Hormone Therapy And Mammograms

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are recommending that menopausal women on hormone therapy (HT) continue their treatment prior to having their annual mammogram screenings. These recommendations appear as an editorial in the current on-line issue of Journal of the North American Menopause Society.

New England Cord Blood Bank Reports Increased Use Of Banked Stem Cells

New England Cord Blood Bank, Inc. (NECBB), a global cord blood processing and storage facility, announced today that the company has seen a consistent and robust increase in the cord blood units being used for transplants within the past few years. Since 2006, according to NECBB records, the number of banked units used in transplants has doubled.

Positron Exhibits At The American Society Of Nuclear Cardiology Annual Conference To Promote Their Cardiac Optimized Pet Scanner

Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, will attend the 14th Annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota October 1-4, 2009 to showcase their newly developed cardiac optimized PET scanner, the Attrius™ (http://www.asnc.org).

GAO Finds That A Federal Program Is Missing Problem Nursing Homes

The Associated Press reports: Federal investigators report that a government-run program designed to bring "extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes" is missing "hundreds of troubled facilities" that could qualify the closer look.

The Mysterious Origin Of Merkel Cells Resolved By New Study

A new study resolves a 130-year-old mystery over the developmental origin of specialized skin cells involved in touch sensation. The findings will appear in the October 5, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology (online September 28). First described in 1875, Merkel cells are neuroendocrine cells that reside in the vertebrate epidermis, passing mechanical stimuli on to sensory neurons.

Imager That Identifies, Locates Individual Cancer Cells, Built By Case Western Reserve University Scientist

Dave Wilson was dissatisfied with blurry, low-sensitivity optical images of diseased tissues. So, four years ago he set out to create a better imager. Now, Wilson, a professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, can identify a single cancer cell in preclinical imaging studies. And he can pinpoint exactly where the cell is located in a three-dimensional image.