Category: Healthcare
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5 Awesome Technologies Powering Our Laboratories
We all know that some of mankind’s great technological advancements have come from the lab. Whether it’s cures for complex diseases, new discoveries about the planet, or space exploration, it all started in a laboratory. But, what about the technology powering these discoveries? What exactly goes on in the background to enable these fantastic discoveries?…
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Health Warning About Human Breast Milk Trading
Some fitness communities, fetishists and chronic disease sufferers believe it is a kind of super food that can boost health and fitness and ward off disease. The milk is now being sold via websites in a lucrative market for adult buyers. The excess expressed milk is sold through specialist websites and social media groups. The Queen Mary University…
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Modern Healthcare and the Advantages of Patient Management Systems
Healthcare is expensive, not only because new medical technologies make it so, but because there are inherently inefficient systems in place in traditional “paper and pencil” models of inventory control. Inventory, in this context, means patients. But, hospitals and doctors’ offices could dramatically reduce their costs if they were willing to make a few simple…
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Going Mobile: The Benefits of Bringing Healthcare Directly to Patients
It’s not always convenient for patients make a trip to the hospital to get preventative medical screenings or important lab work done. An increasingly popular solution to provided greater patient access to healthcare screenings, initial evaluations and diagnostics and preventative care is the use of mobile medical units. Operated by qualified medical personnel, these units…
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SeraCare Life Sciences Introduces New ACCURUN C. difficile Control Set
SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of high-quality biological materials that help optimize diagnostic performance, reliability and repeatability across the IVD lifecycle, today announced the launch of its new ACCURUN® 501 C. difficile Control – the company’s first molecular control product targeting hospital acquired infections. ACCURUN 501 C. difficile Control is formulated for use with in…
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Carestream Announces New Ceiling-Mounted Tube Option For DRX-Ascend Imaging System
Carestream has added a ceiling-mounted tube option for its DRX-Ascend System to provide versatile positioning for a variety of imaging exams. The DRX-Ascend System also offers a floor-mounted tube stand, wall stand and a choice of an elevating float-top table or non-elevating table. The new ceiling-mounted tube option is currently available for order and begins…
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Siemens Announces FDA Clearance Of Artis One Angiography System
Siemens Healthcare has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Artis one – an angiography system optimized for broad clinical utilization. The Artis one is designed for routine interventions, including revascularizations of peripheral vessel occlusions, functional tests of dialysis shunts in patients with kidney failure, diagnostic or minimally invasive angiographic…
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Eaton Showcasing Electrical Products And Services For Reliable, Safe Healthcare At ASHE 2014
At the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) 2014 annual conference, Eaton is demonstrating a portfolio of solutions designed to help medical service providers focus investment on patient care while ensuring reliable power and safety with on-time project construction. A selection of these solutions will be on display in booth #1314, from August 3 through…
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Hitachi And MIG Introduce Mobile Wi-Fi Biometric Scanners In Turkish Hospitals
Hitachi Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. and MIG Int., today announced a roll-out of mobile Wi-Fi scanners that offer convenient mobile identification for the patient at the point of care. The ‘BIOMIG’ device, based on Hitachi’s finger vein authentication technology, has been introduced at several individual private hospitals, hospital groups and dialysis centres…
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Breg Introduces Knee Brace To Help Runners With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Breg, Inc., a premier provider of sports medicine products and services, has launched the FreeRunner™ knee brace with new innovations to help people, particularly runners, who suffer from patella mal-tracking return to active lifestyles. FreeRunner’s patent-pending design acts on knee anatomy differently than other braces, providing support when patients need it most, and the ability…