In matters of the heart, it's accepted that men and women can be vastly different. And the more researchers dig into gender anomalies related to cardiac care, the more they realize that treatment practices for women need to change. (Diagnostics & Imaging Week)

When plaque builds in the carotid arteries, surgeons step in to perform an endarterectomy, angioplasty or stenting to prevent patients from having a stroke. But the procedure itself is tricky and sometimes a piece of the plaque can break away and reach the brain, causing a stroke. (Medical Device Daily)

In matters of the heart, it's accepted that men and women can be vastly different. And the more researchers dig into gender anomalies related to cardiac care, the more they realize that treatment practices for women need to change. (Medical Device Daily)

It has taken almost a decade of work, but now Aethlon Medical (San Diego) is on the verge of releasing first-in-human study data on its flagship Hemopurifier, the first extracorporeal device to treat HIV infection. (Medical Device Daily)

More evidence has emerged this week that mechanical intervention – specifically deep brain stimulation (DBS) – in Parkinson's disease (PD) to quell the debilitating symptoms outweighs the benefits from currently available medication therapies. (Medical Device Daily)