Doctors turn to electronic 'pill' for inside look at GI tract
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The SmartPill GI Monitoring System includes a vitamin-size sensor that is swallowed and provides data from inside a person's body about a painful gastrointestinal problem.
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WASHINGTON - Impotence drug Viagra may soon carry radio chip tracking devices under an American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiative to prevent theft and counterfeiting.
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Super-cheap genetic scanning is set to jolt medicine, offering patients new insights--and painful choices.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved an implantable computer chip that can be inserted in patients to pass along their medical history to doctors.
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People who occasionally have upsetting bouts of irregular heartbeats may be able to avoid a trip to the emergency room by popping a pill, much as those with chest pain do now with nitroglycerin, new research suggests.
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Scientists are developing a new way of carrying out internal examinations on patients - based on a wriggling worm.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.    One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if injecting certain drugs directly into diseased arteries works better than commonly used stents in keeping arteries clear...
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When Dr. Craig Cleveland returned to solo practice, he knew he&#146;d need efficient technology to help him manage patient care. His solution of choice includes electronic medical records and practice management solutions running on a Mac. It &#147;works exactly the way a doctor thinks,&#148; and helps him provide the best of care for his patients.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be. One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if
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Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.
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The FDA has appoved a drug called alli, the first diet pill that can be bought without a prescription
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Only two months ago, the Emergency Department at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital was piled high with patient charts: files clogged with physicians' notes and nurses' follow-throughs, with test orders and lab results and a plethora of other printouts and paperwork. As in most EDs, keeping track of everyt...
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Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS (news - web sites) drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking devices under a new Food
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A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won U.S. approval on Wednesday for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history.
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Although it has been a long time coming, physicians are beginning to consider the Internet an integral part of their practice. For example, instantaneous
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Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar &#151; via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.
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Sept. 16, 2004 -- The power to shock an ailing heart back into motion may now be purchased without a doctor&#39;s prescription. Today the FDA approved the first over-the-counter sale of an automated external defibrillator (AED).