Smoothie King Expansion Signals International Trend Toward Healthy Living

...portunity to fill in the market's gap for fruit smoothie options. "Japan has historically been on par with the West for being a nation of early adopters of new products and cultural trends, and Japan already has a strong trend toward healthy diet and fitness," said Steve Kuhnau, Smoothie King's co-foun...

Perot Systems Webinar: An Industry Perspective on the HIT Standards Committee's Framework for 'Meaningful Use'

...sponsible for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and health IT implementation A discussion on the advantages and disadvantages for early and late adopters Hosted by: Dr. Harry Greenspun, executive vice president and chief medical officer of Perot Systems healthcare group W...

Expert Explains Why Propofol Was the Wrong -- and Possibly Fatal -- Drug for Michael Jackson

...hite-washing' the probability that deaths like Jackson's would likely be avoided by routine brain monitoring. Dr. Friedberg and other early technology adopters have provided brain monitoring for patients since 1997. Many patients who come for cosmetic (and other) surgery do not tell their anesthesiologi...

Oral Cancer Foundation Praised for Its Social Media Efforts

...ites and services, publishes breaking news on new web developments, and provides social media resources and guides. Mashable's audience includes early adopters and influencers, social media enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, large and small corporations, marketing, PR and advertising agencies, Web 2.0 aficionados, a...

Successful Demonstration of Health Information Exchange Opens ARRA Stimulus Options for California

...mmittee, upon learning of the California eHealth NHIN Gateway demonstration. "The California eHealth Collaborative participants have been early adopters of NHIN Connect and I applaud their efforts." A key feature of the California eHealth Collaborative demonstration included the appropriate pr...

Power Plate(R) Opens Cutting-Edge Studio in L.A.

...eased collagen production, cellulite reduction and greater production of regenerative hormones to help maintain a more youthful appearance. Early adopters in the U.S. include NFL trainers, Olympic athletes and celebrities such as Madonna, Courteney Cox, Heidi Klum, Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Claudia S...

Clinical Utility of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Highlighted By American Thoracic Society Panel

...sion titled "Understanding Exhaled Nitric Oxide Gas Exchange" reported that adopters of eNO measurement have seen a significantly positive impact in treatment o..., PhD, Apieron Founder and Chief Technology Officer. "In clinical practice, adopters of eNO monitoring have reported that eNO is predictive of asthma in patient...

GeckoSystems Reveals Eldercare Capable Personal Robot Sales Forecasts

...pany. At the time of our founding, nearly twelve years ago, we did extensive primary market research to determine the demographic profile of the early adopters of our then proposed CareBot(tm) MSR product. Subsequent to, and based on that original market research, we have assembled numerous focus groups to e...

New Advanced Search and Matching Function Drives e-Zassi.com's Enhanced Functionality

...oration to Develop and Commercialize New Medical Device Technologies FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With a growing number of early adopters in just a few short weeks since launch, e-Zassi.com has added an advanced search function that matches medical device industry participants involved i...

Animal Shelters Worldwide Join North Shore Animal League America and Spokesperson Cesar Millan for 15th Annual Pet Adoptathon(R) 2009

... World-Famous Dog Expert to Welcome adopters at Opening Ceremonies PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., ...red with North Shore Animal League America to help adopters by making "Sessions with Cesar" available through ...the 36-hour event. Over the course of the weekend, adopters will have a selection of more than 700 puppies, ki...

Adopters in Medical Technology

CareFirst BCBS Covers eNO Measurement for Diagnosis, Asthma Treatment

... Mid-Atlantic region, serving nearly 3.4 million members in Maryland, District of Columbia and portions of Virginia. "In clinical practice, adopters of eNO monitoring have reported that eNO is predictive of asthma in patients with normal lung function, predictive of lack of compliance with medicati...

Image Guided Radiation Therapy in Latham, NY. Now Fighting Cancer Using Fast and Precise RapidArc(TM) Radiotherapy Technology

...sing less radiation. And it only takes two minutes." The Image Guided Radiation Therapy program at Community Care Physicians was one of the earliest adopters of IGRT technology, and began offering image-guided IMRT treatments for prostate cancer back in August 2005. "The vast majority of our patients since ...

Raydiance Collaborates With Rutgers University and Nation's Largest Tissue Bank to Develop Innovative Tissue Processing Approaches

...rmer AOL Chairman and CEO Barry Schuler, today Raydiance is a fast-growth start-up that is rapidly validating its vision in the marketplace with early adopters across several application sectors. For more information, please visit http://www.Raydiance-inc.com About Rutgers University Established in 1766, ...

Adopters in Biological News

New e-science service could accelerate cancer research

...mputational resources in a form that is amenable for use and composition by third party applications. The life science community is among the first adopters of Web Services. Taverna, a workflow workbench that is popular within the life science community and which was jointly developed by computer scientis...

Virtual animal shelters ?How the Internet is transforming the experience of pet adoptions

...te their efforts and arrange adoption events and meetings between potential adopters and those fostering dogs in their homes, the Internet enables these organiz... physical location where the work is done," Garcia says. "Because potential adopters can view photos and descriptions of dogs over the Internet, they can pre-sc...

Adopters in Biological Technology

Third Wave Broadens Market, Releases Genetic Technology to Early Adopters

Madison, Wis. -- Third Wave Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday that its genetic analysis Invader technology platform has been successfully extended to chromosomal analysis, opening a new market to the company. In conjunction with this important extension of the Invader technology, Madison-ba...

New Brain Fitness Survey Reinforces Importance of Brain Awareness Week

...al to the success of this merger." The Survey In January 2009, market research firm SharpBrains surveyed 21,000 decision-makers and early adopters in the brain fitness field to identify attitudes and behaviors. The responses from over 2,000 participants reinforce the need for public awareness i...

Cardium's InnerCool Announces First Patient Treated With New Tissue-Specific UroCool(TM) System in Robotic-Assisted Prostate Surgery Study

...llowing prostate surgery. With more than 70% of radical prostatectomies being performed robotically each year, urologic surgeons are considered early adopters of new technologies, and we believe that UroCool has the potential to become an important new improvement for the field." Previous finding...

Imaging in Living Color with Siemens Molecular CT

...ons second quarter of 2009. Several facilities from the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia have already placed orders and will become the first adopters of molecular CT. Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is one of them. The facility will install a 128-slice Biograph mCT in its new outpatien...

T-System Releases The T SystemEV(R) 2.6.3, Featuring New Meds/Allergies Notification, Automated Charge Capture

...hortest learning curves of any product on the market today. T SystemEV is the EDIS of choice for more than 210 hospitals nationwide. Among the first adopters of T SystemEV 2.6.3 will be Hunt Regional Medical Center (HRMC) of Greenville, Texas, a T SystemEV user since 2002. HRMC expects to upgrade in Novembe...

Pharmaxis Aridol Approved for Sale in Switzerland

...ece, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. "Swiss physicians have been some of the earliest adopters of Aridol, pioneering early clinical trials, so I am delighted to have the product approved there" said Pharmaxis CEO Dr Alan Robertson. "This level o...

Smiths Medical to Promote and Distribute Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

...ormation is power. People with diabetes who already utilize tools that provide them with useful data, such as an insulin pump, will naturally be early adopters of the technology we are providing with the FreeStyle Navigator System," said Chip Hance, senior vice president, Abbott Diabetes Care. "Adding to Abbo...

Biotech Crops Experience Remarkable Dozen Years of Double-Digit Growth

...ood, feed, fiber and fuel needs in the future." In 2007, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India and China continued to be the principal adopters of biotech crops globally. While the United States continues to be the largest user of the technology, its biotech crop area represents a declining sh...

The Dark Report and Siemens Introduce the World's First Integrated Molecular Summit

...rt and Siemens have assembled an international faculty of experts and early adopters of integrated diagnostic care pathways within radiology and pathology to ad...ichel, editor, The Dark Report. "The Molecular Summit brings together early adopters who will share their practical experiences and discuss emerging opportuniti...

Consumers Lead Tech Market Comeback

...he technology vanguard. So expect a year ahead filled with innovation and experimentation where the consumer is the judge of market suitability. Early adopters will be kept busy, while mainstream consumers drive volume and pricing. Somehow, the promise of what's to come makes that 2-hour cab line worthwhile. ...