Simon Fraser University associate professor James Wakeling is adding to the arsenal of increasingly sophisticated medical imaging tools with a new signal-processing method for viewing muscle activation details that have never been seen before…
Enhanced View Of Muscles Possible With New Tool
January 25th, 2012An Easier Way To Remove Gallstones
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For more than 100 years, the traditional treatment for the painful growths called gallstones has been removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy. But a new device, patented in China, promises to make removing the entire organ unnecessary…
Stroke Risk Increased By Atrial Arrhythmias
January 13th, 2012There has been a substantial amount of debate over how effective, expensive and complex the recently-signed health insurance reform bill, called the Affordable Care Act, could eventually maintain many years in the future.
An irregular heartbeat that you don’t even feel but can be picked up by a pacemaker is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke, says a new McMaster University study…
Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring Trial – Positive Results
January 8th, 2012There has been a substantial amount of debate over how effective, expensive and complex the recently-signed health insurance reform bill, called the Affordable Care Act, could eventually maintain many years in the future.
Positive results were announced by Echo Therapeutics from its clinical investigation of its Symphony tCGM System in individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Echo is developing the system as a wireless, non-invasive, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery…
TriReme Medical, Inc. Receives FDA 510(K) Clearance For Chocolate PTA Balloon Catheter
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TriReme Medical, Inc. (”TriReme”), a leading developer of innovative devices for the treatment of complex vascular disease, announced that it has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Chocolate PTA balloon catheter (”Chocolate”) for the treatment of occluded peripheral arteries…
Real-Time Monitoring Of Body Chemistry May Be Possible With New Microneedle Sensors
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Researchers from North Carolina State University, Sandia National Laboratories, and the University of California, San Diego have developed new technology that uses microneedles to allow doctors to detect real-time chemical changes in the body – and to continuously do so for an extended period of time…
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy In Heart Failure
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Substantial improvements in symptoms and survival Large-scale clinical trials have highlighted the beneficial effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in the improvement of symptoms and reduction of mortality, and CRT is now recommended in the major European and American guidelines for the treatment and prevention of heart failure…
Likely Spread Or Recurrence Of Breast Cancer Predicted By New Test
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A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) PhD student has developed a potential breakthrough test for predicting the likelihood of the spread or return of breast cancer…
Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Earns Nearly Perfect Score In 2011 KLAS Radiation Therapy Report
December 11th, 2011With a score of 94.4 out of 100, Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexionâ„¢ is “practically perfect in every way,” ranking at the top among six advanced radiation therapy systems, according to KLAS research firm’s recently released customer survey, Radiation Therapy 2011: A Dose of New Technology…
Innovative Nanosensors: Instant Nanodots Grow On Silicon To Form Sensing Array
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New methods for creating 3D nanostructures deposited on an array of regularly spaced indentations on the surface of silicon films opens the door for innovative nanosensors. Scientists have shown that it is now possible to simultaneously create highly reproductive three-dimensional silicon oxide nanodots on micrometric scale silicon films in only a few seconds…