After two days of discussion and testimony about silicone breast implants, a top government health official said he had heard nothing to shake his faith in the safety of the widely used implants.
Tags: Breast Implants, Dr. Mathews, FDA, Safety
Posted in News & Education | No Comments »
Interstim, an FDA approved treatment for urinary urgency and frequency that stimulates the sacral nerve near the tailbone to help restore control of the urinary bladder muscle. has been granted indication in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome according to sources. An announcement is expected soon. Till this is confirmed by the FDA and Medtronic, this information should be considered preliminary.
Tags: Dr. Mathews, FDA, frequency, Interstim, irritable bowel syndrome, kyle mathews, Plano Urogynecology Associates Interstim, sacral nerve, urgency, urinary bladder, urinary urgency
Posted in Bladder Dysfunction, News & Education | No Comments »
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first mammography system employing 3-dimensional (3-D) imaging, and preclinical studies show that the new technology is 7% more accurate than traditional 2-D mammography in spotting breast tumors. The new technology is to be marketed as the Selenia Dimensions System and is being manufactured by Hologic,…Read the Rest of Article
Tags: 3-Dimensional, Devices, Dr. Mathews, FDA, Jeffrey Shuren, kyle mathews, Latin America, mammogram, Mammography, Mammography Quality Standards, new, Selenia Dimensions System, Steven Fox, women
Posted in News & Education | No Comments »
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox; Allergan Inc) for headache prophylaxis in patients with adult chronic migraine who suffer headaches on 15 or more days per month, each lasting more than 4 hours.
Tags: adult, Botox, Botox Cosmetic, botulinum toxin, Dr. Mathews, FDA, headache symptoms, kyle mathews, migraine headaches, Patients, Russell Katz, Susan Jeffrey, symptoms
Posted in News & Education | No Comments »