Surgery General
Sep 11, 2012
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the LigaSure curved, small jaw, o...
Sep 10, 2012
Abiomed, Inc, a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new percutaneous, c...
Sep 06, 2012
Italian investigators have found that both long- and short-term results in patients aged 40 and younger appear to be excellent with PCI in individuals with premature coronary artery disease. In this a...
Sep 04, 2012
LDR, a privately held medical device company offering innovative spinal implants for both non-fusion and fusion applications, announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Foo...
Aug 29, 2012
More than 250,000 hip fractures occur annually in the United States, and the incidence is expected to increase among the elderly as society continues to outlive previous generations. Hip fractures h...
Aug 29, 2012
AngioDynamics, a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
Aug 28, 2012
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced today that it has obtained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the iDrive™ Ultra powered stapl...
Aug 27, 2012
Doctors and nurses in the ICU at Long Island’s North Shore University Hospital are being watched by 39 video cameras in an effort to increase compliance with hand washing. According to a report, han...
Aug 23, 2012
The prevalence of substance use disorders in the United States has been well documented in published research. Nearly 8% to 12% of Americans aged 12 and older meet criteria for alcohol abuse or depend...
Aug 23, 2012
The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society have published guidelines that provide patient selection criteria for the use of implantable cardioverter-defib...
Aug 23, 2012
The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) was a large, randomized controlled study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that tested routine percutaneous recanalization of persistently totally...
Aug 23, 2012
As healthcare costs rise, patients are demanding a higher level of service. This expectation goes beyond the bedside and includes everything from registration to final statements. Every individual inv...
Aug 23, 2012
A national survey has found that 71% of physicians reported that they educated patients 25% of the time or less about radiation risks when they ordered CT tests. Only 27% reported feeling comfortable ...
Aug 22, 2012
A study from researchers in the United States suggests that many patients do not pay attention to prescription warning labels. This effect was more pronounced for older than younger participants. The ...
Aug 16, 2012
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death among Americans and is especially fatal if these events go undiagnosed ...
Aug 16, 2012
Paraparesis, paraplegia, and quadriplegia are potential complications of spinal cord surgeries or procedures that put the spinal cord at risk. Intraoperative monitoring can alert surgeons and anesthes...
Aug 16, 2012
Most cardiology training programs in the United States do not appear to adhere to basic preventive cardiovascular medicine Core Cardiovascular Training Symposium guidelines, according to survey findin...
Aug 16, 2012
Radiation oncologists appear to be left out of the decision-making process by other physicians who are treating patients with breast cancer, according to survey results. The analysis showed that 27.9%...
Aug 16, 2012
A review of four small trials suggests that testosterone therapy appears to improve functional capacity in heart failure patients when compared with placebo. However, better powered randomized control...
Aug 16, 2012
Endogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism appears to be associated with increased risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and incident atrial fibrillation (AF). A large international investigatio...