ANN ARBOR - Government web sites outperformed private sector web sites in a healthcare benchmark report released Tuesday by Ann Arbor-based ForeSee Results. The survey measured the customer satisfaction of nearly 40,000 visitors to healthcare web sites during the month of October. On the benchmark?s 100-point scale, government websites scored 79 (in aggregate), while pharmaceutical
NEW YORK - IBM researchers have cooked up a quick medical diagnostic testing system based on a silicon chip that can get by on a small sample and test for multiple diseases. The breakthrough to be announced Tuesday means that physicians can test a patient immediately following a heart attack to improve survival rates, CNET
LANSING - The H1N1 flu virus, the swine flu, is no more deadly than seasonal flu, senators were told, but it will likely result in more deaths because it is so widespread and because there is no general immunity to the disease. Members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Community Health were
DETROIT - Wayne State University's TechTown will soon open its Stem Cell Commercialization Center to help find cures for some of the world's killer diseases, including cancer. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
CLEVELAND - What does the Detroit-Ann Arbor area have over Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Columbus and Pittsburgh? The ability to attract venture capital for health-care companies, at least during the first nine months of 2009. This exciting news came from Cleveland-based BioEnterprise, a nonprofit that promotes the growth of biotech companies. The study shows the Detroit-Ann
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received 13 federal stimulus grants worth $6.8 million for stem cell research - a sign of the state's growing clout since voters last year eased restrictions in the emerging field that seeks treatments and cures for numerous diseases. The Ann Arbor university released the findings Thursday after
ANN ARBOR - The public is invited to submit questions that will be included in a two-part tweet chat about H1N1/Swine flu from 10 am to noon Oct. 22 on Twitter. Sandro Cinti, M.D., an infectious disease expert at the University of Michigan Health System and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, will answer questions during
DETROIT - Michigan will host more than 1,200 researchers, scientists, government officials and life science company representatives next October as the sixth annual World Stem Cell Summit comes to Detroit. The announcement was made Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm at a press conference at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center. The conference will be held at
KALAMAZOO - MichBio will bring its 2009 Expo to the Radisson Plaza Hotel November 3-4. The MichBio Expo is the largest single gathering of bioscience professionals in the state attracting more than 500 biosciences professionals and service providers, and more than 60 exhibitors last year. This year's two-day program offers an opportunity for new and
GRAND RAPIDS - The 2009 annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Midwest conference will be held at Amway Grand Plaza November 2 - 3 to focus on the role and responsibility of healthcare IT within the federal stimulus reform. Industry leaders will discuss the incorporation of healthcare IT provisions in the legislation and the impact