Implanted bracelet helps treat heartburn and GERD
A titanium magnet ring implanted at the esophagus base reinforces the weak muscle to prevent reflux. The Linx device by Torax Medical is placed in a half hour scope procedure, costs about 5000 dollars to 20000 dollars including surgery, with insurance often covering eligible patients. Clinicians from USC, Hoag, and Baylor praise early results as life changing but note long term durability remains under study.
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Nexium
Rodd Foster
Tricia Carr
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Europe
Foster
Canyon Country
Calif
Torax Medical Inc
St. Paul, Minn
John Lipham
University of Southern California
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach
Donald Castell
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Torax
Daniel DeMarco
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas
New australopithecine Australopithecus sediba shows mixed traits
Scientists describe Australomor Sediba, a 2 million year old South Africa fossil with both human and apelike features and a unique gait. Two skeletons plus a shinbone are analyzed in six Science papers revealing a mosaic of anatomies. Researchers caution on its precise place in human evolution.
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Lee R. Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
New York
A. Sediba
Science
Jeremy DeSilva
Boston University
DeSilva
Three dead as storm brings ice snow and tornadoes
A spring storm sweeping from the Midwest into the South caused at least three deaths and widespread power outages. In Kemper County Mississippi one death and injuries were reported after a reported tornado. Shuqualak and nearby areas endured damaged homes and a gas station. Missouri declared a state of emergency as tornadoes and hail damaged dozens of homes around Hazelwood and across the region.
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Shuqualak
Miss
Midwest
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
Greg Flynn
Kemper County
Tabatha Lott
Noxubee County
David Carson
Hazelwood
Missouri
Jay Nixon
Arkansas water agency to push ExxonMobil on oil pipeline move
Central Arkansas Water officials on Thursday approved a plan demanding ExxonMobil devise a route removal of the Pegasus pipeline from the Lake Maumelle watershed which feeds Little Rock and nearby communities. The move follows Mayflower spill concerns and seeks short term remedies while several residents begin returning home.
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Ark
Arkansas Water
ExxonMobil
Central Arkansas Water’s
Board of Commissioners
Pegasus
Mayflower
Lake Maumelle
Central Arkansas Water’s Board
Robert Hart
Central Arkansas Water
Karen Tyrone
Tyrone
Nick Brescia
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