Archive for March 31st, 2010
Medtronic leads race for “artificial pancreas”
[MedCity News, March 31, 2010] Medtronic Inc. has received Food and Drug Administration approval for the company’s second generation diabetes management system that allows patients to better monitor blood sugar levels and adjust insulin therapies. Some experts say a closed loop system might benefit only the most serious diabetic patients, those with complete pancreas failure. [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 10:24 am under Allina Clinics, MedCityNews, Online, _.
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Health care overhaul
[Annandale Advocate, March 30, 2010] The question whether a controversial new health care reform law will be good for what ails us received mixed responses last week from area health care workers. While the health care overhaul aims to provide affordable coverage, Dr. Jonathan Strohschein, a family physician at Allina Medical Clinic – Annandale, said [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 9:16 am under Allina Clinics, Annandale Advocate, newspapers, _.
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Medtronic pacemaker works with MRIs
[Pioneer Press, March 30, 2010] Heart doctors are cheering news that Fridley-based Medtronic is moving closer to marketing the first MRI-compatible pacemaker in the U.S. “I think it’s an advantage for Medtronic,” said Dr. Robert Hauser, a cardiologist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. “(But) there are multiple factors that physicians must weigh in selecting [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:25 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis Heart Institute, newspapers, Pioneer Press, _.
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