Best US Hospitals U.S. News & World Report has released its 23rd annual Best Hospitals rankings. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is #1 on the U.S. News Honor Roll this year, displacing Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, ...
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Mavic Inc. is searching for a new general manager after the company and Hugh Walton agreed to separate. Walton is recovering from a stroke and recent heart surgery. Walton, a former pro racer and longtime industry executive, was just ...
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St Jude Medical has implanted the first patient with its Portico Transcatheter aortic heart valve designed to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk of needing open-heart surgery, using the Transapical delivery ...
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The NHS is working with the US government to pioneer open-data strategies in the US public sector. This was the claim of Chris Vein, deputy US chief technology officer for government innovation – working in the executive office of ...
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The PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System has been recognized as a one of the winners of the 49th Annual R&D 100 Awards,which salute the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.This ...
Procedure for treating chronic atrial fibrillation,a condition that causes palpitations and fainting,features a laser balloon catheter. Green light for laser heart treatment? A follow-up study of 56 patients with chronic atrial ...
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