Brightest laser-driven gamma rays to make cancer treatment cheaper | MF Monitor

Brightest laser-driven gamma rays to make cancer treatment cheaper | MF Monitor:

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IIT-M alumnus identifies breast cancer therapy - southindia - Chennai - ibnlive

IIT-M alumnus identifies breast cancer therapy - southindia - Chennai - ibnlive:

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'Amazing' therapy wipes out leukemia in study - Yahoo!

'Amazing' therapy wipes out leukemia in study - Yahoo!: "Science journal: http://stm.sciencemag.org"

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Dr. Carl June, a gene therapy expert at the University of Pennsylvania.

- He led the study, published Wednesday by two journals, New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.

Dr. Walter J. Urba of the Providence Cancer Center in Portland, Oregon, called the findings "pretty remarkable"

Dr. Kanti Rai, a blood cancer expert at New York's Long Island Jewish Medical Center

'Amazing' therapy wipes out leukemia in study - Yahoo!

'Amazing' therapy wipes out leukemia in study - Yahoo!

Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia — turning the patients' own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells.

They've only done it in three patients so far, but the results were striking: Two appear cancer-free up to a year after treatment, and the third patient is improved but still has some cancer. Scientists are already preparing to try the same gene therapy technique for other kinds of cancer.

Travel tips | What to pack | Insurance | Equipment | The right way

Travel tips | What to pack | Insurance | Equipment | The right way

Cardium Provides Update on Excellagen 510(K) Registration and Commercialization Plans -- SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Cardium Provides Update on Excellagen 510(K) Registration and Commercialization Plans -- SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

This is Lincolnshire | Family of sick woman kicked off Lincolnshire GP's register after row

This is Lincolnshire | Family of sick woman kicked off Lincolnshire GP's register after row

AMS Nabs Option to License Sinclair IS Pharma's Antibiofilm for Woundcare ...

Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS) negotiated a six-month option to exclusively license Sinclair IS Pharma’s Delmopinol antibiofilm technology for the development of foam-based woundcare dressings. Working with University collaborators AMS has already evaluated the efficacy of Delmpinol in a range of in vitro models to assess its potential in combination with its own anti-microbial woundcare dressing.

The firm will now carry out further R&D and feasibility testing for up to six months before deciding on whether to license the technology for the designated indication. “Our R&D program has been looking into ways to control biofilms within chronic wounds in order to further improve the efficacy of our dressings,” notes Chris Meredith, AMS CEO.

MERUS LABS INTERNATIONAL INC. OBTAINS APPROVAL FOR COLLACARE®

The 6 other wound care products consist of Foam Dressings, Isolate Hydrophilic Dressings, Excel Hydrocolloid transparent wound dressings, Tulip Sacral Ulcer Wound Dressing as well as, Repel & Spot wound dressings

New Stanford Wound Dressing Significantly Reduces Scarring

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a special wound dressing that significantly reduces the amount of scar tissue that develops post surgical incisions. Scar tissue forms when the edges of an incision are pulled taut by the surrounding skin. The new dressing, described as a “stress-shielding device”, removes the tension on the incision, allowing the wound to heal without forming scar tissue. It’s made of a thin and elastic silicone plastic that is literally stretched over the wound to provide uniform compression.

Real-time Tracking for Hospital Equipment

Busy hospitals transport hundreds of patients daily through different areas of the facility. From the emergency department to surgery to patient rooms, staff members use a wide variety of equipment to move and treat these patients.

As a result of all of this movement, vital equipment is often lost or misplaced, resulting in wasted time as staff members search for equipment. Hospitals may feel the financial impact, too, as items that cannot be found require ordering new supplies.

Scott Sullivan, department business officer for perioperative services, imaging and procedurals at the University of California San Diego Medical Center, discusses seven tips for tracking equipment that is commonly lost or misplaced at a busy hospital.

1. Understand the true usage of equipment in your department.

2. Tracking equipment will require a culture change, so be prepared.

3. Maintain a good tracking system so clinical staff can concentrate on patient care.

4. When using a location system, it is not necessary to track every piece of equipment.

5. Big ticket items are not necessarily the items you want to track.

6. Track items that may be used at multiple campuses.

7. To achieve maximum benefit, your RTLS deployment must have enterprise-wide coverage.

New cancer equipment at Santa Cruz

A multimillion dollar project is under way to upgrade radiation equipment that will be used to treat thousands of cancer patients in Santa Cruz County.

Santa Cruz Radiation Oncology is buying a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?PG=linac)

The new accelerator, made by the Swedish company Elekta (www.elekta.com), costs $3 mil lion to $4 million. It will treat patients with electrons and photons, not just photons, and target multiple as well as single beams of radiation at cancer cells. Rather than using film that has to be developed, it will produce electronic images, speeding up treat ment.

The medical group's facility is the only one of its kind in the county, serving up to 60 patients a day, starting at 6:45 a.m.

Over a year, about 500 patients undergo two to eight weeks of radiation therapy, a component of cancer treatment that helps control the growth of tumors and improve survival rates.

Panasonic Toughbook for Meds

New Panasonic Toughbook Computer for the Medical Sector

Mobile clinical assistants are extremely useful in the healthcare industry because of their capability of keeping hospitals’ personnel up to date with patients’ conditions in real-time. Such devices include the well known CliniScape tablet from Philips, which is among the latest gadgets in technology, as well as the new Panasonic Tough Book Computer designed for medical professionals. Toughbook H1 is characterized by a durable construction, an important aspect when it comes to working in the hospital environment, plus a long battery life, high ergonomics level, various connectivity elements and ease of sanitization.

It will be available on the market at the beginning of 2009 at a street price of $2,999 with Windows Vista Business with Service Pack 1, the 1.86GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM memory, 80GB shock-mounted hard drive, integrated docking connector, GPS receiver, and the 10.4-inch 500-nit touchscreen display with 1024 x 768 resolution, all weighting 3.4lbs.