Abbott earned FDA approval for its dissolving stent designed to unclog arteries below the knee. This marks the first time the FDA has approved a stent or drug-coated balloon to help arteries stay open below the knee.
The American Diabetes Association recently launched the Amputation Prevention Alliance — a three-year effort to decrease the number of diabetes-related amputations in the country — along with five partner organizations. The organizations will work together to advocate for policy changes, increase clinician education about caring for diabetic complications, and improve patients' awareness of warning signs to watch out for.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Cleveland startup SPR Therapeutics is developing a minimally invasive medical device that treats the phantom pain associated with amputation – without the standard use of narcotics. It just received a $1.45 million SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an implantable device that stimulates the peripheral nervous system, and addresses both phantom and residual […]
The story of a woman who survived the Boston Marathon bombing is a sad but perfect illustration of the tension that often comes up in a patient-doctor relationship. The tendency in American healthcare is to treat, treat, treat. When a patient says, “No more,” or simply, “No,” this disagreement can break down communication. Last week […]