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NEWS ABOUT: medical devices

medical devices stories: 9 news summaries

 12 Museums of Odd Things 


May 18, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trying to awake from the nightmare of history? Mental Floss' list of 12 "oddly specific" American museums may only give you bad dreams:
  • The SPAM Museum: Complete with a wall of 5,000 SPAM tins and a scale plant where visitors can suit up in white coats
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art • spam • garbage • museums • conspiracy • medical devices • pests • genetic abnormalities • ventriloquism • barbed wire • PEZ • hobo

(Newser) - Even as electronic consumer gadgets grow more sophisticated, medical technology lags, relying on wires that one doctor calls “malignant spaghetti,” the Boston Globe reports. Because devices such as heart monitors and IV drips can’t communicate easily, human error enters the equation. "My bank can notify... More »

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health care • iPod • doctor • hospital • medical devices • operating room • connectivity

 High-Tech Suit Gives
 Hope to Paralyzed

Israel's ReWalk exoskeleton lets patients paralyzed from the waist down stand upright

Aug 27, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mechanical exoskeleton developed by an Israeli firm allows paraplegics to stand upright and walk, the BBC reports. The ReWalk device consists of a backpack, leg braces and a wrist controller. Once a mode is selected, such as climbing stairs, leaning forward activates motors in the braces. “It lets... More »

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Israel • medical devices • robotics • paralysis • robot device • walking • exoskeleton • ReWalk

Magnetic Pulse  Heads Off Migraines

New device prevents pain without the side effects of drugs

Jun 27, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some of the 13% of Americans who suffer from migraine headaches, help might be only a button-click away, Gizmag reports. A new hand-held device works by sending a painless magnetic pulse through the brain, effectively scrambling the signals that would otherwise lead from the "aura" phase of the... More »

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medical breakthrough • migraines • medical devices • Ohio State University • headaches

Family Blames Airline for Woman's Death

American disputes cousin's account of in-flight incident

Feb 25, 08 3:28 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman who died en route from Haiti to New York received assistance from the flight crew and fellow passengers, American Airlines said today, disputing the victim's family's account of the incident. "Don't let me die," Carine Desir's cousin recalls her saying after a flight attendant refused to... More »

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FAA • airline • American Airlines • oxygen • medical devices • defibrillator • Carine Desir • Antonio Oliver

Supreme Court Ruling Boosts Medical Tech

Decision restricts suits under state law over devices OK'd by feds

Feb 20, 08 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A Supreme Court ruling today makes it nearly impossible for patients and their families to sue makers of federally approved medical devices under state law. The court ruled 8-1 in favor of cardiovascular device company Medtronic, dismissing a suit brought by a patient injured after one of the company's balloon... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • lawsuit • medical devices • Medtronic • US Supreme Court • big business

'Fuzzy Logic' Could Help Create Better Elder Care

Researchers add computational mathematics to monitoring systems

Jan 4, 08 7:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers in the UK and US are collaborating to develop “fuzzy logic” technology to improve care for the elderly. The 6-month project aims to create more discerning medical and accident monitors that can distinguish between, for example, a slamming door and a person falling, CNET reports. So-called fuzzy logic... More »

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technology • elderly • accident • medical devices • eldercare • fuzzy logic • mathematics

Boom in CT Scans Alarms Docs

Radiation can unnecessarily increase patients' cancer risk

Nov 26, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Advances in CT scans may help doctors diagnose patients quickly effectively, but also expose them to dangerous levels of radiation, the Boston Globe reports. The number of CT scans in the US climbed from 20 million in 1995 to 63 million in 2005, but many aren't actually necessary—and pose... More »

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medical treatment • medical devices • CT scanner • radiology

FDA to Regulate Cigarettes

Congress set to pass law to give feds power over toxic ingredients

Jul 26, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is set to pass a law today that will give the federal FDA the same power over tobacco it has over drugs and medical devices. Identical bills in both houses, hailed by the American Lung Association as a "win for public health," would allow the government to... More »

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FDA • cigarettes • tobacco • Phillip Morris • American Lung Association • medical devices • tar • nicotine • American Medical Association

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