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Mortara’s WiFi based Telemetry Monitoring: one more success story

Mortara Instrument’s new family of Surveyor WiFi telemetry solutions is designed to offer diagnostic-quality ECG acquisition and to work on the existing WiFi network, with no need for a dedicated network infrastructure. Its outstanding features have been the key decision factors for Policlinico San Donato (Milan, Italy), one of the top-ranking centers for the study […]

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The rise and rise of superbugs – are only industrialized countries to blame?

In April 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that indiscriminate use of antibiotics was giving rise to resistant ‘superbugs’ which could render the drugs useless. Three years later, it warned about the arrival of a ‘post-antibiotic era.’ In autumn 2014, US officials termed antibiotic resistance a threat to national security. However, awareness of this […]

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NASA Once Again Relies on Mortara for Advanced Holter Monitoring

Since 2008, NASA has chosen Mortara as its Medical Devices Partner for use in ECG Monitoring at the International Space Station. In November 2008, NASA selected Mortara Instrument’s H12+TM high-resolution Holter recorders to travel onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor STS-126 mission. The H12+ recorders were used to capture ECG data from the astronauts while working […]

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Reviews of new Hologic Affirm prone biopsy system are very positive

Breast tomosynthesis exams, Hologic calls the exams 3D MAMMOGRAPHYTM, have shown to be an advance over digital mammography, with higher cancer detection rates and fewer patient recalls for additional testing. The new Affirm prone system, which was installed for the first time in Europe earlier last year, is widely considered one of the most significant […]

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Immunotherapy – promise of dissolving and melting tumours

In spring 2015, the New England Journal of Medicine’ reported the case of a patient with Stage IV metastatic melanoma – a disease considered close to untreatable. Although three growths in the skin had been surgically removed, one tumour under her left breast had grown deep into her chest wall. The 49-year old woman received […]

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The gamma knife – a new tool against epilepsy ?

The gamma knife is the best known system for radio surgery (RS). It allows non-invasive brain surgery to be performed in one session, with extreme precision. Based on preoperative radiological examinations, such as CT or MR scans and angiography, the gamma knife provides highly accurate irradiation of deep-seated targets in the brain, using a multitude […]

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Disaster medicine: French lessons in the age of terror

It is now clear that casualties after the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris were reduced by a superbly conceived and coordinated response.While 130 people died in the tragedy, another number deserves attention, too. As many as 302 people were wounded, several seriously. They were triaged, treated on site and then shifted to hospital. Of […]