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New hip implants no better than traditional implants
New hip implants appear to have no advantage over traditional implants, suggests a review of the evidence published in the British Medical Journal today.
Nov 30, 2011
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Page 12 - News tagged with medical devices
Diabetes
Dapagliflozin improves glucose outcomes in type 1 diabetes
(HealthDay)—In patients with type 1 diabetes, treatment with dapagliflozin for 24 weeks improves time in range, mean glucose, and glycemic variability, according to a study published online April 9 in Diabetes Care.
Apr 26, 2019
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Medications
'Generic' medical devices could cut into name-brand profits
Generic competition - a billion-dollar problem for brand-name drug companies since the 1980s - is making inroads in the orthopedic medical devices industry. Last week Cardinal Health Inc., one of the three biggest device ...
Jul 27, 2012
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Gastroenterology
ChatGPT does not pass American College of Gastroenterology tests
The natural language processing model Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT) does not pass the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Self-Assessment Tests, according to a study published online May 22 in the ...
May 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
Neuropathology tied to dementia ID'd in football players who had CTE
(HealthDay)—White matter rarefaction, arteriolosclerosis, and dorsolateral frontal cortex (DLFC) neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are independently associated with dementia among older men who played football and had chronic ...
Aug 6, 2019
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Cardiology
Addiction management is key to treating heart infection in people who inject drugs
Managing a potentially deadly heart infection is complex in people who inject drugs, including opioids, stimulants, and others, and requires a unique approach to care including consultation with an addiction specialist, according ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Health informatics
AI-driven device could surpass limits of traditional vital signs for predicting patient deterioration
An artificial intelligence-driven device that works to detect and predict hemodynamic instability may provide a more accurate picture of patient deterioration than traditional vital sign measurements, a Michigan Medicine ...
Jul 21, 2022
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Surgery
Australian-first for reconstructive surgery uses a 3-D printed jaw implant
In an Australian-first surgical procedure, engineers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne along with Epworth Freemasons' Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon George Dimitroulis, have corrected ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Other
Siemens Healthineers to buy US cancer specialist for $16.4 bn
Siemens Healthineers, the German conglomerate's medical devices arm, said Sunday it has agreed to buy US cancer treatment specialist Varian for $16.4 billion.
Aug 2, 2020
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Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure
New research from King's College London published in EBioMedicine, has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of traditional bariatric surgery in rodents and produces impressive ...
Oct 11, 2019
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