Speaking to the Advanced Medical Technology Conference, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked medical devicemakers for help on developing new user fees that she said could usher in the regulatory changes they seek, according to a Mass Device report.
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A Florida pain physician who champions yoga to control pain has been indicted on federal charges of illegally prescribing the painkiller oxycodone, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
As part of a weeklong international crackdown on sales of certain illegal drugs on the Internet, the FDA targeted 997 websites, sent warning letters to 717 sites and forced 578 of them to stop drug sales, according to a Manufacturing.net…
Douglas K. Rex, MD, a professor Indiana University School of Medicine, said colonoscopy may eventually be supplanted by another method as the dominant form of colon cancer screening, according to a General Surgery News report.
A Department of Veterans Affairs study found that current and former cocaine users had a 45 percent increased risk of glaucoma, mainly open-angle glaucoma, according to a Journal of Glaucoma report.
A large-scale data review by researchers in China showed double balloon enteroscopy to be safe and effective for detection of diseases of the small intestine, according to an American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy news release (pdf).
While acupuncture has been demonstrated to be useful in pain management, there is no single unifying explanation for how it works, according to an Atlantic report.
Several leading healthcare organizations have issued a joint statement to express their support for FDA's recent decision to grant 510(k) clearance to a new pediatric mask developed by Kimberly-Clark Health Care.
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LogiTag Systems, which provides RFID technology and solutions, has announced it has partnered with Spacesaver Corp., a subsidiary of KI Industries and a provider of storage solutions for a variety of industries including healthcare, according to a LogiTag news release.