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What's Up Doc? Carrots Created Containing Hep B Vaccine

BERLIN - A team of German researchers have created modified carrots that contain a hepatitis B vaccination. After experimenting with tomatoes and potatoes, the scientists say carrots may be the most efficient way to prevent the liver-attacking virus. Rather than following ...More
May 13, 2002
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Bronchoscope Pseudomonas Outbreak Rattles Johns Hopkins

Two pulmonary patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Center have died of pneumonia after being treated with Olympus bronchoscopes that were recalled several months prior to the procedures. The bronchoscopes were voluntarily taken off the market by the company after it was ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Hepatitis: The Quiet Killer

There are six known viruses that can cause inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E and G infect the liver, causing the organ to weaken and die. May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month. Hepatitis A, B and C are the most infectious and most dangerous forms of ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Disorders
SGNA Special

U.S. Endoscopy GroupBooth 321 The newly designed Roth Net™ is the premier device for both polyp and foreign body retrieval. Improvements to this patented innovation include the "easy-pack" net delivery system, a stiffer loop wire and a reinforced sheath. All of these ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Endo Nerds Unite!

While surfing the Internet to scan national newspapers, I came upon a headline that made me jump: "Hospital Says Faulty Recall May Have exposed 400 to Infection." I read the online article quickly, hurried to the printer to review the text again and furiously made interview ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues
Hep A Vaccine May Provide 30 Years of Protection

LONDON - Researchers studying the lasting effects of GlaxoSmithKline's hepatitis A vaccine Havrix say the inoculation may provide 30 years, rather than 10 years, of protection. Following 155 adults who were vaccinated with Havrix in 1990, the team followed a mathematical ...More
March 26, 2002
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Hepatitis B, Carotid Atherosclerosis Linked

NEW YORK - Japanese researchers have reportedly found a tie between chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and carotid atherosclerosis. The team's report, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, details the population-based study. Studying 4,686 men and women aged ...More
March 18, 2002
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Applied Medical GelPort

Applied Medical, headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif, has developed the GelPort Hand Access Device to combine the patient outcomes of minimally invasive surgery with the speed and precision of open surgery. The GelPort Hand Access Laparoscope allows a surgeon and ...More
March 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Latex Allergy Update

Often thought of as a modern-day malady, allergic reactions to rubber gloves were first reported in the early 1930s. The number of reported reactions rapidly increased as the consumption of medical gloves rose after the implementation of Universal Precautions during the ...More
March 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Disorders, Industry Issues, Procedures
Hepatitis Patient Wins Transfusion Case

BUDAPEST, Hungaria-A Hungarian court has ruled in favor of a patient infected with hepatitis C via blood transfusion. The Pest Central District Court ruled the responsible hospital will have to pay $10,7000 in damages and a monthly allowance of $53 to the patient. There are ...More
January 30, 2002
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues