The condition of memory loss is termed as Alzheimer’s disease, affecting more than 5 million people and there is still no definite cure. A research team reported that an experimental drug could treat Alzheimer’s disease by slowing down the process of clear thinking and memory.
A pivotal clinical study in the U.S. on the Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) system for treating mitral regurgitation has been commenced by Abbott.
The San Diego-based company NuVasive has announced US-FDA 510(k) clearance for its Pulse spinal surgical automation platform. The platform includes 2D and 3D navigation and smart imaging capabilities, with implemented surgical planning, neuromonitoring, patient-specific rod bending tech and radiation reduction.
GlaxoSmithKline will be closing its drug manufacturing operations in Bangladesh by the end of this year and will remain only with its healthcare business that produces Sensodyne, Horlicks and Glaxose-D.
A week post Bayer’s announcement on the withdrawal of Essure, its contraceptive implant from the market by this year-end due to inadequate sales, its clinical safety is questioned as consumer and legal stress builds up concerning complaints of extreme fatigue, pain and bleeding.
Risk of Alzheimer's disease increases with reduction in levels of plasmalogens, a class of lipids produced by the liver that constitute cell membranes in the brain, confirms new research presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 by Mitchel A. Kling, MD, an associate professor of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Olli Jarva, Synopsys’s Software Integrity Group managing consultant, opined that hackers find healthcare data of more value than credit card or social security details, referring to the recent ransomware attack on Singapore’s government health database.
A report in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics revealed that Liver stiffness and liver fat (steatosis) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients improved considerably post-treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) resulting in sustained virological response (SVR). A fall in ALT levels and a rise in platelet count was observed six months after SVR.
The first-ever 3D, color X-rays were tested on a human by New Zealand Scientists, using technology that promises to enhance medical diagnostics in oncology, cardiology, neurology and orthopedics.
A team of scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute has developed a new bone engineering technique named Segmental Additive Tissue Engineering (SATE). With this technique, segments of bone engineered from stem cells fuse together to form large-scale, personalized grafts.
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