U.S. scientists report progress of a hormone therapy that can improve the outcome of bone grafts to treat bone loss from disease, birth defects or trauma. Zulma Gazit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Edward Schwarz of Rochester University ...
Tags: parathyroid, hormone, outcome, bone, graft
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration halted the selling of the 23andMe Saliva Collection Kit and Personal Genome Service -- a home DNA test. In a letter posted on its website, the FDA alleged 23andMe was being sold without clearance or ...
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic in Raleigh, NC, USA, one of the city’s largest orthopaedic practices, has chose LED lighting from LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA for its new headquarters and surgery ...
Tags: CREE LED Architectural, Lighting
After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
The Anapol Schwartz personal injury law firm has announced that a $2.5bn proposed settlement was submitted for the DePuy Orthopaedics Articular surface replacement (ASR) hip implant litigation in a Toledo, Ohio federal court. The ...
Tags: Metal-on-Metal Hip, Medicine
BonAlive Biomaterials, a manufacturer of implantable medical devices for bone regeneration, has announced the CE Mark approval and the launch of a patented, ready-to-use and mouldable version of its osteostimulative BonAlive bioactive glass ...
Global medical company Sorin has announced the CE Mark approval and first implantation of the new Solo Smart biological aortic pericardial heart valve in Europe. Solo Smart is the evolution of the company's Freedom Solo pericardial aortic ...
Tags: Heart Valve, Health, Medicine
Megadyne Medical Products, an electrosurgical products company, and Ethicon Endo-Surgery Energy business have entered into a collaboration agreement to provide customers greater choice and access to high-quality monopolar, bipolar, advanced ...
A recent research report cites 10 medical device technologies with significant growth potential that are valued at roughly $454.3 billion. The technologies include: 1. Diagnostic imaging, including nuclear imaging, interventional ...
During this year’s BIOMEDevice exposition in San Jose, California, Secant Medical will be exhibiting its biomedical textiles engineering and novel biomaterial capabilities. The technical staff will be available at booth #633, December ...
Tags: Secant Medical, Biomedical Textile, Resorbable Material Technologies
Medical device giant Johnson & Johnson has reportedly negotiated a settlement that will bring an end to over 7,500 lawsuits from patients who received the company’s all-metal hip implants. For many of these patients, complications ...
Tags: J&J, Hip Implant, $4 Billion
In what could be a game changer in the field of medical imaging, an Israeli firm known as RealView Imaging enables physicians to manipulate and analyze a patient's internal organ anatomy in midair in real time. A physician can, for ...
Posted in Cardiovascular by Qmed Staff on November 19, 2013 The Sapien 3 could be used in a broader range of patients than earlier TAVR products introduced internationally. Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA) is in the news after The ...
For thousands of years, the human race has benefited significantly from the consumption of fresh coconut and its many derivatives. Coconut water, coconut flesh, and coconut oil all possess unique nutritional profiles that make them superior ...
With this coming February being American Heart Month and with the holiday gluttony behind us, maybe this is a good time to look at the causes and cure for heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in civilized nations with ...