London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in Canada has performed Bonebridge, a bone conduction hearing implant. Developed by MED-El Medical Electronics, Bonebridge is a technology that makes it possible for hearing impairments, including ...
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Boston Scientific has received CE Mark approval for the Rhythmia Mapping System, a next-generation 3D mapping and navigation solution for use in cardiac catheter ablations and other electrophysiology (EP) procedures to treat abnormal heart ...
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Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation brand, introduces Spirit ps 1040-10, an industrial-grade picosecond laser for precision micromachining applications. The new laser delivers high finesse with exceptional beam quality (M2< 1.2), high ...
April 15, 2013 - EBMag has learned that St. John’s Rehab Foundation is inviting you to join them May 30 for the Lights of Hope Gala in support of the St. John’s Rehab program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. You may recall ...
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US-based label printing company Labels in Motion has purchased and installed a Xeikon 3500 digital label press in order to handle production of customized labels for the nutraceutical market. Xeikon 3500 is based in a new 135,000ft2 ...
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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Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
Researchers at the University of Southampton are undertaking a new stage of a study aimed at improving the health and mobility of those suffering from the common complaint of ‘walking on marbles’ associated with Rheumatoid ...
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LGC and Quotient Bioresearch have reached agreement on the sale by Quotient of its Bioanalytical Sciences division, which now forms part of LGC's Health Sciences division. The acquisition will enable LGC to provide an enhanced range of ...
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LGC has reached an agreement to acquire Cambridgeshire-based Quotient Bioresearch's bioanalytical sciences division. The acquisition will allow Quotient's bioanalytical sciences division to form a part of LGC's health sciences division ...
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Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) in partnership with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will introduce health warning labels on outer packaging of tobacco products effective March 2013. Under the new measure, which is part ...
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Huntsman Cancer Institute, a part of the University of Utah Health Sciences, has chosen Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation MultiCaregiver solution for use in its electronic health record and patient charting solution. The solution, which ...
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has purchased maxIT Healthcare Holdings, a provider of healthcare IT services and solutions to commercial hospital groups and other medical delivery organizations. The services ...
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Nestlé is extending its Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Konolfingen, as part of its commitment to increase its research and development (R&D) capabilities in Switzerland. Earlier this year, the company opened a Clinical ...
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — August 9, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) — Since 1892, Aultman has served Canton, Ohio, with exceptional health care services. In 2010, Stark County's largest hospital and employer launched a project to serve ...
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