Feb 23, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –
— Medtronic, a medical technology company, has received approval from the FDA for a humanitarian device exemption for its Reclaim deep brain stimulation therapy for chronic, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The company also announced the first enrollment in its multi-center, randomized clinical trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression.
Medtronic is proceeding with Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Medical device maker China Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMED:
) Wednesday said it completed the earlier announced sale of its High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU, tumor therapy system business to one of its major shareholder, Chengxuan International Ltd.
On December 18, Beijing-based China Medical agreed to sell this business to Chengxuan for US$53.5 million in cash. At that time, the company Read the rest of this entry »

Six years after landmark research uncovered breast cancer risk in the nation’s most popular menopause treatment, two new Stanford University analyses show that using hormone replacement therapy long-term poses a far greater risk of cancer than previously thought.
The research concludes that a woman who stays on the therapy for at least five years doubles her risk of breast cancer every year. This 200 percent elevated risk is much greater than the Read the rest of this entry »

THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) — Hormone therapy may lower a woman’s risk of colorectal cancer, especially if she is no longer taking the hormones.
This new finding, published in the January issue of
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
, further complicates an already murky picture of the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Previous landmark research has shown an increased risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular Read the rest of this entry »

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A new music therapy room at a hospital on Florida’s Gulf Coast is being named for AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
Johnson and other rock stars have supported an effort to buy music equipment and provide music education for children, including those who are in the hospital.
Music equipment and enhancements to the room at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are being donated by the John Entwhistle Foundation, named for the late Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, December 15, 2008
SARASOTA, Fla. —  A new music therapy room at a hospital on Florida’s Gulf Coast is being named for AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
Johnson and other rock stars have supported an effort to buy music equipment and provide music education for children, including those who are in the hospital.
Music equipment and enhancements to the room at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are being donated by the John Entwhistle Foundation, Read the rest of this entry »

The move came three days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat who had been expected to rescind some of the federal funding restrictions placed on such research.
The California biotechnology company plans to initiate a clinical trial in patients with acute spinal cord injury.
“This marks the beginning of what is potentially a new chapter in medical therapeutics – one that reaches beyond pills to a new level of healing: the Read the rest of this entry »

For years, doctors routinely prescribed estrogen, as well as another female hormone, progesterone (used with estrogen if a woman still has her uterus), during and after menopause. Not only did hormone therapy decrease menopausal symptoms, doctors also prescribed it to protect against bone loss (osteoporosis) and heart disease.
But, in 2002, a large clinical trial called the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) found that women taking hormone therapy Read the rest of this entry »

MONDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — Photodynamic therapy appears to cause molecular-level changes in aging skin that increase collagen production and improve skin appearance, a U.S. study finds.
In photodynamic therapy, a light-activated medication is exposed to a light source. Photodynamic therapy for aesthetic treatments typically involves application of a topical medication, such as 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA).
In this study, Dr. Jeffrey Read the rest of this entry »

This new finding, published in the January issue of
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
, further complicates an already murky picture of the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Previous landmark research has shown an increased risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular problems, but a lowered risk of colon cancer. More recent studies have found that the stage in life when a woman takes hormone therapy can influence Read the rest of this entry »