Medical Imaging News

Hospitals groan under weight of heavy patients (USA Today)
Hospitals are dealing with a growing number of very obese patients some more than 500 pounds forcing them to buy bigger beds, gowns, slippers and even body bags.
Security Scan – International News Service

Americans Uninformed About Lung Cancer Testing
HealthScout – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but many Americans are uninformed about options for lung cancer testing, according to a national survey released Tuesday by the Lung Cancer Alliance. The survey found that only 37 …
Heavy patients put strain on hospitals (CNN.com)
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) — Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing.
Four-Dimensional CT Scan Finds Parathyroid Tumors: Presented at … – DG News

A Perfect Lens Makes Perfect Tweezers
Science Now – Dragging cells and molecules with tractor beams of light is a standard lab technique. But these optical tweezers, as they’re often called, are limited in the types of movements they can make. Now, a team of researchers has made a tweezer with an

Innovation: The View From The Top
BusinessWeek – IBM’s honcho on what CEOs can do to lay the groundwork for real breakthroughs IBM conducts a survey of CEOs and government leaders every two years to find out what’s high on their agendas. This year’s topic: innovation. Some results were surprising

Medisys Health Group Income Fund Announces March Distribution
Insurance News Net – Copyright 2006 Canada NewsWire Ltd. Canada NewsWire March 22, 2006 Wednesday 7:00 AM Eastern Time Attention Business/Financial Editors 329 words Medisys Health Group Income Fund Announces March Distribution MONTREAL March 22 Medisys Health Group

Firms ranked on climate change
Inside Bay Area – Chevron Corp., General Electric Co. and DuPont Co. are among U.S. companies taking steps to address climate change, while others including Exxon Mobil Corp. ignore it and put shareholders at risk, a report said. DuPont, the third-largest U.S

PerkinElmer and Jacobi Medical Center Establish Research Collaboration
dBusinessNews.com – BOSTON — Partnership Expected to Advance Capabilities in Screening Assays and Discovery and Validation of New Biomarkers. PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced a research collaboration

MicroVention and Terumo Corporation Announce Completion of Merger (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MicroVention, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive treatments for cerebral and vascular peripheral diseases, announced today that it has successfully completed the merger with Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation, an international manufacturer and provider of general hospital, cardiac, vascular and home healthcare products.
Roles of MR imaging and M angiography in congenital diseases of … – Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release)

Siemens Serves up Innovations at SIR 2006
WebWire – Toronto, Mar 30, 2006, Siemens Medical Solutions unveils its latest innovations for the interventional suite at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), March 30 through April 4, 2006 in Toronto. Visitors to …
Bio-Imaging Technologies Signs Collaborative Agreement With LUMC/LKEB in Netherlands to Develop Quantitative CTA (RedNova)
Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (“Bio-Imaging”) (NASDAQ/NMS: BITI) today announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Division of Image Processing (“LKEB”) at the Department of Radiology at Leiden University Medical Center (“LUMC”), Leiden, The Netherlands.
Siemens's AXIOM Wireless Footswitch, AXIOM Voice Control Systems … – Trading Markets