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Worlds smallest blood monitoring implant tells your smartphone when youre about to have a heart attack
2013-03-21 14:45:03| Extremetech
A team of scientists Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, has developed the world's smallest medical implant to monitor critical chemicals in the blood, and communicates with a smartphone. For patient monitoring, and for self-quantifiers, a device like this would quickly become indispensable once introduced.
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Damages awarded in J&J's DePuy hip implant case
2013-03-09 03:18:49| Food - Topix.net
A jury Friday awarded $8.3 million to a former prison guard who accused Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that was later recalled.
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3D-printed implant replaces 75 percent of patient's skull
2013-03-08 20:21:33| CNET News.com
In a big move for 3D-printed medical implants, a patient received a custom-made skull implant. [Read more]
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Liberia: Innovative Partnership Reduces Contraceptive Implant
2013-03-04 13:48:38| Chemicals - Topix.net
It also supports the recommendations of the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities by helping to shape global markets in order to increase the availability of quality, life-saving commodities at an optimal price and volume.
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J&J gambled on hip implant safety, lawyer alleges
2013-03-01 18:02:59| Food - Topix.net
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson played "Russian roulette" with patient safety by ignoring high failure rates and surgeons' complaints about its once-popular artificial hip, a Los Angeles jury was told during closing arguments at a high-stakes medical trial for the company.
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