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Possis Medical Shareholder Suit Dismissed on Appeal - 24 Mar 2008
WELT ONLINE,...approval to remove large and small thrombus from coronary arteries, coronary bypass grafts, peripheral arteries and veins, AV grafts and native fistulas.
Pike Lake woman returns home after serious injury while helping ... - Mar 22, 2008
Duluth News Tribune,The shelter is for women who are waiting for surgery to correct fistulas, which are holes that develop during a lengthy, obstructed labor.
Hope For Crohn's Patients With Fistulas Found In HUMIRA/Adalimumab - Mar 11, 2008
Medical News Today,Up to 43% of Crohn's disease patients develop painful and embarrassing fistulas, which are tunnels that connect affected organs to surrounding tissues such
Abbott's HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab) Shows Long-Term Improvement In ... - Mar 13, 2008
Earthtimes,Abbott announced today the first two-year data for Crohn's disease patients with fistulas, which show that more than half of patients receiving HUMIRA(R)
Abbott's glucose monitoring system gains approval - Mar 13, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times,In other Abbott news, the company said its blockbuster drug Humira has been effective in healing fistulas, a complication in patients with the bowel disease
Niger project a labor of love for Faulkner Hospital nurse - Mar 19, 2008
West Roxbury Transcript,Hundreds of thousands of women in the desert country of Niger suffer from fistulas, caused by prolonged and obstructed labor without any medical assistance.
Business briefs - Mar 14, 2008
Worcester Telegram,Abbott Laboratories, maker of the Humira medication for rheumatoid arthritis, said the drug also treats fistulas, painful complications of the Crohn’s bowel
Debiopharm Partners With Canadian Firm on Sanvar - Feb 28, 2008
FDA news (subscription),The drug was first approved in Mexico, where it is registered as Docrised, to treat EVB, acromegaly, gastrointestinal fistulas, AIDS-related diarrhea and
Nfocus Buys StarFire Medical - Mar 9, 2008
Private Equity Hub,The DSB is a silicone balloon which is used to treat neurovascular fistulas and aneurysms through endovascular (less-invasive catheter) techniques.
Gotu Kola - Uses and Side Effects - Mar 20, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,...and to promote wound healing in patients with chronic lesions such as cutaneous ulcers, leprosy sores, fistulas, and Surgical and gynecologic wounds.
Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Halts Recurrences in 5-Year ... - Mar 19, 2008
DG NewsThere were 4 ureteric strictures, 2 pelvic fractures, and 2 rectovaginal fistulas associated with higher radiation dose (P < .01), the investigators noted.
Sierra Leone: Maternity Hospital is 'Last Resort' - Mar 12, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Those who survive will join what UNFPA said is a growing number of women in Sierra Leone living with fistulas - a tearing of the tissue that develops when
Inflammatory Bowel Disease May Mimic Gynecological Disorders In ... - Feb 25, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),An approximately 40 cm segment of distal small bowel had four strictures and three internal fistulas. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen
Founder of Ethiopian girls hospital to present film - Mar 16, 2008
Mudgeee Guardian and Gulgong Advertiser,The majority of girls who develop fistulas are abandoned by their husbands and ostracized by their community because of the foul smell.
Dialysis Corporation of America. (DCAI) - Mar 14, 2008
Seeking Alpha,Now we are pleased overall with the continued improvement of our Venous access in patients with 53% of patients having fistulas in place,
Advances In Hemodialysis At St. John’s Episcopal Hospital - Mar 13, 2008
Five Towns Jewish Times Online,This preferred access (called arterial-venous fistulas) is most likely to resist clotting. Finally, the center is working with the vascular surgery staff to
In Nigeria, VVF is a case of heads you lose, tails you lose - Mar 8, 2008
Vanguard,But the real tragedy is that even though obstetric fistulas can be easily prevented, so many women continue to fall victim. So although the woman with
A mom of 4 at 19 - Mar 3, 2008
Health24.com,Other medical complications that occur when mothers are so young include fistulas (a tunnel between two cavities, in this case between the vagina and the
Regional Director, Fistula Foundation Visits First Lady in Sierra ... - Mar 3, 2008
Awareness Times,...with the government to address issues relating to the condition, adding that the Foundation, has helped some 1400 women to have their fistulas repaired.
Movie Review: A Walk to Beautiful - Mar 3, 2008
Monsters and Critics.comThe documentary revolves around five women who suffer serious internal injuries, fistulas, or ruptures, in the course of obstructed birth.
Hemorrhoid Management Reviewed - Feb 25, 2008
Medscape (subscription)...rectal examination, and anoscopy help differentiate hemorrhoids from other causes of anal canal bleeding, such as fissures, fistulas, tumor, polyps,
Registered Nurse - RN - Feb 18, 2008
ADVANCE,...evaluation of acute and rehabilitative care and education for patients/family with urinary and/or fecal diversions, pressure ulcers, fistulas, wounds,
Asian women at double the risk of arterial abnormality - Feb 7, 2008
TopNews,A group of researchers in the Netherlands discovered that many people with congenital aneurismal fistulas share traits that may help doctors prevent attacks
A Walk to Beautiful (2007) - Feb 7, 2008
New York Times,The women have obstetric fistulas, holes between the vagina and the bladder or rectum. The holes are caused by prolonged labor and difficult birth,
‘HEAL Africa’ helps war-affected young women and children - Feb 8, 2008
UNICEF (press release),The clinic has a special ward and operating theatre specifically for women suffering from fistulas – a debilitating and painful condition which is a direct
The War Against Women - Feb 19, 2008
Mother Jones,...or recto-vaginal fistulas and other injuries to the reproductive system or rectum, often accompanied by internal and external bleeding or discharge.
DWW and Deniz Feneri send a team of volunteer Turkish medics to Niger - Jan 27, 2008
Today's Zaman,The two organizations started the “Violets of Hope� campaign in 2007 and treated 26 women suffering from fistulas following childbirth.
Axcan Pharma Reports Solid Start to Fiscal 2008, With Revenue of ... - Jan 31, 2008
FOXBusinessAmerican (United States, Canada and Mexico) rights to Cx401, an innovative biological product in development for the treatment of perianal fistulas.
Possis to Release Second Quarter Results on February 20 - Feb 13, 2008
FOXBusiness...to remove large and small thrombus from coronary arteries, coronary bypass grafts, peripheral arteries and veins, AV grafts and native fistulas.
1018 dialyses and counting - Feb 10, 2008
Times of India,..."The day I was operated to fix aretriovenous fistulas (AVF), I worked out a daily schedule of prayer, medical management, exercise and three hospital visits
Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Jan 25, 2008
WSOCtv.com,As the inflammation eats away at the lining, patients may also develop fistulas, or abnormal tunnels between one loop of intestine and another.
Kidney Care Community Voices Support for President's Proposal to ... - Feb 6, 2008
FOXBusiness...will encourage large health plans to focus more heavily on disease prevention, address co-morbidities and encourage use of fistulas in the future.
When your motherland is in tatters - Feb 12, 2008
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide,For five years, Husain, a staff member at Stanford Medical School, and her teammates have surgically repaired fistulas (abnormal connections between two
Ghana: Practitioners of FGM to Serve Prison Terms When Caught - Jan 28, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Other effects are deaths as a result of shock and bleeding, infections, fistulas, and damage to the baby's brain due to prolonged and difficult labour.
Nfocus Neuromedical Receives CE Mark for the CardioVasc(TM) Stent ... - Feb 12, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Current and future product programs are aimed at rapid treatment of aneurysms and fistulas in the brain. Nfocus also has developed the CardioVasc(TM)
REMICADE-Treated Patients Experienced Rapid and Substantial ... - Feb 4, 2008
FOXBusinessReducing the number of draining enterocutaneous and rectovaginal fistulas and maintaining fistula closure in adult patients with fistulizing CD.
Arobella Medical, LLC Launches Qoustic Wound Therapy System(TM) - Feb 11, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Five to seven million people each year in the United States require treatment for chronic wounds resulting from ulcers, sores, burns, fistulas and other
A Walk to Beautiful - Feb 7, 2008
DVD Talk,For the women of "Walk," the common thread is stillborn birth, where literal weeks of labor pass by before action is taken, resulting in fistulas and other
Use of sildenafil and nitric oxide in the management of hypoxemia ... - Feb 7, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySameer Bhate, MCh DNB(CVTS) a , Michael Rossiter-Thornton, BMedSc(Hons) c , Stephen G. Cooper, MB, ChB, FRACP a , Jonathan Gillis, PhD, FRACP b , Andrew D.
Emergencies in Urology - Feb 5, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...cesarean delivery are not covered, nor are complications related to cryotherapy, brachytherapy, and thermotherapy, particularly rectourethral fistulas.
Nfocus Neuromedical Inc. Announces ISO Certification - Jan 29, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Current and future product programs are aimed at rapid treatment of aneurysms and fistulas in the brain. Based in Palo Alto, California, Nfocus is privately
Plastic Stents Questioned in Benign Esophageal Disease - Jan 29, 2008
MedPage Today,...but still unpleasant, conditions such as benign strictures, radiation-induced strictures, anastomotic strictures, and esophageal leaks or fistulas.
Against the odds - Jan 27, 2008
The Observer,No one ever mentioned fistulas as a possible side effect of bowel surgery in advance of Anna's operation. However, when she subsequently discovered she was
Cook Medical Delivers Innovative Treatment For Recto-Vaginal - Dec 3, 2007
Medical Design Online,Each year around the world, thousands of women suffer from recto-vaginal fistulas caused by a number of conditions. Fistulas are most commonly the result of
Cook introduces new treatment for recto-vaginal fistula patients - Dec 12, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...month launched a new device using the same materials to treat recto-vaginal fistulas ? abnormal tracts that form between a women?s rectum and vagina.
Congo-Kinshasa: Rape a 'Weapon of War' in Eastern Congo - Dec 23, 2007
AllAfrica.com,SFVS - which arranges counseling, morning after pills and operations on injuries like fistulas, rips in the vaginal wall caused by rape - has helped
The Quill Box: Doctor learns from patient. - Dec 19, 2007
Traverse City Record Eagle,This process requires high flow rates and it is a continual challenge to keep these fistulas functioning in our patients. Mrs. Baldwin was no different,
Cytori Therapeutics Executes its 'Celution' for Commercial Success - Dec 17, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Axcan (AXCA) believes the treatment of fistulas represents a $250 million market opportunity in the US alone, signing a $40 million exclusive licensing and
Niger: Botched Birth Survivors Battle Fistula - Dec 21, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Ninety percent of the 380 women Dimol has treated for fistulas never finished school, and cannot read or write. Many of the other cases were caused by an
DaVita Nurse Gives Keynote Speech to St. George's Hospital ... - Dec 19, 2007
FOX NewsAccording to the latest government data, DaVita exceeds national fistula placement averages by 15%, with over 59% of patients using fistulas(1).
Obstetric Fistula: A Medical Nightmare for Malawian Women - Dec 4, 2007
The Women's International Perspective,...“Some women have a combination of both these fistulas,� explains Linden. “They are leaking urine and/or stools continuously.� He worries, “They are often
Axcan Pharma Continues its Solid Growth Trend, Closing Fiscal 2007 ... - Nov 29, 2007
Earthtimes,American (United States, Canada and Mexico) rights to Cx401, an innovative biological product in development for the treatment of perianal fistulas.
Life in Turkmenistan. How myths are dispelled - Dec 21, 2007
Ferghana.ru,Bells ringing on brides' gowns, booming drums, and fistulas accompany wedding processions to the traditional site - golden status of the Turkmenbashi.
Sonographic Evaluation of Vascular Injuries - Dec 20, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Different kinds of vascular complications such as pseudoaneurysms, arteriovenous fistulas, dissection, and thrombosis are discussed.
Senegal: Gender Approach to Violence, Labour Rights And Discrimination - Nov 30, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...repeated bleedings, blockage and chronic infection of the urinary and genital ways, forming of cheloids, cysts, neurinomes and vésico-vaginal fistulas.
Cousins exchange a most unusual gift - Dec 18, 2007
Wilson County News,At one point, Jennifer’s arm had 39 staples in it for the fistulas for dialysis. Her arm turned black once from dialysis infiltrating her arm.
Put Option On America, Part II - Dec 17, 2007
CounterCurrents.org,Bullfighters with deep horn wounds often suffer fistulas, where the wound seals over at the surface, but remains angry and unhealed further inside.
2007: The year in review - Dec 13, 2007
Medecins Sans Frontieres,...acts targeting reconstruction - a specialty of particular interest in the case of large-scale orthopaedic or facial damage, or obstetric fistulas.
Most Inspiring Person of 2007: Liviu Librescu - Dec 12, 2007
Beliefnet.com,Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 81, has spent her career helping Ethiopian women by repairing fistulas, a devastating childbirth injury that results in many women
Superior Ophthalmic Vein Cannulation Through a Lateral Orbitotomy ... - Dec 10, 2007
Archives of OphthalmologyMany embolization procedures have been described for the treatment of cavernous dural fistulas, including direct superior ophthalmic vein cannulation.
Axcan shares rocket on $1.3 billion buyout deal - Nov 30, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),...for the upfront payment related to the in-licensing of Cx401, a biological product in development for the treatment of perianal fistulas.
Possis Medical, Inc., to Present at the BMO Capital Markets Focus ... - Nov 28, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...approval to remove large and small thrombus from coronary arteries, coronary bypass grafts, peripheral arteries and veins, AV grafts and native fistulas.
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