Breast tissue in women younger than 50 tends to be denser and harder for conventional mammogram scans to detect, but a new digital infra-red technique pushes up the detection rate dramatically. The technology originally was developed by the US military for night vision use. It uses a camera to detect heat, sensing temperature changes in [...]
Abviva Details Patent Information for its Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Technology
May 11, 2010 By
Abviva, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ABVV), a biomedical company engaged in the development and commercialization of breast cancer related applications of Mammastatin, today provided further details about worldwide patent protection for its breast cancer risk assessment technology. The Company previously announced that the Japanese Patent Office issued two patents on the core technology that may be [...]
Director of Women’s Heart Initiative Warns Women to Wake-Up to the Threat of Heart Disease
April 26, 2010 By
The co-director of the Women’s Heart Initiative at one of the leading healthcare systems in the Northeast says women must do more to identify the early signs of heart disease and be more aggressive in seeking treatment. Dr. Maribel Hernandez, Cardiologist/Electrophysiologist at Main Line Health’s Lankenau Heart Center says recent comments by broadcaster Barbara Walters, [...]