Medical Sensor Powered By The Rhythmic Action Of Rap Music

January 30th, 2012

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The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body. Acoustic waves from music, particularly rap, were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. Such a device might ultimately help to treat people stricken with aneurisms or incontinence due to paralysis…

Enhanced View Of Muscles Possible With New Tool

January 25th, 2012

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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…

An Easier Way To Remove Gallstones

January 20th, 2012

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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, 2012

There 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, 2012

There 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

January 3rd, 2012

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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

December 27th, 2011

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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

December 22nd, 2011

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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

December 16th, 2011

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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, 2011

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With 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…