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New research may lead to early detection of cancer
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Oregon Stem Cell Center and the OHSU Digestive Health Center are shining a new ray of hope on patients with pancreatic cancer. They developed new reagents, or antibodies, that can recognize this often...
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Secure text messaging for health data
Wireless location-based services (LBS) provider SquareLoop has introduced a text messaging system to enable secure transmission of health data over public wireless networks. The text messaging system, which is a new feature on SquareLoop's Mobile Alert Network,...
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Life-saving data sent via Bluetooth
Mobile Gateway is now Bluetooth compatible with the Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator, allowing paramedics in the field to wirelessly send patient data to hospitals and caregivers without the use of mobile phones, modems or expensive wireless adaptors. The...
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Postoperative Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Survival In Gastric Cancer Patients, Study Suggests
The use of combination chemotherapy following surgery did not improve survival in patients with gastric cancer, according to a randomized clinical trial. The use of combination chemotherapy following surgery did not improve survival in patients with gastric cancer,...
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Gene Silencing Therapies Could Have Harmful Side Effects, Research Suggests
Ambati, professor and vice chair of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and his colleagues have made a critical discovery that challenges the view that siRNA's therapeutic effects are imparted solely through RNA...
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Europeans can now check out on-line the credentials of laboratories offering genetic tests
In a major advance patients and their families across Europe can now check out on-line the credentials of laboratories offering genetic tests. Over the last two years, EuroGentest, an EU-funded project, has collated in-dept data on the majority of...
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Siemens come up with Chip Advances Lift Ultrasound Market, Help Save Lives
Siemens AG dubbed the P10, a quick portable ultrasound machine, the smallest currently on the market. Eyal Herzog, director of the cardiac-care unit at St. Luke's , who is testing the P10 has said Such gadgets could become a...
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