Johnson and Johnson MedTech Provides Details and Timeline for General Surgery Robot
The OTTAVA™ System is designed to transform the surgical experience with innovative architecture, clinically relevant features, and trusted Ethicon instrumentation; Johnson & Johnson MedTech anticipates 2024 FDA Submission to Initiate U.S. Clinical Trials ... Devices, Surgery, FDA Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Johnson & Johnson, OTTAVA, robotic surgery (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Kidney Transplant Rates Stubbornly Resist Systems Intervention in Canada
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- A multicomponent intervention in Canada designed to overcome barriers that prevent kidney transplantation and living donation failed to increase access to either. Despite a high rate of intervention uptake... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 6, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Ready to Start Engaging on Social Media? Ready to Start Engaging on Social Media?
In the opinion of Swati Kannan, MD, deciding whether or not to establish a presence on social media starts with a gut-check about your intentions.MDedge News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 3, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news

AI App Can Do Biomechanical Analysis in Minutes AI App Can Do Biomechanical Analysis in Minutes
From sports injuries to arthritis, movement analysis that used to take days can be done in 10 minutes — potentially improving patient outcomes while uncovering mysteries of human mobility.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 2, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Orthopaedics News Source Type: news

EP Study During TAVR Offers Better Prediction of Late Conduction Disturbances
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Better indicators of high-grade atrioventricular (AV) conduction system abnormalities following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) could be gleaned from an intraprocedural electrophysiologic (EP... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 27, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Boston Scientific Lifts Earnings Forecast Boston Scientific Lifts Earnings Forecast
Boston Scientific raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, banking on strong demand for heart devices including its stroke prevention product, Watchman, and a recovery in demand for elective surgeries.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 27, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Spider, Exoskeleton Removed From Patient's Ear
(MedPage Today) -- A 64-year-old woman presented to the otolaryngology clinic at a Taiwanese hospital because she'd been hearing abnormal sounds in her left ear for 4 days. She told doctors there that she'd felt a creature moving in her ear, and... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Early Experience Keeps Tendyne TMVR on Track for MR and Severe MAC
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Operators had a favorable early experience using the Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system for severe mitral regurgitation (MR) and mitral annular calcification (MAC), according to observational... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 25, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Make the Diagnosis: Another Reason to Avoid Falls
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Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 23, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Medical Device Makers See Limited Hit From Weight-Loss Drugs Medical Device Makers See Limited Hit From Weight-Loss Drugs
US medical device makers do not see a big impact of new weight-loss treatments on the sales of equipment used in procedures such as bariatric surgery.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 23, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Oct 20 2023 This Week in Cardiology Oct 20 2023 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback, oral anticoagulation in patients with ICH, an example of statistical significance but not clinical significance, and statins and diabetes are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week ’s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news

Maintenance of Weight Loss Is Not an Insurmountable Task Maintenance of Weight Loss Is Not an Insurmountable Task
Can tirzepatide be used for maintenance of weight reduction in patients with obesity?Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Commentary Source Type: news

Hyloris Pharma Wins US FDA Approval for Pain Treatment Hyloris Pharma Wins US FDA Approval for Pain Treatment
The US health regulator has approved Hyloris Pharmaceuticals ' drug for postoperative pain, the company said, adding that it expects to launch the non-opioid treatment in the United States by early next year.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news

Surgery Gets a Win for Clearing Nasal Obstruction
(MedPage Today) -- Surgery was more effective than medical management for patients with nasal obstruction associated with septal deviation, the multicenter NAIROS trial found. Patient-reported Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22) scores at 6 months... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 20, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Infographic: What Doctors Earn in the US vs Other Countries Infographic: What Doctors Earn in the US vs Other Countries
Physicians in the US easily top nine other countries for average compensation in Medscape surveys. Doctors in the US and Canada also were likelier to say they felt fairly paid.Medscape (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 18, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news