Patching up holes in blood vessels and the heart's walls may become easier with a new light-activated glue. This adhesive, described in the journal Science Translational Medicine, sets in seconds when exposed to UV light. The new ...
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Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is gastric bypass surgery and how many people undergo it? Gastric bypass surgery is a type of bariatric operation that results in weight loss and stimulates metabolic ...
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Researchers have developed a new type of surgical "glue" that they say could help treat children born with heart defects, such as a hole in the heart. The adhesive can quickly stick biodegradable patches inside a beating heart. Unlike ...
UK-based packaging firm Sirane has launched a new protective packaging called BenchGuard Advanced for laboratories, hospitals, surgeries and other clinical environments. The new packaging product is said to have absorbent surface and ...
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In 2012, Raffaella De Vita received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award to lead a national study on pelvic floor disorders, affecting some one third of adult American women. Today, De Vita, associate ...
Tags: Virginia Tech, Pelvic Disorders, Pelvic Disorders Study
In the fall of 2010, 34-year-old Ari Steinfeld and his then-fiancee were walking to a New York City synagogue when a speeding car suddenly jumped the curb and plowed into them. The car hit them both, but Steinfeld was more severely injured ...
Tags: yoga, good physical shape, recovery, yoga mindset, Steinfeld
Hundreds of thousands of hip and knee replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year, and they are highly successful in eliminating pain, restoring mobility and improving quality of life. "Joint replacement, in which ...
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As a preeminent expert in the field of obesity surgery, board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, M.D., F.A.C.S, has personally seen the physical, emotional and financial toll that obesity takes on his patients. As a matter of fact, ...
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Finnish researchers found repairing meniscal cartilage in the knee is no more effective than a placebo and about 500,000 U.S. surgeries may be unnecessary. Adjunct Professor Teppo Jarvinen of the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki ...
There's no evidence to support the safety or effectiveness of nearly 8 percent of all components used in hip-replacement surgeries in England and Wales, a new study finds. The University of Oxford researchers said the current regulatory ...
US-based Medtronic presented seven-year clinical and radiographic outcomes of artificial disc replacement with PRESTIGE cervical disc compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) at the Cervical Spine Research Society Annual ...
Although one of the most typical uses of lengthy latex safety gloves is going to be in a health care sector, there are actually a variety of different scenarios where these latex gloves can be used widely. For instance painting, medical ...
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Marsh Networks and Allianz Insurance are extending the range of Allianz commercial products available to Marsh Networks’ member brokers. The agreement means Marsh Networks’ members can gain access to innovative products that are ...
Avalon Laboratories, LLC Avalon will showcase its capabilities to offer feature-rich single piece medical devices not currently available with extrusion technology in booth #204 at BIOMEDevice San Jose. Avalon will showcase its ...
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British computer scientists are creating a virtual birthing simulator that will hopefully enable doctors and midwives to receive an early warning of an upcoming unusual or dangerous birth, the University of East Anglia said Friday. The ...
Tags: virtual birthing Simulator, Predict Childbirth Problems