American Medical Association’s digital advisors table RPM coding reform proposal, again
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STAT+: FDA advisory panel votes in favor of Abbott’s new heart device
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted in favor of a new…
STAT+: Health care developers are impressed by Apple Vision Pro, but they aren’t diving head first
Apple has long touted the potential of the iPhone and Apple Watch to help people…
Opinion: The Philips CPAP nightmare exposes shortcomings in medical device regulation
Millions of Americans’ bedtime routine includes wearing a mask attached to a respiratory machine that…
Medical devices with screens aren’t accessible to the blind. Congress has chance to change that
Katie Keim was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1967 when she was eight, well…
FDA urged to move faster to fix pulse oximeters for darker-skinned patients
The Food and Drug Administration should move more quickly to ensure pulse oximeters — the…
STAT+: AI therapy and ICU training: A first look at health apps for Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro, the company’s most important new product in a decade, promises to envelop…
Promising red-light myopia treatment for children is raising safety concerns among experts
Myopia, or near-sightedness, is on the rise: Nearly half of the world’s population will be…
Philips to stop selling sleep apnea machines in U.S. under tentative agreement with FDA, DOJ
WASHINGTON (AP) — The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines said Monday…
STAT+: Cognito raises $35 million for Alzheimer’s treatment device, touts benefits compared to drugs
Just as a new wave of approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease reaches patients, medical device…
STAT+: FDA OKs — but doesn’t require — a non-cancer-causing chemical for sterilizing devices
The chemical used to sterilize half of all medical devices in the United States is…
STAT+: The FDA’s diagnostics chief, who led through Covid, has retired
Timothy Stenzel, the federal regulator who led the Food and Drug Administration’s diagnostics division during…
STAT+: FDA clears AI skin cancer detector for primary care doctors to use
The Food and Drug Administration cleared an AI-powered device for detecting skin cancer on Wednesday,…
STAT+: Many doctors are in the dark about how FDA approves devices and drugs, survey finds
In her final presentation for health policy class at the University of Chicago, first-year medical…
STAT+: Boston Scientific acquires Axonics, urology company, for $3.7 billion
Boston Scientific said it will buy Axonics, a device company treating urinary and bowel disorders,…
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STAT+: An injectable gel enters the male birth control fray with early positive clinical data
Between condoms and vasectomies lies a vast, undeveloped chasm of male birth control. Contraline, a…
STAT+: Philips pays $2.4 million for allegedly giving kickbacks to sleep labs
Philips agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle allegations that the free masks it gave…
STAT+: With Biden finalizing an Apple Watch ban, Apple needs to decide its future in health
An import ban of certain Apple Watches officially goes into effect on Tuesday, after the…
STAT+: 3 medtech trends to watch in 2024
It’s been a slow year for medtech. Major deals in 2023 were scarce, funding was…
STAT+: SEC charges former CEO of pain relief device company with $41 million fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged the former CEO of Stimwave, a company…
STAT+: Apple pauses sales of latest watches in the US after ITC decision
Apple is temporarily pulling certain Apple Watches from the U.S. market to comply with an…
STAT+: Amputees have better balance, less pain after electrical stimulation, study finds
For years, Lauren Gavron relied on oxycodone to quiet the pain in her missing lower…
STAT+: GE HealthCare CEO named chair of medical device lobby AdvaMed’s new imaging division
AdvaMed named Peter Arduini, CEO of GE HealthCare, chair of its board of directors on…
In pigs, researchers show ultrasound could be used for 3D printing inside the body
Imagine getting surgery without ever being cut open. Researchers at Duke University and Harvard Medical…
STAT+: Medtronic cancels $738 million acquisition of diabetes tech company EOFlow
Medtronic is no longer buying EOFlow, a Korean maker of wearable insulin pumps. The news…
ChatGPT doesn’t know much about drugs, Hims & Hers enters weight-loss market
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Takeda, Janssen join wearable maker to measure scratching, and other health tech news
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STAT+: How the CEO of the largest medical device accelerator molds medtech startups
If Paul Grand weren’t the CEO of MedTech Innovator, the largest medical device accelerator in…
STAT+: FDA approves Medtronic high blood pressure device despite a negative advisory panel vote
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a Medtronic device to lower blood pressure, the…
STAT+: A digital pill shows early promise in detecting opioid overdose, sleep apnea
Gathering health data remotely is a pain. Forgetting to slip on a wearable is easy,…
NYU radiologists tackle the challenge of making MRI machines less expensive
How many radiologists does it take to build a working MRI from scratch? New York…
STAT+: After decades in use, heart stents finally beat placebo. It took a bold researcher
PHILADELPHIA — A new study, and the bold doctor who led it, could result in…
STAT+: FDA approves high blood pressure device from ReCor Medical
The Food and Drug Administration approved a surgical system used to reduce blood pressure from…
STAT+: FTC’s Lina Khan makes a stop at Y Combinator, how telehealth helps rural America
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Experts talk detecting disease from voice biomarkers with AI, privacy concerns
Over the past few years, researchers have started using AI to capture signals from our…
Inari Medical to buy last-line amputation prevention company LimFlow
Vascular device maker Inari Medical announced plans to buy LimFlow, a company selling a last-line…
In Gaza, the Glia Project 3D prints tourniquets and stethoscopes
Tarek Loubani looked around at his fellow doctors at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City…
STAT+: Teladoc stock slides despite business growth, Medtronic CEO talks innovation
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STAT+: Boston Scientific’s drug-coated balloon may reduce risk of heart attack
A drug-coated balloon made by Boston Scientific reduced the risk of heart attack in patients…
STAT+: Medtronic CEO talks latest bets on diabetes, high blood pressure technology
As one of the largest and oldest medical device companies in the world, Medtronic has…
STAT+: FDA’s warning to J&J’s Abiomed signals a crackdown on digital health tools
The Food and Drug Administration is following through on its promise to regulate more health…
STAT+: Key takeaways from AdvaMed, the world’s largest medical device conference
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Thousands of workers in the medical device industry gathered here this week…
STAT+: To prevent amputation in patients with severe vascular disease, a device turns veins into arteries
An innocuous slip while cutting her toenails created a wound on Cynthia Elford’s right foot…
STAT+: Former FDA official lays out how to keep patients safe from risky medical devices
Madris Kinard’s unlikely journey to becoming a champion for patient safety started in a fire…
Octopus tentacles inspired a new drug delivery patch that sticks to the inside of your cheek
The story of the latest development in drug administration technology — a mouth patch that…
STAT+: FDA panel votes against GLP-1 therapy from former diabetes unicorn Intarcia
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted against a diabetes implant…
A thorny ALS debate at the FDA, and the promise of artificial wombs
Can the FDA be too flexible? How do you test a mechanical womb? And who…
STAT+: FDA weighs animal data, ethical dilemmas at panel on artificial wombs
The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel of pediatric experts met on Tuesday to discuss…
STAT+: Artificial wombs, after years in development, reach FDA review for human trials
The artificial womb, a device aiming to save infants born way too soon, is inching…
Johnson & Johnson is getting rid of its script logo after more than 130 years
Johnson & Johnson is signing off on a new logo. The health care giant said…