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• Shands at the University of Florida Medical Center Installs the Toshiba Aquilion ONE Dynamic Volume CT

  - 2008-10-02

  Perfusion Capabilities of Dynamic Volume CT to Dramatically Improve Patient Care TUSTIN, Calif. -- In a single gantry rotation Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s Aquilion[R] ONE dynamic volume CT system may change the way hospitals and physicians treat and diagnose patients with cardiovascular and neurological disease. As a testament...

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• Shands Hospital at the University of Florida Adopts the Safety-Sponge™ System Technology

  - 2006-09-28

  LOS ANGELES -- SurgiCount Medical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:PST), announced today that it has entered into a three year agreement to incorporate its patented Safety-Sponge[TM] System for the prevention of retained sponges after surgery into 27 operating rooms at Shands Hospital at the University...

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• Religious Orientation Influences Elderly's Fear of Death, Study Shows.

  - 2006-04-18

  Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 18 AScribe Newswire -- As they approach death, the churchgoing elderly are likely to find little solace in religion if they had little personal commitment to God during the rest of their lives, a new University of...

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• University of Florida Study: Counselors' Gender Not Key in Encouraging Patients to Divulge Affairs.

  - 2005-04-21

  Byline: University of Florida Byline: University of Florida

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• Commercialisation sought.(this month: Development across the industry)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-01

  Companies interested in commercialising a novel device that comfortably immobilises patients during radiation treatment are being sought by the University of Florida. Researchers have designed a device and system that uses a bite tray mounted with a reflector and mirror to allow the patient to reflect...

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• University of Florida researcher Catherine Price.(program to identify patients' mood developed)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-03-01

  University of Florida researcher Catherine Price announced she has developed a program to help ... University of Florida researcher Catherine Price announced she has developed a program to help identify which elderly patients will suffer changes in memory, mood or attention span following surgery.

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• Florida Drug Researchers Address New Antibiotics, St. John's Wort, Medicare Drug Benefit, and Blood Pressure Medication

  - 2005-02-23

  From March 2-5, drug researchers from across the U.S. will convene in Orlando at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel for the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Scientific sessions will focus on drug discovery, development, and usage. Many experts from Florida are...

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• Secondhand Exposure to Drugs May Be an Occupational Hazard for Anesthesiologists.

  - 2004-10-23

  Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 23 AScribe Newswire -- On-the-job exposure to low doses of powerful medications commonly administered to patients intravenously in the operating room may be a factor leading some anesthesiologists to abuse drugs, a theory University of Florida ...

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• Knee replacement goes high-tech

  - 2003-01-01

  Knee replacement surgery is performed on more than 250,000 Americans each year, yet less technology is brought to bear on the issue than on the development of common household appliances, according to B.J. Fregly, an assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Florida...

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• Knee replacement goes high-tech. (Computing).

  - 2003-01-01

  Knee replacement surgery is performed on more than 250,000 Americans each year, yet less technology is brought to bear on the issue than on the development of common household appliances, according to B.J. Fregly, an assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at...

  Tags: 3D, computing, FINANCE, patient, SOFTWARE, team, University of Florida