Month: March 2018

FDA Expands Approval of Replacement Heart Valve

Smallest mechanical valve size approved in the world Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that is has expanded the approval of a heart valve about the size of a dime that can be used to treat heart defects in newborn pediatric[Read More…]

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Mayor Emanuel Announces Aspen Dental Management to Open Chicago Headquarters

Innovative Healthcare Company to Employ 250 in West Loop Neighborhood; Move Comes as Chicago is Named Nation’s Top Metro for Corporate Relocation for Fifth Straight Year CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined representatives from Aspen Dental Management to announce the company is locating a new headquarters[Read More…]

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Federal Jury Convicts Two South Suburban Postal Service Employees for Scheming to Deliver Marijuana

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser A federal jury in Chicago has convicted two U.S. Postal Service employees for scheming to deliver marijuana through the mail. Over a five-month period in 2016, Marvin Jones and Angela Wansley who worked at the Tinley Park Post Office, intercepted parcels of marijuana[Read More…]

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FDA Authorizes Consumer Test that Reports Three Mutations in the BRCA Breast Cancer Genes

Test only reports 3 out of more than 1,000 known BRCA mutations and negative result doesn’t rule out increased cancer risk Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk (GHR) Report for BRCA1/BRCA2 (Selected Variants).[Read More…]

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