Johnson & Johnson’s billion-dollar bet on a novel implant for heart failure hit a roadblock this week, with an FDA advisory panel unanimously voting against its risk-benefit profile. The V-Wave ...

An FDA advisory panel gave a unanimous verdict for an interatrial shunt in heart failure: no way. All 15 members of the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee on ...

A landmark randomized, placebo-controlled trial provides the clearest evidence to date that shunt surgery benefits patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), a condition long ...

Cerebrospinal fluid shunting improved walking speed, gait, and balance in older adults with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus. An open-shunt valve setting led to no significant improvements in ...

Varicose gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. Endoscopic treatment is the first therapeutic line for these patients, ...

If you're the kind of person who thinks "warranty void" sounds like a challenge, Prema, a well-known American overclocker and modder, has something wild for you. In a recent video from GizmoSlipTech, ...

Geeks love to get a little more power out of their hardware by digging deep in its guts, either literally or with software. A little gentle overclocking is usually safe, and in fact it’s expected to a ...

People with scarring of the liver (cirrhosis) may develop high pressure in the portal vein (the vein that carries blood from the gut to the liver). This high pressure results in abnormally dilated ...

Schistosomiasis ('bilharzia' or 'snail fever') is a water-borne disease caused by parasites known as blood flukes. Blood flukes are released by fresh water snails and penetrate the skin of humans ...

LEM has introduced a unique current sensor for electric-vehicle (EV) battery management. Dubbed the Hybrid Supervising Unit (HSU), the device is the first on the market to integrate both shunt and ...

DURING the past fifteen years an increasing number of portasystemic shunts have been performed at the Lahey Clinic. Some patients did not fit into the accepted criteria for operability 1–7; yet a ...