Ins and Outs

March 31st, 2008 News

  • Bias suit rips Brigham&Women’s surgical chief… [Boston Globe]
  • FDA Seeks Civil Penalties from Advanced Bionics… [FDA]
  • iPods and similar devices found not to affect pacemaker function… [Children’s Hospital Boston]
  • Revascularization for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Surgical Revascularization… [ACC]
  • Randomized, Multi-Center Study of the Pimecrolimus-Eluting and Pimecrolimus/Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in Patients with De Novo Lesions of the Native Coronary Arteries… [ACC]
  • 12-Month Data from Endeavor IV Show Strong Clinical Efficacy of Medtronic’s Drug-Eluting Stent Across All Patient Groups… [Medtronic]
  • Spirit II Results Support Strength of Boston Scientific’s Two Drug-Eluting Stent Platforms… [Boston Scientific]
  • Real-World Data from ARRIVE Registries Show Favorable Outcomes for TAXUS® Express™ Stent… [Boston Scientific]
  • Allergan and J&J Pump Up Weight-Loss Surgery … [WSJ]
  • Riding the Hospitalist Boom to an IPO … [WSJ]
  • Big Insurers Pay for Online Doctor Visits … [WSJ]
  • Nanomedicine System Engineered To Enhance Therapeutic Effects of Injectable Drugs… [NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer]
  • Astrotechnology Brings Nanoparticle Probes Into Sharper Focus… [NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer]
  • Major Collaboration Uncovers Surprising New Genetic Clues to Diabetes… [NIH]
  • Folate Scores Another Win in Animal Studies: Brief High Doses of B Vitamin Blunt Damage from Heart Attack… [Johns Hopkins]
  • Large Multi-Center Study Suggests New Genetic Markers for Crohn’s Disease… [Johns Hopkins]
  • Environmental factors linked to development of autoimmune diseases… [UK Medical Research Council]
  • Rates of Rare Mutations Soar Three to Four Times Higher in Schizophrenia… [NIH]
  • Biomarker development in acute kidney injury… [Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology]
  • Synchronized spiking: How oscillating neurons knock their neighbors… [RIKEN Research]
  • Genetics linked to breech babies … [BBC News]
  • How Emotional Reactions Enhance Sense of Smell… [Time]

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