When obsessive-compulsive disorder is of crippling severity and drugs and behavior therapy can’t help, there has been for just over a year a thread – or rather a wire – of hope….
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Crustacean inspired technology leads to better calcium supplements
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a unique technology that stabilizes an otherwise unstable form of calcium carbonate. This mineral form provides significantly higher biological absorption and retention rates…
Positive results from Medtronic CoreValve System study for treatment of aortic valve disease
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today issued a statement on results from an independent study published online in the journal Circulation, which confirmed both early and sustained clinical benefits for patients receiving the Medtronic…
New, simple device to detect lung pathogens causing pneumonia
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a new sampling device that could prevent thousands of people worldwide from dying of pneumonia each year. Called PneumoniaCheck, the device created at…
Positive outcomes from first surgery using Zimmer’s DeNovo NT Graft for repair of cartilage
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal care, today announced that results from a peer-reviewed publication demonstrated positive outcomes from the first surgery performed using the DeNovo® NT Graft for the…
Redsense safety device receives 8 hour FDA clinical clearance for nocturnal dialysis
The Redsense safety device is the only device cleared by FDA to monitor patients for potential blood loss from the hemodialysis needle puncture site. With an 8 hour FDA clinical clearance, Redsense…
RAF, Image Gently partner to raise awareness about radiation safety in pediatric imaging
Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) has partnered with the Image Gently Campaign to increase awareness of opportunities to lower radiation dose when imaging children. Image Gently is an initiative of the Alliance…
Hearing Loss Clinic plans for Kenya mission trip to provide people with hearing instruments
The Hearing Loss Clinic, today announced plans for the eight day hearing mission trip to Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nairobi, Kenya projected to result in fitting more than 3,000 adults and children receiving…
RyMed’s InVision-Plus IV Connector decreases catheter-related bloodstream infections by 92.6%
Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA exhibited a poster at the recent 11th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research in Los Angeles, in which their clinical study showed RyMed Technologies’ zero displacement…
Micell initiates enrollment in DESSOLVE II MiStent Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System trial
Micell Technologies,™ Inc. today announced it has enrolled the first patient in the DESSOLVE II (DES with Sirolimus and a bioabsorbable pOLymer for the treatment of patients with de noVo lEsions in…
Loyola begins to offer stem cell transplants to older patients with leukemia and lymphoma
As the first baby boomers turn 65, Loyola University Hospital has begun offering stem cell transplants to leukemia and lymphoma patients who previously were too old to qualify. Hospitals traditionally have not…
U.S. Patent Office issues Notice of Allowance to Biomoda’s CyPath assay for cancer detection
Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. received Notice of Allowance for a U.S. Patent application on a quantitative method for scoring cells labeled with the CyPath® assay to determine whether cells are dysplastic…
Riverain Medical’s chest X-ray computer-aided detection technology detects smaller lung nodules
Riverain Medical, an industry leader and innovator in computer-aided detection (CAD) and advanced visualization technologies, today announced a poster presentation, “A Superior Chest X-Ray Computer-Aided Detection (CXR CADe) Application: A Reader Study,”…
ICR, AB SCIEX collaborate to standardize mass spectrometry-based tissue imaging
A key research area for The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is investigating the spread of cancer in the human body in an effort to identify new and effective treatment strategies. To…
New computer application automatically detects subtle epileptic brain lesions in MRI scans
Proof-of-concept research at NYU Langone validated by leading MRI methods, warrants further research Researchers from the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center identified potential benefits of a new computer application…