OBP Medical Inc. to Raise the Bar in Patient Care and Satisfaction
LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- OBP Medical Inc. introduces Under Johnnies(TM): a cost effective,
patient friendly, line of disposable underwear for hospitals.
Skimpy, revealing, uncovered : all words accurately describing the hospital gowns used by healthcare facilities acro...
Kool Smiles Relies on Wyse Technology Virtual Clients to Improve Patient Care and Security of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyse Technology , the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced an innovative implementation at Kool Smiles . Kool Smiles is a rapidly-growing company whose mission is to bring quality dental servi...
Genome of Leukemia Patient Reveals Common Mutations
Findings could help scientists understand genetic basis of cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Decoding the genome of a man with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) revealed genetic mutations that may be common among other cancer patients.
Scientists at the Washington University S...
Digital mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis may decrease patient recall rates
Nationally, about ten percent of women in the US are recalled for a second mammogram after an abnormality is detected on the first onefor most women this can be very stressful. However the use of digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography combined may be associated with a subs...
Lilly Broadens Income Eligibility for Patient Assistance Programs
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In the midst of the down economy, many Americans have seen their financial situations change - for the worse - forcing them to make difficult sacrifices to afford medications or detrimental decisions to stop taking medicines.
On Aug....
Leading Boston Dermatologist Performs Live Artefill Patient Demonstration at American Academy of Dermatology Summer Meeting
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- SkinCare Physicians today announced that Emmy M. Graber, M.D., FAAD, conducted a live Artefill
patient demonstration at the American Academy of Dermatology Summer Meeting in Boston. Artefill is the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-...
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World's First Cardiac Adult Stem Cell Patient Receives Infusion
Trial taking place in Louisville, KY
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael (Mike) Jones has become the world's first recipient of adult cardiac stem cells to treat congestive heart failure. Jones' infusion on July 17 marks the world's first phase-one...
Accent on Aesthetics Plastic Surgery Medical Center Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Howard Rosenberg, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon and Medical Director at Accent on Aesthetics Plastic Surgery Medical Center, has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for...
First Patient of NOTES Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study Successfully Treated With Ethicon Endo-Surgery Devices
CINCINNATI, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. today announced the successful treatment of the first
patient of its IDE feasibility trial. The case, which was performed at The Ohio State University Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, marks the first natural orifice translumen...
ThromboGenics and BioInvent Start Recruitment of Second 100 Patient Cohort in Phase II DVT Prophylaxis Study With TB-402
LEUVEN, Belgium and LUND, Sweden, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR) and co-development partner
BioInvent International (OMXS: BINV) announce that they have started
recruitment of a second cohort of patients for their Phase II trial of
TB-402. This follo...
Current Status of the Development Programs of New Indications and Formulations for Aricept(R) for Enhancing Patient Value
TOKYO and WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, President & CEO: Haruo Naito, "Eisai") and Eisai Corporation of North America (Headquarters: Woodcliff Lake, NJ, Chairman and CEO Hajime Shimizu) are currently focusing on three clinical development pr...
MacroGenics and Lilly Achieve Targeted Patient Enrollment in PROTEGE, a Global Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial of Teplizumab in Type 1 Diabetes
Phase 3 PROTEGE ENCORE Clinical Trial Initiated
ROCKVILLE, Md. and INDIANAPOLIS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MacroGenics, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) today announced that the PROTEGE trial achieved its targeted
patient enrollment. The trial is a pivotal Phase 2/3 clinical study...
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LATITUDE® Patient Management System
Description: The technology in the LATITUDE system allows your doctor to get the same data from your device whether you are at home or in your doctor's office. This information transfer happens automatically....
Company:Guidant Corporation
Merlin Patient Care System
Description: A
patient care system tailored to your specific needs that supports current and previous-generation ICDs and pacemakers....
Company:St. Jude Medical, Inc.
PM-9000 Express Patient Monitor
Description:
Patient Monitor...
Company:Mindray
PM-8000 Express Patient Monitor
Description:
Patient Monitor...
Company:Mindray
MedMaster Patient Drug Information
Description: Drug information for patients and health consumers from the trusted American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Information featured in MedMaster includes why the medication is prescribed, how it should be used, potential side effects and warning signs of adverse drug reactions, special precauti...
Company:Unbound Medicine, Inc.
AHFS Patient Drug Information
Description: AHFS
Patient Drug Information gives you a single source for providing important information and instructions for patients on dosing, precautions, possible side effects and interactions, and more....
Company:Skyscape, Inc.
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Allopathic medicine
...ase. He called instead "enantiopathic" or "antipathic" the practice of treating diseases by means of drugs producing symptoms opposite to those of the
patient (e.g. see Organon, VI edition, paragraphs 54-56). After Hahnemann's death the term "enantiopathy" fell in disuse and the two concepts of allopathy and...
Ambulatory blood pressure
...tension
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring allows blood pressure to be continually monitored during sleep, and is useful to determine whether the
patient is a dipper or non-dipper. In addition, nocturnal hypertension is associated with end organ damage 1 and is a much better indicator than the daytime ...
Acute care
...isease for only a short period of time in which a
patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illne...e care facilities with the goal of discharging the
patient as soon as the
patient is deemed healthy and stable, with appropriate dis...
Artificial induction of immunity
...tion by transferring material from a lesion on one
patient to another, thus infecting the second
patient with cowpox. He then demonstrated that the latter ...on his rabies preparation and then inoculating the
patient with it. The patient, who was expected to die, liv...
Body shaping
...ability to spring back. Instead, the newly slimmed
patient must deal with so much extra hanging skin, he or s... the most extreme cases , in order to walk , the
patient must reach down and gather up the extra skin hangi...process requires a commitment on the part of the
patient who must stay with the program through bariatric...
Cachexia
...ss and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. It can be a sign of various underlying disorders; when a
patient presents with cachexia, a doctor will generally consider the possibility of cancer , certain infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis , AIDS ) and ...
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Imperforate anus
...resia Definition The anus is either not present Imperforate anus information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. There are two types of imperforate anus : High type - no opening is present and the ... Wha...
Colorectal polyps
...information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Colon polyps — Co...o cancer and should be removed. ... Physician developed and monitored
patient information about colorectal polyps , including colorectal anatomy a...
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
... Zollinger - Ellison syndrome . ... Zollinger - Ellison syndrome information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. ... Ellison syndrome symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and ... Zollinger - Ellison syndrome ...
Yellow Fever
...s of liver failure, renal failure, and shock. ... Yellow fever information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Communicable Disease Fact Sheet, yellow fever ... " Yellow Fever " is also available in ...
Yaws
... "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the ... Yaws information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. More about Yaws : Causes and symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Prevention Resources Yaw...
Xeroderma Pigmentosum
...ly play outdoors safely after nightfall. ... Xeroderma pigmentosum information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Xeroderma pigmentosum symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment ... Xeroderma pigmen...
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Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology: New patient radiation safety guidelines
FAIRFAX, Va."Society of Interventional Radiology 2009 Standards Division Guidelines" is the subject of a special supplement to the July issue of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology . SIRa national organization of physicians, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to...
Partnership to accelerate Trudeau Institute discoveries to patient care
Saranac Lake, N.Y. - The Trudeau Institute and Health Research Incorporated (HRI) have established a unique partnership aimed at advancing the commercialization of medical and scientific discoveries made at the institute to maximize their benefit to public health worldwide.
The Trudeau Insti...
Publication sets guidelines across cancer therapies: Ensuring the best in patient management
Reston, Va. Now, for the first time, experts have compiled a comprehensive overview of the literature regarding the usefulness of PET imaging for the treatment of several cancers.
Personalizing Cancer Therapy with FDG PET: From RECIST to PERCISTa compilation of results of therapeutic regimens ac...
Allscripts Integrates Electronic Health Records with Innovative Patient Kiosk
Kiosk Incorporates State-of-the-Art Fujitsu PalmSecure(TM) Biometric Authentication, Self-Service Check In, Credit Card Scanning and
Patient Information Updating to Revolutionize
Patient Registration Process for Physician Practices
CHICAGO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Alls...
Researchers at UH explore patient preferences for personalized medicine
HOUSTON, Oct. 30, 2008 While a growing number of doctors are introducing personalized medicine into their practices, it remains largely unclear how receptive patients are to employing genomic diagnostics to tailor-make drugs. Armed with a $398,000, two-year grant, a University of Houston researc...
Stowers Institute researchers identify gene linked to vertebral defects in patient populations
Stowers Institute researchers Karen Staehling-Hampton, Ph.D., Managing Director of Molecular Biology, and Olivier Pourqui, Ph.D., Investigator, collaborated with colleagues from around the world to show that genes known to cause spinal mutations in chick and mouse model systems also play an import...
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Nile Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 2 Study of CD-NP for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nile Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NLTX ), a company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for heart failure patients, today announced dosing of its first
patient in a Phase 2 clinical study of its lead product, CD-NP, for the treatme...
Boston Scientific Announces European Approval for Its LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System
NATICK, Mass., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced CE Mark for its LATITUDE(R)
Patient Management system. The LATITUDE system remotely monitors patients with implantable cardiac devices, gathering information on both the device and...
Dr. Daniel Ronel Selects Artefill to Meet Growing Patient Demand for a Longer Lasting Dermal Filler
SANTA FE and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Daniel Ronel, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon, has selected Artefill, the first and only FDA-approved microsphere-enhanced collagen filler for the correction of smile lines, to treat patients who are looking for a longer lastin...
OncologyRx Care Advantage(TM) Specialty Pharmacy Passes $15 Million Milestone in Patient Financial Assistance
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- US Oncology, Inc . today announced that OncologyRx Care Advantage(TM) , its national oral oncology specialty pharmacy service, has exceeded the $15 million mark and has assisted more than 3,300 patients in obtaining external support for drug co-...
Harvest Technologies Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in its 60 Patient Clinical Trial in India Using Autologous Adult Stem Cells to Treat Patients With Non-Reconstructable Critical Limb Ischemia
PLYMOUTH, Mass., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Technologies Corp. ( www.harvesttech.com ) announced today that the company sponsored 60-patient clinical trial conducted at Sri Ramachandra Medical Center in Chennai, India using the company's BMAC System to treat patients with non-reconstructable...
Oncolytics Biotech(R) Inc. Completes Patient Enrolment in U.K. Combination REOLYSIN(R) and Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Head and Neck Cancer Trial
CALGARY, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY ) announced today that
patient enrolment has been completed in the Phase II component of a Phase I/II U.K. trial of REOLYSIN combined with paclitaxel/carboplatin for patients with advanced cancers. The princ...
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FCS File Sanitizer from Verity Software House
Description:... This application changes sensitive keywords in an FCS file to remove
patient information. It was contributed by Dr. David Miller....
Company:Verity Software House
Mutation Explorer from SoftGenetics, LLC.
Description:...er processes up to 48 lanes, 24 bi-directional, of
patient DNA sequence traces. Data input can be from either...ly two steps: data input, (Genbank, references and
patient traces) followed by review of the differences of the
patient to reference as indicated in the mutation electrop...
Company:SoftGenetics, LLC.
Lone Wolf Proportional Valve from Parker Hannifin Corporation
Description:...ation, provides repeatable high-speed performance, and ensures maximum accuracy.
Achieves rapid, stable performance.
Enhances system control and
patient comfort.
Maintains ideal flow through Normally Open valve with thermal compensation.
Extremely reliable. ...
Company:Parker Hannifin Corporation
Mutation Surveyor from SoftGenetics, LLC.
Description:...y automated unattended basis. The software automatically forms contigs, performs alignments and mutation detection comparing both forward and reverse
patient traces to reference or normal traces. Homozygote and Heterozygote mutations are indicated by sharp peaks in our exclusive mutation electropherogram. ...
Company:SoftGenetics, LLC.
Paragon CZE 2000 Capillary Electrophoresis System from Beckman Coulter
Description:...ectrophoresis (IFE/s) for fast and accurate analysis. The system is truly automated, requiring almost no sample preparation and no staining to process
patient samples. The Paragon CZE 2000 provides an innovative solution to the clinical laboratory that must run more tests on fewer instruments at a lower cost...
Company:Beckman Coulter
HybArray 12 DNA hybridization system from PerkinElmer
Description:...ples/probes for example sample and second primary antibody for a sandwich assay. Typically, they must use smaller sample volumes than DNA arrays where
patient or biopsy material may be limited. For these reasons we therefore recommend the ProteinArray Workstation ™ (PAW) from PerkinElmer Life and Analy...
Company:PerkinElmer
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Anatomy
...ess happily, spoken of as anthropotomy .
So intricate is the human body that only a small number of professional human anatomists, after years of
patient observation, are complete masters of all its details; most of them specialize on certain parts, such as the brain or viscera, contenting themselves wi...
Antibiotic
...e of antibacterials for viral infections like the common cold, and failure to take the entire prescribed course of the antibiotic, usually because the
patient feels better before the infecting organism is completely eradicated. In addition to treatment failure, these practices can result in antibiotic resis...
Cancer
...-1136, PDF file)
External links
US National Cancer Institute Government organization for research and treatment
American Cancer Society
patient advocate group
Cancer Medicine, 6th Edition Textbook
National Comprehensive Cancer Network - has free guidelines for professionals and many pa...
Computed axial tomography
...to produce the images. Modern multi-detector CT systems can complete a scan of the chest in less time than it takes for a single breath (useful if the
patient cannot hold his/her breath) and display the computed images in a few seconds.
Principles
X-ray slice data is generated using an X-ray source th...
Diabetes mellitus
...equires insulin if the tablets are ineffective.
patient understanding and participation is vital as blood ...tial years. Type 2 may go unnoticed for years in a
patient before diagnosis, since the symptoms are typically...espiration ).
On presentation to hospital, the
patient in DKA is typically dehydrated and breathing both ...
Dialysis
...contamination.
Once connected to the system, the
patient clamps the tubing connected to the full bag of dia...fluid takes approximately fifteen minutes, and the
patient is free to perform tasks such as reading, watching...h fresh fluid takes about fifteen minutes, and the
patient enjoys the same freedoms as while draining.
Once...
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Yellow fever
...lable in Portable Document Format (PDF, 13KB, 1pg. ... Yellow fever information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Yellow fever : An acute ...
Xeroderma pigmentosum
... Pigmentosum Society. 437 Snydertown Rd. ... Xeroderma pigmentosum information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a group of rare inherited skin disorders ... The earliest sig...
Vesicle
... encyclopedia. ... liposome - an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can ... List of 18 disease causes of Vesicle ,
patient stories, diagnostic guides, medical books excerpts online about Vesicle . Diagnostic checklist, medical tests, doctor ... Vesicle - Definition o...
Ventral
...re. 6pm has 1000's of products from Skechers and more. Ventral Hernia information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Information about ventral in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... ventra...
Vena cava
...idance on Superior vena cava syndrome. NHS PRODIGY Guidance ... This
patient summary on superior vena cava syndrome is adapted from a summary ... Su...information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Inferior vena cav...
Veins
...cally become varicosed. ... List of 2 disease causes of Bulging veins ,
patient stories, diagnostic guides, medical books excerpts online about Bulging ve...information including symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, causes,
patient stories, videos, forums, prevention, and prognosis. Veins transport bl...