Test of Brain Device Is Setback for Maker
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Results from a crucial clinical trial showed that Northstar Neuroscienceâs brain-stimulating device failed to help stroke victims recover the use of their arms and hands.
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Studies linking implantable RFID chips to cancer are bad news for the company.
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Regulators sign off on implantable tracking device to manage treatment of Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, other conditions.
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Boston Scientific Corp. , the medical devices maker, received a warning letter from federal regulators about inadequate record keeping and reporting following the deaths of five patients in a clinical trial for an experimental device.
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Advanced brain scanning uncovered startling signs of awareness in a woman in a vegetative state, British scientists reported Thursday &#151; a finding that complicates one of medicine's ethical minefields.
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A hospital device used to measure carbon dioxide levels in patient tissues is being recalled after investigations revealed that the device probably caused life-threatening infections among 11 children at a Dallas hospital, the US Food and Drug
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In an Aug. 26. story about the recall of a medical device used to measure carbon dioxide in patient&#39;s blood, the Associated Press included incorrect information provided by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
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Controversy is brewing over tests of a new pill that would alter, or possibly erase, the impact of painful or traumatic memories.
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Cyberonics, the maker of a device that treats epilepsy, has nabbed the attention of a buyer. Advanced Neuromodulation Systems of Dallas said Friday it has acquired 15 percent of the company and added that it may want to buy it ...
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ATLANTA -- A new device that was studied in Atlanta has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to help stroke victims.
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Applying some of the same brain-scan technology used to understand Alzheimer's and autism, scientists are trying to learn what makes a Republican's mind different from a Democrat's.
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A device that measures a babyÂs blood oxygen during labor has failed to meet doctorsÂ hopes that it would lead to fewer Caesarean sections and safer deliveries, a new study has concluded.
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Patients worried that surgeons may mistakenly operate on the wrong limb or organ can put away the pens and markers. A new device approved for sale yesterday by the Food and Drug
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U.S. regulators warned Cyberonics Inc.  of manufacturing deficiencies at the Houston plant that makes  its sole product, an implantable device to treat epilepsy, the  company said on Monday.
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One operation went awry after an experienced brain surgeon insisted to a nurse he knew what side of the head to operate on Â but got it wrong.
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It shouldn&#39;t happen to a scientist: investigators have found that the $250m (Â£139m) Genesis space probe, which crash-landed in the Utah desert last month, failed because the switches designed to trigger its parachute were installed backwards.
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Hundreds of brain cancer patients in France and perhaps others in the United States may be contacted about their radiation treatments from malfunctioning machines, which were ordered shut down by the French government after a manufacturer's warning.