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Medtronic’s new direct aortic approach to TAVI wins European approval

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:15:32

European regulators have approved the delivery of Medtronic‘s CoreValve System using a new direct aortic approach in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement, but some patients are unsuited for the procedure because they have small vessels. The newly CE Marked [...]

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Breast implant problems can be stopped with conscientious doctors

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:43

This year began with a breast implant scandal. This one has brought back memories of the one early in my private practice. The current one involves the PIP-branded breast implants produced by the French company Poly Implant Prothese and rebranded by the Dutch company Rofil as Rofil M-implants breast implants. The first one involved silicone implants made by American companies including Dow Corning who no longer makes breast implants. The picture of 3 implants includes: top -- an old McGhan double lumen (silicone gel implant surrounded by a saline implant); bottom left – Dow Corning textured silicone implant; and bottom right – Dow Corning smooth silicone implant. Dow Corning has not made breast implants since approximately 1992.

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Minimally invasive weight loss device maker quietly raises $2.75 million

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:47:32

Although it’s trying to keep quiet about its product, a medical device startup developing a new treatment for obesity revealed this week it’s in the middle of raising $5.5 million. According to a recently filed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission document, Vibrynt Inc. has raised half of a $5.5 million offering from five investors. Vibrynt’s [...]

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LePage says he is moving out of his office

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Thursday democratic leadership told the governor to move a television his staff placed outside of his office at the state house, inside his office. Claiming he was being censored, LePage said he's moving his office out of the state house.

4:42 PM, May 23, 2013

Kyle Dube formally charged with murder of Nichole Cable

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Kyle Dube has been formally charged in the death of 15 year old Nichole Cable.

4:04 PM, May 22, 2013

Data breach may affect 23,000 Mainers who bought tickets online

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The Maine Attorney General's office is issuing an alert for people who may have used an out-of-state service for buying tickets for shows and other forms of entertainment recently.

6:10 PM, May 22, 2013

Thousands affected by surprise phone/internet service cancellation

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Service is slowly trickling back to thousands of customers who had lost phone and internet service on Tuesday through USA Telephone.

4:55 PM, May 22, 2013

Senate passes hospital bill, then vetoed by Gov. LePage

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - On a party line vote, democrats today gave final passage to paying the state's debt to Maine hospitals with expanding Medicaid to about 70,000 more people. The Governor almost immediately issued a public veto message.

4:18 PM, May 23, 2013

Warmer and more humid Today!

Late day and evening thunderstorms likely!

7:23 AM, May 23, 2013

MTA Board: Tolls not changing for EZ Pass users

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Tolls will not be changing for EZ-Pass customers at the end of next month after all.

11:45 AM, May 23, 2013

Behind the scenes of the USS Miami Fire

KITTERY, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It was one year ago that fire broke out aboard the USS Miami, a nuclear powered submarine docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

5:09 PM, May 22, 2013

Fugitive rapist Gary Allen Irving sentenced 36 to 40 years

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.

2:36 PM, May 23, 2013
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