We are back to the same 3 companies again, Johnson and Johnson, Boston Scientific and Abbott, same questions over “patents” and more legal expenses to pass along to consumers in the price of a stent. If these 3 could settle…
Many individuals that have had hip replacements that are metal to metal and perhaps not a combination of metal and/or other material needing to be replaced. The article mentions the Mayo Clinic has reduced their number used by 80%. With…
Myriad may somewhat be a familiar name and if you don’t know who the company is think about the HER breast cancer gene test, that’s the company and now they have come out with a genetics based test to help…
This is a smart move to create additional algorithmic formulas to analyze labs along with medications being taken. For a simple example I am estimating based on a particular lab result, certain drugs would not be advisable treatment and on…
This is an interesting medical device from Uroplasty called the “Urgent PC” and requires a few treatments and they do a demonstration on the video below. Patients with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators though are out of the picture for obvious…
There may be some additional software issues here creating problems. The FDA is studying reports to find out why, it is the software or perhaps an easier user interface needed, or maybe a combination of both.
One more time we…
The HER2 gene mutation is best known for the test for breast cancer and now the mutations are proving to show some target relief with treating gastric cancer. The study is finding that a combination targeted treatment with 2 drugs…
The pilot will start out with a small trial and will graduate to a larger trial based on chronic disease control medications, diabetes, cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Some of the comments in the article stated the messages were annoying…
This is interesting from reading the press release as it states patients were not getting their drugs on time or having other issues and imposing therapy authorization requirements not approved by CMS, and missing appeals deadlines. Authorization requirements sounds like…
Medical devices that report data continue to evolve. I do have to say that I never thought that I would hear plug and play with diabetes monitoring in the same device or sentence. You can find out more at the…
