. Currently debuting hearing aids include the Starkey S Series, Phonak Audeo YES, Siemens pure 700, Sonic Innovations touch and Widex Mind 440. A family-owned and operated company, AidRight offers its website as a source of hearing aid advice and information and help in...

Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Announces $100,000 in Contributions to Organizations Working to Assist Problem Gamblers

...Electronic Enterprise Co., Proforma GPS, Regulatory Management Counselors, Sanmina-SCI, Strategy9, Tgraphics/Outpost Productions, The Bright Group, 3M touch Systems, Tournament One, TMX, Trade Show Fabrications, TransAct Technologies, Veridocs, Wrex Products and Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO). ...

New Research Reveals the Majority of Parents Overlook Key Steps to Keep Curious Toddlers Safe at Home

...dium setting. Make sure the electrical outlet has a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). Test it monthly. Always stay close enough to touch your child when he or she is in or near the bathtub or near the toilet. Install special tub spouts and shower heads that prevent hot water burns...

Look Good...Feel Better Launches Salon Awareness Campaign During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

... on the Look Good. . .Feel Better Web site at www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org until August 31, 2009. "The dedicated professionals in NCA touch thousands of clients each day in their salons, and they can make a tremendous difference in the lives of others by informing the public about Look G...

Roche Cardiac 200 Offers Rapid Cardiac Diagnostics for the Point of Care

... results for NT-proBNP and Troponin I are essentially equivalent to core lab results. (2, 3, 4) The Roche Cardiac 200 offers an easy-to-read touch screen and flexible modular configurations to enable labs to address specific workflow needs. It also uses a proprietary internal standard that elimin...

OB10 and Memorial Hermann Show How e-Invoicing Program Optimized Accounts Payables and P-Card Spend

...and drive efficient P-Card spend. "With over 500,000 invoice or payment documents annually, over 12,000 contracts to manage and over 2 million touch points all operating within our accounts payable and supply chain, we saw multiple opportunities to streamline our operation and reduce costs," s...

Three Dads Make Life Easier For iPhone and iPod Parents

...ls page. Minimum Requirements: iPhone and iPod touch 2.2.1 or later Pricing and Availability: Baby Activity Logger for iPhone and iPod touch is only $2.99 USD (Special Sale Price) and availab... NerdTown: NerdTown specializes in iPhone and iPod touch functional and entertaining applications. If y...

Dr. Chugay (drchugay.com) - Revolutionary Weight Loss Surgery

... An exceptional plastic surgeon has to have the eye of an artist and the touch of a sculptor. In Southern California, the world's capital of beauty and eternal youth, the cosmetic and plastic surgeon known for having this magic touch is Dr. Nikolas Chugay. Dr. Chugay further sets himself apart from ...