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Improved patient selection and practice patterns may lower number of negative tests for CAD

Hospitals vary markedly when it comes to the rate at which diagnostic coronary angiography or catheterization - an invasive procedure that allows doctors to see the vessels and arteries leading to the heart - actually finds obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in people without known heart disease.

10 Aug 2011

Health Canada approves Boston Scientific's WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent

Boston Scientific Corporation's WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent has received Health Canada approval for the treatment of benign biliary strictures, which supplements its current indication for management of malignant biliary strictures.

10 Aug 2011

InVivo announces Platinum sponsorship to W2W spinal cord injury symposium

InVivo Therapeutics today announced the Company's Platinum level sponsorship of the 6th annual Working 2 Walk Science and Advocacy Symposium, which will take place October 16-18, 2011 in Rockville, Maryland.

9 Aug 2011

Acute Care Emergency Surgical Service linked with 15% reduction in decision time

The use of Acute Care Emergency Surgical Service (ACCESS) in emergency departments (EDs) can lead to significant reductions in key patient measures, such as length of stay, surgical decision-making time and "time-to-stretcher", according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

9 Aug 2011

Study reveals increase in number of laparoscopic bariatric operations between 2003-2008

According to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, there was an increase in the number of laparoscopic bariatric procedures, an increase in the number of bariatric surgeons and a decrease of inhospital mortality rates between 2003 and 2008.

9 Aug 2011

Exactech's new Optetrak Logic knee implant effective for painful arthritis

Kevin Hindle, a 47-year-old manufacturing engineer at Exactech, Inc., a global orthopaedic device company, regained his active lifestyle with an innovative new knee implant that he helped develop.

9 Aug 2011

Cook Medical launches Doppler DP-M350 Blood Flow Monitor

In an effort to provide surgeons and nurses with an advanced tool to better monitor blood flow during free flap procedures, Cook Medical has launched the Doppler DP-M350 Blood Flow Monitor, a medical device at the forefront of transplant and reconstructive surgery.

8 Aug 2011

FDA approves Relievant IDE for Intracept System to treat chronic low back pain

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. today announced the company has received Food and Drug Administration approval of an Investigational Device Exemption to begin their SMART pivotal trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Intracept System for treatment of chronic low back pain.

8 Aug 2011

Cook Medical offers silicone balloon catheter for treatment of cysts of the Bartholin gland

Physicians will now have access to Cook Medical's Word catheter, a silicone balloon catheter used to treat cysts of the Bartholin gland, company officials announced today.

8 Aug 2011

Pre-emptive insulin therapy reduces risk of diabetes mellitus after kidney transplantation

Up to 30 percent of all patients develop diabetes mellitus within the first year after a kidney transplantation. This high rate could soon fall rapidly. A Medical University of Vienna research team at Vienna General Hospital's University Department of Internal Medicine III has discovered in the context of a study that pre-emptive insulin therapy drastically reduces this rate.

8 Aug 2011

Researchers team up to combat age-related macular degeneration

A professor at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering has received a $100,000 grant to develop a new technique to fight a disease that gradually destroys vision.

8 Aug 2011

Bladder cancer patients can benefit from radical cystectomy surgery

Bladder cancer patients who have radical surgery at university hospitals can benefit from excellent local control of the disease, acceptable clinical outcomes and low death rates, according to research in the August issue of the urology journal BJUI.

8 Aug 2011

Head and neck melanoma patients can benefit from sentinel lymph node biopsy

A common technique for determining whether melanoma has spread can be used safely and effectively even in tumors from the head and neck area, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

6 Aug 2011

Roundup: State workers in Conn. get lock on retirement health funds

State employees have never warmed to the idea of having to contribute a portion of their pay to help fund their retirement health care, and one of the arguments they make against it is the history of special accounts' being used as a piggybank by legislators and governors when money is tight.

6 Aug 2011

Transvaginal nephrectomy could increase rate of living donors for kidney transplants

Kidney transplant from a living donor, besides of being the best option for young people and those affected by particular conditions, results in increased organ survival and solves in part the organ shortage afflicting Spain since the mid-90 despite the high rate of cadaveric donation.

5 Aug 2011

New strategies for successful donor adult stem cell transplants in blood cancer patients

Findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers may suggest new strategies for successful donor adult stem cell transplants in patients with blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

5 Aug 2011

Proximal colon retroflexion technique safe and effective for neoplasia detection

A new study from researchers in Indiana reports that use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the detection of additional adenomatous polyps in approximately four percent of patients.

5 Aug 2011

University of Kentucky pioneers new use of artificial-lung technology

Surgeons at the University of Kentucky on Aug. 3 announced that they were among the first to use artificial-lung technology to demonstrate the feasibility of a lung transplant, using a device invented by two university faculty members, Dr. Joseph Zwischenberger and Dr. Dongfang Wang.

5 Aug 2011

Study sheds new light on how surgery impacts chronic kidney disease, bone health

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on how surgery impacts both chronic kidney disease and bone health, particularly in women.

5 Aug 2011

Loyola's lung-kidney transplant patient wins Bronze medal for bowling

Loyola University Medical Center patient Nathan Weimer, who has undergone transplants of both lungs and one kidney, has won a Bronze medal for bowling in the 2011 World Transplant Games.

4 Aug 2011

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Improved patient selection and practice patterns may lower number of negative tests for CAD

Health Canada approves Boston Scientific's WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent

InVivo announces Platinum sponsorship to W2W spinal cord injury symposium

Acute Care Emergency Surgical Service linked with 15% reduction in decision time

Study reveals increase in number of laparoscopic bariatric operations between 2003-2008

Exactech's new Optetrak Logic knee implant effective for painful arthritis

Cook Medical launches Doppler DP-M350 Blood Flow Monitor

FDA approves Relievant IDE for Intracept System to treat chronic low back pain

Cook Medical offers silicone balloon catheter for treatment of cysts of the Bartholin gland

Pre-emptive insulin therapy reduces risk of diabetes mellitus after kidney transplantation

Researchers team up to combat age-related macular degeneration

Bladder cancer patients can benefit from radical cystectomy surgery

Head and neck melanoma patients can benefit from sentinel lymph node biopsy

Roundup: State workers in Conn. get lock on retirement health funds

Transvaginal nephrectomy could increase rate of living donors for kidney transplants

New strategies for successful donor adult stem cell transplants in blood cancer patients

Proximal colon retroflexion technique safe and effective for neoplasia detection

University of Kentucky pioneers new use of artificial-lung technology

Study sheds new light on how surgery impacts chronic kidney disease, bone health

Loyola's lung-kidney transplant patient wins Bronze medal for bowling

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