Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of MDT vs.
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The report was published following a visit to Stafford Hospital's breast cancer MDT on 14 March.
Over the last ten years, MDT grew both sales and earnings per share at 14% a year.
They jumped out of medical-device maker Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ).
Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of MMM, versus MDT and BAX.
It particularly highlighted a lack of support for the lead clinician from the Multi Disciplinary Team's (MDT) surgeons.
Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Medtronic (MDT), Boston Scientific (BSX), and Edwards Lifesciences (EW).
At the closing bell, MDT is up about 2%, while DUK is down about 0.3% on the day Tuesday.
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Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: Medtronic (MDT), St Jude Medical (STJ), and Boston Scientific (BSX).
Medtronic (MDT) reports its third quarter earnings on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.
Medtronic (MDT) reports its second quarter earnings on Tuesday, November 20, 2012.
Medtronic ( MDT - news - people ) implanted in her stomach that uses mild electric pulses help relieve symptoms.
Jude and arch-rivals Medtronic ( MDT) and Boston Scientific ( BSX) have also been hurt by investor fears that health care-reform legislation would permanently squeeze profits.
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Already, Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ), Abbott Laboratories (nyse: ABT - news - people ) and others are creating next-generation stents.
Pitt also says that the drug's wide use might reduce the need for implantable cardiac defibrillators like those made by Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ).
Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ) released data from clinical trials showing that its new drug-coated stent, Endeavor, might actually be safer than an older version.
If MDT remains at this valuation for a long time, it can buy back 12% of the company year after year, and this in itself would result in 12% earnings growth.
Heinz ( HNZ) and Medtronic ( MDT) on Tuesday, Applied Materials ( AMAT) on Wednesday, Hormel Food ( HRL) and Patterson Companies ( PDCO) on Thursday, and Tiffany ( TIF) on Friday.
When these medicines don't work, there are local anesthetics, and drugs delivered directly into the spine by pumps such as those made by Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ).
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, MDT and DUK collectively make up 3.34% of the WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund ETF (DTN) which is higher by about 0.1% on the day Tuesday.
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Like the balky human hearts its pacemakers regulate, results at Medtronic ( MDT) sometimes skip a beat, but the medical device giant is now so over-sold that it deserves a look by long term-minded investors.
There was only one problem: Medicare forced doctors to find money for the device, called Infuse and made by Minneapolis-based Medtronic (nyse: MDT - news - people ), from their existing surgery budgets.
Samsung's new MDT, which was produced by a team of 20 researchers who have been toiling on the device since November 2000, uses a special coating to create more natural and full colors, improving the monitor's contrast.
Both PFE and MDT have an enormous tailwind behind them: baby boomers around the world will be consuming more drugs and more medical devices over the next three to five years, no matter what happens in China or Japan.
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Among the largest underlying components of VIG, in trading today PepsiCo Inc. ( NYSE: PEP) is up about 0.8%, Colgate-Palmolive Co. ( NYSE: CL) is up about 1.1%, and Medtronic, Inc. ( NYSE: MDT) is higher by about 1.1%.
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Among the largest underlying components of XLV, in trading today UnitedHealth Group Inc ( NYSE: UNH) is up about 3.3%, Amgen Inc ( NASD: AMGN) is up about 2%, and Medtronic, Inc. ( NYSE: MDT) is higher by about 1.6%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYH, in trading today Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ( NYSE: BMY) is up about 0.4%, Medtronic, Inc. ( NYSE: MDT) is up about 1.5%, and Baxter International Inc. ( NYSE: BAX) is higher by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of VUG, in trading today UnitedHealth Group Inc. ( NYSE: UNH) is down about 1.8%, American Express Company ( NYSE: AXP) is off about 1.7%, and Medtronic Incorporated ( NYSE: MDT) is lower by about 1.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of XLV, in trading today UnitedHealth Group Inc. ( NYSE: UNH) is down about 0.5%, Medtronic Incorporated ( NYSE: MDT) is off about 0.5%, and Baxter International Incorporated ( NYSE: BAX) is lower by about 0.6%.
Among the largest underlying components of VIG, in trading today International Business Machines Corp. ( NYSE: IBM) is up about 0.1%, Medtronic, Inc. ( NYSE: MDT) is up about 0.2%, and Target Corp ( NYSE: TGT) is lower by about 0.2%.
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