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A lack of detailed information about Essure, a permanent birth control implant, and the adverse reactions women were having to it, put some women’s health in jeopardy, a CBC News/Fifth Estate investigation found. The investigation also found that Health Canada, which is responsible for regulating medical devices, hasn’t been transparent about Essure’s licencing or reporting […]
Breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic surgery in the world, with 10 million women opting for breast implants during the past decade. We took hidden cameras into the offices of three Toronto plastic surgeons to review how they explain and sell the procedure.
Spencer Platt/Getty Costa Rica-based company Establishment Labs, the maker of Motiva breast implants, went public last week. It was the first IPO for the aesthetics sector in 2018, and the first breast aesthetics public offering in more than three years. The company is trying to disrupt an industry dominated by just three players: J&J, Allergan, […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Barcroft Media) Last year, futurist Elon Musk announced a new project: a medical research company called Neuralink set to develop a new generation of brain implant devices—which may, among other things, help us in the coming AI apocalypse. But evil robots aside, the devices first have to face a more nefarious […]
HELENA Boyce, 39, is a dance and fitness instructor. She lives in Southampton with her partner Dowayne, their daughter Rosario, 10, and 12-year-old son Dowayne. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Sleep apnea (where your brain doesn’t properly send breathing signals while resting) is horrible enough by itself, but the solutions to it can be scary: you may have to take medication, rely on ungainly breathing machines or opt for invasive surgery. You might have a gentler treatment going forward, though. The US Food and Drug […]
REUTERS/Vincent Kessler A robot dentist has carried out the first successful autonomous implant surgery by fitting two new teeth into a woman’s mouth, mainland media has reported. Although there were human medical staff present during the operation, they did not play an active role while it was being carried out. The one-hour procedure took place […]
Enlarge / Could this be the first step toward the Mouse Guard from David Petersen’s amazing comic book? (credit: From Mouse Guard, by David Petersen) It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie about making supersoldiers. Scientists have turned shy, low-ranking mice into aggressive fighters who almost always win in dominance competitions. And […]
More than 700 Australian women in a class-action case against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson state company’s vaginal mesh caused them devastating pain. CBC | Health News
Lab-engineered bone (the outer layer) with functional bone marrow (the inner layer). Image: Varghese Lab at UC San Diego Thanks to advances in medicine, bone marrow transplants are no longer the last resorts they one were. Every year, thousands of marrow transplants are performed, a common treatment for ailments from bone marrow disease to leukemia. […]
