Artificial heart ready for human trials by 2011

In a great scientific discovery which will benefit millions of people all over the world, Heart specialists have been able to create the artificial heart. The first entirely artificial heart should be ready for human trials 'within two and a half years'. The prosthetic...

Tampa General starts procedure on wrong patient

"TAMPA -- Staff at Tampa General Hospital mistakenly started performing a cardiac catheterization last week on the wrong patient, hospital officials said Wednesday evening.The man was not harmed, and the hospital is conducting an internal investigation. Staff members failed...

Electrodes on nipples kills woman

I suppose this is a bit different to almost strangling your partner to increase arousal.Begs the one-liner "Baby, you turn me on""The York Record reports on a 37-year-old Lower Windsor Township man being charged with using electricity to shock his wife to death in what...

Study links birth control pill to arterial plaque

"ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A European study released on Tuesday has raised new concerns about the safety of women's long-term use of the birth control pill, suggesting increased risk of heart attack or stroke. Women who had used oral contraceptives were more likely than...

Bayer Trasylol Heart Surgery Clotting Drugs Sales Suspended Worldwide

"MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Bayer AG suspended worldwide sales of Trasylol, a clotting drug using during heart surgery to prevent bleeding, on Monday following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove the drug from the American market for safety...

Occlutech files for invalidation of AGA Medical`s European patent in UK

Jena, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Occlutech GmbH, the leading European manufacturer of cardiac occlusion devices such as ASD, PFO and LAA occluders today announced that it has initiated invalidation proceedings against AGA's European patent in the U.K. Most of the...