For some plastic surgery patients, expectations are unrealistically high. Basing their hopes on the before-and-after albums offered in surgeons’ offices, they expect to achieve a perfect body or to look just like…
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New robotic technique can better predict tumors during radiotherapy, prevent severity of side effects
Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center have demonstrated a new real-time tumor tracking technique that can help minimize the amount of radiation delivered to surrounding healthy tissue…
Antares initiates dosing in VIBEX MTX clinical study for rheumatoid arthritis
Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a clinical study evaluating the VIBEX™ MTX product which is being developed for the treatment of…
CDH first hospital in New England to use Xenex PX-UV disinfection system
Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) today announced it is the first hospital in New England to use the Xenex PX-UV disinfection system to disinfect its patient and operating rooms. “Compared to other hospitals…
Brain surgeon partners with NASA’s JPL to design high-tech surgical instruments
Internationally renowned brain surgeon Hrayr Shahinian, M.D., a pioneer in minimally invasive brain surgery, has announced that he is teaming with scientists and technologists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena,…
FDA approves Cyberonics Aspire High Capacity generator for vagus nerve stimulation therapy
Cyberonics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYBX) today announced that the AspireHC™ (High Capacity) generator for use in vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for…
Sprint Fidelis ICD leads fail more often in younger patients with hereditary heart disease
The recalled Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads (Medtronic) failed more often in younger patients, women, and individuals with hereditary heart disease, according to a multicenter study published online Jan. 17 in…
Avantra Biosciences selects TGen Drug Development for new biomarker quantitation platform
Avantra Biosciences today announced the selection of TGen Drug Development (TD2) as a key test site for Avantra’s new biomarker quantitation platform. Avantra, based near Boston in Woburn, Mass., has created an…
Widespread screening or ultrasound for blocked neck arteries not necessary to determine stroke risk
New multi-agency guidelines recommend against widespread screening for blocked neck arteries, using ultrasound to detect the condition only in people with symptoms or other stroke risk factors. — For people with severely…
HighRes Biosolutions to build High-Throughput Laboratory Network for LANL-UCLA
HighRes Biosolutions selected to build LANL-UCLA system for testing A compact, self-contained, automated system for surveillance and screening of potential pandemic strains of influenza and other deadly infectious diseases is a step…
DNA Direct implements four new health plan clients for molecular diagnostic and genetic tests
DNA Direct, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and a provider of guidance and decision support for genomic medicine, today announced four new health plan clients that are implementing…
Health Canada approves Microsulis Medical’s Accu2i percutaneous microwave tissue ablation system
Microsulis Medical Limited, the leading company in microwave technology for medical devices, today announced that it has received approval from Health Canada for the Acculis Accu2i percutaneous microwave tissue ablation (pMTA) system…
Cappella initiates multi-center Italian Sideguard open label clinical study
Cappella Medical Devices announces initiation of the multi-center Italian Sideguard® open label clinical study. The Principal Investigator (PI) of the study, Dr. Giuseppe Massimo Sangiorgi at the Policlinico di Modena – University…
FDA grants Mederi 510(k) clearance for new MDRF1 radiofrequency generator
Mederi Therapeutics Inc. announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new MDRF1 Generator. The Mederi RF Generator powers the Stretta® System for treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)…
Physicians suggest new target structure for deep brain stimulation
Nearly ten percent of all cases of depression are so severe that the patients do not respond to any established treatment method. Targeted stimulation of areas in the brain using a type…