Bariatric Surgery as a Cure for Diabetes: Can we Stomach it?

September 29th, 2009 Spine Surgery Worldwide 2008-2017: Products, Technologies, Markets and Opportunities Report ( http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Spine-Surgery-Worldwide-2008-2017-Products-Technologies-Markets-and-Opportunities.html ) details the complete range of products and technologies in spine surgery, including the surgical management of spine disorders, diseases and trauma, with treatments including use of grafts, demineralized bone, fusion, stabilization, disc replacement, nucleus replacement, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, imaging, minimally invasive surgical technologies, energy-based therapies and biologics. The report details current clinical and technology developments in the huge and rapidly growing spine surgery technologies worldwide market, with data on products in development and on the market; market size and forecast; competitor market shares; competitor profiles; and market opportunity.

September 1st, 2009 WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new healthcare market research report 'Global Top Minimally Invasive/Non Invasive Market (2009 - 2014)', published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), in 2009, the global minimally invasive/ non invasive market is estimated to be approximately $16.4 billion and is expected to reach $24.4 billion by 2014 at a CAGR of 8.3%. Browse 80 market data tables and in-depth TOC on minimally invasive/ non invasive market.

August 26th, 2009 LONDON - A new research study carried out by The Research Partnership reveals that living with diabetes can have a major effect on people's lives, with just under half (44%) of type 2 patients reporting that the condition has impacted on either their ability or their desire to have sex. The study was conducted online amongst 2,000 patients with type 2 diabetes living in the US, UK and Germany and investigated patients' attitudes, feelings, health status, drug treatment programmes and needs for coping with life with diabetes.

August 24th, 2009 WILMINGTON, Delaware - According to a new healthcare market research report 'Global Top Ten Medical Device Technologies Market (2009 - 2014)', published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com) in 2009, the entire market for top ten medical device technologies is estimated to be approximately $454.3 billion, of which medical diagnostic devices technologies alone constitute about 40% of the entire market at approximately $177.8 billion. The market for drug delivery devices constituted an estimated $110.8 billion for the same period.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - Increasing knowledge related to the pathology of diabetes will support the introduction of improved drugs to treat the disease. As healthcare moves towards the ideal of preventive medicine, there are a few companies conducting research on diabetes vaccines.

July 2nd, 2009 ZÜRICH - Solianis recently signed an investment agreement with a Swiss foundation which invests its assets in Swiss companies. According to the agreement, this foundation will put CHF 5 million, while the previous investors in Solianis are investing another CHF 3 million.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - - Medical Experts Call for Greater Consideration of Gastric Banding for Obese People With Type 2 Diabetes LONDON, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Allergan's LAP-BAND(TM) AP System for obesity intervention has become the first device to receive official European approval for weight loss that leads to improvement or remission of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes has reached pandemic proportions[i] and the risk of developing the disease has increased up to 10 times in people who are obese.

June 4th, 2009 NEW ORLEANS - What Live Webcast: Delivering real patient benefit: Update on new clinical excellence & future company vision Live from the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Session When Sunday, June 7th, 2009 10:30am - 11:30am CDT (Central Daylight Time) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 17:30pm - 18:30pm CEST (Central European Summer Time) Paris, France How to register www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=59340 Password: sa2009ADA Highlights This webcast event will feature breaking news from real-life and clinical studies on progress in glycemic control, medication safety, cost-effectiveness, patient well-being and satisfaction. In addition, an update on the sanofi-aventis vision and strategy will further demonstrate the company's commitment to becoming a partner in diabetes healthcare.

May 20th, 2009 KEMSING, England - Price of Blood Glucose Test Strips to the NHS to be cut by 50% - "My Lords, I Cannot say why They are so Expensive" (Baroness Thornton House of Lords June 23 2008) - NHS Spends 10% of Annual Budget on Treating Diabetes Living with diabetes involves keeping a close eye on blood glucose levels. This is done by putting a drop of blood onto a small but expensive device called a test strip.

April 20th, 2009 LONDON - First UK Gastric Band Operation Through The Belly Button In a British medical first pioneering surgeon Professor Franco Favretti and his team have performed the UK's first SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery) gastric band implantation. This means overweight patients no longer have to undergo the usual five incisions for traditional laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, Professor Favretti performed the operation via a single incision through the belly button.

June 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Doctors at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), Karachi, Pakistan, have removed 100 nails from a 17-year-old's stomach. Muhammad Waqar, who cannot speak, had been eating the nails over the past one month.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The doctors who performed the 'beating heart' bypass surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday gave full marks to him for his 'active and energetic lifetsyle' that prevented any complications during the procedure. 'The fact that he has been disciplined has been the reason for his active and energetic lifestyle.

April 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With an Oscar statuette under her belt, Hollywood is at Halle Berry's feet. However, life has never been a bed of roses for this brilliant actress, as she has had to battle one of the world's most common illnesses - diabetes.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underwent a 'successful' beating heart bypass surgery Saturday and would take 'a couple of hours to respond fully', a member of the team of doctors that performed the 12-hour long operation said here Saturday night. 'He is conscious and stable.

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An 8-month pregnant woman was detained on Sunday after her stomach blocked the steering of her car, causing her to knock down a motorcyclist in Xinmi, Henan province. The woman, surnamed Li, told police officials that she failed to manoeuvre the wheel quickly because her stomach had blocked the steering, reports the China Daily.

June 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Hundreds and thousands of people jostled in Hyderabad on Monday to swallow medicine stuffed inside live fish - a treatment believed to cure asthma and other respiratory ailments. Eager patients lined up for the medicine - a herbal formula placed inside a small fish and thrust into their mouths - in an annual event set in Hindu astrological tradition.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - A woman in England has lost four stone after a therapist hypnotized her into believing that she has a gastric stomach band. Thirty-five-year-old Marion Corns, of Whiston, Merseyside, was convinced by the therapist that she had had surgery to fit the band after the therapist took her through the procedure while in a trance.

April 23rd, 2009 Wild defenseman Burns has surgery on shoulderST. PAUL, Minn. — Defenseman Brent Burns is the latest Minnesota Wild player to have surgery since the season ended.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in a stable condition, a senior doctor at AIIMS said Friday, adding that they would prefer to conduct a 'less risky' beating heart surgery on the prime minister rather than a bypass surgery. 'The prime minister is in a stable condition.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - A man has got one of his ears stitched to his stomach after it was sliced off in an attack in a park. Paul Gibbs, a student from Leeds, was attacked by a group of men while he was camping with friends last year.