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Multi-center results confirm durability of USGI Medical's Expandable Tissue Anchors

USGI Medical, Inc., the Incisionless Surgery company, today announced that updated multi-center results confirm durability of the company's Expandable Tissue Anchors- up to a year or more in a variety of incisionless gastrointestinal (GI) procedures, including use of a ROSE procedure (Repair of Surgery, Endolumenal) to repair dilated tissue after gastric bypass.

14 Sep 2010

Researchers to discuss brain's secrets at neuroscience conference

Top brain researchers from around the world will be in Milwaukee, Sept, 16-19, 2010, for a neuroscience conference focused on gaining insights into the brain's inner workings to better understand how the brain thinks, how the brain develops, and how the brain is altered by neurological diseases and how it responds to treatment.

14 Sep 2010

New electronic sensor detects pressure exerted by 20 milligram bluebottle fly carcass

The light, tickling tread of a pesky fly landing on your face may strike most of us as one of the most aggravating of life's small annoyances. But for scientists working to develop pressure sensors for artificial skin for use on prosthetic limbs or robots, skin sensitive enough to feel the tickle of fly feet would be a huge advance. Now Stanford researchers have built such a sensor.

14 Sep 2010

Enlarged hearts regress faster in elderly women than in men after aortic valve replacement

Heart enlargement caused by narrowed aortic valves regresses faster in elderly women than in men after aortic valve replacement, according to research reported in a surgical supplement of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

14 Sep 2010

Switching ACS patients to Effient therapy reduces Maximum Platelet Aggregation

A study evaluating the level of platelet aggregation achieved after switching from Plavix (clopidogrel) 75 mg once-daily maintenance dosing plus aspirin to Effient(prasugrel) 10 mg once-daily maintenance dosing (MD) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

14 Sep 2010

New 'Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management' journal

Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, covers all aspects of hypothermia and temperature considerations relevant to this exciting field, including its application in cardiac arrest, spinal cord and traumatic brain injury, stroke, myocardial ischemia, neurogenic fever, emergency medicine, ICU management, anesthesiology, pediatrics, and much more.

14 Sep 2010

ADHD medication improves childhood cancer survivors: Research

A medicine widely used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also provides long-term relief from the attention and behavior changes that affect many childhood cancer survivors, according to a multicenter trial led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators.

14 Sep 2010

St. John Hospital commences enrollment in CONNECT trial for peripheral artery disease

St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit and Avinger, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of innovative devices to combat peripheral artery disease, announced today the enrollment of the first patient in the CONNECT (Chronic TOtal OcclusioN CrossiNg with thE WildCat CatheTer) clinical trial.

14 Sep 2010

Capstone Therapeutics reaches overall progress in AZX100 Phase 2a clinical trials for keloid scarring

Capstone Therapeutics announced today that participating subjects have reached the planned twelve-month timepoint in the first of its two ongoing AZX100 Phase 2a clinical trials in keloid scarring. Data analysis for these subjects is underway. Per protocol and the original clinical development plan, results of the two keloid scarring trials will be pooled for analytical purposes and are scheduled for release during 4Q2010.

14 Sep 2010

Victorian health system falters

In the latest annual report from Your Hospitals, that rates the efficiency of hospitals, Victorian hospitals have fared badly. It shows that more than 250,000 emergency department patients were not treated on time in the past year - an increase on four years ago.

13 Sep 2010

LA community clinics facing budget squeeze; Milwaukee may target benefits of public employees; Seattle Times documents 236 deaths in adult homes

Los Angeles Times: "Stung by a budget stalemate that is costing Los Angeles County community clinics more than $330,000 a day in reimbursements, many clinic managers have been forced to take out loans and contemplate cuts to staff and services. Without the funds from Medi-Cal, the state insurance program for low-income patients, 41 clinics statewide have applied for loans from a fund created in response to the budget impasse.

13 Sep 2010

Health care expected to help fuel job growth yet new nurses having difficulties finding jobs

Orlando Sentinel: "Thousands more health-care workers, from doctors to nurses to physical therapists, will be needed in the coming decade in Florida and across the country to treat the increasing number of older Americans — particularly the enormous baby boom generation. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, health care is expected to generate 3.2 million new jobs through 2018, more than any other industry and mainly because of the increasing number of elderly.

13 Sep 2010

NUH receives DSRB approval for new comparative study with TIGR Matrix Surgical Mesh

Novus Scientific Pte. Ltd today announced that the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore has received Domain Specific Review Board (DSRB i.e. IRB equivalent) provisional approval for a new study: Abdominal Wall Closure After Lipectomy, TRAM/DIEP Flap - Comparison of TIGR (100% Resorbable) vs Polypropylene (Permanent) Mesh.

13 Sep 2010

First US implantation of Medtronic Tri-Ad Semi-Flexible Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring

David H. Adams, MD, Marie-Jos-e and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, has performed the first implantation of the Medtronic Tri-Ad Semi-Flexible Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring in the United States. Dr. Adams invented the ring, which was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

13 Sep 2010

North Mississippi IRB approves CEL-SCI's Multikine Phase III clinical trial for head and neck cancer

CEL-SCI Corporation announced today it has received approval from the North Mississippi Health Services Institutional Review Board ("IRB") to begin enrollment of subjects for a Phase III clinical trial of Multikine®, the Company's flagship immunotherapy developed as a first-line standard of care in treating head and neck cancer. An IRB is a group formally designated by an institution to review and monitor research involving human subjects and to ensure protection of their rights and welfare.

13 Sep 2010

Cytori Therapeutics releases schedule of fall 2010 and investor conferences

Cytori Therapeutics announced today its fall 2010 conference schedule.

13 Sep 2010

SpineAlign commences enrollment in European Observational Registry for VerteLift System

SpineAlign Medical, Inc. announced today that it has enrolled its initial patient in the European Observational Registry for the VerteLift System, an observation study to further assess the ability of the VerteLift System to treat the pain and dysfunction associated with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF), while providing clinically measurable height restoration based upon previous European experience and analysis.

13 Sep 2010

Vical's TransVax CMV vaccine achieves key endpoints in Phase 2 trial in immunocompromised HCT recipients

Vical Incorporated announced today the achievement of key efficacy, immunogenicity and safety results in a Phase 2 trial, establishing its TransVax™ cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine as the first to provide evidence of protection in immunocompromised hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients, and defining a potential pathway for further development.

13 Sep 2010

Less-invasive alternative to vasectomy

Pro-Vas® – the new faster, less-invasive alternative to traditional vasectomy – was featured Thursday in millions of homes and doctors' offices across the nation on "The Doctors" TV show. This nationally syndicated show highlights significant advancements in the world of health and medicine.

13 Sep 2010

Fusion surgery for spondylolisthesis in lumbar spine has long-term benefits: Study

A group of children who underwent fusion surgery for spondylolisthesis in the lumbar spine 30 years ago showed a clear reduction in back pain when followed up seven years later. A new study of these patients as adults has found that the benefits have lasted, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital presented this week at the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) annual international conference in Gothenburg.

13 Sep 2010

Surgery News and Research

Multi-center results confirm durability of USGI Medical's Expandable Tissue Anchors

Researchers to discuss brain's secrets at neuroscience conference

New electronic sensor detects pressure exerted by 20 milligram bluebottle fly carcass

Enlarged hearts regress faster in elderly women than in men after aortic valve replacement

Switching ACS patients to Effient therapy reduces Maximum Platelet Aggregation

New 'Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management' journal

ADHD medication improves childhood cancer survivors: Research

St. John Hospital commences enrollment in CONNECT trial for peripheral artery disease

Capstone Therapeutics reaches overall progress in AZX100 Phase 2a clinical trials for keloid scarring

Victorian health system falters

LA community clinics facing budget squeeze; Milwaukee may target benefits of public employees; Seattle Times documents 236 deaths in adult homes

Health care expected to help fuel job growth yet new nurses having difficulties finding jobs

NUH receives DSRB approval for new comparative study with TIGR Matrix Surgical Mesh

First US implantation of Medtronic Tri-Ad Semi-Flexible Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring

North Mississippi IRB approves CEL-SCI's Multikine Phase III clinical trial for head and neck cancer

Cytori Therapeutics releases schedule of fall 2010 and investor conferences

SpineAlign commences enrollment in European Observational Registry for VerteLift System

Vical's TransVax CMV vaccine achieves key endpoints in Phase 2 trial in immunocompromised HCT recipients

Less-invasive alternative to vasectomy

Fusion surgery for spondylolisthesis in lumbar spine has long-term benefits: Study

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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