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Researchers launch clinical trial on stem cells to prevent amputations in end stage PAD

University Hospitals Case Medical Center clinical researchers have launched an innovative clinical trial, unique in its design, which will evaluate the ability of a patient's own stem cells to prevent leg amputations in end stage peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

20 Jun 2013

Experts report lasting benefits of deep brain stimulation in patients with hereditary dystonia

In what is believed to be the largest follow-up record of patients with the most common form of hereditary dystonia - a movement disorder that can cause crippling muscle contractions - experts in deep brain stimulation report good success rates and lasting benefits.

20 Jun 2013

Smoking before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for neurosurgical procedures

The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known. In a more immediate sense, smoking in the days and weeks before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for many surgical procedures.

19 Jun 2013

UHCMC physicians design new procedure to clear blocked carotid arteries, prevent stroke

Physicians at University Hospitals Case Medical Center enrolled their first patients in the ROADSTER Study, a global, multicenter clinical trial evaluating a novel, less-invasive procedure to help clear blockages in carotid arteries and prevent strokes.

19 Jun 2013

Study: Poor eating habits may increase children’s risk for CVD later in life

How kids eat their food may turn out to be just as important as what they eat, according to a new study out of St. Michael's Hospital.

18 Jun 2013

Vercise DBS System shows improvement in motor scores for patients with Parkinson's disease

Patients with Parkinson's disease using the Boston Scientific Corporation Vercise DBS (deep brain stimulation) System showed a significant improvement in motor scores according to interim data from the VANTAGE DBS study.

18 Jun 2013

HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in India reduce syphilis, HIV

HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in India reduce rates of syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a University of Toronto study has found.

17 Jun 2013

Final results of PUFs clinical study of Covidien's Pipeline device published in June issue of Radiology

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that the final results of the PUFs (Pipeline for Uncoilable or Failed Aneurysms) clinical study of its Pipeline embolization device have been published in the June issue of Radiology.

17 Jun 2013

$Study: Older patients will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid risk of fractures$

Study: Older patients will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid risk of fractures

Older patients who know they are at risk of fractures will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid them, such as exercising, wearing proper footwear and taking supplements, a new study has found.

16 Jun 2013

Abnormal metabolic pathway drives cancer-cell growth in glioblastoma subtype

A study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) has identified an abnormal metabolic pathway that drives cancer-cell growth in a particular glioblastoma subtype. The finding might lead to new therapies for a subset of patients with glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer.

14 Jun 2013

Research: Deep brain stimulation is associated with weight loss trend in morbidly obese patients

The first use of deep brain stimulation to the brain's so-called "feeding center" - the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) - was associated with a weight loss trend in morbidly obese patients whose stimulation was tuned to increase metabolism with novel guidance from metabolic chamber data, according to a pilot study presented at the International Neuromodulation Society's 11th World Congress by Dr. Michael Oh of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

14 Jun 2013

Next-generation self-expanding clot removal device from Codman Neuro obtains CE mark

Codman Neuro*, part of DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, has obtained CE marking for REVIVE SE, a next-generation self-expanding clot removal device for use in treating acute ischemic stroke, the company announced today at the Live Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery Course (LINNC) in Paris.

13 Jun 2013

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital earns top ranking

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital ranks among the nation's best children's hospitals in nine specialties and is one of the top-ranked centers in California, according to the 2013-14 Best Children's Hospitals survey conducted by the U.S. News Media Group.

12 Jun 2013

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital ranked among nation's best children's hospitals

The University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital is among the best children's hospitals in the country in pediatric specialties and is the only hospital in Michigan ranked in all 10 specialties evaluated, according to the U.S. News & World Report's 2013-14 Best Children's Hospitals rankings.

12 Jun 2013

Neuromodulators provide guidelines for implantation of "digital drugs" to manage chronic pain

Neuromodulators have joined together in the Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) to provide the first coordinated set of recommendations about patient selection and appropriateness for implantation of "digital drugs" to manage chronic pain.

12 Jun 2013

Johns Hopkins researchers develop experimental vaccine for TB meningitis

A team of Johns Hopkins researchers working with animals has developed a vaccine that prevents the virulent TB bacterium from invading the brain and causing the highly lethal condition TB meningitis, a disease that disproportionately occurs in TB-infected children and in adults with compromised immune system.

12 Jun 2013

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

A relatively new weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer has emerged that improves upon standard magnetic resonance imaging by providing information about tumor metabolism and extent of cancer in children diagnosed with glioma, a growth caused by the abnormal division of glial cells in the brain, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

11 Jun 2013

Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland retains NIH ranking as 10th for research grants

Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is ranked 10th in the nation for research grants from the National Institutes of Health to children's hospitals. In 2012, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland received more than $15 million in awards from the NIH for 25 separate research grants - a 20.4 percent increase in funding compared to 2011.

11 Jun 2013

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota honored as 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospital

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has been honored by U.S. News & World Report as a 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospital. Children's has been ranked on the list every year since the program's inception in 2007.

11 Jun 2013

Edge Therapeutics announces FDA acceptance of IND application for EG-1962

Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing life-saving hospital products for acute, fatal or debilitating conditions, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted the Company's Investigational New Drug application for EG-1962, a novel bio-absorbable nimodipine microparticle formulation.

10 Jun 2013

Neurosurgery News and Research

Researchers launch clinical trial on stem cells to prevent amputations in end stage PAD

Experts report lasting benefits of deep brain stimulation in patients with hereditary dystonia

Smoking before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for neurosurgical procedures

UHCMC physicians design new procedure to clear blocked carotid arteries, prevent stroke

Study: Poor eating habits may increase children’s risk for CVD later in life

Vercise DBS System shows improvement in motor scores for patients with Parkinson's disease

HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in India reduce syphilis, HIV

Final results of PUFs clinical study of Covidien's Pipeline device published in June issue of Radiology

Study: Older patients will make positive lifestyle changes to avoid risk of fractures

Abnormal metabolic pathway drives cancer-cell growth in glioblastoma subtype

Research: Deep brain stimulation is associated with weight loss trend in morbidly obese patients

Next-generation self-expanding clot removal device from Codman Neuro obtains CE mark

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital earns top ranking

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital ranked among nation's best children's hospitals

Neuromodulators provide guidelines for implantation of "digital drugs" to manage chronic pain

Johns Hopkins researchers develop experimental vaccine for TB meningitis

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland retains NIH ranking as 10th for research grants

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota honored as 2013-2014 Best Children's Hospital

Edge Therapeutics announces FDA acceptance of IND application for EG-1962

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