MEDTECH ANNOUNCES FIRST ROSA SPINE SURGERY IN SPAIN (Medtech SA)
(Source: Medtech SA) ROSA™ Spine facilitates degenerative disc disease treatment at La Fe Hospital of Valencia Montpellier, France, May 19, 2016 - MEDTECH (Euronext, FR0010892950 - ROSA), a company...
View ArticleCapital Regional Medical Center Receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold...
(Source: The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce) Tallahassee, Fla.― Capital Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The...
View ArticleCounseling Guidelines Necessary for Pediatric Patients Receiving Fertility,...
(Source: H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc) COLUMBUS, Ohio; TAMPA, Fla. and BOSTON - The drugs and therapies used to treat medical conditions often come with side effects. Doctors,...
View ArticleLargest Hospital Chain in India Selects Varian Advanced Radiotherapy...
(Source: Varian Medical Systems Inc) PALO ALTO, Calif., May 19, 2016/PRNewswire / -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) has been selected by the Apollo Hospitals Group to supply 12 advanced medical...
View ArticleCatalyst Pharmaceutical's Firdapse Phase 3 Study Published in Muscle & Nerve...
(Source: Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Inc) May 18, 2016 CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on...
View ArticleCatalyst Pharmaceutical’s Firdapse Phase 3 Study Published in Muscle & Nerve
CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for people...
View ArticleElekta surpasses one million patients treated with Leksell Gamma Knife...
(Source: Elekta AB) Most clinically proven and comprehensively studied stereotactic radiosurgery and radiation therapy platform with more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journal articles published to date...
View ArticleYork U to host distinguished researchers at annual Muscle Health Awareness...
(Source: York University) A distinguished group of researchers from across North America will share their work during the seventh annual Muscle Health Awareness Day (MHAD7) on Friday, May 27 from...
View ArticleTeen Receives Surgery Due To Crowdfunding (Photos)
An Indian boy was offered life-changing surgery due to a kind gesture from a woman thousands of miles away. Mahendra Ahirwar from Madhya Pradesh in central India was an outcast because of a rare...
View ArticleBoston Medical Center will be the first Mass. hospital to offer gender...
Boston Medical Center plans to become the first hospital in Massachusetts to offer gender reassignment surgery, reports The Boston Globe. The hospital already provides hormone therapy, facial...
View ArticleStatin Associated Side Effects (American College of Cardiology Foundation)
(Source: American College of Cardiology Foundation) The following are key points to remember about statin-associated side effects: Statins are generally well tolerated, but can be associated with...
View ArticleThe quack-up
WHEN Jim Laidler and his wife Louise, both doctors in Oregon, were informed that their two sons were on the autism spectrum, they were devastated. Conventional medicine offered...
View ArticleTesting new methods, improving patient care (Queen's University)
(Source: Queen's University) Darren Heyland leads study to determine if a trace element improves cardiac surgery recovery. Does a simple, naturally occurring substance hold the key for improving...
View ArticleBankruptcy judge approves sale of Forest Park’s Southlake hospital to...
By Steve Kaskovich Fort Worth Star-TelegramRelated Dallas' Methodist Health buys Forest Park's Southlake facility for $17.6MAs more Forest Park Medical Centers file for bankruptcy protection, investors...
View ArticleAcorda to Discontinue Development of PLUMIAZ for Treatment of Epilepsy...
Acorda to Discontinue Development of PLUMIAZ for Treatment of Epilepsy Seizure Clusters Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that it will discontinue development of PLUMIAZTM...
View ArticleKlinefelter’s Syndrome: Being Unable To Produce Testosterone Has Serious...
This is part of our series on hidden or stigmatised health conditions in men. Read the other articles in the series here. Klinefelter’s syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects approximately one in...
View ArticleBack policy changes fact sheet (Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission)
(Source: Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission) b4bbbc2e-3b61-4007-b35d-a905f3766942.pdf Implementation delay: This document enumerates changes to the Prioritized List of Health Services, which are...
View ArticleEnd fistula: After 66 years of living with fistula, a Malawian woman finally...
(Source: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund) MULANJE, Malawi - Alice Sabuni has been living with obstetric fistula since 1949, when she gave birth to her first child, at age 17, a year after she...
View ArticleHouse Advances Legislation Expanding Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment...
(Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts) Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed several bills aimed at curbing the nation's opioid epidemic and preventing overdose deaths. The bills touch on a...
View ArticleGinola 'fine' after quadruple bypass
David Ginola is said to feel "fine" after undergoing heart surgery after being taken ill following a match on Thursday. Former France international David Ginola is said to feel "fine" after undergoing...
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