News tagged with implant
Cochlear implants may be safe, effective for organ transplant patients
Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report.
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Archive of failed joint replacements provides tips to building a better hip replacement
A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Smallest tools could give biggest results in bone repair
When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Belgium advises women to have PIP breast implants removed
Belgium's health authorities on Wednesday advised women with defective breast implants made by French firm PIP to have them removed.
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Venezuelans line up to switch PIP breast implants
(AP) -- The office of plastic surgeon Ignacio Sousa is so packed that women are lined up outside the door. College students in their 20s, housewives in their 40s, middle-class office workers: nearly all are ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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New technology gives implants a protective covering
A technology developed by labseed, an EPFL spin-off, could prevent most breast implant rejections. The final product should be commercially available as early as 2013.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Cosmetic surgery unaffected by French implant scare: study
Cosmetic surgery is booming worldwide and unaffected by the health scare prompted by a French breast implant company that used substandard silicone, a global body of plastic surgeons said Friday.
Jan 27, 2012 |
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French judge charges boss of breast implant firm
A French judge on Friday charged the founder of the breast implant company at the heart of a global health scare with "involuntary injuries", his lawyer said.
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Dutch women reimbursed for breast implant removals
Dutch women wanting to replace potentially defective breast implants made by now-defunct French company PIP will be paid back in full, the Dutch health insurance federation said Thursday.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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French police arrest boss of breast implant company
French police on Thursday arrested Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the PIP breast implant company that sparked a global health scare by using substandard silicone, as part of a manslaughter probe.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Cardiologists suggest patient-centered approach to replacing implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted in the United States annually, fully a quarter of those are generator replacements simply because the battery is depleted. But are all those replacements ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Abbott cuts 700 jobs from device and testing unit
(AP) -- Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it will lay off 700 employees as part of ongoing restructuring efforts.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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British cosmetic surgeons urge clampdown
Experts in Britain called on Monday for all cosmetic surgery advertising to be banned following the scandal over French-made PIP breast implants and for tougher checks on surgeons.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Brazil implant maker in eye of global storm
Brazil's Silimed, the third-biggest manufacturer of silicon breast implants in the world, has suddenly found itself in the eye of a global firestorm.
Jan 21, 2012 |
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WHO issues guidelines for contested breast implants
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday intervened for the first time in the roiling global scandal over faulty breast implants, urging women with the devices to seek medical advice if they have any concerns.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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