The Nevro Senza, as shown in a video on the company's website. Nevro’s stock is now up more than 20% from where it was late last week, after the Menlo Park, CA–based company said that the FDA has deemed the PMA for its spinal ...
Tags: spinal pain-killing device, Health
Reusable passive packaging is an economic option and is preferred by the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry, according to a survey conducted by global provider of temperature assurance packaging Sonoco ThermoSafe. The 2014 survey was ...
Tags: package efficiency, ownership costs, pricing, Agriculture
More research is needed into the effectiveness of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), although emerging research suggests the method is an effective way to reduce or quit smoking, according to a review of research on e-cigarettes ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Agriculture
China will become the world's second-largest medical technology market with a value of $55 billion by 2020, The Boston Consulting Group said in a report released on Wednesday. The medtech market, including instruments and equipment, ...
Tags: medical technology, medical device
Packaging services provider Packaging Coordinators (PCI) has acquired pharmaceutical services provider Biotec for an undisclosed amount. Headquartered in Wales, Biotec is a provider of clinical trials and temperature controlled ...
People attempting to quit smoking without professional help were approximately 60 per cent more likely to report succeeding if they used e-cigarettes than if they used willpower alone or over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies such ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Smokers
A new type of flour may help in the treatment of peanut and other food allergies A new type of flour that someday could be used in food-based therapies to help people better tolerate their allergy triggers, including peanuts, has been ...
Tags: peanut, food allergies
In its mission to make Indian homes fashionable, leading home fashion brand, Portico New York launches their first edition of Fashion@Home Retail Conference 2014 in India. The event will flag off in Delhi followed by Mumbai, Hyderabad, ...
Tags: soya bean, blankets, memory foam pillows
A spinal stimulator from Medtronic designed for chronic pain management helped four patients with paralyzed lower limbs to regain some control over their legs. In four men who had been paralyzed from the waist down, the RestoreAdvanced ...
Warsaw, IN–based medical device manufacturer Biomet Inc. announced on March 7 that it had filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed an initial public offering of common stock. The announcement states ...
The optimization of tooling performance helps to eradicate waste.This requires giving suitable consideration to the choice and treatment of the tool steel. Consumer of tool steels are confronted with a variety of options related to flame ...
Many mothers with children on life-sustaining medical devices, such as ventilators and breathing or feeding tubes, suffer physical and psychological distress from the stress of juggling treatments, appointments, therapies and daily family ...
Tags: Mental Health of Mothers, Technology-Dependent Children
New research shows that consumption of dark chocolate helps loosen up stiff arteries and prevents white blood cells from sticking to thickening artery walls -- two primary causes of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a type of hardening ...
Tags: dark chocolate, Atherosclerosis, indicators of vascular health
Cross section of bioprinted human liver tissue showing hepatocytes (blue nuclei), endothelial cells (red), and hepatic stellate cells (green). (Courtesy Organovo Holdings Inc.) The discovery that living tissues could be built up using a ...
Tags: Organovo, 3-D printer