US-based CorMatrix Cardiovascular has completed trial on its ECM technology that helps in closing the pericardium of patients undergoing postoperative coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and said the trial results confirm its safe use. ...
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Hugh Walton is going back to work for Descente, the clothing brand with which he has had a long relationship. Walton, still recovering from a stroke and open heart surgery last year, is the new assistant manager of Descente North ...
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Australia-based orthopaedic implant designer and manufacturer Global Orthopaedic Technology said that London’s Charing Cross Hospital has successfully employed its new GRU knee replacement. The hospital has performed two surgical ...
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USA - As an integral part of the distributed audio system UH's Translational Health Science Simulation Centre (THSSC), Tannoy loudspeakers are aiding instructors in providing students with real-life simulations of scenarios they are certain ...
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Furniture stores used to carry one or two sofa beds in very limited styles. Now entire retail outlets are devoted to sleeper sofas and convertible furniture, and many sofa designs are available both as a regular couch and as a sleeper. ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved InfraScan's noninvasive handheld brain hematoma detector for use by civilian and military medical professionals to triage head trauma patients. Featuring a disposable patient ...
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Aspen Dental will inaugurate a new dental practice in Taylor, Michigan, US, to provide dental services ranging from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration. The new office, which will be opened on 24 January ...
Aileron Therapeutics has secured the second tranche in its series D financing, meaning the overall total has now reached $42 million (pound 26 million). This payment followed the successful progression of the company's ALRN-5281 lead ...
MRC Technology, a technology transfer charity and company, announced at the end of last year a pound 577,000 funding award from the Biomedical Catalyst. The award has been granted to MRC Technology to fund research into the role of ...
New research from Mayo Clinic and Banner Sun Health Research Institute has demonstrated that testing a portion of saliva gland could be a way to diagnose Parkinson's disease. The study, which enrolled 15-patient, collected biopsies from ...
A new phenotyping research centre in London aims to help doctors diagnose illness more efficiently and choose the best treatments for patients based on their individual metabolic and physiological characteristics. The Imperial Clinical ...
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Jack-o'-lanterns are an essential part of Halloween decorations, whether you're going to create a sophisticated, over-the-top masterpiece or more of a homespun, simple look. No matter the effort, you need to be careful, because pumpkin ...
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Maxfield & Oberton will stop selling the popular magnetic toys known as Buckyballs, effective Dec. 19. "Given the precedent setting legal case before us and the continued badgering by the [Consumer Product Safety Commission], Buckyballs ...
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Dunecraft Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, is recalling a series of marble-sized toys that expand when in placed in water. The toys, can be swallowed and could cause a life threatening condition. What's more, the ingested toys do not show up on ...
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For almost two decades research has suggested that people with diabetes and multiple clogged arteries live longer and have fewer heart attacks if they undergo bypass surgery instead of angioplasty. Yet many of those people continue to be ...
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