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Survey: Childbirth hurts but pain relief options make it manageable

Few things are more daunting for first-time moms than the prospect of childbirth. They wonder: Will my baby be OK? What will labor and delivery be like? How painful will it be, and can I handle it? Moms who have been there offer the low-down on labor and delivery and their message is comforting.

8 May 2018

FDA grants approval for two drugs administered together to treat aggressive form of thyroid cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), administered together, for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic), and has a type of abnormal gene, BRAF V600E (BRAF V600E mutation-positive).

8 May 2018

New research finds simple solution to minimize noise-induced hearing loss

It's well known that exposure to extremely loud noises - whether it's an explosion, a firecracker or even a concert - can lead to permanent hearing loss. But knowing how to treat noise-induced hearing loss, which affects about 15 percent of Americans, has largely remained a mystery.

8 May 2018

Cancer scientists confirm oligometastasis hypothesis

In 1995, two University of Chicago-based cancer specialists suggested there was an intermediate state - somewhere between curable localized cancers and lethal widespread disease - for patients with metastatic cancer.

7 May 2018

New review of infants with congenital hyperinsulinism shows surgery benefits

A review of nearly 500 cases of infants with severe congenital hyperinsulinism who underwent partial or near-total removal of their pancreas for persistent hypoglycemia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia showed that surgeons can cure virtually all patients with the focal, or localized, form of the rare genetic disease.

7 May 2018

New study launched to examine effects of rheumatologic agent on bone health

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have launched a pilot study to see how a drug that treats several related autoimmune disorders affects the skeleton.

7 May 2018

New data supports clinical use of DecisionDx-Melanoma test to inform SLNB options

Castle Biosciences, Inc., the skin cancer diagnostics company providing molecular diagnostics to improve cancer treatment decisions, today announced the presentation of data supporting clinical use of the DecisionDx®-Melanoma test to inform sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) recommendations.

7 May 2018

Tradshow talks with Baymed Healthcare

Newsmed talks to Baymed about why they're at Health GB and what they're focusing on

7 May 2018

University of Miami's Otolaryngology department receives NIH grant for research training

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is one of eight otolaryngology training programs in the U.S. to receive the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) for interdisciplinary research training in otolaryngology.

4 May 2018

Study shows advantages of using decellularized muscle to promote tissue regeneration

A new comparative study showed the advantages of using donor decellularized muscle to promote functional tissue regeneration at the site of bulk skeletal muscle loss due to trauma or surgery.

4 May 2018

Keck School of Medicine of USC wins two grants to support osteoarthritis research

A researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded two grants totaling more than $4 million to support osteoarthritis research.

4 May 2018

Ocular oncologists link immunotherapy with potentially vision-robbing side effect

New immunotherapy treatments offer a remarkable chance for survival for patients with advanced melanoma and hard-to-treat cancers of the bladder, kidney and lung.

4 May 2018

Powered stapler use linked to reduced rates of bleeding complications in VATS lobectomy patients

Bleeding complications dropped by nearly half when surgeons used a powered stapler as opposed to a manual device in what researchers say is the first real-world assessment of the two technologies in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer.

4 May 2018

Sylentis presents clinical study results of new treatment for dry eye syndrome

Sylentis, Pharmaceutical Company belonging to the PharmaMar Group, has presented results from the clinical studies carried out with tivanisiran for the treatment of dry eye syndrome and that has enabled the start-up of the Phase III "Helix" clinical trial.

3 May 2018

Penn surgeons perform first ever robot-assisted complex spinal surgery for rare tumor removal

Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo a complex three-part, robotic-assisted surgery.

3 May 2018

Study finds no connection between weekday for lung cancer operation and patient survival

The day of the week on which a patient has a lung cancer operation has no significance for their survival. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in a new study published in the journal Chest.

3 May 2018

Scientists discover mechanism behind unusual form of tissue regeneration in the liver

By studying a rare liver disease called Alagille syndrome, scientists from Cincinnati Children's and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered the mechanism behind an unusual form of tissue regeneration that may someday reduce the need for expensive and difficult-to-obtain organ transplants.

3 May 2018

Surgery News and Research

Survey: Childbirth hurts but pain relief options make it manageable

FDA grants approval for two drugs administered together to treat aggressive form of thyroid cancer

New research finds simple solution to minimize noise-induced hearing loss

Cancer scientists confirm oligometastasis hypothesis

New review of infants with congenital hyperinsulinism shows surgery benefits

New study launched to examine effects of rheumatologic agent on bone health

New data supports clinical use of DecisionDx-Melanoma test to inform SLNB options

Tradshow talks with Baymed Healthcare

University of Miami's Otolaryngology department receives NIH grant for research training

Study shows advantages of using decellularized muscle to promote tissue regeneration

Keck School of Medicine of USC wins two grants to support osteoarthritis research

Ocular oncologists link immunotherapy with potentially vision-robbing side effect

Powered stapler use linked to reduced rates of bleeding complications in VATS lobectomy patients

Sylentis presents clinical study results of new treatment for dry eye syndrome

Penn surgeons perform first ever robot-assisted complex spinal surgery for rare tumor removal

Study finds no connection between weekday for lung cancer operation and patient survival

Scientists discover mechanism behind unusual form of tissue regeneration in the liver

Study provides first ever recording of changing serotonin levels in human brains

Mother's milk found to have SWAT team of immune cells

Weight loss surgery may lead to long-term skeletal consequences

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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