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Where are the U.S.’s fastest-growing companies? Many aren’t where you’d expect (infographic)

Where are the U.S.’s fastest-growing companies? Many aren’t where you’d expect (infographic)

February 19, 2013 3:51 pm by | 1 Comments

When it comes to entrepreneurial hubs and good places to start a business, reports that name Silicon Valley and Boston as technology and healthcare clusters are only telling part of ... Read more
Wow of the Week: AI that “thinks like a doctor” shows lower costs, better outcomes in study

Wow of the Week: AI that “thinks like a doctor” shows lower costs, better outcomes in study

February 16, 2013 10:15 am by | 3 Comments

It’s not just the masterminds at IBM that can create machines designed to think like doctors. A pair of researchers at Indiana University say they have devised an artificial intelligence ... Read more
Healthcare is an injury-prone profession. Here’s how a few groups are trying to change that

Healthcare is an injury-prone profession. Here’s how a few groups are trying to change that

February 8, 2013 3:02 pm by | 1 Comments

A new initiative headed up by the Indiana Department of Labor is calling some attention to safety in healthcare facilities. Not patient safety though. It’s engaging businesses, labor and trade ... Read more
Nursing home cuts hospital stays, improves patient care by joining health info exchange

Nursing home cuts hospital stays, improves patient care by joining health info exchange

February 5, 2013 7:29 am by | 1 Comments

For those of us in healthcare, “going green” isn’t a fad; it’s a business reality. Conserving resources and taking advantage of new technologies not only improves the environment – it ... Read more
It looks like a hearing aid and babbles, but this device could help people with Parkinson’s speak clearly

It looks like a hearing aid and babbles, but this device could help people with Parkinson’s speak clearly

February 1, 2013 4:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Think about how people talk to each other over lunch at a busy diner, or on their cellphones in a crowded public area. That’s called the Lombard Effect - the ... Read more
Report card app for health products could make shopping at the drugstore a little less confusing

Report card app for health products could make shopping at the drugstore a little less confusing

January 24, 2013 9:33 am by | 0 Comments

Energy drinks are in the news again this week as members of Congress call on the companies that make them to provide data about their ingredients and marketing claims. But ... Read more
Indiana’s life sciences industry economic impact tops $50 billion

Indiana’s life sciences industry economic impact tops $50 billion

January 22, 2013 4:00 pm by | 0 Comments (Sponsored)

This post is sponsored by BioCrossroads.Indiana’s life sciences industry has a $50 billion total impact on the state’s economy, according to recently updated data gathered by the Indiana Business Research ... Read more
Indiana hospital gives Twitterverse a front row seat in the OR for a partial knee replacement

Indiana hospital gives Twitterverse a front row seat in the OR for a partial knee replacement

January 18, 2013 8:39 am by | 0 Comments

Live tweeting a surgery isn’t exactly a novel social media tactic anymore. Since 2009, dozens of hospitals have narrated procedures with 140-character tidbits, from hand transplants to hysterectomies.So it wasn’t ... Read more
Investors have put $15.5M behind cancer drug startup to revive shelved Hsp90 inhibitor

Investors have put $15.5M behind cancer drug startup to revive shelved Hsp90 inhibitor

January 10, 2013 3:14 pm by | 1 Comments

A cancer pharmaceutical startup called Esanex generated lots of reader interest back in May when it began raising a $15 million round.The latest U.S. Security and Exchange Commission filing from ... Read more
Wow of the Week: A look inside minimally invasive brain surgery (with sensors, telescopes and algorithms)

Wow of the Week: A look inside minimally invasive brain surgery (with sensors, telescopes and algorithms)

January 5, 2013 8:00 am by | 0 Comments

It’s one thing to read about companies developing amazing medical technologies, but it’s a completely different thing to actually see them in use.Pauline Tam, a writer for Postmedia News in ... Read more
Notre Dame spinoff illustrates the endless hurdles in rare disease drug development

Notre Dame spinoff illustrates the endless hurdles in rare disease drug development

December 13, 2012 1:23 pm by | 0 Comments

Ara Parseghian is most known for his 11-year run as coach of the University of Notre Dame football team, which went 95-17-4 while he was coach and won two national ... Read more
Scientists could save time on protein sample preparation with startup’s automated system

Scientists could save time on protein sample preparation with startup’s automated system

December 7, 2012 2:43 pm by | 0 Comments

Progress in genomics and the surge in clinical development of biomarkers and biologics underscore the impact of protein research on medicine. So it doesn’t work in researchers’ favor that preparing ... Read more
Medical manufacturing jobs are changing. Colleges & industry must innovate education to keep up

Medical manufacturing jobs are changing. Colleges & industry must innovate education to keep up

November 23, 2012 3:38 pm by | 0 Comments

Educating future scientists, entrepreneurs and doctors and nurses is certainly crucial as healthcare sees fundamental shifts in policy and technological advances that not long ago seemed unimaginable.But there’s another group ... Read more
Research institute’s new contest brings the patient voice into scientific research labs

Research institute’s new contest brings the patient voice into scientific research labs

November 23, 2012 10:50 am by | 0 Comments

How in tune are medical researchers with the patients who will eventually use the products, services and methods they develop?Healthcare research powerhouse Regenstrief Institute says consumers’ voices are typically underrepresented ... Read more
Cook Medical is first to win FDA approval of drug-eluting stent for peripheral artery disease

Cook Medical is first to win FDA approval of drug-eluting stent for peripheral artery disease

November 15, 2012 4:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Cook Medical has received FDA approval for the first drug-eluting stent to treat peripheral artery disease in the U.S.The Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent is a self-expanding metal stent coated ... Read more