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New drug delivery system using NDs allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new drug delivery system using nanodiamonds (NDs) that allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors with fewer harmful side effects and better cancer-killing efficiency than existing treatments.

10 Sep 2013

Combined transplantation provides potential new therapy for repair of spinal cord injury

Following spinal cord injury, astrocyte proliferation and scar formation are the main factors inhibiting the regeneration and growth of spinal cord axons, leading to motor and sensory function loss below the level of spinal cord injury.

10 Sep 2013

Cook Medical simplifies PCNL procedures with new LithAssist device

Cook Medical has a new device to simplify percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedures, during which physicians break up and remove large kidney stones, or can use it in the bladder to break up large bladder stones.

7 Sep 2013

Many women don't get adequate treatment when it comes to labia reduction surgery

Americans, for unknown reasons, don't often speak about vaginal health concerns with the respect and intelligence that they deserve. Because of this embarrassment and reluctance to talk about these issues, many women don't get the adequate treatment they deserve and often need.

7 Sep 2013

Muscle atrophy therapy: an interview with Dr. Levine, Clinical Associate Professor at Temple University School of Medicine

Atrophy is loss of muscle which can occur in response to either pain or trauma. When you stop using something like muscle it gets weaker.

6 Sep 2013

Preventive PCI for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction results in better outcomes

Heart attack patients with ST elevation who undergo a preventive procedure to unblock additional coronary arteries have significantly better outcomes than those whose treatment is confined to the culprit blockage only, according to the results of the Preventive Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PRAMI) Trial

5 Sep 2013

Anti-thrombotic therapy interruption has no influence on perioperative complications in cardiac patients

A shortened pre-surgical interruption of anti-thrombotic therapy, compared to the more traditional one-week interruption, has no influence on perioperative complications in cardiac patients, according to the results of the PRAGUE 14 trial.

5 Sep 2013

TASTE trial questions the usefulness of thrombus aspiration after heart attack

Aspiration of the blood clot or "thrombus" that causes a heart attack before re-opening a patient's artery with a balloon catheter does not improve survival compared to performing balloon dilation and stenting alone according to the results of the Thrombus Aspiration in ST- Elevation myocardial infarction in Scandinavia (TASTE) trial.

5 Sep 2013

Head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation benefit from swallowing exercises

A study at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation as part of their treatment were less likely to need a feeding tube or suffer unwanted side effects such as worsening of diet or narrowing of the throat passage if they performed a set of prescribed swallowing exercises - called a "swallow preservation protocol" - during therapy.

5 Sep 2013

Study links herbal supplement use prior to surgery with postoperative complications

Patients electing cosmetic facial procedures such as rhinoplasty at St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery may be less likely to suffer complications, thanks to the way doctors at the practice have responded to a new study.

5 Sep 2013

Study: People with cataract-related vision loss who undergo cataract surgery live longer

People with cataract-related vision loss who have had cataract surgery to improve their sight are living longer than those with visual impairment who chose not to have the procedure, according to an Australian cohort study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. After comparing the two groups, the researchers found a 40 percent lower long-term mortality risk in those who had the surgery.

5 Sep 2013

New laser-based tool could improve accuracy of brain tumor surgery

In the battle against brain cancer, doctors now have a new weapon -- a new imaging technology that will make brain surgery dramatically more accurate by allowing surgeons to distinguish -- at a microscopic level -- between brain tissue and tumors.

5 Sep 2013

Study shows benefit of chemotherapy on survival of elderly patients with SCLC

Although numerous randomized clinical trials have demonstrated a benefit of chemotherapy for patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), these trials have predominantly compared different chemotherapy regimens rather than comparing chemotherapy to best supportive care. Some of them included chest radiation or prophylactic cranial irradiation. Moreover, many trials excluded elderly patients.

5 Sep 2013

New laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery more accurate

A new laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery much more accurate, allowing surgeons to tell cancer tissue from normal brain at the microscopic level while they are operating, and avoid leaving behind cells that could spawn a new tumor.

5 Sep 2013

Wolters Kluwer Health and APTA join to publish the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy

Wolters Kluwer Health and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) today announced an agreement to publish the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy, Official Journal of the Acute Care Section of the APTA, effective with the September 2013 issue.

4 Sep 2013

Findings challenge existing paradigms for prolonging antiplatelet therapy after PCI

Lead study investigators from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented their Patterns of Non-Adherence to Anti-Platelet Regimens in Stented Patients (PARIS) study findings at the ESC Congress 2013 in Amsterdam organized by the European Society of Cardiology.

3 Sep 2013

Women are 25% less likely to die post TAVI than men, says doctor

Dr Sherif said: "Earlier studies on the impact of gender on outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have had conflicting results. A Canadian study reported in 641 consecutive patients that female sex is associated with a better long-term and short-term survival after TAVI.1 An Italian study of 305 high risk patients found no gender differences in composite safety and efficacy endpoints at 30 days and one year after TAVI."2

2 Sep 2013

TAVI is safe therapeutic option than redo cardiac surgery

Use of bioprosthetic heart valves has dramatically increased (from 18% in 1991 to 59% in 2003), mainly in older patients with comorbidities. This is due to the increased risk of bleeding complications associated with lifelong use of anticoagulation for mechanical prostheses.

2 Sep 2013

CAD patients with very low LDL-C levels benefit from statin treatment

Dr Nakano said: "Many randomised clinical trials, such as Treating to New Targets (TNT) and PROVE IT-TIMI, have shown that aggressive cholesterol lowering with statins improves clinical outcomes in patients with CAD and high LDL-C levels.1,2 But until now it was not known whether aggressive lipid lowering with statins would also benefit CAD patients with very low LDL-C levels."

2 Sep 2013

Dentist offers patent-pending gummy smile fix to correct cases of gummy smile

Dr. Parsa Zadeh, renowned cosmetic dentist, is pleased to offer his patent-pending gummy smile fix to correct cases of gummy smile. A gummy smile is a smile in which the gums appear to be disproportionately large when compared with the teeth.

31 Aug 2013

Medical Procedure News

New drug delivery system using NDs allows for direct application of chemotherapy to brain tumors

Combined transplantation provides potential new therapy for repair of spinal cord injury

Cook Medical simplifies PCNL procedures with new LithAssist device

Many women don't get adequate treatment when it comes to labia reduction surgery

Muscle atrophy therapy: an interview with Dr. Levine, Clinical Associate Professor at Temple University School of Medicine

Preventive PCI for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction results in better outcomes

Anti-thrombotic therapy interruption has no influence on perioperative complications in cardiac patients

TASTE trial questions the usefulness of thrombus aspiration after heart attack

Head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation benefit from swallowing exercises

Study links herbal supplement use prior to surgery with postoperative complications

Study: People with cataract-related vision loss who undergo cataract surgery live longer

New laser-based tool could improve accuracy of brain tumor surgery

Study shows benefit of chemotherapy on survival of elderly patients with SCLC

New laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery more accurate

Wolters Kluwer Health and APTA join to publish the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy

Findings challenge existing paradigms for prolonging antiplatelet therapy after PCI

Women are 25% less likely to die post TAVI than men, says doctor

TAVI is safe therapeutic option than redo cardiac surgery

CAD patients with very low LDL-C levels benefit from statin treatment

Dentist offers patent-pending gummy smile fix to correct cases of gummy smile

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