In this week’s podcast, Medtech Insight's managing editor Marion Webb chats with editor-in-chief Phil Greenfield about start-up Protaryx Medical, which raised $8.3m to develop a universal catheter system for delivering beating heart treatments. Deputy editor Reed Miller discusses proposed updates by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for coverage of transcatheter mitral valve repair and reporter Catherine Longworth talks about her Exec Chat on digital transformation in health care with Boston Scientific's Angelo De Rosa. 

Iranian researchers found using 500 mg curcumin complex daily for seven days reduced levels of leptin, which can promote inflammatory response, in patients with traumatic brain injury. In study published in Phytotherapy Research, 28 subjects had an overall 47.1% reduction in leptin.

Under a new proposed rule from the CMS, home health agencies could be reimbursed by Medicare for telemedicine services provided to homebound beneficiaries.