JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s IceCure Medical said on Sunday it received U.S. regulatory approval to expand the use of its cryoablation technology to treat benign and cancerous tumors in livers and kidneys, sending its share price up 30%. IceCure’s treatment ... More »
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Zebra Medical Vision, an Israel medical imaging analytics company, said on Monday it received its third clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its alert for intracranial hemorrhage, based on head CT scans. The latest clea... More »
(Reuters Health) – Spending on health care advertising in the U.S. has almost doubled over the past two decades as companies compete for their share of the world’s biggest health care market, a U.S. study suggests. Annual health care marketing surged from $17.... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bayer AG disputed accusations in a new Netflix documentary that claims medical device makers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed profits before patient safety. The company, in a statement released Thursday night, said the docu... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – My kids got a great report from the dentist at their last checkup. From the receptionist? Not so much. When I went to make an appointment for their next cleaning in six months, she shocked me by saying I owed nearly $3,000 in charges datin... More »
(This version of the June 22 story corrects paragraph 3 to say Weiss was a nominee and had not previously served on Natus’ board) (Reuters) – Natus Medical Inc said on Friday its stockholders had elected hedge fund Voce Capital Management’s nominees to the com... More »
The White House physician pronounced Donald Trump to be in "excellent health" after Trump had his first medical exam as U.S. president on Friday, capping off a week in which his mental fitness for the job has come under intense scrutiny. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump is in "excellent health," Dr. Ronny Jackson said in a statement after he gave the president a medical examination. More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question during a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump ... More »
French medicine is considered to be one of the best ones in the world. For many years it takes the 3rd – 4th position after the U.S.A, Germany and Switzerland. Nevertheless France cannot to boast of high level of reproductive medicine. In France, success rate ... More »
The U.S. government on Tuesday issued rules for addressing cyber vulnerabilities in medical devices, providing manufacturers with guidelines for fixing security bugs in equipment, including pacemakers, insulin pumps and imaging systems. More »
St. Jude Medical Inc warned on Tuesday that some of its implanted heart devices are at risk of premature battery depletion, a condition it said has been linked to two patient deaths and could require the replacement of some devices. More »
The ticker and trading information for St. Jude Medical is displayed where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc ... More »
One day after a short seller claimed that St. Jude Medical Inc’s (STJ.N) heart implants are vulnerable to deadly cyber attacks, investors appear most concerned about whether the accusation will derail St. Jude’s $24 billion planned deal for Abbott Labs (ABT.N)... More »
TOKYO Toshiba Corp (6502.T) has granted Canon Inc (7751.T) exclusive negotiating rights for its medical equipment unit after a hotly contested auction, with a report putting Canon’s offer at more than 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion). The conglomerate put Toshib... More »
TOKYO Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said its board of directors would hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the planned sale of its medical equipment unit and announce the outcome swiftly if a decision is reached. The cash-strapped Japanese company said in a statemen... More »
TOKYO Canon Inc is front-runner to buy the healthcare business of Toshiba Corp with a bid of over 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion), Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported. Toshiba, a laptops-to-nuclear conglomerate seeking cash to restructure after an accounting scan... More »
