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LVCCC Ophthalmic Surgeon brings laser eye surgery to Central Coast area

Laser Vision Clinic Central Coast is now open and is treating patients in the Central Coast area. This brand new, purpose-built facility, conveniently located in Erina, is the only clinic in Central Coast to offer laser eye surgery.

12 May 2011

Tosedostat and OPAXIO study results to be presented at ASCO Annual Meeting

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced that data from a study with OPAXIO, in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas, and interim results from a study of tosedostat in elderly patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, will be presented at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, which will be held June 3-7, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. Both studies were selected for oral poster discussion sessions.

12 May 2011

INESC Porto, FC and FMUP to hold international seminar on breast cancer local treatment

The international seminar "Turning Subjective Into Objective: Cosmetic Breast Assessment of Local Treatment" will take place on 13th May starting at 9.15am. The event is organised by the Champalimaud Foundation, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto.

12 May 2011

Irritable Bowel Syndrome linked to bacterial overgrowth, food poisoning

Cedars-Sinai researchers have reported two advances in the understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 30 million people.

12 May 2011

Researcher finds ultrasound as effective as CT scans for head and neck diagnoses

For diagnosing head and neck ailments, tests that use radiation are always less desirable than those that don't. Otolaryngologists have a wide range of techniques available to them, including CT or "CAT" scans, MRI and ultrasound.

12 May 2011

Valor Medical's Neucrylate AN device receives CE Mark approval for treating cerebral aneurysms

Valor Medical announced today that it has received CE Mark approval for Neucrylate AN for treating cerebral aneurysms.

12 May 2011

Common tiny tropical fish plays a key role in new model for Cushing disease

A common, tiny tropical fish plays a key role in a new model for Cushing disease, giving researchers a powerful tool to conduct extensive searches for effective treatments for this serious hormonal disorder, testing up to 300 drugs weekly.

11 May 2011

Study finds strong link between live birth rates and number of eggs retrieved in one IVF cycle

An analysis of over 400,000 IVF cycles in the UK has shown that doctors should aim to retrieve around 15 eggs from a woman's ovaries in a single cycle in order to have the best chance of achieving a live birth after assisted reproduction technology.

11 May 2011

Plexxikon seeks vemurafenib marketing approval from FDA and EMA for melanoma treatment

Plexxikon Inc., a member of the Daiichi Sankyo Group, today announced that applications for market approval for vemurafenib for the treatment of metastatic melanoma have been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency.

11 May 2011

Washington Post examines Iraq's Baghdad Hospital

In an article looking at Baghdad Hospital, the Washington Post reports that "[i]t is difficult to overstate how far [the hospital] has come since the worst days of the war, when supplies were so scarce that doctors sometimes performed open heart surgery without gloves. ... Arriving at work was a small miracle: The hospital has lost at least 40 doctors to assassins since 2004 - they are still occasionally targeted - and their photos stare down from walls."

11 May 2011

Second subject enrolled in human embryonic stem cell therapy trial for subacute thoracic spinal cord injury

Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) recently enrolled their first subject in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury.

11 May 2011

Chicago Magazine selects three Gottlieb physicians as region's 'medical MVPs'

Three Gottlieb Memorial Hospital physicians have been selected as the region's "medical MVPs" by Chicago Magazine in their "Best Sports Medicine Doctors in Chicago and the Suburbs."

11 May 2011

Spinal manipulation as effective as microdiskectomy for patients with sciatica

In a recent study, "Manipulation or Microdisketomy for Sciatica? A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study," researchers concluded that spinal manipulation was just as effective as microdiskectomy for patients struggling with sciatica secondary to lumbar disk herniation.

11 May 2011

Researchers discover role of MAN2C1 protein in prostate cancer development

It's a disease affecting those closest to us - our fathers, brothers and sons. Prostate cancer impacts one in six men in Canada. Last year, roughly 24,600 men were diagnosed with the disease.

11 May 2011

Roper Industries signs definitive agreement to acquire Northern Digital

Roper Industries, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northern Digital, Inc., a leading provider of 3-D measurement technology for medical applications. Northern Digital will become part of Roper's medical platform.

10 May 2011

New study finds nitric oxide gas appears to affect source of sickle cell pain crises

Nitric oxide gas appears to directly impact the source of the classic, disabling pain crises of sickle cell disease, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report.

10 May 2011

Insight into sensory recovery after face transplantation

Recovery of sensation after facial transplantation is similar to, or even better than, that achieved by conventional surgery to repair nerve injuries, reports a study in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

10 May 2011

Older heart-transplant recipients more likely to be alive if operated at high-volume centers

Older, sicker heart-transplant recipients are significantly more likely to be alive a year after their operations if they have their transplants at hospitals that do a large number of them annually new Johns Hopkins research suggests. These patients fare less well at low-volume centers, the research shows.

10 May 2011

Skin cancer prevention tips for anglers

If you love fishing and want to enjoy it well into your senior years then don't mess around with the sun. That's the advice for the 1 million Minnesotans who are expected to hit the water on Saturday for Minnesota's Fishing Opener from a leading Edina plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has treated hundreds of patients over the course of his 15-year career for skin cancer and melanoma.

10 May 2011

ASA survey shows more than 90% of respondents experience anesthesia drug shortage

The American Society of Anesthesiologists today announced the findings from its nationwide Drug Shortages Survey. Results showed that more than 90 percent of anesthesiologist respondents are currently experiencing a shortage of at least one anesthetic.

10 May 2011

Surgery News and Research

LVCCC Ophthalmic Surgeon brings laser eye surgery to Central Coast area

Tosedostat and OPAXIO study results to be presented at ASCO Annual Meeting

INESC Porto, FC and FMUP to hold international seminar on breast cancer local treatment

Irritable Bowel Syndrome linked to bacterial overgrowth, food poisoning

Researcher finds ultrasound as effective as CT scans for head and neck diagnoses

Valor Medical's Neucrylate AN device receives CE Mark approval for treating cerebral aneurysms

Common tiny tropical fish plays a key role in new model for Cushing disease

Study finds strong link between live birth rates and number of eggs retrieved in one IVF cycle

Plexxikon seeks vemurafenib marketing approval from FDA and EMA for melanoma treatment

Washington Post examines Iraq's Baghdad Hospital

Second subject enrolled in human embryonic stem cell therapy trial for subacute thoracic spinal cord injury

Chicago Magazine selects three Gottlieb physicians as region's 'medical MVPs'

Spinal manipulation as effective as microdiskectomy for patients with sciatica

Researchers discover role of MAN2C1 protein in prostate cancer development

Roper Industries signs definitive agreement to acquire Northern Digital

New study finds nitric oxide gas appears to affect source of sickle cell pain crises

Insight into sensory recovery after face transplantation

Older heart-transplant recipients more likely to be alive if operated at high-volume centers

Skin cancer prevention tips for anglers

ASA survey shows more than 90% of respondents experience anesthesia drug shortage

Industry Focus eBook - Cell biology (5th edition) eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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