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Online Brain Game For People With Multiple Sclerosis Launched By Technology Collaborative
The MS Technology Collaborative has created a new way for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) to exercise their brain power. The Collaborative, an alliance of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, today announced the launch of MyBrainGames, a free suite of online games filled with cognitive challenges for the MS community.
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Budget Solution Must Protect Health Care For Children
Dr. Dev GnanaDev, president of the California Medical Association, issued the following statement after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on the state Legislature to swiftly enact his proposed budget cuts.
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Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information And Care Coordination Improve Chronic Disease Management
Specialty care physicians can improve the health of high-risk patients by reviewing electronic health records and proactively providing e-consultations and treatment plan recommendations with primary care physicians, according to a Kaiser Permanente paper published online in the British Medical Journal.
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Novel Peripheral IV Catheter: Telesso Technologies Wins Popular Science Invention Award

Telesso Technologies Limited (ASX: TEO), a global healthcare company, has announced the FDA-approved guide wire-assisted peripheral IV catheter it is developing with Vascular Pathways, Inc., has been honored with the Popular Science Invention Award. "Telesso is pleased to receive another exciting external validation of this innovative device that may revolutionize peripheral IV placement," said Telesso"s CEO Nelson K. Stacks. "Attempts to start an IV frequently fail, which is frustrating for clinicians, painful for patients and costly to the health care system. The new guide-wire assisted peripheral IV catheter uses a practical design to improve the ability for clinicians to get it right the first time, creating efficiency, enhancing safety, reducing costs, and avoiding the need for re-sticks." A post-market trial is currently comparing patients treated with Telesso"s catheter to the industry"s gold standard device for peripheral IV placement. Data review is expected in Q2-Q3 2009. About the Guide Wire-Assisted Peripheral IV Cathete A peripheral vein is the most common site for insertion of a catheter for short-term diagnostic or therapeutic use. The catheter is placed into the peripheral vein in the arm and is typically passed up inside the vein to a length of 2-3 inches. Telesso"s uniquely-designed guide wire-assisted peripheral IV catheter device uses a first-in-class retractable nitinol guide wire system that is believed to enable easier IV access, reduce common safety risks, significantly lessen patient pain and discomfort, and provide cost savings to facilities by lowering administrative costs associated with failed IV starts. Telesso believes this catheter device is the first clinically meaningful advancement in peripheral IV access since automatic needle retraction catheters and addresses significant unmet needs in peripheral intravenous access. About the Telesso-VPI Agreement Telesso Technologies Limited announced in December 2008 that it entered into a strategic agreement with Vascular Pathways, Inc. (VPI), a private company based in California, to co-develop VPI"s guide wire-assisted device with the funding of the clinical trial and to potentially acquire VPI. Jeff Riley Cytori Therapeutics


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