Health
Improving medical device tracking a slow, imperfect process
For nearly two decades, health advocates have pushed to standardize the way medical devices are tracked and studied.
Nov 26, 2018
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Health
FDA to overhaul long-criticized medical device system
U.S. health officials said Monday they plan to overhaul the nation's decades-old system for approving most medical devices, which has long been criticized by experts for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Surgery
Breast implant injuries hidden as patients' questions mount
To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe. From 2008 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly reported 200 or so complaints annually—a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of implant ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patients shocked, burned by device touted to treat pain
Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life.
Nov 25, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Same-sex couple makes medical history by physically carrying the same embryo
They both helped carry their baby—and made medical history in the process.
Oct 31, 2018
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Attention deficit disorders
The ADHD brain retrained
The cost of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be as high as EUR 7,000 per patient per year in the United Kingdom and some 4 million children suffer from the disorder in Europe. NEWROFEED has developed a ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Neuroscience
First in-home test of brain-computer communication by ALS patients offers promise amidst challenges
Laboratory studies have shown the potential for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), who cannot move or speak, to communicate using a brain-computer interface (BCI). In the first study of independent in-home ...
Aug 30, 2018
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Other
Medical device managers rely on physicians to screen out defects rather than issue recalls
Results of a new behavioral study into what influences the decision to recall a defective product found that medical device firm managers may rely on their physician-customers to screen out detectable defects, in lieu of ...
Aug 22, 2018
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Cardiology
Hospitals battle for control over fast-growing heart-valve procedure
When Medicare in 2011 agreed to pay for a revolutionary procedure to replace leaky heart valves by snaking a synthetic replacement up through blood vessels, the goal was to offer relief to the tens of thousands of patients ...
Aug 20, 2018
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Medical research
How laser treated implants can boost the healing process
Marilys Blanchy is a Research & Development project manager at Rescoll. The French technology center is specialized in polymer science, adhesive and coating and has a subsidiary where medical devices as orthopedics and dental ...
Aug 14, 2018
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