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Harvard's top 10 health stories of 2007
Drug safety, genome science and sleep are among the top ten health issues of
2007 chosen by the editors of Harvard Medical School's Harvard Health
Letter. 17 December
Public safety at risk
from FDA's lack of resources to keep up with scientific advances
A new report on the state of the US Food and Drug Agency says that the
safety of the nation is at risk from the inability of the Agency to keep up
with advances across a wide range of scientific fields. 17 December
Esaote and TechniScan enter technology and
financial partnership
Italian medical imaging company Esaote Group and US ultrasound developer
TechniScan Medical Systems have entered an agreement to share technologies
and intellectual property, collaborate in the development of TechniScan’s
UltraSound CTTM, and to co-operate in marketing. 17 December
Boston Scientific to sell two businesses to
private equity firm
Boston Scientific Corporation is to sell its fluid management and venous
access businesses to private equity firm Avista Capital Partners for $425
million. 14 December
First annual pan-Asian
computerised tomographic colonography congress
Leading radiology experts from China, Korea, Japan and the UK have draw up
plans this week for the first ever pan-Asia computerised tomographic
colonography (CTC) Congress. 13 December
World
Bank report says TB control would lead to massive economic gain for poor
countries
A World Bank study has found that 22 countries with the world’s highest
numbers of TB cases could earn significantly more than they spend on TB
diagnosis and treatment if they implemented a global plan to sharply reduce
the numbers of TB-related deaths. Highly affected African countries could
gain up to 9 times their investments in TB control. 12 December
Ineffective action in controlling TB causing 1.6 million deaths each year
TB is treatable, but inadequate action by governments worldwide is leading
to escalating cases of drug-resistance, of which only 2% are treated. TB is
an avoidable human tragedy of 9 million infected people and 1.6 million
deaths each year. 12 December
Varian image-guided radiotherapy selected for
Portsmouth hospital
The new Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, UK, will receive four
high-energy Clinac iX linear accelerators supplied by Varian Medical
Systems. They will be equipped with on-board imager devices for advanced
image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) treatments. 12 December
Dräger introduces anaesthesia system
for MRI environment
Dräger Medical has introduced the Fabius MRI, its latest generation of
anaesthesia solutions designed specifically for magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI). The system is also suitable for other applications involving magnetic
fields such as a cardiac catheterisation laboratory or proton therapy. 12
December
Transatlantic rower's diabetic challenge
Transatlantic rower Neil Hunter faces the extra challenge of managing his
diabetes through the 3000 mile race. This will be helped by using a compact
blood glucose monitoring system, patient monitoring software on a laptop and
transmitting data by satellite communications to a medical team back in
Southampton, UK. 12 December
London neuroimaging centre boosts brain
research with Siemens 1.5 Tesla MR scanner
The Birkbeck/University College London Centre for NeuroImaging (BUCNI) has
boosted its research capabilities with the new scanner, which enables
observation of activity in the brain non-invasively and will enhance
understanding of human cognition and behaviour. 12 December
ESA
project tests health emergency management via satellite
A training exercise in Greece has shown the viability of a satellite system
for early warning and management of health emergencies in disaster
situations. The exercise simulated an earthquake hitting the island of
Crete. 6 December
Kjaya Medical announces service for distributing high-volume digital CT
images
Kjaya Medical has announced new managed services that combine powerful
graphics processing units, computer hardware and proprietary software that
allows quick distribution of CT images via standard high speed internet. 6
December
Berlin future fund grants €16m to
medical engineering projects
The Technologiestiftung Berlin (TSB) has granted €2.2m to develop a new
marker for use in diagnosing strokes. It is the eighth medical engineering
project supported by the Fund and brings the total granted in this area to
€16m. 6 December
Plexus
to develop breakthrough ultrasound system for SuperSonic Imagine
French start-up SuperSonic Imagine has contracted design and manufacturing
services company Plexus to bring to market a novel ultrasound system that
can measure the elasticity of tissue. 6 December
Glowing molecule detects prion diseases
An international team of researchers has developed a method of identifying
prion and other defective-protein diseases using a fluorescent molecule that
changes colour according to the disease present. 4 December 2007
Printed transistor breakthrough will lead to
low-cost electronic devices
Silicon Valley company Kovio has introduced an all-printed high-performance
silicon thin-film transistor (TFT). Low-cost printed transistors will make
it feasible to integrate electronics into everyday consumer items and
consumables, including medicine containers and hospital supplies.
Breakthrough
in high sensitivity tuberculosis and malaria diagnosis
A new diagnostic system for detecting TB and malaria and suitable for use in
developing countries and remote areas has been developed by German company
Partec. The system combines Partec's battery-operated and mobile
fluorescence microscope with dedicated test kits developed by Merck. 4
December 2007
Abbott supports Operation Smile medical
missions in 25 countries
Abbott is supporting Operation Smile's global initiative to help children
with facial deformities by providing treatment to an estimated 5,000
children in need of surgery. The initiative, which is part of Operation
Smile's 25th anniversary celebration — World Journey of Smiles — consists of
40 medical missions across 25 countries. 4 December
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