Individuals suffering from spinal fractures – caused by osteoporosis or weakened bones – now have another option to reduce pain, restore function and improve quality of life, according to a study of 300 patients treated with a new type of vertebral augmentation. Results of a randomized, controlled multicenter trial on a new implant treatment for…
In a first, the FDA has approved a medical device designed to prevent migraine headaches. Designed by Cefaly Technology in Belgium, the product, dubbed Cefaly, is a small, portable, battery-powered plastic headband worn across the forehead and just above the ears. It stays in place in the center of the forehead by way of a…
With increasing medical device miniaturization, micropumps are pressuring their way into portable and wound-care applications. Compared with bioresorbable stents, 3-D printed tissues, or cancer-fighting nanobots, medical pumps are hardly the most ‘sexy’ technology on the block. But without them, doctors and nurses couldn’t dispense fluids or medications. They couldn’t remove tissue or foreign material from…
Menssana Research’s experimental 6-minute breath-test identifies women with early stage breast cancer or an abnormal mammogram, researchers report. Diagnostics maker Menssana Research is making promising progress with a breath-test that the company says can identify at-risk breast cancer cases in just 6 minutes. In a study of nearly 250 women at 3 centers in New…