Topic: Medical Technology
India's $40 limb puts amputees back on their feet
Reuters Life! Online Report
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - When Bhoopnarayan Jha lost his leg in an accident, the government employee also lost his will to live, until he got a "Jaipur Foot." Made from locally available and cheap materials, the rapid-fit, prosthetic limb is handed over for free to victims of road and rail ...
Cheney hospitalized after experiencing chest pains
Reuters US Online Report Politics News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized on Monday after experiencing chest pains, and his office said he was resting comfortably while doctors evaluated the situation. Cheney, 69, who served as vice president from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush, has had a long history of ...
Medtronic 3Q profit rises, pacemaker sales slow
AP News
Medtronic 3Q profit jumps, but sales of pacemakers, spine implants paint mixed pictureMedtronic said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose 19 percent on robust sales of defibrillators and diabetes products. Still, lackluster sales of pacemakers and spine implants cut into revenue and company shares dipped in early trading along with the ...
CDC: MRIs, other medical scans in ER quadruple
AP News
<div id="subtitle">CDC reports big increase in use of MRI, CT and PET scans during ER, doctor visits</div><div><p>The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report ...
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