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New Insurance Options Aim To Ease Employer Burden
October 12, 2009 6:35 am | CommentsTom Murphy, AP Business Writer Workers may need to do more homework when they evaluate their health coverage options this fall. This year, more employers may include a new type of plan that can chop premium payments by nearly 20 percent and give consumers a tax break. The tradeoff is higher deductibles, which have the potential to swamp customers with big bills.
Town Looks To Shed Unhealthiest Label; Recruit Better Physicians
October 12, 2009 6:17 am | CommentsTom Breen, AP Weary of being stuck with what they call the false label of America's unhealthiest city, Huntington, WV residents are offering a wary welcome to a celebrity TV chef who hopes to help them shape up. Jamie Oliver is starring in a reality TV show slated to be broadcast next year on ABC.
Limiting Lawsuits Could Save $41 Billion
October 12, 2009 6:03 am | CommentsRicardo Alonso-Zaldivar, AP Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said Friday in a reversal that puts the issue back in the middle of the health care debate.
Pageant Honors Ms. Surgically Enhanced
October 12, 2009 5:31 am | CommentsPablo Gorondi, AP Writer It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye. “I think this competition is long overdue,” said photographer Marton Szipal, one of the pageant judges.
Defibrillator Saves Man Who Was Shot In The Chest
October 9, 2009 6:36 am | CommentsThe man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, but had no damage to his lungs or circulatory system because the bullet became lodged in the stopwatch-sized device MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A defibrillator was credited with stopping a bullet in the chest of a gunshot victim. Doctors in Florida said the 61-year-old unidentified man had an Medtronic implantable cardiac defibrillator to prevent sudden cardiac arrest.
Company Wins Design Award For Research And Design Of Curved Shear
October 9, 2009 6:34 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | CommentsEthicon-Endo Surgery is recognized for its use of four types of research, including extensive collaboration with surgeons, to identify specific unmet needs in thyroid procedures CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery announces the company won a Gold 2009 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) for the research and design process used in the development of the HARMONIC FOCUS™ Curved Shear.
Study: BSGI Effective For Pre-Surgical Planning In Diagnosed Patients
October 9, 2009 6:33 am | CommentsFindings presented at the Americal Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Symposium shows Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) proves cost-effective for pre-surgical planning of patients with known cancer diagnosis NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), a molecular breast imaging technique with comparable sensitivity to breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting breast carcinoma when used in pre-surgical planning for patients with known cancer diagnoses and is substantially less expensive than MRI, according to findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Symposium in San Francisco, California.
Companies Reach $276M Deal
October 9, 2009 6:32 am | Kimberly-Clark Health Care | CommentsKimberly-Clark is planning to buy I-Flow, adding technology to its portfolio of pain management and surgical solution products DALLAS (AP) — Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Friday that it will add higher-margin medical devices to its health care unit by purchasing health care company I-Flow Corp.
Mesa Medical Tech Eases Pain For Cancer Patients
October 7, 2009 7:25 am | by Angelique Soenarie | CommentsHe now uses a topical cream to numb the areola before injecting radioactive tracer dye used during a sentinel-node biopsy PHOENIX (AP) — Jesse Crowe remembers the woman lying on his imaging table three years ago. She was in her 40s, young for a breast-cancer patient, and she was tense with fear and apprehension.
California Surgeon Pioneers Alternative To Traditional Spinal Stenosis Treatment
October 7, 2009 7:24 am | CommentsLOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles back surgeon, Dr. Rezaian of the California Orthopedic Medical Clinic, has pioneered a less invasive method for treating Spinal Stenosis. Open back surgery used to be the only way to eliminate the bulging discs that were pinching nerves, however, recent medical advances have given patients requiring Spinal Stenosis Treatment a new glimmer of hope.
Cleveland Clinic Unveils 'Top 10' Medical Innovations For 2010
October 7, 2009 7:24 am | CommentsHospital predicts ten emerging technologies that will shape healthcare next year CLEVELAND, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleveland Clinic's Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2010 list features a wide range of new techniques and therapies that are being developed to treat everything from deafness and Parkinson's disease to pneumonia and sleep disorders.
Breast Ductoscopy For The General Surgeon Course To Include New Product
October 7, 2009 7:23 am | CommentsPostgraduate surgeons will be given the skills to use the MammoView™ Product Line when Performing Breast Ductoscopy at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress BOSTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solos Endoscopy, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SNDY) is pleased to announce that its MammoView™ line of surgical endoscopy instruments will be demonstrated at the 95th Annual American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, held October 11th-15th in Chicago, IL.
Company Introduces Smaller 7 French Compatible Atherectomy Catheter
October 6, 2009 6:56 am | CommentsThe device is now available to treat a larger patient population KIRKLAND, WA––August 10, 2009––Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc., an innovator of endovascular treatments for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), today introduced the 7 French compatible version of its peripheral atherectomy catheter.
Surrounded By Doctors, Obama Pitches Overhaul
October 6, 2009 6:55 am | CommentsThe President filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying "nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do." Charles Babington, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama on Monday filled the Rose Garden with doctors supportive of his health care overhaul, saying "nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do.
Former Body Parts Harvester Sentenced To Prison
October 6, 2009 6:54 am | CommentsHe falsified medical records of cadavers so tissues could be sold for transplant Mike Baker, Associated Press Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina body parts harvester was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for what prosecutors described as a heinous fraud scheme in which he falsified medical records of cadavers so tissues could be sold for transplant.
