The vast majority of epilepsy patients who have brain surgery to treat the seizure disorder find it improves their mood and their ability to work and drive, a new study reveals. Meanwhile, a second study also indicates the procedure is ...
Tags: epilepsy patients, seizure disorder, brain surgery, epilepsy surgery
People who take certain acid-reflux medications might have an increased risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency, according to new research. Taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to ease the symptoms of excess stomach acid for more than two years ...
Tags: acid-reflux medications, vitamin B-12 deficiency, proton pump inhibitors
British researchers say brain connection reorganization begins earlier in girls and this may explain why girls mature faster than boys during their teen years. Study leader Dr.Marcus Kaiser and Sol Lim at Newcastle University in England ...
Boehringer Ingelheim has entered into a research collaboration agreement with and Circuit Therapeutics to discover new ways of treating psychiatric disorders. As per the deal, the companies will combine their research and development ...
Tags: Boehringer, Psychiatric Disorders
Boston Scientific has obtained CE Mark approval for its X4 line of quadripolar CRT-D systems, including the AUTOGEN X4, DYNAGEN X4, and INOGEN X4 cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), a suite of ACUITY X4 quadripolar LV ...
Tags: CRT-D Systems, CE Mark
Unilife, a medical device and technology company, has announced the signing of an agreement with a global pharmaceutical company seeking to use the Unilife Ocu-ject ocular drug delivery system to deliver a target injectable therapy into the ...
Tags: Unilife, medical device
US-based TYRX has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for expanded indications in marketing the AIGISRx N antibacterial envelope for use with spinal cord neuromodulators. Recently, TYRX has also obtained an ...
PharmAthene, a biodefense company, announced that it has terminated its definitive merger agreement with US-based Theraclone Sciences with consent from Theraclone. The agreement provided for the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...
Posted in Implantable devices by Chris Newmarker on November 26, 2013 Investors apparently see promise in retinal implant systems and their potential to make the blind see again. Pixium Vision—a 2-year-old French company ...
Tags: Pixium Retinal, implant, technology, win, investment
A demonstration in Rome by supporters of stem-cell therapy snarled traffic and forced the lower of house of Parliament to shut down Monday. The protesters claim a potential therapy involving the removal of bone-marrow stem cells from a ...
Tags: stem-cell, treatment, demonstration, Rome, snarls, traffic
The RNS device receiced FDA approval via the PMA pathway. NeuroPace (Mountain View, CA) landed FDA PMA approval for its RNS Stimulator, a device that can detect and treat patients suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy. Seizures occur ...
Tags: RNS, FDA approval, PMA pathway, NeuroPace
For many suffering from blindness, the perfect Christmas gift has arrived. Next month, the Argus II Retinal Prothesis System by Second Sight is slated to go on sale in the United States. The Argus II by Second Sight can restore sight for ...
Tags: Bionic Eye, blindness
The whole issue of saturated fat dangers is falling apart gradually, although there are still many diet and medical experts still inside its crumbling edifice. The fact is unprocessed saturated fats are necessary for good health. Our ...
Tags: 8, coconut, coconut oil
The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's dementia worldwide currently totals 30 million, with new cases expected to triple by the year 2050. What has changed over the past 50 years to account for such an epidemic rise in this once ...
Tags: virgin, olive oil, abnormal, brain tangle, formation, Alzheimer
Medical nutrition scientists have written volumes that show how the nutrients from the foods we eat daily alter our genetic structure as well as the metabolism of every one of the trillions of cells in our body. Neurons in the brain are ...
Tags: fish oil fat, brain, junk food, diet