June 2007   Welcome to Healthcare IDeaS, Your Monthly Healthcare Newsletter from Industry IDS 
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Title Can Cancer Be Treated with Low Doses of Radiation?
Author Jerry M. Cuttler, D.Sc., Myron Pollycove, M.D.
Company Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, I
Synopsis
LDI therapy appears to be a promising complement or option in treatment of cancer, based upon the Hormesis effect.
 
Technological Developments
FEI Introduces Rapid Remote Diagnostics
FEI's customer service organization has introduced RAPID (Remote Access Program for Interactive Diagnostics), an all-new service offering that can significantly speed service times and maximize system uptime.
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United Healthcare, ACC and HRS Partner to Improve Patient Care
The ACC and the HRS are providing important leadership with the ICD Registry, which will help improve the care of patients and establish important benchmarks that will allow for continuous quality improvement in cardiac care.
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Onsite Health Diagnostics and Cholestech Bring Preventive Health Screenings
Cholestech, a leading provider of alternate site health management solutions for chronic disease, announced that it has teamed up with Onsite Health Diagnostics, one of the largest providers of comprehensive, on-site, corporate health screenings.
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Syngo® Dynamics the New Cardiology Image Management and Reporting Solution
Siemens announced the availability of a new cardiology image management and reporting solution, syngo® Dynamics version 6. It is a multi-modality, dynamic image review and reporting solution that delivers real-time data transfer.
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Exhibitor Updates
The Blade Glove® Safety Scalpel System
Griff Industries Inc.
Griff Industries' new safety scalpel system, Blade Glove, is a fully retractable cartridge which exposes the entire blade for optimal visualization during the incision.
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AMS Completes PACS Installation
American Medical Sales, Inc.
PACS provider American Medical Sales, Inc. has completed installation of a major PACS system at The Orthopedic Specialty Clinic (TOSC) in Salt Lake City.
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Healthcare Findings
Wi-Fi Health Fears are 'Unproven'
The type of radiation emitted by radio waves (wi-fi), and mobile phones has been shown to raise the temperature of tissue at very high levels of exposure - called a thermal interaction - but there is no evidence that low levels cause damage.
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International Health Officials Urge Widespread HIV Testing
The World Health Organization and UNAIDS, the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, issued new guidance on HIV testing, saying millions of people are infected with the deadly virus but are unaware they have it.
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Back Surgery Can Quickly Relieve Pain
Back surgery can effectively relieve pain for certain back problems faster than nonsurgical means, a new study shows. Waiting to see if the pain goes away on its own won't affect the outcome of surgery if you decide to have one later.
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Editorial

Oncology related companies are gearing up to present their solutions at the 43rd ASCO Annual Meeting, being held this week in Chicago, Illinois.

Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline are each presenting new data from their oncology portfolio at the event. Catch the details in our 'ASCO 2007 Updates' section.

On the technology front, FEI's customer service organization has introduced RAPID, a service offering that maximizes system uptime.

Get more updates in our next issue.

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ASCO 2007 Updates
Lilly Oncology to Unveil 76 Studies at ASCO 2007
GlaxoSmithKline Reveals Further Progress of Oncology Portfolio
Sirtex to Participate in the 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting
New Pfizer Oncology Data to be presented at ASCO
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