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NT-proBNP is a predictor of CV risk in arthritis patients taking NSAIDs
June 17, 2010 12:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(European League Against Rheumatism) The role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, a protein thought to be a regulator of cardiovascular function) as a robust, non-invasive predictor of cardiovascular risk in patients with arthritis taking cyclooxygenase...
From head to toe: Deep insights from whole body MRI
June 17, 2010 12:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Thanks to technical progress, there are now new areas in which whole body magnetic resonance imaging can be used. In the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International, Gerwin Schmidt and his coauthors present a review of possible uses,...
55th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society
June 17, 2010 12:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Health Physics Society) "The Future of the Nuclear Industry" will be the Plenary Session topic of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS) taking place June 28-July 1, 2010, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Honorable Gregory D....
NMT Medical dives on Closure I trial failure
June 17, 2010 12:36 pm | by Mass Device | CommentsNMT Medical Inc.'s Closure I trial fails to meet its primary endpoint, sending its stock down nearly 75 percent in late-day trading. A clinical trial of NMT Medical Inc.'s (NSDQ:NMTI) flagship StarFlex device failed to meet its primary endpoint, sending the company's stock...
FDA slaps U.S. Red Cross with $16 million in fines over blood safety violations
June 17, 2010 12:36 pm | by Mass Device | CommentsThe Food & Drug Administration fines the American Red Cross $16 million over the collection and manufacture of blood products. The Food & Drug Administration fined the American Red Cross $16 million for failing to meet federal rules about the collection and manufacture...
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Over-The-Counter Products: Recall(2)
June 17, 2010 12:31 pm | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsUPDATED 06/17/2010. Recall expanded to include product lots of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab Tablets and Extra Strength Tylenol Rapid Release Gels.
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Over-The-Counter Products: Recall
June 17, 2010 12:30 pm | CommentsUPDATED 06/17/2010. Recall expanded to include product lots of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab Tablets and Extra Strength Tylenol Rapid Release Gels.
The experience of arterial reconstruction in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation
June 17, 2010 10:35 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(World Journal of Gastroenterology) A research team from China retrospectively investigated the experience of microsurgical hepatic artery reconstruction and management of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (A-A LDLT). Applying...
Smoking cigarettes is a predictor of RA and may negatively impact on efficacy of anti-TNFs
June 17, 2010 10:35 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(European League Against Rheumatism) Smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis and may have a negative impact on the effectiveness of anti-tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in RA patients taking these treatments, according to results of two...
Salient Surgical goes Dutch
June 17, 2010 10:34 am | by Mass Device | CommentsSalient Surgical Technologies opens a new office in Amsterdam as it looks to ramp up its international sales and marketing efforts. Salient Surgical Technologies Inc. is going Dutch, opening an office in Amsterdam to spearhead its international sales and marketing efforts. The...
Novus Scientific Announces the Sales Launch for TIGRâ„¢ Matrix Surgical Mesh - World's 1st Long-Term Resorbable Synthetic Mesh
June 17, 2010 10:34 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsCANTON, Mass. , June 17 /- Novus Scientific, Inc. today announced the US sales launch of TIGRâ„¢ Matrix Surgical Mesh at the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction meeting, Washington DC . Â In February 2010 , the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared, TIGRâ„¢ Matrix Surgical...
Medtronic launches new ICD line in Europe
June 17, 2010 10:34 am | by Mass Device | CommentsMedtronic Inc. launches its Protecta line of implantable cardiac defibrillators in Europe. By Brandon Glenn Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) launched a line of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Europe. The company’s Protecta ICDs and cardiac resynchronization therapy...
Mylan Receives Approval for Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride Tablets
June 17, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsPITTSBURGH , June 17 /- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Hydroxyzine Hydrochloride Tablets 10 mg, 25 mg and...
Brainlab Collaborates With Toshiba Medical Systems on Integrated Surgical Suite
June 17, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMUNICH , June 17 /- Brainlab AG today announced that it has signed an agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Inc., a business unit of the Toshiba Group, to integrate its Aquilion™ LB Computed Tomography (CT) scanner with the Brainlab Brainsuite® iCT digitally...
Copan Redefines Automated Specimen Processing with Groundbreaking New Features
June 17, 2010 10:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMURRIETA, Calif. , June 17 /- Copan unveiled new groundbreaking features of its Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP) while attending the 110th General Meeting for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in San Diego, California this past May. Copan's line of automation was...
