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3. Medtronic-backed study implants 1st Alzheimer’s patient with brain “pacemaker”
Researchers in the U.S. and Canada treat the 1st patients in a Medtronic-backed study of deep brain stimulation as treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
2. NxStage Medical to Medicare: Really?
NxStage Medical expresses disappointment and disbelief that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid failed to update rules for home hemodialysis.
1. Hip: Feds probe Wright Medical’s Profemur metal hip implants
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tennessee requests 11 years of records and documentation on Wright Medical’s Profemur metal hip implants.