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VA health care study: Many prostate cancer patients choose active surveillance over immediate therapy

Record numbers of American veterans diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer are heeding the advice of international medical experts and opting out of immediate surgery or radiation to treat their cancer.

16 May 2018

Study: Alcohol use prolongs hospital length of stay after lung transplant

Lung transplant patients who showed evidence of alcohol use before their transplants spent more time in the hospital and on the ventilator, according to a study by Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine researchers.

16 May 2018

California hospital giant Sutter Health faces heavy backlash on prices

Cooking dinner one night in March, Mark Frizzell sliced his pinkie finger while peeling a butternut squash and couldn't stop the bleeding.

16 May 2018

Researchers identify technology to prevent false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening

A team of researchers including investigators from Mayo Clinic has identified a technology to address the problem of false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening. The team's findings are published in the current issue of PLOS One.

16 May 2018

First epoetin alfa biosimilar receives FDA approval to treat certain types of anemia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx) as a biosimilar to Epogen/Procrit (epoetin alfa) for the treatment of anemia caused by chronic kidney disease, chemotherapy, or use of zidovudine in patients with HIV infection.

16 May 2018

Cleveland Clinic researcher wins NCI grant to delve into cancer genetics and radiation effectiveness

Can the genetic makeup of their cancers predict how patients with lung cancer will respond to radiation therapy? And can this information be used to advance a genetically guided strategy for patients with these tumors? Cleveland Clinic researcher and radiation oncologist Mohamed Abazeed, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to delve into those and other related questions.

15 May 2018

Lack of insurance exposes blind spots in vision care

Every day, a school bus drops off as many as 45 children at a community eye clinic on Chicago's South Side. Many of them are referred to the clinic after failing vision screenings at their public schools.

15 May 2018

Invasive cancers that are born to be bad show detectable differences from harmless tumors

Do metastatic cancer tumors "break bad" or are they "born bad"? This question is an essential mystery in cancer early detection and treatment. Lacking a clear answer, patients are given the same aggressive therapies when small, abnormal clusters of cells are discovered early, even though they might well be harmless.

15 May 2018

Acetaminophen use helps reduce acute kidney injury risk in pediatric heart surgery patients

Children who underwent cardiac surgery were less likely to develop acute kidney injury if they had been treated with acetaminophen in the first 48 hours after their procedures, according to a Vanderbilt study just published in JAMA Pediatrics.

15 May 2018

DePuy Synthes launches new TRUESPAN Meniscal Repair System

DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine today announced the launch of the TRUESPAN Meniscal Repair System, a knee arthroscopy solution designed to simplify meniscal repair, and make arthroscopy surgeries more reproducible across Europe, Middle Eastern and African countries.

From DePuy Synthes 15 May 2018

Researchers discover unique mechanism that regulates tumor growth in lung cancer

Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in Germany and the disease affects both men and women. However, immunotherapies are successful in only 20 percent of cases.

14 May 2018

UTA bioengineering professor successfully patents new cancer trap

The University of Texas at Arlington has successfully patented in Europe an implantable medical device that attracts and kills circulating cancer cells that was invented by a faculty member. This cancer trap can be used for early diagnosis and treatment of metastasized cancer.

14 May 2018

Study uncovers promising new line of attack against aggressive prostate cancer

UC San Francisco researchers have discovered a promising new line of attack against lethal, treatment-resistant prostate cancer. Analysis of hundreds of human prostate tumors revealed that the most aggressive cancers depend on a built-in cellular stress response to put a brake on their own hot-wired physiology.

14 May 2018

Heart failure severity could vary based on the body's nitric oxide levels

The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

14 May 2018

Researchers develop new method that could increase longevity of artificial hips

Mechanical engineering researchers have developed a method that could extend the life of an artificial hip by adding an array of microscopic indentations that increase the thickness of a lubricating film on its surface.

14 May 2018

Researchers report advances in efforts to improve treatment, prognosis of colorectal cancers

Georgios Margonis, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical oncology fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Matthew Weiss, M.D., surgical director of the Johns Hopkins Liver and Pancreas Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinics, report advances in efforts to improve the treatment and prognosis of colorectal cancers that have spread to the liver.

14 May 2018

Havard University grants license to Beam Therapeutics to develop new base editing technology

Harvard University has granted a worldwide license to Beam Therapeutics, Inc., to develop and commercialize a suite of revolutionary DNA base editing technologies for the treatment of human disease.

14 May 2018

Sticker shock jolts Oklahoma patient: $15,076 for four tiny screws

Sherry Young just wanted to be able to walk without pain. About three years ago, she began to experience sharp pain in her left foot. Her big toe had become crooked and constantly rubbed up against the adjacent toe, making it painful to run, walk or even stand. "I could not walk without intense pain unless I had a pad underneath my toes for cushioning," Young said.

14 May 2018

Doctors use new non-invasive approach to treat nasal obstruction

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are exploring how small changes in the nasal cavity impact airflow and quality of life.

14 May 2018

Study finds rise in multi-drug resistant infections among U.S. children

Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the rise, according to results of a recent study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society on March 22.

14 May 2018

Surgery News and Research

VA health care study: Many prostate cancer patients choose active surveillance over immediate therapy

Study: Alcohol use prolongs hospital length of stay after lung transplant

California hospital giant Sutter Health faces heavy backlash on prices

Researchers identify technology to prevent false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening

First epoetin alfa biosimilar receives FDA approval to treat certain types of anemia

Cleveland Clinic researcher wins NCI grant to delve into cancer genetics and radiation effectiveness

Lack of insurance exposes blind spots in vision care

Invasive cancers that are born to be bad show detectable differences from harmless tumors

Acetaminophen use helps reduce acute kidney injury risk in pediatric heart surgery patients

DePuy Synthes launches new TRUESPAN Meniscal Repair System

Researchers discover unique mechanism that regulates tumor growth in lung cancer

UTA bioengineering professor successfully patents new cancer trap

Study uncovers promising new line of attack against aggressive prostate cancer

Heart failure severity could vary based on the body's nitric oxide levels

Researchers develop new method that could increase longevity of artificial hips

Researchers report advances in efforts to improve treatment, prognosis of colorectal cancers

Havard University grants license to Beam Therapeutics to develop new base editing technology

Sticker shock jolts Oklahoma patient: $15,076 for four tiny screws

Doctors use new non-invasive approach to treat nasal obstruction

Study finds rise in multi-drug resistant infections among U.S. children

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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