Citing concern for patient and staff safety, officials at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center have installed bulletproof glass around the emergency department's reception desk. The hospital was the site of a run-in in July between two ...
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CSL Behring's Privigen has obtained marketing authorization from the European Commission for use in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Privigen is an immune globulin intravenous [human], 10% liquid, developed for ...
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The old proverb about people in glass houses not throwing stones comes to mind when you visit Lisa Walsh's new house in Waverley. That's because the house is made of glass. Technically, it's not a house, it's the former Waverley Scouts ...
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Posted by Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 3/25/2013 12:22:33 PM The U.S. Department of Energy has approved of the first bionic eye for use in the U.S. The creation of this retinal prosthesis stems, in part, from DOE support for a decade of ...
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Odegon Technologies’ odour eliminating tags will be available on the British high street from March. The small DeoTags absorb under arm smells via a special military-grade nano-porous fibre sewn into garment lining. Underarm ...
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Medtronic has obtained CE mark certification from the European Union for its Attain Performa portfolio of quadripolar leads. The quadripolar leads are compatible with the company's Viva/Brava Quad cardiac resynchronization therapy ...
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A Fibertect® decontamination wipe having bleached cotton outer layers around a non-particulate activated carbon center — developed by researchers at Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, Texas — has been demonstrated to ...
The results were based on a study on more than 30,000 people. It found that the general population’s exposure to the chemical was too low to have any toxic effects. Experts have claimed that range of human disorders including ...
A new study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Centre in Durham, North Carolina has revealed that environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may suppress a gene important to nerve cell function and to the development of ...
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The Conference of Anesthesia by OMICS Publishing Group was held from November 26-28, 2012 at Hilton San Antonio Airport, USA. The Conference on anesthesia by OMICS Publishing Group invited experts with specific knowledge on the means and ...
Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia and the National Institute of Surveillance of Medicine and Foods in the Ministry of Health in Colombia have approved ElectroCore's non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical vagus nerve stimulation ...
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Phytopharm has announced results of its Phase II, randomised trial of Cogane in unmedicated patients with Parkinson's disease. More than four hundred subjects with early-stage Parkinson's disease were randomly chosen to receive either ...
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ReCor Medical has commenced a post-market Achieve study of its Gen-2 Paradise system, designed for use in patients with resistant high blood pressure. Featuring an over-the-wire 6Fr device and faster procedures, the CE-marked minimally ...
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Kimberly-Clark has announced the launch of a cooled radiofrequency (RF) system, designed to relieve cervical facet joint pain. Available in two configurations, the Cervicool Cooled RF system uses the water-cooled technology to create ...
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EnteroMedics has reported ReCharge study results of its VBLOC vagal blocking therapy, designed for the treatment of obesity. The pacemaker-like Maestro system delivers VBLOC therapy via two small electrodes that are laparoscopically ...