January 11, 2008 - American Heart Association (AHA) President Daniel W. Jones, M.D. today urged Congress to pass legislation such as increased federal funding for research, passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and passage of the HEART for Woman Act, to help Americans control their risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

January 11, 2008 - Imaging technologies are helping heart modellers overcome the dilemma of proving that the models really are an accurate representation of the real human heart, as demonstrated in a workshop held recently by the European Science Foundation (ESF).

Computerized in-silico models simulate the real heart and enable possible drugs and therapies to be tested without risk to people.
However, in order to create a realistic model, you need accurate and extensive data from real hearts for calibration.

January 11, 2008 – Siemens Medical Solutions changed the name of its healthcare division to Siemens Healthcare, as part of a global restructuring of the Erlangen company, taking effect this month.

Announced in November, the name change will cover the Imaging and IT, Workflow and Solutions, including cardiology, oncology, urology, surgery and women’s health and Diagnostic divisions.

January 11, 2008 - The American Medical Association (AMA) released the American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease: Essential Information You and Your Family Need to Know about Having a Healthy Heart, offering tools and information on the prevention and treatment of heart disease.

January 10, 2008 — Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. will phase out the production of medical imaging film products at Fujifilm Manufacturing USA Inc. in Greenwood, S.C., by April 1, 2008, due to declines in medical film use.

January 10, 2008 – The FDA today granted Ethicon Inc. an expanded indication for EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human), which is one of the first fibrin sealants available as an adjunct to hemostasis for use in surgery, when control of bleeding by standard surgical techniques is ineffective or impractical.

January 11, 2008 - The latest advancement in aspirin is “Fasprin,” an 81mg tablet that enters the bloodstream through the lining of the mouth after rapidly dissolving on the tongue, which recently launched by Improvita Health Products.

January 10, 2008 - The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA), based in Washington, DC, launched its first 13 local chapter and affiliate organizations to build a network of local organizations to help carry out its mission of preventing sudden cardiac arrest.

January 10, 2008 – Molecular imaging agents development will enhance the use of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for early diagnosis of disease, according to the report Molecular Imaging Agents: Evolving Capabilities, Emerging Opportunities.

January 10, 2008 - Scientists used magnetic fields and tiny iron-bearing particles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels in animals to develop a new method of delivering cells and genes to repair injured or diseased organs in humans, in a study which was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Jan. 7, 2008.

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