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Sensus Healthcare Receives FDA Clearance to Treat Keloids with the SRT-100™
May 24, 2013 10:37 am | by PR Newswire | CommentsSensus Healthcare is pleased to announce that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Keloids with the SRT-100™. The SRT-100™ is the leading alternative to surgery in treating Non Melanoma Skin Cancer and now is approved to treat Keloids caused by surgery or injury.
Cradle Turns Smartphone into Handheld Biosensor
May 24, 2013 10:23 am | by Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor, University of Illinois | CommentsResearchers and physicians in the field could soon run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, medical diagnostics, food safety and more with their smartphones. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a cradle and app for the iPhone that uses the phone’s built-in camera and processing power as a biosensor to detect toxins, proteins, bacteria, viruses, and other molecules.
CardioKinetix Announces Successful Parachute Live Case Transmission at 2013 EuroPCR Conference
May 24, 2013 8:27 am | by Business Wire | CommentsPARIS & MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2013--CardioKinetix Inc., a medical device company pioneering a catheter-based treatment for heart failure, today announced the transmission of a live satellite feed of a clinical case using the first-of-its-kind catheter-based Parachute ®...
PMA Final Decisions for March 2013
May 24, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsBelow are Premarket Approvals (PMA), Product Development Protocols (PDP), Supplement and Notice Decisions. This list is generated on a monthly basis. A PDF document that contains the "Approval letter and Summary of Safety and Effectiveness" is being added to this listing for each PMA. The PMA number will appear as a link if this document is available.
Class I Medical Device Recall: Cook Medical, Inc., Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent
May 24, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsReason for Recall: Cook Medical received a small number of complaints that the delivery system of the device had separated at the tip of the inner catheter. Potential adverse events that may occur in cases where the inner deliver catheter breakage...
Algea Therapies Launches SHIELD VCF System
May 23, 2013 5:12 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsAUDUBON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2013--Algea Therapies, a division of Globus Medical Inc. (NYSE: GMED), committed to finding innovative, minimally invasive solutions that treat pain and restore quality of life, today announced the launch of the SHIELD™ Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF)...
Men Who Want to Stay Active, Feel Younger, and Remain Socially and Professionally Engaged Should Address Hearing Loss, BHI Advises
May 23, 2013 4:18 pm | by PR Newswire | CommentsWASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearing health affects a man's lifestyle, and if he wants to stay active, feel younger, and remain socially and professionally engaged, he should address any hearing loss he may be experiencing. This is the overriding message that the...
Hansen Medical to Exhibit Magellan Robotic System at 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery
May 23, 2013 4:03 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsHansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that it will exhibit its Magellan Robotic System at the 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting® of the Society for Vascular Surgery from May 30 - June 1 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San...
New Imaging Techniques Used to Help Patients Suffering from Epilepsy
May 23, 2013 11:00 am | by Canadian Association for Neuroscience | CommentsNew techniques in imaging of brain activity developed by Jean Gotman and his colleagues lead to improved treatment of patients suffering from epilepsy. The combination of electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging leads to more precise localization of the areas generating epileptic seizures, giving neurosurgeons a better understanding of the optimal ways of intervention, if appropriate.
CT Detects Twice as Many Lung Cancers as X-Ray at Initial Screening Exam
May 23, 2013 10:46 am | by American College of Radiology | CommentsNational Lung Screening Trial investigators also conclude that the 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography versus chest X-ray screening previously reported in the NLST primary paper is achievable at experienced screening centers in the United States.
UBC Engineer Helps Pioneer Flat Spray-On Optical Lens
May 23, 2013 10:43 am | by University of British Columbia | CommentsA University of British Columbia engineer and a team of U.S. researchers have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used. Kenneth Chau, an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at UBC's Okanagan campus, is a key investigator among colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland.
First Large-Scale Population-Based Study in the U.S. Shows Hologic's 3D Mammography (Breast Tomosynthesis) Significantly Reduces Recall Rates While Simultaneously Improving Cancer Detection
May 23, 2013 10:28 am | by PR Newswire | CommentsHologic, Inc. has announced that the first large-scale observational study in a U.S. clinical practice comparing breast cancer screening with Hologic's 3D mammography technology with conventional 2D mammography alone showed a significant reduction in recall rates and a sizeable increase in cancer detection, particularly invasive cancer, across all breast tissue densities.
TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center Study Validates the Benefits of New 3D Mammography Technology in Breast Cancer Screening
May 23, 2013 10:24 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsHOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2013--The first large-scale U.S. study comparing conventional 2D mammography screening exams alone versus 2D mammography with the addition of 3D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) technology has been completed at TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center. The study showed...
Doctors Save Boy by 'Printing' an Airway Tube
May 23, 2013 10:12 am | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | CommentsIn a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It's the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab.
Frequent Heartburn May Predict Cancers of the Throat and Vocal Cord
May 23, 2013 10:00 am | by AACR | CommentsFrequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
