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MEDRAD Releases Extension Set for CT Power Injection

MEDRAD announced the release of a new product to accompany their CT power injection systems, the PRES Pressure-Rated Extension Set. The tool is a disposable tube that connects power injection tubing to the patient's catheter for IV access. The product launch was detailed in a press release available on the company's web site. more...

August 31, 2007 Related topics: Product Launches, Radiology

Fluoroscopy Aids Hip Injection

Researchers from the University of Alberta, Edmonton verified use of corticosteroids with fluoroscopy guidance for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. The findings of the group's clinical trial were published in Arthritis and Rheumatism. more...

August 31, 2007 Related topics: Quality, Safety, Errors, Orthopedic

Chronic Dialysis Catheter Market Ready

The newest product available for patients who require chronic dialysis is now available which includes an over-the wire...

Tool for Monitoring Pediatric O2 Sats Launched

A new tool to monitor ScvO2 continuously in a pediatric population was launched, as described in a press...

Neurovascular Retriever for Clot Removal Launched

Concentric Medical received FDA approval for their new neurovascular retriever (pdf), the Merci L6 Retriever. The company already...

TomTec Updates Ventricular Analysis Software

At the European Society of Cardiology meeting, TomTec will launch the updated version of their 4D RV-Function software,...

HeartMate LVAD Provides Overall Improvements

A study published in the most recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine evaluated the benefits...

Fracture Predicted by Data from Bone Density Studies of Femur

A study published in the August issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine noted that overall risk of...

AHRQ Releases Hospitalization Report

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (H-CUP) released (pdf) their current Facts...

Preventive Services, Health Screenings Covered by Medicare

Most healthcare providers and public health workers would adamantly agree that a key approach to health is participation...

Free Software Licenses Available from RemedyMD

RemedyMD is making free licenses available to their ambulatory clinic customers and patients of such for the company’s...

Knee Replacements Designed with Gender Specifications Approved

Smith & Nephew PLC received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their new line of...

Medical Records Institute Compares Products

The Medical Records Institute unveiled a new service on their site which compares existing electronic medical/health records. The...

Specialty Surgical Instruments Purchased by Symmetry Medical

Symmetry Medical announced their plans to acquire Ultra Containers of America and their parent company, Specialty Surgical Instruments...

eCommerce Sales Channel Launched by Merge

Merge Healthcare launched a new channel, an eStore Affiliate program, that allows participants to sell eFilm Workstation products...

Prostate Cancer Patients At Risk of Local Extension Benefit from Brachytherapy

Recent results published in the American Cancer Society’s journal Cancer suggest that a combination of external beam radiation...

Plaque Excision Technology Launched by FoxHollow

The SilverHawk EXL, a novel device used for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease in small vessels below...

Screening Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Challenged

Researchers from the Netherlands evaluated differences in the incidence of prostate cancer diagnosis, comparing two different screening protocols...

MRI Predicts Disease Course in Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, collaborating with the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center, evaluated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

Interventional Radiologists Usurping Spine Surgeons?

A report from the Millennium Research Group (MRG), a market research group in Massachusetts, indicates that an increasing...

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