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Things You Should Remove From Your Resume Immediately

Hiring managers rarely have the time or resources to look at each résumé closely, and they typically spend about six seconds on their initial fit/no fit decision. If you want to pass that test, you need to have some solid qualifications...

January 13, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Bardy Diagnostics Announces Growth Capital Funding

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. (“BardyDx” or “the Company”), which has developed and is commercializing the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (“CAM™”), the world’s smallest and lightest P-wave centric™ ambulatory cardiac monitor and arrhythmia detection device, today announced...

January 10, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Sinus Surgery with High-Tech Navigation Now an In-Office Procedure 

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) – Sinus surgery with high-tech navigation. It’s similar to a GPS system and until recently, it was only offered in hospitals. Now it’s down to a small computer and benefiting patients like Eric Fleisch. He is under...

January 10, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Say Hello to Your Body’s Newest Organ: The Mesentery

Over a century ago, when scientists were classifying the body’s organs, one was short shrifted, according to researchers who say part of the digestive system deserves to be upgraded to organ status. In a new medical journal report, scientists say the...

January 10, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Terumo, Xenex Ink Japanese Distro Deal for LightStrike Room Disinfection Robot

Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) said today it inked a Japanese distribution deal with Xenex to distribute its Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots in the region. The LightStrike device is designed to use pulsed xenon ultraviolet room disinfection technology to remove pathogens such as...

January 6, 2017

Orthopedics and Spine

DePuy Synthes Strategic Acquisition to Accelerate Growth in Spine

RAYNHAM, Mass., Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, announced today an asset purchase and development agreement with Interventional Spine, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of expandable cage and minimally...

January 6, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Abbott Labs Plans to Wrap Up St. Jude Medical Deal Jan. 4 

Abbott Laboratories intends to close its deal to buy medical device maker St. Jude Medical just after the new year, now that it has received permission from U.S. and international antitrust regulators scrutinizing the $25 billion acquisition. Abbott Labs, in...

January 3, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Bionic Pancreas System Successfully Controls Blood Sugar Without Risk of Hypoglycemia

The bionic pancreas system developed by Boston University (BU) investigators proved better than either conventional or sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy at managing blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes living at home, with no restrictions, over 11 days. The report...

January 3, 2017

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

The Defeat of Breast Cancer Will Mark the Beginning of the End for Cancer

If the war on cancer is ever decisively and finally won, chances are good the world will look back and see that the first major turning point was the eradication of breast cancer. And this initial victory will be remembered...

December 30, 2016