News For: Wa State Dshs MedicalMedical machines idle MULTIMILLION-dollar medical scanning machines have been sitting idle in the Flinders Medical Centre basement and a freight shed at Adelaide Airport for at least three months. Attorney general's medical marijuana guidelines change little Guidelines recently issued by the state attorney general have had little effect on the Inland's regulation of medical marijuana. Last month, Attorney General Jerry Brown said licensed state cooperatives or less formal collectives are legal under California law. Fresenius Medical Care Continues To Reopen Dialysis Clinics After Ike A week after Hurricane Ike battered the Texas coast and left millions of people without electricity, Fresenius Medical Care North America has reopened nearly all of its dialysis facilities. In the Houston area, 29 of 32 Fresenius dialysis clinics are now open to provide treatment to dialysis patients. Calypso Medical and Siemens Announce Innovative Product Development Collaboration Agreement Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. Calypso Medical and Siemens Healthcare today announced a product collaboration agreement that will begin to integrate Calypso Medical's real-time tumor tracking data with Siemens' linear accelerator products. The first application to be addressed under this agreement will include adaptive gating, the capability of automatically interrupting the radiation beam ... Calypso Medical and The University of Pennsylvania Health System Announce Collaboration for Proton Therapy Calypso Medical today announced that it has received a $1 million grant from The University of Pennsylvania Health System to develop a compatible version of the CalypsoR 4D Localization System that would enable real-time tumor tracking during proton therapy for cancer treatment. This funding will go toward developing a modified version of the Calypso System, utilizing GPS for the BodyR ... Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., Announces AIM Clinical Study for Prostate Cancer Patients Calypso Medical announced the launch of the AIM Clinical Study Assessing the Impact of Margin Reduction using Calypso Medical's GPS for the BodyR technology for patients receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer. The primary objectives of the study are to evaluate acute and chronic quality-of-life assessments and complications related to external beam radiation therapy in prostate ... UCD Medical Center names new COO Vincent L. Johnson Jr. has been hired as the new chief operating officer for UC Davis Medical Center. UCD Medical Center names Vincent L. Johnson Jr. its chief operating officer. Integra LifeSciences Announces $700,000 In-Kind Donation of Medical Devices to Boston University School of Medicine PLAINSBORO, N.J., Sept. 22, 2008 -- Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced today an in-kind donation of over $700,000 worth of neurosurgical medical devices to the Boston University School of Medicine -- Armenia Medical Partnership Program, to be used to provide medical assistance in Armenia. The Online Information Source for the Medical Device Industry The United States US Food and Drug Administration FDA requires that companies provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that medical devices are safe and effective. In many cases, test data must be supplied to meet this requirement. Clemson and Oconee Medical Center offer new program on chronic health conditions SENECA -- Clemson University and Oconee Medical Centers Wellness Center are offering a free health education program to help people who have chronic health conditions. |


