People over 50, rejoice! The FDA has approved a non-invasive test for colorectal cancer, and it may not take years to obtain. Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist David Ahlquist co-invented the test, Cologuard, which detects the presence of ...
An intensive care ward at Glasgow Royal Infirmary is trialling a lighting system that has been designed to kill superbugs including MRSA, E. coli and C. diff. The HINS-light system, which has been developed by the University of ...
NeuroPace (Mountain View, CA) will team with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new neurostimulation treatments for epilepsy patients with memory deficits. The project may ultimately benefit patients with other ...
From GE Healthcare carbon dioxide detectors with potentially incorrect values to Medtronic’s recall of a cerebrospinal fluid draining and monitoring device, July saw plenty of news when it came to serious medical device errors. And ...
Medtech giant Medtronic apparently hasn't slowed down on its appetite for using Apple technology internally—even as the iconic tech company is signaling its interest to compete more actively in the healthcare market. Fridley, ...
Medtech manufacturers may soon have clearer guidelines on how to get their products through the FDA’s 510(k) process—with the changes meant to address the widespread criticism of the regulatory pathway in recent years by ...
Big Tobacco, almost unbelievably, is lending a hand in the creation of a potential breakthrough drug, a new class of drugs that could dull grave psychiatric disorders, improve attention of ADHD afflicted children, repel Alzheimer's onset, ...
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By including so many healthcare-related features in its much-anticipated iWatch, Apple is apparently discovering what established medical device companies have known for a long time: The FDA’s ways make the timetable for releasing a ...
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The Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) and Waters Corporation - a company based in Massachusetts, USA - have begun working together on a groundbreaking new research project which could one day lead to the development of ...
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Active Health Foods, announced that its umbrella company Tandem is headed for very strong growth and things are moving "FULL SPEED AHEAD"! Tandem's CIO Blake Douglas explains, "As we set out to build this new venture the excitement ...
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Pharmacy automation supplier TCGRx has launched new pouch packaging, the CompletePac, which is said to address adherence packaging at the point of discharge from hospitals and rehabilitation units in long-term care. In a safe and ...
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Edwards' Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve (Courtesy Edwards Lifesciences) Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, CA) has announced both the FDA approval and the U.S. launch of its next-generation Sapien XT transcatheter aortic ...
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"Electronic cigarettes are good to quit smoking because nicotine dependence, to protect them." So the family physician Maria Martin -? "You all know that new forms of smoking" Rabadán is bluntly at the meeting, held on Thursday and ...
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"Electronic cigarette smoking is good, because they are constantly dependent on nicotine." So, the doctor's family, Maria Martin - Rabadán is straightforward at the meeting on Thursday in the magazine, and "you know all about the new ...