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POPSWho Wears Short Shorts? Ok, I have to fess up that I always probably ordered too much stuff online during summer just to look at our cute UPS guy :)
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POPSAngioplasties Drop A USA Today analysis shows that in the wake of big studies like Courage that showed a benefit for angioplasties that was lower than many expected, fewer patients are opting for the treatment to alleve chest pain. That's bad news for makers of stents, including Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, Abbott, and Medtronic.
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POPSBad Security Could Mean Hacked Hearts When you read stories like this, it's important to remember that the security vulnerabilities described are hypothetical, and that there is no evidence anyone outside of the research laboratory has the ability or desire to exploit them. But it's still shocking to realize that medical device makers have been so sloppy. And that this is a problem not unique to the medical world. Wireless computers are rapidly becoming pervasive in our lives, and designers and manufacturers need to stay on top of security concerns. We have to stop thinking of computer security simply in the context of strong email passwords, firewall software and anti-virus scanners, or else we're setting ourselves up for a nasty period of suffering through everything from hacked hearts to supermarket denial of service attacks.
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POPSCreating a New Heart in the Lab As the Medtronic-Bakken Chair in Cardiac Repair and the Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Repair, Dr. Taylor blends research using stem cells, genes, and devices to develop novel cardiac and vascular technologies--ones to prevent, treat, and hopefully one day, cure heart ailments. She is involved in both laboratory and clinical studies using cell therapy to treat disease.
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POPSmedtronics lead recall The Medtronic Recall of the Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads (Models 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949) will result in replacement surgery for thousands of patients according to estimates. The Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads are used in implantable cardioverter defibrillators ( ICD s ) and cardiac resynchronizationn therapy defibrillators ( CRT-Ds ).
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