NBCH Calls for Cost Containment and System Transformation in Health Care Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ --Today the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), a non-profit organization of nearly 60 employer-based health care coalitions, representing over 7,000 employers and approximately 25 million employees and their dependents across the United Sta...
IDEAL LIFE's Remote Monitoring System Benefits Rural North Carolina Communities
TORONTO, August 3 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAL LIFE, INC. announced today that their wireless remote monitoring devices have been selected for use in a state-funded healthcare project in six rural North Carolina communities. The $870,000 grant is the largest Phase II Health Disparities Gra...
Summa Health System Creates Quick Win With Their Caregiver Community By Implementing Sentillion's Clinical Workstation Solution
ANDOVER, Mass., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Summa Health System, a major healthcare network that serves a five county region in northeast Ohio, has gone live with Sentillion's single sign-on (SSO) and context management solutions and is systematically rolling it out to more than 4,000 caregi...
Photos: One Million Patients Choose Hologic's NovaSure(R) System Over Hysterectomy
BEDFORD, Mass., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX ), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today a...
AccuVein Achieves Quality System Milestone
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- AccuVein LLC, maker of the AV300, the world's first hand-held, non-contact vein illumination device, today announced that its quality
system has received an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485 Certification. This ce...
Spanish Broadcasting System and 93.3 La Raza to Hold Radiothon for Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
MIAMI, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Spanish Broadcasting
System (SBS) and 93.3
La Raza (KRZZ) in San Francisco announced today that they will be holding a
radiothon to raise funds in support of the Children's Hospital & Research
Center Oakland. The radiothon will take place on Friday, July 31 a...
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Cardica Announces Publication of Pivotal PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System Clinical Trial Results
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC ) today announced that the full results of the PAS-Port
system multi-center pivotal trial, known as the EPIC trial, were published in the July issue of the peer-reviewed publication The J ournal ...
Elbit Imaging Ltd. Announces - Swiss Team Uses InSightec's ExAblate(R) 4000 Brain System to Treat Patients With Functional Brain Disorders
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Imaging Ltd.
(TASE: EMIT, Nasdaq: EMITF ), announced today that, its subsidiary (in which
EI holds indirectly approximately 58.34%, InSightec Ltd., announced today
that a team at the University Children's Hospital Zurich has completed...
Iontophoretic Drug Delivery System (IDDS) Containing Lidocaine and Epinephrine is Effective in Reducing Pain Associated With Insertion of an Intravenous Catheter in a Phase 2 Clinical Trial
SEATTLE, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Dharma Therapeutics, Inc., ("Dharma") Seattle, WA (a subsidiary of the Transcu Group Limited, a company listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited) announced that its improved active transdermal delivery technology, which administers lidocaine and epinephrine through ...
Published Study Shows VNUS ClosureFAST(TM) System Significantly Superior to Laser for Varicose Vein Treatment
Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology Cites Improved Recovery and Quality-of-Life with VNUS Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VNUS(R) Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNUS ), a worldwide leader in medical devices for the minimally invasive tr...
Cardiogenesis Announces Presentation of its PHOENIX(R) Combination TMR Plus Stem Cell Delivery System at the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ISMICS) Annual Meeting
IRVINE, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiogenesis Corporation (Pink Sheets: CGCP) the market leader in laser transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) for the treatment of chronic cardiac ischemia, announces that Dr. Naresh Trehan of New Delhi will be presenting his clinical results of ...
Definitive Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation for Barrett's Esophagus Using the HALO Ablation System Reported at the Digestive Disease Week Meeting for Gastroenterologists and Esophageal Surgeons
Radiofrequency ablation is durable after 2 years, compares favorably with endoscopic resection for advanced disease, and reduces the risk for cancer progression
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a number of clinical trials were presented during the Digestive Disease Wee...
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SphygmoCor Px Pulse Wave Analysis System test
Description: Inquire...
Company:AtCor Medical Pty Ltd.
FireFly LED Light System & SheerVision 2.5x Titanium-Frame Loupe Package
Description: The innovative & portable FireFly LED light offers superior illumination in a lightweight, go-anywhere design. With the new FireFly LED you'll get powerful, long-lasting illumination with unrestricted mobility to go whereever your practice demands. High center-beam brightness and hands-free operati...
Company:SheerVision
HYDRAGEL K20 System Manual Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
Description: Hydragel K20 is Sebia's quality line of manual agarose gel electrophoresis products. Samples are applied utilizing the same patented applicator combs that is used for sample application on the HYDRASYS semi-automated electrophoresis system....
Company:Sebia Electrophoresis
Chromolite™ Intense Pulsed Light System with Smartlite™ Treatment Technology
Description: Chromolite™ is a state-of-the-art hair reduction and skin rejuvenation Intense Pulsed Light
system specially designed for use within a clinic or medspa environment providing powerful features and economy in a single portable device. Used effectively for the treatment of unwanted hair, photo r...
Company:Genesis Biosystems
Nervous System Anatomy Flash Cards (Bryan Edwards)
Description: The Nervous
System Flash Cards product uses the time tested content and images from BryanEdwards.com and displays the necessary images to demonstrate the nervous system....
Company:Medical Wizards
Sorting System RSD 800
Description: The Sorting
System RSD 800 is an individually configurable
System for decapping, sorting and archiving (additional tube type identification via cap recognition is optional) which is able to process various sample tubes in a clearly organized workflow. The input and output sorting areas are customiz...
Company:PVT LabSystems LLC
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Abtissue pathology
...for a disease which, through disabling the immune
system and changing the chemical balance of the nervous
system , makes the brain react as if there were an intern...al School. These diseases first disable the immune
system before proceeding to change the chemical makeup in...
Allopathic medicine
...nts a similar application: "the present prevailing
system of medicine". [4]
Some definitions use the sa...dman's Medical Dictionary calls it a "therapeutic
system in which a disease is treated by producing a secon...onary also defines it as a "term applied to that
system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by p...
Artecoll
...on, N; Francis, N. +; Bunker, C.B. Cutaneous sarcoidal granulomas developing after Artecoll® facial cosmetic filler in a patients with newly diagnosed
system sarcoidosis. Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 31(2):208-211. March 2006.
^ Rullan, Peter Paul M.D. Soft Tissue Augmentation using Arteco...
Artificial induction of immunity
...toxin required to kill a person is much less than is required by the immune
system to recognize the toxin and produce antibodies against it. However, heatin...s immune to. This allows some protection for the young while its own immune
system is developing.
Synthetic ( recombinant or cell-clone) human immunoglobul...
Central tolerance
...
v • d • e
Immune
system / Immunology
Adaptive immune
system • Innate immune
system • Humoral immune...
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
...ed suppression of inhibition (DSI) is the classical and original electrophysiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central nervous
system . Prior to the demonstration that DSI was dependent on the cannabinoid CB1 receptor function, there was no way of producing an in vitro endocanna...
System in Medical Dictionary
Lymphatic system
or lymphatic filariasis, disease of the LYMPHATIC
SYSTEM , (q.v.), characterized ... The disease results from blockage of the lymphatic
system . ... The lymph system's impact is so far reaching that many don't even realize that ... The initial lymphatic is a very delicate stru...
Lymph system
The lymphatic
system in vertebrates is a network of conduits that carry a clear fluid called lymph . It also includes the lymphoid tissue through which the lymph travels. Lymphoid tissue is found in many organs, particularly... A Lymph node is an organ consisting of many types of c...
Immune System
An immune
system is a collection of biological processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and tumour cells. It detects a wide variety of agents, from viruses to parasitic... The immune
system is made up of special cells, proteins, tis...
Genitourinary system
In anatomy, the genitourinary
system or urogenital
system is the organ
system of the reproductive organs and the urinary
system . These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathways, like the male urethra. ...
Endocrine System
The endocrine
system is a
system of glands that involve the release of extracellular signaling molecules known as hormones. The endocrine
system is instrumental in regulating metabolism, growth, development and puberty, and... The endocrine
system is a
system of glands that involv...
Central nervous system
The central nervous
system (CNS) is the part of the nervous
system that functions to coordinate the activity of all parts of the bodies of multicellular organisms. In vertebrates, the central nervous
system is enclosed in the... The nervous
system is a network of specialized cells that ...
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New cancer drug delivery system is effective and reversible
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. For cancer drug developers, finding an agent that kills tumor cells is only part of the equation. The drug must also spare healthy cells, and ideally its effects will be reversible, to cut short any potentially dangerous side effects.
University of Illinois researchers report...
Researchers design first model motor nerve system that's insulated and organized like the human body
Amsterdam, 21 July 2009 - In the July issue of Biomaterials , published by Elsevier, researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) report on the first lab-grown motor nerves that are insulated and organized just like they are in the human body. The model
system will drastically improv...
Innovative system for monitoring coastline processes
This release is available in Spanish .
AZTI-Tecnalia, the Basque technological centre specialising in marine and food research, has developed a
system for monitoring the coast in order to observe and monitor maritime processes along our coastline. This is innovative technology for the susta...
Next-generation software system for flood warning and risk analysis to be developed
This release is available in
Chinese . Flooding is a wide spread and devastating natural disaster across the globe. It is the worst natural disaster in the UK, causing annual damage of about 1.5 billion. The ...
SRI International announces findings from new upper atmospheric radar system for scientific research
MENLO PARK, Calif. June 2 , 2009 SRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, announced today that early scientific results are now available from the Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar (AMISR), a modular, transportable radar system funded by the National Science Foundat...
Understanding plants' overactive immune system will help MU researchers build better crops
COLUMBIA, Mo. A plant's immune system protects the plant from harmful pathogens. If the system overreacts to pathogens, it can stunt plant growth and reduce seed production. Now, University of Missouri researchers have identified important suppressors that negatively regulate the responses of the...
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University of Lodz Invests in the Unique Cellaxess(R)HT System for Research on Multidrug Resistance Genes in Cancer
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellectricon, a leading
provider of cell-based screening solutions for research and drug discovery,
today announced its collaboration with University of Lodz, Poland. Under the
agreement University of Lodz invests in Cellaxess(R)HT, the world's first...
Monitoring Circulating Tumor Cells With the CellSearch(R) System Can Predict Prognosis in Metastatic Breast Cancer
RARITAN, N.J., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Measuring the change in circulating tumor cell (CTC) count can accurately predict the prognosis and survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), according to a newly published report in the July 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncol...
MacroGenics Announces the Initiation of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Monoclonal Antibody MGAWN1 in Subjects with Suspected Central Nervous System Infection Due to West Nile Virus
ROCKVILLE, Md. , July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- MacroGenics, Inc. today announced the initiation of the PARADIGM trial, a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating MGAWN1, a humanized monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of individuals with suspected central nervous
system infection due to West Nile Viru...
Data on WaferGen's SmartChip(TM) System to be Presented at 3rd Annual Rediscovering Biomarkers Conference
FREMONT, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genetic analysis systems, today announced that data on the company's SmartChip Real-Time PCR
System will be presented at GTCbio's 3rd Annual Rediscove...
Avantium to Deliver Flowrence System to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), USA
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department
of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has signed an agreement
with Avantium to enable the sale and delivery of an Avantium Flowrence(TM)
parallel fixed bed reactor system. The Flowrence(TM) will allow PNNL to
a...
Zvetco Biometrics Delivers a Cohesive Security System Integrating Fingerprint Biometrics with Sun Identity Management Solutions.
Best-in-class fingerprint authentication hardware manufacturer and network security solution provider Zvetco Biometrics today announced that its Verifi™ line of fingerprint biometric readers are now compatible with Sun Microsystems' Identity Management Suite via the integration of BiObex&tr...
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System in Biological Definition
Endomembrane system
The endomembrane
system is the
system of internal membranes within eukaryotic cells that divide the cell into functional and structural compartments, or organelles . Prokaryotes do not have an endomembrane
system and thus lack most organelles.
The endomembrane
system also provides a t...
Immune system
The immune
system is the collection of organs and tissues involved in the adaptive defense of a body against foreign biological material. It may be broken down into the adaptive immune
system (only found in vertebrates [1] ), composed of four lymphoid organs ( thymus , lymph nodes , spleen an...
Limbic system
The limbic
system is a group of brain structures that are involved in various emotions such as aggression , fear , pleasure and also in the formation of memory . The limbic
system affects the endocrine
system and the autonomic nervous
system . It consists of several subcortical str...
Nervous system
The nervous
system of an animal coordinates the activity of the muscles , monitors the organs , constructs and processes input from the senses , and initiates actions . (see Central Nervous
System ).
In animals with brains , the nervous
system also generates and conducts thoughts and e...
Vestibular system
The vestibular
system , or balance
system , is the sensory system
that provides the dominant input about our movement and orientation in
space. Together with the cochlea, the auditory organ, it is situated in the
vestibulum in the inner ear (Figure 1). As our movements consist of
rotations and...
Activation energy
... The activation energy in chemistry is the energy needed by a
system to initiate a particular process. Activation energy is often used to denote...emperature, because temperature is a measure of the average energy of the
system - individual molecules can have more or less energy than the average. Incre...
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Vestibular system
The vestibular
system , which contributes to our balance and our sense of spatial orientation, is the sensory
system that provides the dominant input about movement and equilibrioception. Together with the cochlea, a part of... Vestibular
system The
system that subserves the bodily ...
Venous system
In human anatomy, the systemic venous
system refers to veins that drain into the right atrium without passing through two vascular beds . (Redirected from Venous
system ) Jump to: navigation, search ... A portal venous
system is a series of veins or venules that direct...
Vascular system
The circulatory
system is an organ
system that passes nutrients, gases, hormones, blood cells, nitrogen waste products, etc. to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to... Vascular tissue is a complex conducting tissue, formed of m...
Renal portal system
In human anatomy, the hepatic portal
system is the
system of veins comprised of the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous
system , although it is not the only example of a portal venous... Aspects of the topic renal - portal -
system are di...
Nervous system
The nervous
system is a network of specialized cells that communicate information about an organism's surroundings and itself. It processes this information and causes reactions in other parts of the body. It is composed of... For that reason the enteric nervous
system has been c...
Mating system
In sociobiology and behavioral ecology, a mating
system is any of the ways in which animal societies are structured in relation to sexual behavior. The mating
system specifies which males mate with which females under which circumstances. For organisms such as plants,... Previous studi...
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