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Delcath Systems' experimental drug-and-device combination for chemotherapy carries life-threatening risks that may outweigh any benefit, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said.
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They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. Machines that resemble "Star Wars" robots and emit ultraviolet light or hydrogen peroxide vapors. Germ-resistant copper bed rails, call buttons and IV poles. Antimicrobial linens, curtains and wall paint.
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Clinics and hospitals around the world are acquiring technology that identifies people based on physical traits to improve patient safety and stamp out fraud.
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are now looking into tiny electronic medical devices that could be swallowed and partially digested, providing non-invasive treatment.
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A variety of factors are driving hospitals and other healthcare providers to demand more from both the most- and least-skilled workers, while gradually eroding opportunities for those in the middle.
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The costs linked to heart failure in the U.S. are expected to more than double within the next two decades as the population ages and treatments help patients with the disease live longer.
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New York technology incubator Blueprint Health is beginning to draw attention as one of the leading health tech incubators in the country. Entrepreneurs relocate from around the country for the three-month program, which has so far helped to launch 30 health IT companies.
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The FDA is creating a largely automated surveillance system to monitor high-risk medical devices and has OK'd a smartphone app for doctors to simplify reporting deaths and injuries to the agency.
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Sense4Baby, a San Diego startup medical device company, has named Dr. Jessica Grossman its president and CEO.
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As her mother and father edged toward dementia, Nancy D'Auria kept a piece of paper in her wallet listing their medications.It had the dosages, the time of day each should be taken and a check mark when her folks, who live 10 miles away, assured her the pills had been swallowed.
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