Immune-Based Treatments for Brain Cancer Post Impressive Early-Stage Results
Approximately 19,000 individuals in the US are diagnosed with primary brain cancers each year.
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Urovalve Granted IDE Approval for Bladder Management System
The Surinate Bladder Management system is comprised of a simple magnetically controlled valve that can be activated remotely by a Surinate wearer who uses a hand held magnet to self-regulate flow.
Monitoring Devices Keep an Eye On Patient Health
Even in the most attentive hospitals, patients don’t have a doctor or nurse by their side 24/7.
The Role of Diagnosis In Clinical Decision-Making
Before a physician can prescribe pills or recommend a therapy, the patient must be diagnosed.
Unique Patient Care Model Seeks to Alleviate Primary Care Crisis
The U.S. healthcare system is facing a problematic shortage of primary care physicians.
Compulsive Eating Similar to Drug Addiction, Researchers Say
A new study from the Scripps Research Institute has shown that the molecular mechanism that causes drug addiction is the same mechanism that drives people to compulsively eat.
FDA, Clinical Trial News: $ABIO, $GENZ, $KV-A, $SLXP
Shares of ARCA Biopharma (NASDAQ:ABIO) are soaring today on news of an issued patent that includes the methods of treating heart failure patients with Gencaro (bucindolol) based on genetic testing.
Small Devices May Pack a Big Punch
According to e-zine Electronics Components World, the global market for portable medical devices is expected to reach $250 million by 2013.
The Trend Toward a Paperless Hospital
In the second of our series on the Harvard Business Review’s Ten Innovations That Will Transform Medicine, we take a look at evidence-based decision-making.
Retinal Implant Restores Vision to Blind In Clinical Trial
Some of the 11 patients involved in the study could even see well enough to read words and recognize foreign objects.