More than half of babies and children who receive heart transplants are surviving many years, say the authors of a new study. Pediatric heart transplant patients are living 15 years and longer with good heart function, the scientists ...
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Covidien has announced that its Japanese subsidiary, Covidien Japan, received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for its Endo GIA reinforced reload with Tri-Staple technology. This approval extends ...
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Nonin Medical has signed agreement with Terumo Cardiovascular for the distribution of Nonin Medical’s SenSmart universal oximetry system to all hospitals in the UK and Ireland. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Terumo ...
New Wave Surgical, a surgical device company, has announced that its flagship product D-HELP endoscopic visualization system has surpassed the one-millionth procedure. New Wave Surgical's patented D-HELP system is a device that was ...
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Patients with depression have areas of reduced cortical thickness, with clear distinctions between those with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder (MDD), report US researchers. "Cortical thickness may prove to be a useful tool ...
Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, report researchers at Columbia University Medical Center ...
Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center's Molly Berkowitz, R.N., Trauma Injury Prevention Coordinator, recently received the "Outstanding Emergency Medical Services Educator Award" at the annual New Jersey statewide conference on Emergency ...
A molecule nobody thought to explore may unlock a potential therapeutic target for a debilitating connective tissue disorder, according to Western-led research. Western professor Dr. David O'Gorman and PhD student Christina Raykha have ...
Tags: therapeutic target, connective tissue disorder, Dupuytren's disease
K2M, Inc., the largest privately held spinal device company in the world focused on developing innovative solutions for the treatment of complex spinal pathologies and minimally invasive procedures, today announced it has received 510(k) ...
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Women are four times more likely than men to seek weight-loss surgery, a new study finds. And men typically are older, more obese and sicker than women when they do see a doctor about having the procedure, the researchers found. "It is ...
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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 ...
Patching up holes in blood vessels and the heart's walls may become easier with a new light-activated glue. This adhesive, described in the journal Science Translational Medicine, sets in seconds when exposed to UV light. The new ...
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Globus Medical, a musculoskeletal implant manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of Excelsius Surgical, the developer of a next generation surgical robotic positioning platform for spine, brain and therapeutic markets. The company ...
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