St Jude Medical has received regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for its Eon Mini spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system. St Jude Medical claims that the…
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Boehringer Ingelheim microParts opens inhalation device production facility
Boehringer Ingelheim microParts has opened module 2 of its new atomisation factory, a four-storey production facility at the Dortmund Technology Park, with an investment of about €70m. Boehringer Ingelheim microParts, with its…
HIEs show their value to community physicians
Trying to build a critical mass of physicians to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) and participate in health information exchanges (HIEs) is one of the more difficult tasks of HIEs and regional…
Important Clues To How Bacteria And Viruses Are Identified As Enemies Revealed By Scientists
A new research report in the October 2010 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds important light on how our immune systems detect invading organisms to be destroyed and removed…
Scots denied cancer drugs given in England
Cancer patients in Scotland will miss out on drugs which are now available to sufferers in England through a new treatment fund, campaigners have warned. The Rarer Cancers Foundation (RCF) said 18…
Memory problems linked to cancer
People with a history of cancer are 40 per cent more likely to suffer memory problems than those who have never had the disease, researchers said. Survivors who have been given the…
Poor kidney function related to strokes and heart disease
In the first study, researchers from Taiwan and the US found that a low fluid rate through the kidneys was linked to a higher risk of stroke in later life. By analysing…
Molecular On-Off Switches Defined for Cancer, Autoimmunity
Scientists offered hope for new cancer drugs by examining the seemingly conflicting roles of how oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes handle cellular stress. A new report published in the October 2010 print…
Eating junk food as addictive as drugs
A British study suggests that a diet of burgers, chips and cake programmes your brain to crave even more for foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat content – just…
Lack of vital drugs could put premature babies at risk
Newborn babies could die or suffer brain damage because hospitals are facing shortages of vital drugs, a senior doctor says. Hospitals are having difficulties obtaining drugs that boost lung growth in unborn…
Surgery for multiple sclerosis available at private clinic in UK
A surgical treatment for multiple sclerosis is to be offered privately in the UK, despite warnings that it has not been proved safe or effective. A clinic in Edinburgh will begin operations…
GPs stage revolt over ‘damaging’ NHS shake-up
Doctors went to war with the Government last night, claiming reforms to the NHS risk undermining the future of the Health Service. They say that proposed changes, which will see family doctors…
New Technology Could Make Sure No Sponge Is Left Behind During Surgery
Using the same technology found in clothing tags used in retail store tracking systems, a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that surgical sponges with implanted radio…
Key Leukemia Defense Mechanism Discovered
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher Steven Grant, M.D., and a team of VCU Massey researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which leukemia cells trigger a protective response when exposed to…
No Link Found Between Decrease In Suicide And Newer Antidepressants
Many researchers have studied the relationship between the increase in sales of new antidepressants in recent decades and a simultaneous decline in the suicide rate. In a study based on figures from…