20. November 2009 10:58
CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has adopted the company’s TandemHeart® System.
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20. November 2009 09:57
Discus Dental®, LLC today announced the release of its newly redesigned Zoom® Chairside Whitening Kit, improving overall procedure ease of use and safety by reducing the total number of steps in the Zoom procedure.
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20. November 2009 04:50
A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for severe pelvic bone infections shows the therapy can add years and quality of life to survivors, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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20. November 2009 01:55
Obese patients are no more likely to have post-operative complications than those of average weight when undergoing robotic surgery to remove uterine fibroids, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.
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19. November 2009 23:43
A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant's bone with the biodegradable matrix could eliminate some of the operations currently used to treat the condition.
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19. November 2009 23:35
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Dermatology is offering a new non-surgical, needle-free skin-tightening procedure that doctors say smoothes wrinkles, firms up baggy or loose skin and improves body contours.
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19. November 2009 05:42
Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world. Approximately one in four of these patients have metastases at diagnosis, liver being the most common site involved. Although historically it was considered that liver metastases meant a very poor prognosis, today, due to improved systemic therapy, many patients will be candidates for local hepatic treatments such as surgery or less aggressive radiofrequency ablation.
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Tags: Cancer, Cirrhosis, Colorectal Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Hospital, Liver Cancer, Metastasis, Oncology, Radiofrequency Ablation
18. November 2009 06:45
Be prepared, that old Boy Scout motto, is being applied with great success to operating room patients whose anatomy may make it difficult for physicians to help them breathe during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a new study.
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18. November 2009 04:43
Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial cerebral infusion of Avastin (bevacizumab) directly into a patient's malignant brain tumor. This novel intra-arterial (IA) technique may expose the cancer to higher doses of the drug therapy, while possibly sparing the patient common side effects of receiving the drug intravenously (IV) or throughout their body.
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Tags: Avastin, Bevacizumab, Biopsy, Blood Vessel, Bone, Bone Marrow, Brain, Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Deep Brain Stimulation, Drug Delivery, Education, Gene Therapy, Glioblastoma, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Hospital, Neurology, Oncology, Parkinson's Disease, Penicillin, Pregnancy, Radiology, Spine
18. November 2009 01:17
The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn't receive stem cells.
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18. November 2009 01:12
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/112c63/cosmetic_surgery_p) has announced the addition of the "Cosmetic Surgery Procedures and Products - A US and European Market Review" report to their offering.
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18. November 2009 00:47
Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24.
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18. November 2009 00:43
Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark Hlatky, MD.
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Tags: Angioplasty, Angiotensin, Aspirin, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Education, Hospital, Insulin, Nursing, Pfizer, Stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, Veterans Affairs
17. November 2009 08:54
CONMED Corporation's CONMED Linvatec arthroscopy unit today announced the release of new sizes of its Matryx™ Biocomposite Interference Screw. These new screws represent the latest advance in biocomposite material technology that allows CONMED Linvatec to produce the smallest Biocomposite Interference screw available on the market today for primary fixation of ACL and PCL grafts.
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17. November 2009 04:22
A new, reversible antiplatelet drug did not demonstrate superiority over a current irreversible one in reducing the composite of death, heart attack or ischemia-related revascularization in the 48 hours after angioplasty, researchers reported in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
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