The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given 510k approval to Filligent for its BioFriend BioMask (series A) anti-viral surgical facemask, according to a company news release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Filligent’s BioFriend BioMask.
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Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Va., is the first surgery center in its region to perform balloon sinuplasty, a non-invasive alternative for treating sinusitis, according to a news release.
Talk therapy for people with pain and other symptoms that have no underlying physical disease helps them feel and function better, according to a report in Neurology.
A pro-business group has been attacking the fairness of an upcoming report that is expected to recommend beefing up the FDA approval process for medical devices, according to a report by the New York Times.
A new FDA draft guidance has recommended that class III implantable pacemaker pulse generators be required to submit premarket approval applications or submit notice of completion of product development protocols, according to an FDA report.
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A new handheld digital device helps patients with degenerative eye disease track vision changes, according to a news release by IT Southwestern Medical Center.
A new survey of pain patients suggests that chiropractic treatments are more effective for back pain than medications, according to a release by Consumer Reports.
Access to high-quality healthcare is a struggle for many rural Americans, according to a recent report published by UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on healthcare access and quality.
A whistleblower lawsuit in which the government has chosen not to intervene claims Denver-based DaVita, a kidney dialysis company, used larger than necessary vials of medicine knowing that Medicare would pay for the unused portion if it were deemed “unavoidable…
In the past year, New Jersey has recovered more than $116 million believed to have been fraudulently billed to the state Medicaid program, according to a Forbes report. The state’s rate of Medicaid fraud has increased, as it found nearly…