Medtronic backs light-based hearing aid maker
Medtronic has participated in a $51 million round of financing for the maker of a hearing aids that converts sound into light. Earlens Corp. Inc.'s system features a behind-the-ear hearing aid that receives sound and converts it into light. The technology then transmits the light to a lens placed atop the ear drum, stimulating a patient's hearing system. The light approach reduces whistling that can plague traditional hearing aids, Menlo Park, Calif.-based Earlens said in a news release Monday. Palo…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 27, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katharine Grayson Source Type: news

Mom's Voice Sparks Dance Party For Toddler With New Hearing Aids
To celebrate his new hearing aids, one toddler busted out some cute moves. According to ABC News, doctors determined that 2-year-old Kaiden Orantes has been experiencing progressive hearing loss and prepared the toddler to receive hearing aids. On June 14, his mom, Caitlin Orantes, shared a video on Facebook of her son using the hearing aids and listening to her voice more clearly. The toddler appropriately celebrated with a dance party.  "He started freaking out and did the happy dance," Caitlin told ABC News.  Doctors don't know why Kaiden has progressively lost his hearing since being born, according to Inside...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Love Is Love Is Love...
I always joke that I live in a town known for 'peace, love and happiness'. It's commonplace to see peaceful protestors for various causes in the center of town, just a part of the local fabric. But the truth is that this small enclave nestled into the Catskill Mountains, famous for a concert or two, rich with creativity, art and progressive thinking, could really adopt a new tagline of 'peace, love and my opinion.' My way. This rolls out regularly from local elections and beyond, to most recently the changing of a school mascot -- which has been the hotbed issue du jour, creating a great deal of divisiveness. I guess 'love...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Viveve ups share count, lowers share price in $13.5m NASDAQ uplisting
Viveve (OTC:VIVMD) today tweaked the value of its uplisting from the over-the-counter exchange to the NASDAQ board, expecting to sell 2.7 million shares at $5 per share to bring in $13.5 million. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Viveve makes a non-surgical treatment for post-partum laxity of the vaginal introitus. The company put a 1-for-8 reverse split into place in April, and said in May it planned to offer 1.6 million shares at $8 a piece, which would have brought in just under $13 million, hitting the NASDAQ exchange under the “VIVE” symbol. The offering comes with a 45-day underwriters option to purchase an ad...
Source: Mass Device - June 14, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Women's Health Viveve Source Type: news

Drum beats from a one atom thick graphite membrane
Researchers demonstrate the ability to electrically manipulate the vibrations of a drum, of nanometer scale thickness, a million times smaller than that of human hair. These drums vibrate a whopping 100 million times a second -- which cannot be heard by the ear but can be sensed using small circuits. This can be used to make new kinds of mass sensors. Also, new aspects of fundamental physics could be probed in the future.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Study Reveals That Eating 'In Moderation' Is A Fool's Errand
"Everything in moderation" is a common piece of healthy eating advice from slim and sexy celebs, dietitians and other lifestyle gurus. It's a call that's thousands of years old: The ancient Greek poet Hesiod wrote the phrase “moderation is best in all things” in his poem Work and Days, written around 700 BCE, and other philosophers and writers have echoed the maxim ever since.  But just because it’s a saying that has persisted throughout history doesn’t mean it’s right, helpful or useful.  While it sounds like wise advice for anyone who wants a low-key approach to healthy eating...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 9, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

Quit Smoking for Good
World “No Tobacco Day” is May 31.Each year on May 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) sponsors World No Tobacco Day, an event designed to bring awareness to the negative impact of tobacco use on the environment and on human health throughout the world. One of the most important ways people can reduce the risk of tobacco-related illness and death, both personally and globally, is to reduce their use of tobacco – or stop for good. In the following excerpt from the book Kicking Butts, Second Edition, readers can find useful tips and strategies on how to quit tobacco products and get the help they need to...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - May 24, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Smoking/Tobacco Source Type: news

Viveve boosts terms for $13m NASDAQ uplisting
Viveve (OTC:VIVMD) said today that it’s boosting the value of a pending uplisting from the over-the-counter exchange to the NASDAQ board. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Viveve makes a non-surgical treatment for post-partum laxity of the vaginal introitus. The company put a 1-for-8 reverse split into place last month; today Viveve said it plans to float nearly $1.6 million shares at $8 apiece, hitting the NASDAQ exchange under the “VIVE” symbol. Viveve Medical would command a fully diluted market value of $73 million at that price. In April Viveve said it planned to drum up $11.5 million with the flotation. Viveve’...
Source: Mass Device - May 24, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Funding Roundup Initial Public Offering (IPO) Wall Street Beat Women's Health Viveve Source Type: news

National EMS Memorial Service Closes Out the 2016 Weekend of Honor
WHEN:           Saturday, May 21 at 5:00 p.m. WHERE:         Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Ballroom                     2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA WHO: Families, friends, and colleagues of the 32 EMS and air medical professionals who lost their lives in the line of duty in service to others will be in attendance. Honor guards along with bagpipe and drum corps travel from around the United States to volunteer their time and services in ...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - May 19, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Administration and Leadership Industry News Source Type: news

NYC Welcomes National EMS Memorial Capital-to-Capital Bike Ride with Special Mass to Honor Fallen EMS Providers
Entry 10: Honoring Our 9/11 Heroes in NYC I’ve done this portion of the ride for many years as a Muddy Angel of the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride (NEMSBR) and it remains one of my favorite parts of the ride—cycling through New York City and Times Square with police escorts. As for the weather? Fuhgeddaboudit! It was another cold and windy day, but it didn’t matter as we had the New Yorkers to keep us warm. OK, maybe not so much the New Yorkers themselves, but there were moments when the steam from the sidewalk vents gave me a tingly rush. Seriously, this small Colorado country boy finds the Gotham attitude curiousl...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - May 17, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Berry Tags: Columns Administration and Leadership Source Type: news

CardioFocus readies HeartLight’s U.S. coming-out party at HRS 2016
Pre-market approval from the FDA in hand, CardioFocus is readying for a coming-out ball of sorts for its HeartLight cardiac visualization and ablation device at this week’s annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society in San Francisco. Chairman Paul LaViolette told MassDevice.com that Marlborough, Mass.-based CardioFocus is planning a selective U.S. launch for HeartLight starting in July. The device combines a balloon dilation catheter with a laser-based micro-endoscope and ablation device to allow electrophysiologists to see the tissue they’re targeting for ablation. “The nice thing that we offer is becaus...
Source: Mass Device - May 4, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Cardiovascular Catheters Wall Street Beat CardioFocus Inc. HRS 2016 newtag Source Type: news

Mass death of species linked to bacteria
In just a few days, more than one-third of the world's saiga antelopes died off. No one knew why --- until now.
Source: WDSU.com - Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ex-NFL star, Heart Tronic exec Gault ordered to pay fine in SEC fraud case
(Reuters) – Willie Gault, the former National Football League wide receiver and Olympic sprinter, was ordered to pay $206,571 to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over his role in a scheme to inflate the stock price of a heart-monitoring device maker. Gault, who was co-chief executive officer of Heart Tronics Inc, was told to pay a $78,000 civil fine and give up $101,000 in ill-gotten gains plus $27,571 in interest. He was also banned from being an officer or director of public companies. The terms were outlined in a final judgment issued on Thursday by U.S. District Judge James Selna of the federa...
Source: Mass Device - April 15, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Legal News Heart Tronics Source Type: news

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