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Gambro launches the next generation of high-flux dialyzers with Polyflux Revaclear and Polyflux Revaclear MAX
DENVER, Colo. — Gambro, a leader in advancing dialyzer technology for more than 40 years, announced today that it is introducing the latest innovation in dialyzer technology — Polyflux® Revaclear and Polyflux® Revaclear MAX. The Polyflux Revaclear dialyzers feature a proprietary membrane technology and an (more…)

Only long-term retinal prosthesis study underway worldwide offers hope for treating blindness

Boston, MA, February 15, 2008 - Second Sight Medical Products Inc, a leading developer of retinal prostheses for treating blindness, announced today that it has completed enrollment of the first phase of a US FDA approved clinical study of the Argus™ II Retinal Prosthesis System. The company also (more…)

NEW YORK, October 28, 2008 — The world’s first permanent international healthcare marketplace and education center will open in less than five years, the key players driving the project said today, as plans for the Midtown Manhattan tower have been finalized and marketing has begun. World Product Centre, as the project is known, has signed an agreement with (more…)

Murrysville, Pa., USA - Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today introduced the goLITE BLU, a natural, convenient way to offer quick relief from seasonal mood-related problems. With the end of Daylight Saving time many Americans are affected by the increased darkness and experience what is known as the winter blues. Symptoms of the winter blues may include lethargy, lowered mood, problems sleeping, carbohydrate cravings and weight gain. (more…)

One of the United States’ worst-hit cities for foreclosures in 2007 - Bakersfield - became an epicenter of West Nile virus that year largely due to mosquitoes breeding in abandoned swimming pools, UC Davis and Kern County scientists have reported.

The Central Valley city had 140 diagnosed cases, up from 51 in 2006, or a 275 percent increase. Over the same period, mortgage delinquency notices went up by 300 percent. (more…)

Researchers have more disappointing news for people who hope to protect their health with vitamins.
In the longest-running trial of its kind, doctors found that folic acid and other B vitamins didn’t prevent breast cancer or cancer in general, according to a seven-year study of 5,442 women in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association. (more…)

Docetaxel is a clinically well established anti-mitotic chemotherapy medication used mainly for the treatment of breast, ovarian, and non-small cell lung cancer.[1][2] Docetaxel has an approved claim for treatment of patients who have locally advanced, or metastatic breast or non small-cell lung cancer who have undergone anthracycline-based chemotherapy and failed to stop cancer progression or (more…)

Bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech/Roche) is a monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). It is used in the treatment of cancer, where it inhibits tumor growth by blocking the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis). Bevacizumab was the first clinically available angiogenesis inhibitor in the United States. (more…)