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Cryoablation device approved by Health Canada to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 12, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Medtronic Receives Health Canada Approval for First and Only Cryoballoon Ablation Treatment in Canada for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
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New diagnostic, screening and disease-tracking technologies show promise
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 14, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Researchers Create Better Ways to Spot Cancer Cells
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Innovative strategy to use animal cancer cells to fight human cancer
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 26, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Novel Effort To Fight Cancer With Cancer Cells Reference: Hydrophilic Agarose Macrobead Cultures Select for Outgrowth of Carcinoma Cell Populations That Can Restrict Tumor Growth Three-Dimensional Culture of Mouse Renal Carcinoma Cells in Agarose Macrobeads Selects for a Subpopulation of Cells with Cancer Stem Cell…
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Chip technology may help monitor cancer treatment success
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 4, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: New blood test helps spot migrating cancer cells A Blood Test for Cancer
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New device may help treat sleep apnea
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 29, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Experiments test if implant can block sleep apnea
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New pacemaker can reduce deaths and improve quality of life for patients with congestive heart failure
New device proves more effective than defibrillators alone Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 14, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: New device proves more effective than defibrillators alone Reference: Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Heart Failure
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Retinal implant chips for retinitis pigmentosa helps restore rudimentary vision
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 4 , 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Eye implant restores some sight to blind patients Reference: Subretinal electronic chips allow blind patients to read letters and combine them to words
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Open-heart surgery patients recover faster with superglue for breastbone
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 25, 2010 Source: ‘Superglue’ helps heart patients recover faster: study
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Artificial corneas show promise in phase 1 study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 26, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Lab made cornea offers new hope for restored vision Reference: A Biosynthetic Alternative to Human Donor Tissue for Inducing Corneal Regeneration: 24-Month Follow-Up of a Phase 1 Clinical Study