Clinical News: Page 2706

Medtronic to buy Kyphon for $3.9 billion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis has inked a deal to buy spinal therapy developer Kyphon of Sunnyvale, CA, for $3.9 billion.

July 26, 2007

Chindex to supply Siemens US to Chinese army

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

International equipment distributor Chindex International has been awarded a contract to supply the Chinese military with ultrasound scanners from Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA.

July 26, 2007

Bristol-Myers Squibb boosts Q2 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced revenue increases for the second quarter of 2007 (end-June 30), with sales in its medical imaging unit edging up.

July 26, 2007

ImaRx prices IPO, shares edge lower

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biopharmaceutical company ImaRx Therapeutics picked a rough day to go public. Shares of the Tucson, AZ-based firm fell almost 5% after trading started on the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 310 points.

July 26, 2007

Mammography effectively detects recurrent DCIS postradiotherapy

By Kate Madden Yee

Mammography proved to be 97% effective in detecting ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence in women who had undergone breast-conserving surgery with radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to a recent study that investigated the mammographic features, detection method, and stage of recurrence.

July 26, 2007

MR adds value to urodynamics for imaging stress urinary incontinence

By Shalmali Pal

The spectrum of abnormalities detected at MRI in women with stress urinary incontinence can be classified into two categories: findings related to urethral sphincter deficiency (ISD) and/or urethral hypermobility (UH). Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions assessed if MR findings could predict whether a patient had ISD or UH, and if those results could be correlated with urodynamics.

July 26, 2007