Two recent reports in the Archives of Surgery (Arch Surg. 2011;146[2]:143-148, 149-155) indicate that, in the treatment of moderately to morbidly obese…
Blue Button Mobile Available for Veterans to Download and View Personal Health Records
By BarbaraDuck
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Northrop Grumman has developed a mobile application called VA-214 whereby personal health records can remotely access MyHealthVet from an Android or iPhone….
If maintained properly the machine could offer some real convenience of not having to go to a facility for treatment. I would…
The decision by the FDA to allow the use of lap-band for the management of obesity in patients with a lower body…
Department of Defense to Seed $500 Million For Companies to Develop Dual Use Technologies-“Collaboration Not Innovation” DOD Can’t Keep Pace With the Iphone
By BarbaraDuck
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Well here you have it, an admittance of not being up to speed with technology and again this goes back to the…
UCLA and VA Researchers Accidentally Discover Compound that Induces Hair Growth By Blocking Stress Related Hormone-They Filed for a Patent
By BarbaraDuck
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What they found by accident was that astressin-B could also translate for use in human hair growth. It is known that the…
This means those who are borderline no longer have to put on weight to have the surgery, hey that does happen sometimes….
Opportunities for sealants, hemostasis, and closure products abound in the orthopedics field as investigators develop improved surgical procedures for patients with chronic…
US Medical Device Companies Look to Europe and Other Countries for Approval and Sales-Some Not Even Selling Here While We Over Inflate Value on Social Algorithms
By BarbaraDuck
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The approval process too has been hit by economics. Due to the money needed to be spent for FDA approval, some companies…