The reports on the device state that it contributes to both weight loss and normalization of blood glucose levels. In the trials the device was in place for 12 weeks, and then removed. The procedures takes around 30 minutes or so and is done endoscopically through the mouth . The report...
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on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Devices, clinical trials, Diabetes, Glucose, Diet, weight loss, obesity, diabetes 2
The technique is called radar breast imaging and is being tested in the UK. One thing for sure it makes the process much more comfortable than what is done presently with a mammogram, three cheers for that and the process is faster. BD Professor Alan Preece and Dr Ian Craddock from the University...
One of the big changes just like everywhere else in healthcare is integration. It is all open source software and using some nice Web 2.0 applications and now includes a dashboard for easy management and locating program modules and relative information. BD The National Cancer Institute for...
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on 11-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, clinical trials, Heatlhcare, National Cancer Institute, Health 2.0, Web 2.0
This is a real interesting merger with a biotech company patient-specific immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases of the immune system merging with a company that provides personal health records, both companies from California. Favrille is involved in clinical trials...
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on 11-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Biotech, PHR, Google Health, Cancer, clinical trials, Personal Health Records, R and D
The general public as a whole are lost when it comes to the complete understanding of how a clinical trial can benefit their potential treatment plans. There is enough information on the web by all means, but how do you get the information to an individual and explain both the potential benefits...
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on 11-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, clinical trials, Software integration, Point of Care, Personalized Clinical Trials
Great effort on the members of Congress to “ask”, but the end result is what counts. R and D with major pharmaceutical companies is presently in the business of moving overseas to India and China, as well as some clinical trials, so the impact of the request from the members of Congress may or...
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on 11-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, clinical trials, Pfizer, China, R and D, India, Outsourcing
This certainly seems to be the month of the “brain devices”. Just last week the FDA approved one magnetic device to zap your brain and now we have another company from Israel to begin trials in Israel and 2 other areas. The device approved for last week is only for severe cases of depression...
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on 10-29-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, FDA, clinical trials, Brain, Depression, obesity, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Brainwaves, Bi-Polar