Surgical & Medical Instrument

Injuries from failed forceps delivery led to baby's death

By Georgina O'Halloran Saturday November 21 2009 FAILED attempts at delivery using medical instruments left a baby boy with severe head injuries which led to his death the following day. Yesterday, an inquest at Dublin City...

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Lancet retracts paper by Japanese research team for shoddy methodology

A British medical journal has retracted a clinical study submitted by a team of Japanese researchers, after another study group questioned the credibility of its results. The paper, published in The ...

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First reconstitution of an epidermis from human embryonic stem cells

Stem cell research is making great strides. This is yet again illustrated by a study carried out by the I-STEM Institute (France), published in the Lancet on 21 November 2009. The I-STEM team, directed by Marc Peschanski has...

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Surgeons practise their co-ordination (The West Australian)

CATHY SAUNDERS, The West Australian November 20, 2009, 1:00 pm Aspiring surgeons can hone their dexterity at home by practising the age-old art of manipulating chopsticks. Or they may like to follow the lead of Professor David...

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Preventing H1N1 spread to health care workers: Dilemma, debate and confusion

A commentary in the December issue of the Lancet Infectious Diseases brings to light the gaps in knowledge on the transmission of the influenza virus and its impact on decisions about how best to protect health care workers....

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Also In Global Health News: Sleeping Sickness; Aid For Philippines; U.S., China In Africa; Polio...

Lancet Infectious Diseases Examines Hold-Ups In Implementation Of Sleeping Sickness Therapy Lancet Infectious Diseases Newsdesk examines how despite evidence that a new therapy to treat sleeping sickness, called...

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CONMED Linvatec Announces Launch of BullseyeTM Anatomic Cruciate Reconstruction System

CONMED Corporation's (NASDAQ: CNMD (stock.jsp?Ticker=CNMD)) CONMED Linvatec arthroscopy unit today announced the release of the Bullseye™ Anatomic Cruciate Reconstruction System, a novel guide system for anatomic cruciate...

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Gregory Paranuik joined Manny Hernandez's group

For users of ACCU-CHEK Aviva and ACCU-CHEK Compact Plus glucose meters. Hi Michael, Are you talking about Hello All, I LOVE my Compact Plus!! It's similar to Compact Plus with new soft-clik with 6 lancets. Diabetes Hands...

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Glucose Monitoring Kit - Prudent Purchase (Roberto Sedycias)

As millions of people are subjected to diabetes, the glucose monitoring kit has come as a boon, as it helps people to monitor their glucose level up close The diabetes glucose monitoring kit is gaining significance owing to the...

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Surgery in Ancient India

Pre-Christian India Contributed Much to Modern Surgical Knowledge Susruta - early Indian surgeon, philosopher and teacher - compiled the Susruta Samhita , a monumental treatise on surgery, over a thousand years ago There are...

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