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Medical device industry calls for discussion on product mark-ups
A forum that represents domestic medical device makers has called for a broad discussion across industry fora to define price mark-ups across the supply chain, that impact the end price for the consumer. “We urge a multi-stakeholder dialogue…
CVC, GTCR Weigh Take-Private of Medical Equipment Provider Teleflex
CVC Capital Partners Plc and GTCR are exploring a takeover of medical equipment provider Teleflex Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The buyout firms have been working together to evaluate a potential deal to take the Wayne…
Most people worldwide believe at least one of 6 common medical myths
For years, the working theory about health misinformation was reassuringly simple: it was a fringe problem, confined to a narrow slice of the population — the deeply partisan, the undereducated, the chronically online. A sweeping new global…
Medical Billing Services in California: What Every Practice Needs to Know
California healthcare is competitive. The patient volumes are high, the medical regulations are strict, and the margin for error is thin. Most providers pour everything into clinical care, into hiring good staff, buying the right equipment, and…
Medication was supposed to stop my tics - it turned me into the tin man'
A presenter and DJ from Scarborough was left 'as stiff as the tin man' and in excruciating pain after taking his 'usual' medication nearly cost him his life. Ryan Swain, 36, is known in North Yorkshire as a DJ, actor, and motivational speaker for…
Northwestern Medical Center launches partnership to preserve birthing services
Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans has partnered with an outside obstetrical and gynecological care group to continue perinatal and birthing care at the Franklin County hospital, bolstering a service the hospital has been struggling to…
Medical Exec Back In Chicago To Face Loretto Fraud Charges After Living As Fugitive In Dubai
DOWNTOWN — A medical executive who fled to Dubai before being indicted on charges of embezzling millions of dollars from the West Side's Loretto Hospital made his first court appearance in Chicago Wednesday more than a year and a half after…
Iconic British band forced to cancel gig last minute due to 'medical situation
A major British rock band have been forced to cancel their show at the last minute due to a medical emergency. Punters had been queueing at the door ready for the show, only to be told that it would not be going ahead. Enter Shikari had been due to…
New lawsuit accuses shuttered Oak Park hospital West Suburban Medical Center CEO of 'financial mismanagement'
OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A co-owner of operations for the closed Oak Park hospital West Suburban Medical Center has now filed a counter-lawsuit against his business partner, asking a Cook County judge to appoint a neutral third-party to assume…
Promising Medical Stocks To Consider - April 22nd
A Healthy Rebound Could Lie Ahead for UNH Shareholders UnitedHealth Group, Boston Scientific, Intuitive Surgical, Eli Lilly and Company, and Johnson & Johnson are the five Medical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener…
Profound Medical (NASDAQ:PROF) Shares Down 4.3% - Time to Sell?
Profound Medical (NASDAQ:PROF - Get Free Report) traded down 4.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday. The company traded as low as $6.82 and last traded at $6.84. 89,617 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 52% from the average…
Beyond the Body: Notes on a Post-Biological Future
Medicine often loves a good bout of cockeyed optimism. Psychiatry's latest came in the latter twentieth century. A review in the Lancet calls it a time when “it seemed that even the most intractable conditions like schizophrenia would yield…
Architecting the Future of Care
Dr Tsang is first to admit that healthcare is entering a period of rapid technological transformation. Artificial intelligence is reshaping diagnostics, predictive modelling and workflow efficiency. Yet he is unequivocal that innovation must…
Crown Advisors Management Inc. Purchases Shares of 30,000 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. $MMSI
Crown Advisors Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm…
Blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear, study by Boston researchers finds
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear. Harvard University -affiliated researchers at Mass General Brigham in Boston say that the test for pTau217, an amyloid protein that build…
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