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News The FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health works with manufacturers and developers to support innovation and bring patients in the US access to safe and effective devices first in the world. Contributed Au...

Industry Brief Cochlear implants don't restore normal hearing, says Nandkumar. But depending on the individual, they can help the wearer recognize words and better understand speech, including when using a telephone. Con...

News HeartWare Inc. is recalling the HVAD pumps due to a design problem with the driveline connector. Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topics: Cardiovascular

News When these tiny bubbles reach the critical size of 8 microns, the blood-brain barrier near to them opens, allowing the medicine circulating in the blood to pass through. Contributed Author: FECYT - Spanish Foundatio...

Product Announcement eSOMiMX6-micro is a ready to use System-On-Module using Quad/Dual ARM Cortex™ A9 Processor running up to a speed of 800MHz. Contributed Author: PR Newswire Topics: Surgical

News The app, which was created with healthcare professionals, allows patients gain more awareness of how the environment affects their symptoms. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

News The app, which was created with healthcare professionals, allows patients gain more awareness of how the environment affects their symptoms. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

Rodo Medical, Inc., an innovative dental device company, announces FDA clearance of the Rodo Abutment System, featuring the shape-memory Smileloc retentive sleeve. The Rodo Abutment System radically simplifies the proces...

The WHO has released new guidelines for HIV self-testing ahead of World AIDS Day. People can use finger-prick tests or their oral fluid to check their HIV status in private settings.

News Their hybrid nanocarrier builds on years of research into the types of synthetic materials that could package drugs for delivery into a specific part of a patient's body. Contributed Author: University of Washington...

News The group's work stands out because it brings together two unique aspects to detect damage within bridges or other mechanical structures. Contributed Author: American Institute of Physics Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Researchers use Stampede supercomputer to study new chemical sensing methods, desalination and bacterial energy production. Contributed Author: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center Topics: ...

News The device could help prevent follow-up surgery, currently needed for 15-20% of breast cancer surgery patients where all the cancer is not removed. Contributed Author: University of Adelaide Topics: Oncology

A new study has found a connection between genes and our desire and predisposition to drink alcohol. The research could contribute to improving the alarming drinking rates, which could lead to health improvements in all ...

Twenty-one people were infected with multidrug resistant Salmonella in eight U.S. states. Infection was linked to contact with ill calves that were purchased from livestock markets.

(Society for Neuroscience) It's a classic moral dilemma: You see a train speeding toward five people tied to the tracks. If you do nothing, they will die. But if you pull a lever, you can divert the train to another trac...

(Medical University of South Carolina) In an article published Sept. 22, 2016 in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center report that inh...

(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in regulating the body's fluid levels and blood pressure. However, a new signal path in the RAS may also have a substantial in...

(American Chemical Society) In recent years, environmental groups have been calling out cosmetic preservatives as suspected endocrine disruptors, cancer-causing agents and skin irritants. The campaigns have resulted in n...

(European Association for the Study of the Liver) We are delighted to invite you to attend the 52nd Annual Congress of EASL, The European Association for the Study of the Liver. The International Liver Congress™ (ILC) ...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a collaboration of international researchers, studied variants in the genes encoding ...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) This study shows that when patients with Parkinson's disease experience a drop in blood pressure upon standing up -- a condition known as orthostatic hypotension (OH) -- they exhibi...