CAMPBELL, Calif. – September 7, 2016 – ZipLine® Medical, Inc., an innovator in skin closure, today announced results from a study recently published online in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) showing significant efficiencies when Zip® Surgical Skin Closure is used following cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation. The Zip also demonstrated greater uniformity in closure technique, with no compromise in cosmetic outcomes or patient safety. 

Telehealth has the ability to bring patients and doctors who are miles apart face-to-face through the use of technology, but exactly what kind of facilities actually take advantage of the advancements of telehealth?

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS), in collaboration with the California PRIME Project (1115 MediCal waiver), has expanded its relationship with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to implement its population health management platform,HealtheIntentSM. LACDHS is Cerner’s 100th HealtheIntent client.

Two PhD students, who secured sponsorship from leading medical device designer and manufacturer ITL, have revealed progress on the development of ground-breaking medical devices.

Nurses, especially highly experienced nurses, underrate moderate and severe patient pain associated with pediatric burn dressing changes, according to new research published in the journal Burns. 

Getting the recommended eight hours of sleep might be more important than you think according to researchers who are trying to prove how sleep and depression lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists researching a way to eliminate cancer recurrence took the phrase “two is better than one” literally as they found that combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy eliminates hidden dormant cancer cells.

According to calculations by researchers at the Guttmacher Institute in New York, the teen Pregnancy Risk Index is steadily falling—by about 5.6 percent each year.