The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Medtronic Kyphon Xpander II Inflatable Bone Tamp (IBT) for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures with minimally invasive Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty. Kyphon Xpander…
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Health Tourism Marks Rise in Asia
As per the recent figures, medical tourism is marking an unceasing rise in the Asian countries, particularly in countries as India, Thailand and Singapore. Besides, being discerned as a good location for…
Spending Review 2010: NHS faces bed-blocking crisis
Patients will be left untreated as the NHS struggles to mop up the consequences of severe cuts in local authority funding, said Nigel Edwards, the head of the NHS Confederation. The Coalition…
Greenway acquires imaging technology
Greenway Medical Technologies, a developer of electronic health record technology for physician practices, has acquired imaging technology and certain other assets from VisualMED, an imaging conversion and communications firm. The terms of…
More girls than boys admitted to hospital due to drink
The charity, Alcohol Concern, found that 13 girls were admitted from A&E to a hospital per day between 2004 and 2009 compared with ten boys a day. Experts said it was a…
Joint Commission confronts deadly miscommunications
Ten U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems have partnered with the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare to end potentially deadly breakdowns in communication that occur during the hand-off of patients from one…
Align Technology Invisalign wins SFDA approval in China
Align Technology has received regulatory approval from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to market and sell the Invisalign system as a Class II medical device for the treatment of…
Kaiser Permanente of Georgia leads on breast screening
Aided by its electronic health record system, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia has the highest breast cancer-screening rate for eligible women ages 42 to 69 among the health plans reporting to the National…
Premier Purchasing Partners selects SRI for reusable surgical linens, linen
Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance, has selected SRI/Surgical Express (SRI) for the supply of reusable surgical linens and linen. SRI provides central processing and supply…
Magnesium levels don’t predict heart risk
The hope that a simple blood test could help doctors identify patients likely to develop high blood pressure or heart disease is dashed by the findings of a new study published in…
LGC Standards adds GreenScreen HC, BlueScreen HC test kits
LGC Standards has added human cell genotoxicity testing kits (GreenScreen HC and BlueScreen HC) from Gentronix to its portfolio of life science research and drug discovery products. GreenScreen HC and BlueScreen HC…
Electronic accreditation for medics
The Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulatory body of the health care sector in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, announced yesterday the launch of its new electronic accreditation system for Continuing…
Boston Scientific Advanix biliary stents bags FDA, CE mark clearances
Boston Scientific has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and CE mark approval to market its Advanix biliary plastic stents for the treatment of biliary strictures. The Advanix…
Hospital bed crisis ‘could leave neediest patients untreated’
Hospitals may be unable to admit patients “who badly need care” because of pressure on beds caused by an increase in demand due to cutbacks to local government care in the spending…
Unilife receives US financial support for York syringe manufacturing facility
Unilife has secured US Government financial backing to support the construction of its new global headquarters and manufacturing facility in York, Pennsylvania, which will have the capacity to manufacture up to 400…