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Boston Scientific Corporation announced one-year data from its landmark SYNTAX trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System to contemporary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Boston Scientific Corporation announced one-year data...

Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, today reported an increase in fiscal 2008 revenue of 5 percent to $91 billion and a 76 percent increase in...

BSD Medical Corporation announced that the company has agreed to collaborate with GE Medical Systems in the integration of BSD Medical’s premier cancer treatment system with a GE magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. BSD Medical Corporation announced that...

In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC – Europe’s leading independent nanoelectronics research institute – has broadened the functionality and scope of its wireless health monitoring technology by linking it to real-time extraction of relevant medical data. In...

The United Nations Foundation working with Vodafone Group Foundation to strengthen health data systems by digitalizing it in Africa. The United Nations Foundation working with Vodafone Group Foundation to strengthen health data systems by digitalizing it in Africa.The...

TomoTherapy Incorporated announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its TomoDirect™ radiation therapy technology. TomoDirect is an innovative new discrete-angle, sliding-beam delivery mode for the Hi·Art® treatment system. With this capability, clinicians gain an efficient complement to...

International recruitment impacts every healthcare facility in the United States even if it has never recruited a foreign nurse.  Foreign trained nurses comprise roughly 15% of the newly licensed nurses in the United States, and that number is even...