Cardica, a medical device company, has received 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MicroCutter Xchange 30 device and blue staple cartridge for medium thickness tissue. The company has designed the ...
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HealthDay Reporter Latest Heart News Fitness in Teen Years Guards Against Heart Trouble Hispanic Women Unaware of Heart Disease Risks Tretten Approved for Genetic Clotting Disorder 'Stress Gene' Might Raise Odds for Heart Attack Warfarin ...
Innovative adhesive technology published as a cover feature in the high impact journal, Science Translational Medicine Gecko Biomedical, a French medical device company developing 'bio-inspired' biodegradable surgical glues and patches ...
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If your New Year's resolution was to get in shape, you should ease into your exercise program, an expert warns. Trying to get quick results could do more harm than good. "It's important to know and respect your body's limits," Dr. Joshua ...
Eight million U.S. lives were saved by anti-smoking measures enacted since a pivotal surgeon general's report 50 years ago this month, researchers estimate. First author Theodore R. Holford, professor of biostatistics and member of Yale ...
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Efforts to limit tobacco use over the past 50 years have prevented 8 million premature deaths in the United States, giving those people an average of nearly 20 additional years of life, according to a new study. The 1964 U.S. Surgeon ...
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Stryker Corp. recently announced that it has inked an exclusive sales partnership with Samsung subsidiary NeuroLogica, which has a full body, portable CT scanner. Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica's BodyTom portable full body CT ...
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As perceived by both patients and doctors, the cosmetic results after "lumpectomy" for breast cancer differ for African-American versus Caucasian women, suggests a pilot study in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open-, the ...
Skiing, skating, snowboarding and sledding are great ways to stay active during the winter -- if you take proper safety precautions. These sports require planning and caution to avoid potentially serious injuries, according to the ...
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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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Improvements in knee pain following a common orthopedic procedure appear to be largely due to the placebo effect, a new Finnish study suggests. The research, which was published Dec. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine, has weighty ...
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Loyola University Medical Center physicians Christopher Loftus, MD and Jos- Biller, MD are co-editors of a new comprehensive guide to monitoring neural function during brain and spine surgery. The 416-page text, Intraoperative ...
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Chances are that you've heard good things about yoga. It can relax you. It can get you fit -- just look at the bodies of some celebrities who sing yoga's praises. And, more and more, yoga is purported to be able to cure numerous medical ...
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Winter sports and snowy day activities provide lots of exercise and fun, but there's also the risk of injury, an expert warns. "More than 700,000 injuries are reported each year in the United States due to sledding. More than 30 percent ...