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Medtronic’s new direct aortic approach to TAVI wins European approval

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:15:32

European regulators have approved the delivery of Medtronic‘s CoreValve System using a new direct aortic approach in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement, but some patients are unsuited for the procedure because they have small vessels. The newly CE Marked direct [...]

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Breast implant problems can be stopped with conscientious doctors

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:43

This year began with a breast implant scandal. This one has brought back memories of the one early in my private practice. The current one involves the PIP-branded breast implants produced by the French company Poly Implant Prothese and rebranded by the Dutch company Rofil as Rofil M-implants breast implants. The first one involved silicone implants made by American companies including Dow Corning who no longer makes breast implants. The picture of 3 implants includes: top -- an old McGhan double lumen (silicone gel implant surrounded by a saline implant); bottom left – Dow Corning textured silicone implant; and bottom right – Dow Corning smooth silicone implant. Dow Corning has not made breast implants since approximately 1992.

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Freedom Meditech submits 510(k) for disease-detection eye scanner

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:23:53

Freedom Meditech has submitted a 510(k) application for regulatory clearance of its medical device that can be used to detect chronic disease. The company’s ClearPath DS-120 Lens Fluorescence Biomicroscope noninvasively scans the eye to identify patients with signs of degenerative changes in the lens of the eye, according to a statement from San Diego-based Freedom Meditech, [...]

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Victims identified in bizarre Windsor accident

WINDSOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- We now know the names of the three people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the town of Windsor Friday night.

4:11 PM, May 13, 2012

Nationally-known Brooks business leveled in fire

BROOKS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Once featured in Martha Stewart magazine -- now unrecognizable -- business owner Peter Baldwin is hoping to rebuild Baldwin Apple Ladders from the ground up.

8:00 PM, May 13, 2012

Carbon Monoxide kills off-roaders in Windsor

WINDSOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Police say three people were killed by carbon monoxide while off-roading in the Kennebec County town of Windsor.

6:00 PM, May 13, 2012

UMaine fraternity sleeps outside for charity

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- If you are on the University of Maine campus in Orono tonight, you might see a bonfire on one of the fraternity house's front lawn, and it is all part of its annual charity fundraiser.

5:21 PM, Feb 17, 2012

Facebook apps: Is Social Cam spam?

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - In the last couple of months Facebook has been encouraging its users to do more with social readers apps and video apps like socialcam and vidy. While most apps are still in the early developmental stage, lots of Facebook users are taking advantage of them, even to the annoyance of their friends. So are these apps spam or are they okay, and how do we use them without annoying our friends?

4:45 PM, May 11, 2012

Police search for Fairfield crash victim

FAIRFIELD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A search was expected to continue Sunday morning in Fairfield for the driver of a car that crashed into the Kennebec River.

7:41 AM, May 13, 2012

Student wins award for OOB tobacco free resolution

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) (AP) --

One of Maine's most popular beaches is asking sunbathers to snuff the cigarettes.

7:56 PM, May 13, 2012

Tourette Syndrome support needed in Eastern Maine

MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- As much as therapy can help someone with Tourette Syndrome, there's something that can be just as powerful: support.

2:14 PM, May 11, 2012

Two Penobscot County men arrested on robbery charges

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Two men from Penobscot County have been charged with robbery after police said they robbed a Bangor man early Sunday morning.

11:21 AM, May 13, 2012
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