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Kyoto University, Panasonic, remote heartbeat sensing, millimeter-wave radar

January 26, 2016

Japanese Researchers Catch Heartbeats With Millimeter-Wave Radar

January 26, 2016 — Heartbeats can now be measured without placing sensors on the body, thanks to a new technology…

mechanical stimulation, cardiac cells, pacemakers, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology study

January 26, 2016

Mechanical Stimulation of Cardiac Cells Could Make Better Pacemakers

January 26, 2016 — In a breakthrough that could change the future of pacemakers, Technion-Israel Institute of…

Fujifilm, SonoSite Edge II, portable ultrasound system, FDA and CE clearance

January 26, 2016

Fujifilm SonoSite Announces Launch of the Sonosite Edge II System

January 26, 2016 — Fujifilm SonoSite Inc. announced CE mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)…

ECRI Institute, Rate This Model, medical equipment, review/rating tool

January 25, 2016

ECRI Institute Launches User Review/Rating Tool for Medical Capital Purchases

January 25, 2016 — Now, medical technology purchasers and users have an instant online forum to rate and review…

St. Jude Medical, Optisure leads, FDA Class 1 Advisory, ICDs

January 25, 2016

FDA Issues Serious Warning on St. Jude Optisure High-voltage Leads

January 26, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. is recalling the Optisure implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads…

medical device excise tax, two-year suspension, U.S. market, GlobalData analyst

January 25, 2016

GlobalData: Medical Device Excise Tax Suspension Will Rejuvenate U.S. Market

January 25, 2016 — The suspension of the medical device excise tax will have positive consequences for the U.S. medical…

ACC, ACR, chest pain, diagnostic imaging, emergency department, recommendations document

January 25, 2016

ACC, ACR Release Guidelines for Emergency Department Chest Pain Diagnosis

January 25, 2016 — New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American College of…

This illustrates how volanesorsen works to prevent the formation of apoC-III protein. Familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare, genetic disease characterized by mutations in genes affecting the production or functionality of lipoprotein lipase (LPL).

Rosanne M. Crooke, Ph.D.

January 22, 2016

New Treatment Option for Patients Severely High Triglyceride Levels

Familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare, genetic disease characterized by mutations in genes affecting the…

Siemens, Biograph Horizon PET CT, FDA clearance

January 21, 2016

Siemens Receives FDA Clearance for Biograph Horizon PET/CT System

January 21, 2016 — Siemens Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Siemens, Magnetom Amira MRI scanner, FDA clearance

January 21, 2016

Siemens Announces FDA Clearance of Magnetom Amira MRI Scanner

January 21, 2016 — Siemens Healthcare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the…

Ernest Shackleton, hole in the heart, Endurance 100th anniversary, Ian Calder

January 20, 2016

Antarctic Explorer Shackleton Posthumously Diagnosed with ‘Hole in the Heart’

January 20, 2016 — On the 100th anniversary of the Endurance expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Ernest Shackleton,…

high-deductible insurance plans, medical imaging studies, reduced use, Medical Care study

January 20, 2016

High-Deductible Insurance Plans Linked to Lower Use of Medical Imaging

January 20, 2016 — Patients enrolled in high-deductible health insurance plans have lower rates of use and lower costs…

heart disease risk, radiotherapy patients, cardioncology, Detroit Medical Center study, DMC

January 20, 2016

Heart Disease Risk Often Increases for Chemo-, Radiotherapy Patients

January 20, 2016 — A lengthy review of increasing medical evidence shows that cancer treatments such as chemotherapy…

Abbott, Absorb, BVS, FDA review, FDA panel

Dave Fornell

January 20, 2016

FDA Panel to Review Two Major Advances in Cardiovascular Technology

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel is set to review data and offer…

MRI sensitivity, metamaterials, ITMO University, Advanced Materials

January 20, 2016

Metamaterials Boost Sensitivity of MRI Machines

January 20, 2016 — A group of researchers from Russia, Australia and the Netherlands have developed a technology that…

bradycardia, Wake Forest Baptist study, development of heart disease

January 19, 2016

Slow Heart Rate Does Not Increase Risk of Heart Disease

January 19, 2016 — Bradycardia – a slower than normal heartbeat – does not increase the risk of developing…

January 19, 2016

Preliminary Results Published of Largest-Ever Study Linking Biomarkers with Coronary Artery Disease

January 19, 2016 — Global Genomics Group (G3) and GNS Healthcare (GNS), announced preliminary results of the GLOBAL…

Vivasure Medical, PerQSeal, vascular closure device, CE Mark

January 18, 2016

Vivasure Gains European Approval for Bioabsorbable Percutaneous Closure Device for Large-Bore Transcatheter Procedures

January 18, 2016 — Vivasure Medical announced Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark approval of the world’s first fully…

Medtronic, CE Mark, IN.PACT Admiral DEB, arteriovenous AV access, hemodialysis, end-stage renal disease patients

January 18, 2016

IN.PACT Admiral DEB CE Marked for AV Access Treatment in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients

January 18, 2016 — Medtronic plc announced that the IN.PACT Admiral drug eluting balloon (DEB) has received CE (…

pulmonary artery to left atrial shunt, heart lung transplant, Oswaldo, Stanford Children's Health

January 15, 2016

Stanford Children’s Health Uses Shunt to Buy Time for Pediatric Heart-Lung Transplant

January 15, 2016 — 2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem, Ore…