Latest Implants Stories

Breast and buttock augmentation can help you to make a spectacular impression, but great results require a great plastic surgeon LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As women contemplate the arrival of Memorial Day in May and then the truly warm weather after July 4th, their thoughts often turn to their appearance in bikini or bathing suits. The fact of the matter is that not all doctors performing breast augmentation and butt lift surgery are working at exactly the same level...

World's Only Approved Total Artificial Heart Surpasses 500 Implants in the U.S. TUCSON, Ariz., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that a record 40 implants of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart were performed at 24 SynCardia Certified Centers during the quarter ended March 31, 2013. (Photo:...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online UK officials are looking to scrutinize cosmetic procedures they say are potentially dangerous and have gone unregulated for too long. A new review led by Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical director at the National Health Service, announced several warnings and recommendations designed to regulate anti-wrinkle treatments and dermal fillers, which are injected into the lips or skin to give a supple appearance. "A person having a...

CHICAGO, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "These proven performers were hired to drive our value proposition of revolutionizing fracture healing approaches to deliver a substantially better quality of life for patients than current treatment options," said Rick Epstein, CEO of Sonoma. "As part of our already strong team, they will help fulfill the proposition through strategy, solid clinical evidence and inspired product design." Victoria Good, PhD, recently joined Sonoma as Director...

BURKE, Va., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Burke Virginia dentist, Dr Kristen Donohue, traveled to a Santo Domingo where she placed numerous dental implants, as part of over $2 million in donated dental implant surgery with Implant Continuum. Under the guidance of Dr Arun Garg and the Implant Continuum faculty, 30 American doctors traveled to a Santo Domingo dental school from April 12-15, 2013 to provide free dental implant services to over 250 local citizens. The patients selected...

Alonso Krangle has recently filed a DePuy lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia man that alleges DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. was negligent in performing safety testing on the Pinnacle Hip and that the company continued to market this hip replacement system as safe and effective even after it had received numerous patient reports to the contrary. New York, NY (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 The defective medical device lawyers at Alonso Krangle have recently filed a DePuy Pinnacle Hip replacement lawsuit...

BOSTON and TEL-AVIV, Israel, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NSPR) ("Inspire" or the "Company"), the developer of the MGuard(TM) Embolic Protection Stent (EPS), announced today that on April 19, 2013, the Company received an approval with conditions for its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). An approval with conditions indicates that the FDA concurs with the overall trial design and...

Dr. Emily J. Kirby says implants offer more choice for women seeking breast enlargement FORT WORTH, Texas, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Natrelle 410, the highly cohesive shaped silicone gel implant approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February 2013, provides many advantages for the appropriate patient, says plastic surgeon Dr. Emily J. Kirby. Manufactured by Allergan, the Natrelle 410 is a new type of silicone gel implant; it is the second shaped highly...

While health risks can come in many forms, sometimes there are easy ways to reduce the risk of cancer and dementia. Woodland Hills dentist Dr. Kanani reviews recent study linking dental care and dementia. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) April 21, 2013 Dental hygiene may be linked to more than just the possibility of cavities. A recent study from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society pointed to a link between dental care and dementia (Teeth Brushing and Dementia, April 4th, 2013)....

The Firm is actively filing Biomet hip replacement lawsuits on behalf of individuals who suffered hip implant failure, metallosis and other complications allegedly due to the Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant. New York, New York (PRWEB) April 21, 2013 Biomet hip lawsuits involving the Biomet M2a Magnum hip implant continue to move forward in a multidistrict litigation now underway in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. According to a posting on the Court’s website, a new...