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Tufts Health Plan now covers SBi's STAR total ankle replacement system

Small Bone Innovations, Inc. (SBi) announced today that effective July 1, 2011, Tufts Health Plan, covering approximately 742,000 members in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is revising its reimbursement policy to cover SBi's STAR™ total ankle replacement system. The decision means that 98 percent of all privately-insured lives in Massachusetts will have access to total ankle replacement.

7 May 2011

FDA approves Abbott's RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System

Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System for the treatment of patients with carotid artery disease who are at standard risk of adverse events from carotid endarterectomy.

7 May 2011

Despite expanded Medicare coverage racial disparities continue in colorectal cancer screening

Despite expanded Medicare coverage for colorectal cancer screening tests, lower rates still exist among blacks and Hispanics compared to other ethnic groups, according to research published in Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

6 May 2011

Surgery reduces mortality risk of prostate cancer

A Swedish research team partly consisting of researchers from Uppsala University followed a group of prostate cancer patients in the Nordic region for 15 years. The study found, among other things, that surgery reduces the risk that men with prostate cancer (even those with low-risk tumours) will die within 15 years. The results were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

6 May 2011

Man with no pulse for 96 minutes makes complete recovery

By all counts, the 54-year-old man who collapsed on a recent winter night in rural Minnesota would likely have died. He'd suffered a heart attack, and even though he was given continuous CPR and a series of shocks with a defibrillator, the man was without a pulse for 96 minutes.

6 May 2011

Combined ultrasound and pre-operative MRI cost effective for evaluating rotator cuff tears

While ultrasound is usually viewed as more cost effective, MRI is most often used to evaluate the rotator cuff. When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial imaging test for rotator cuff tear, along with pre-operative MRI to identify alternative and concurrent diagnoses, can be a very effective hybrid imaging strategy, according to research being presented at the 2011 American Roentgen Ray Society's annual meeting.

6 May 2011

New SCAI position statement calls for changes in percutaneous coronary intervention care

A new position statement released today by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions calls for changes in the way quality of percutaneous coronary intervention care is measured and publically reported.

6 May 2011

Pacira to present EXPAREL data in postsurgical pain at two medical meetings

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that clinical and preclinical data highlighting the safety and efficacy of EXPAREL™ will be presented at two medical meetings.

6 May 2011

First pelvic reconstruction surgery in cancer patient performed at Ohio State's Medical Center

In a rare and medically remarkable operation, a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute removed the left leg, hip and pelvis of a cancer patient, and used the healthy, living bones from his amputated leg to completely rebuild the connection between his spine and remaining right pelvis to support a high-tech prosthetic leg.

6 May 2011

Keller Medical's silicone breast implant delivery device receives European CE Mark approval

Keller Medical, Inc., a privately held company, announced today that it has received CE approval for the Keller Funnel gel implant delivery device.

6 May 2011

Mammogram appointments delayed by up to 148 days: NYC report

According to a report released by the NYC Comptroller, hospital closures and budget cuts in New York City have contributed to “dangerously long” wait times of nearly two months for diagnostic mammograms in the city.

5 May 2011

Fluidigm ships over 1 billion microscopic NanoFlex valves

Fluidigm today announced that its Singapore factory has manufactured and shipped more than 1 billion microscopic NanoFlex™ valves. Each NanoFlex valve is so small that it takes 10 to span the width of a human hair.

5 May 2011

Fecal transplant procedures performed at Sinai Hospital

Sudhir Dutta, M.D., head of the Division of Gastroenterology at Sinai Hospital, performed fecal transplant procedures for two patients with severe clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis that did not respond to routine antibiotic and other treatments. C. difficile causes symptoms ranging from mild diarrhea to more serious, sometimes life threatening colon inflammation.

5 May 2011

Cosmofrance introduces Dermasculpt microcannula for painless cosmetic injections

Cosmofrance Inc. introduces Dermasculpt a FDA-approved, FLEXIBLE blunt-tip microcannula for non-bruising & practically painless cosmetic injections.

5 May 2011

Chest CT more effective for preoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients

Recent studies have shown that a 64-detector CT angiography utilizing prospective electrocardiographic gating produces a quality image but considerably reduced patient radiation dose when compared to retrospective ECG gating, according to research being presented at the 2011 American Roentgen Ray Society's annual meeting.

5 May 2011

Childhood cancer survivors may face high risk of late GI complications after therapy

Patients who received therapy for cancer during childhood have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal complications later in life, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute.

5 May 2011

Submandibular gland transfer can help prevent dry mouth in cancer patients

For patients suffering from cancer in the mouth or throat, a recent study shows that a treatment called submandibular gland transfer will assist in preventing a radiation-induced condition called xerostomia.

5 May 2011

Cameron Health completes enrollment in subcutaneous implantable defibrillator pivotal study

Cameron Health, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment in its pivotal FDA clinical study of the S-ICD System, the world's only completely subcutaneous implantable defibrillator.

5 May 2011

MiMedx introduces AmnioFix Nerve Wrap for use in surgical procedures

MiMedx Group, Inc., an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of patent protected biomaterial-based products and bioimplants processed from human amniotic membrane, announced today the launch of AmnioFix Nerve Wrap, the Company's latest biologic implant processed to offer surgical and healing options for nerve repair.

5 May 2011

Four medical centers enroll additional patients for NWBT's ongoing brain cancer trial

Northwest Biotherapeutics today announced that four medical centers across the country are actively recruiting and screening to enroll additional new patients in the Company's ongoing 240-patient randomized, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of DCVax immune therapy for Glioblastoma multiforme, the most lethal type of brain cancer.

4 May 2011

Medical Procedure News

Tufts Health Plan now covers SBi's STAR total ankle replacement system

FDA approves Abbott's RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System

Despite expanded Medicare coverage racial disparities continue in colorectal cancer screening

Surgery reduces mortality risk of prostate cancer

Man with no pulse for 96 minutes makes complete recovery

Combined ultrasound and pre-operative MRI cost effective for evaluating rotator cuff tears

New SCAI position statement calls for changes in percutaneous coronary intervention care

Pacira to present EXPAREL data in postsurgical pain at two medical meetings

First pelvic reconstruction surgery in cancer patient performed at Ohio State's Medical Center

Keller Medical's silicone breast implant delivery device receives European CE Mark approval

Mammogram appointments delayed by up to 148 days: NYC report

Fluidigm ships over 1 billion microscopic NanoFlex valves

Fecal transplant procedures performed at Sinai Hospital

Cosmofrance introduces Dermasculpt microcannula for painless cosmetic injections

Chest CT more effective for preoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients

Childhood cancer survivors may face high risk of late GI complications after therapy

Submandibular gland transfer can help prevent dry mouth in cancer patients

Cameron Health completes enrollment in subcutaneous implantable defibrillator pivotal study

MiMedx introduces AmnioFix Nerve Wrap for use in surgical procedures

Four medical centers enroll additional patients for NWBT's ongoing brain cancer trial

Digital pathology and the PathoVerse: A conversation with Dr. Singh

Bioprocess Efficiency with Cell Density Monitoring

Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

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