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Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

The First Baby With 3 Genetic Parents is Created

A doctor who treats infertility in New York City says he has helped a couple have the first baby purposefully created with DNA from three different adults. John Zhang of the New Hope Fertility Center in Manhattan traveled to Mexico...

September 30, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Clearing Kidney Stones Could Literally Have a Roller Coaster Remedy

While kidney stones are not the cause of death they were in generations past, helping them pass through the urinary tract can still be a challenge and involve a good amount of pain. What if instead the prescribed therapy was...

September 30, 2016

Resource Library

THE WHITE PAPER:  A Marketing “No-Spin” Zone

We are pleased to welcome Margy Rockwood as our guest blogger this week.  Margy is a writer and the owner of RockwoodWrites, LLC  where she carries special subject expertise in the medical field. We enjoyed her take on how to keep the white...

September 28, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Surgical Theater and NordicNeuroLab Partner to Deliver Next-Gen Virtual Reality

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Surgical Theater, LLC, the market leader in virtual reality (VR) based healthcare services, announced today it has partnered with NordicNeuroLab to offer the Norway-based company’s nordicBrainEx diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) processing application as part of Surgical Theater’s...

September 28, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Synaptive Medical Completes First Install of Revolutionary Brain Surgery Technology 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (September 20, 2016) — Synaptive Medical, a medical device company relentlessly pursuing connections to transform the process of care, has successfully installed their BrightMatter™ technology at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. Mount Sinai,...

September 28, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Leprosy Diagnoses in California Elementary School Student

LOS ANGELES — A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit...

September 27, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Low-Cost Laparoscope to Help Patients in Third World

Two-thirds of the world’s population—some five billion people—lack access to safe, affordable surgical care. An $85 device conceived in a sock drawer could help change that. John Langell, a surgeon who runs the University of Utah’s Center for Medical Innovation,...

September 27, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Are We Reaching The End Of The Trend For Longer, Healthier Lives?

American lives have been getting steadily longer, and since the 1960s that trend has been driven mostly by a remarkable reduction in heart disease. But those improvements have slowed dramatically. Scientists are now wondering whether we’re approaching the end of...

September 26, 2016

Resource Library

Essential Must-Dos When Starting a New Job

After rounds and rounds of interviews, you’ve finally signed the papers and landed the job—hooray! But don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet—the trial period has just begun. All eyes are on you as a new employee, so you...

September 26, 2016