For a person suffering from severe emphysema, an activity as simple as walking from one room to the next is all it takes to become short of breath. To say that the quality of life for these patients is poor would be an understatement. (Medical Device Daily)
When you are co-founder of a company developing a technology that could potentially improve the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), finding time to talk about important clinical milestones can be tricky — especially when such achievements occur just as one of the largest annual arrhythmia-focused meetings is getting underway. (Medical Device Daily)
Just in time for Heart Rhythm 2010 to kick off in Denver today, two big-name device companies this week reported adding wireless capabilities to their remote patient monitoring systems. The added technology makes sense at a time when many folks have already bid adieu to their landline telephones to rely solely on a cell phone. (Medical Device Daily)
Most patients diagnosed with Barrett's esophagus realize they are at an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer. That's why they usually put up with a tedious, not to mention costly, process of random biopsies in search of cancerous cells. (Medical Device Daily)
HCA (Nashville, Tennessee) has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of up to $4.6 billion of its common stock to be sold by HCA and certain existing shareholders. (Medical Device Daily)
NEW ORLEANS – Physicians now have two treatment options for the relief of malignant gastric outlet obstruction, and a new study presented this week at the annual Digestive Disease Week meeting in New Orleans suggests that one option is significantly cheaper, with shorter hospital stays, than the other. (Medical Device Daily)
