Philips and MediGuide announced they have started their planned clinical trials in the USA in the Columbia New York Presbyterian (NYP) Hospital under IDE using the Philips Integris Allura Flat Detector catheterization (cath) lab (Allura FD-10) integrated with MediGuide’s Medical Positioning System (gMPS”) technology and using the MediGuide gMPS” Enabled Guided Measurement Catheter (GMC”).Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and MediGuide Ltd.

Older Iranian immigrants in Sweden have a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease than their counterparts in Iran. But immigration to Sweden does not reduce quality of life, according to a new doctoral dissertation from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. Abdominal obesity is common in both places.

Doctors at Houston’s Texas Heart Institute held a press conference last Saturday (AEST) to provide an update on the ongoing multi-centre Phase 2 clinical trial of the proprietary mesenchymal precursor cell (MPC) technology in patients with heart attacks. This is the first trial in the world to evaluate an allogeneic, or “off-the-shelf”, stem cell therapy injected directly into damaged heart muscle by cardiac catheter.

IRIN/PlusNews on Wednesday examined a global campaign, called “Does HIV Look Like Me?”, that aims to reduce HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination among youth. The campaign is organized by the U.S.-based organization Hope’s Voice International, which partners with groups in other countries such as Cambodia, South Africa and Swaziland.

A recent CDC study that found 48% of black U.S. girls and young women ages 14 to 19 have at least one of four common sexually transmitted infections, compared with 20% of white and Hispanic teens, is “[s]adly” not a “new trend,” Yolanda Young, host of the video blog

AIDS Project New Haven in Connecticut has launched an initiative aimed at educating postmenopausal women about HIV/AIDS in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus among older women, the New Haven Register reports. The

The House of Commons is set to consider legislation on human embryonic stem cell research, USA Today reports. The most controversial piece of the legislation would formalize parliamentary approval for the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for stem cell research. Embryos would be prevented by law from developing past 14 days.

CMS on Thursday released a final rule that updates requirements and standards of care for the more than 4,700 Medicare-approved dialysis facilities nationwide, CQ HealthBeat reports.

The Houston Chronicle on Wednesday examined teen pregnancy and the type of sex education offered in Texas.

A recent CDC study that found that black teenage girls have “far greater rates of common” STIs, including human papillomavirus, chlamydia, herpes simplex virus and trichomoniasis than whites, is “an issue that blacks can’t afford to ignore,” Yolanda Young, host of the video blog