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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Bariatric Surgery Safe, Effective for Lower-BMI Patients With Diabetes 

Los Angeles—It’s been a decades-long effort to have bariatric surgery accepted as a safe, effective treatment for people who are morbidly obese. Now, a new study presented at ObesityWeek 2015 suggests that bariatric procedures also should be considered a safe,...

February 26, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Diabetes exacerbates loss of gray matter, cognitive function in Parkinson’s patients

  Diabetes seems to hasten the loss of gray matter in the brains of Parkinson’s patients, and the effect is readily observable in the frontal lobes, where higher mental processes such as decision-making take place, according to a small study...

February 22, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Radiology trainees tackle digital breast tomosynthesis

Errors from radiology trainees increase when interpreting digital breast tomosynthesis scans deemed to be difficult by expert imaging readers, according to results of a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Tomosynthesis continues to...

February 22, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Twitter Campaign Challenges Stereotypes

In August 2015, Heather Logghe, MD, then a preliminary surgical resident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), saw a tweet with the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag—part of a Twitter campaign launched by female engineers to challenge the stereotype...

February 22, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Virtual Reality Is Coming to Medical Imaging

The medical-imaging industry is about to get a lot more “real.” New technologies coming to some hospitals and medical schools will allow doctors not only to see three-dimensional pictures produced by imaging equipment such as magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound,...

February 17, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Biotech & Medical Device Companies Make Significant Sales Growth Progress with Advanced Healthcare Products

  Industry experts forecast continued growth for the biotech – healthcare products industry, especially for medical device market projected to reach new levels as innovative applications & technologies move sector forward.  Healthcare services and medical device product companies with recent...

February 12, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Wenzel Spine Snags FDA Approval to Launch VariLift LX

  Wenzel Spine, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance to Launch VariLift®-LX – The Next Generation Zero-Profile Stand-Alone Expandable Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wenzel Spine, Inc., a pioneer medical device company focused on providing minimally invasive, stand-alone alternatives to traditional...

February 12, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Holoxica wins €1.3m to develop next-gen 3D medical displays

Holographic display developerHoloxica, has secured a €1.28 million grant award from the European Commission’s Horizon2020 “SME Instrument” investment program to develop a prototype 3D holographic video display aimed at medical scanners.The types of scanner that are the objective of the...

February 11, 2016

Resource Library

Interview Techniques from CEO’s and Senior Executives

Some interview questions have become so standard, job candidates offer up equally standard, possibly even scripted responses. As a result, the conversation is both inorganic and also a less effective predictor of a candidate’s potential for success in the given...

February 11, 2016