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As America Gets Bigger > Serious social and psychological dimensions > National Eating Disorder > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC > Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity > National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES > Diabetes mellitus > Cardiovascular disease > Hypertension and stroke > Certain forms of cancer > Increased risk of premature death > Serious chronic conditions > Reduced overall quality of life

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Is surgical treatment for obesity a good and effective treatment for preventing the life-threatening complications and serious degenerative problems associated with pathological obesity? Do drug and medical device companies cash in to unprecedented degrees? Will overweight- and obesity-attributable spending continue to increase and government will continue to finance a sizable portion?

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As America Gets Bigger > Serious social and psychological dimensions > National Eating Disorder > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC > Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity > National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES > Diabetes mellitus > Cardiovascular disease > Hypertension and stroke > Certain forms of cancer > Increased risk of premature death > Serious chronic conditions > Reduced overall quality of life

Friday, May 30, 2008

Is surgical treatment for obesity a good and effective treatment for preventing the life-threatening complications and serious degenerative problems associated with pathological obesity? Do drug and medical device companies cash in to unprecedented degrees? Will overweight- and obesity-attributable spending continue to increase and government will continue to finance a sizable portion?

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Laparoscopic surgery device development > Take concepts from nature and apply them to needs > Develop surgical adhesive tape > Avoids difficulties inherent in suturing > Ideal for tightly confined space > NOTES > Endoluminal applications > Scientists mimick gravity-defying pattern > Proof of principle

Monday, March 3, 2008

Will the clinical evaluations show that two segments of intestine can be glued to each other? Will the device provide a good seal that doesn’t leak? Does the concept need more development and incubation?

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…Geckos have millions of hair-like structures on each foot pad, which allow them to “stick” on […]

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Video > Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AAA > Harper University Hospital > Patients receives endoluminal repair > Endovascular stent-graft require periodic follow-up > Check for migration and endoleaks

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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> Performed by Ali Kafi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.hief of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Harper University Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (WSU)
PRIMARY HOSPITAL: Harper University Hospital
SPECIALTY: Cardiothoracic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic surgery, valvular surgery, endovascular grafting, balloon angioplasty & stenting, treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery, American Board […]

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Move a device idea from the research phase to the market > Massachusetts medical device industry > Industry-specific support > Innovation Index of the Massachusetts Economy > Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives > Dow Jones VentureSource > Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute > Worcester business incubators

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Is Massachusetts a Medtech hub that benefits from industry that has developed there close to all the universities? Is the infrastructure for both the creation of device ideas and the development of device ideas unique to the state of Massachusetts? Why can medical device companies gain a foothold in Massachusetts that they cannot gain elsewhere?

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