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Research shown to increase chances of babies surviving neonatal resuscitation

For several Edmonton parents, the work being done by University of Alberta researchers Po-Yin Cheung and Georg Schm-lzer could not be more meaningful.

9 Sep 2014

Ultrasound procedures encourage many hospitals in Europe to adopt the technology

Growing awareness of the harmful effects of radiation exposure is driving the uptake of ultrasound systems, which are radiation free, less expensive, and more versatile than bigger modalities such as magnetic resonance.

9 Sep 2014

Social networking programmes can help fight obesity epidemic

Social networking programmes designed to help people lose weight could play a role in the global fight against obesity, according to research.

9 Sep 2014

Treatment with xenon gas after head injury reduces extent of brain damage

Treatment with xenon gas after a head injury reduces the extent of brain damage, according to a study in mice.

9 Sep 2014

Experts share tips on prevention of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. One in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 233,000 new cases are diagnosed annually.

9 Sep 2014

Ortho-oncology team successfully adapts shoulder surgical aid

An ortho-oncology team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center successfully adapted a shoulder surgical aid (the Spider Limb Positioner) to conduct a left hip disarticulation on a melanoma patient as described in a case report published online in Medical Devices.

9 Sep 2014

Facial rejuvenation to address multiple signs of aging face can be performed safely at 1 time

A total facial rejuvenation that combines three procedures to address the multiple signs of an aging face and neck can be performed safely at one time, a new study shows.

9 Sep 2014

UT Southwestern Medical Center's multi-disciplinary wound care efforts

UT Southwestern Medical Center's multi-disciplinary wound care efforts have converged in a new, state-of-the-art clinic.

9 Sep 2014

Canada funds 22 inventive ideas for improving health in low-resource countries

Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today announced $2.4 million in seed funds shared between 22 projects from Canada and nine developing nations, to pursue inventive new ideas for improving health in low-resource countries.

8 Sep 2014

Study explores safety of breast cancer surgery in women aged 80 years and above

A study conducted by National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has shown that age per se is not a contraindication to breast cancer surgery, and such surgeries may be safely performed for women aged 80 years and above.

8 Sep 2014

BMC receives grant from Cardinal Health Foundation to help improve effectiveness of patient care

The Cardinal Health Foundation announced it has awarded Virginia R. Litle, MD, a Thoracic Surgeon at Boston Medical Center (BMC) grant funding from the E3 Grant Program to implement best practices and help improve the effectiveness, efficiency and excellence of patient care.

8 Sep 2014

Extreme environment medicine: an interview with Dr Kevin Fong, University College London

The understanding of how long-duration space flight affects the human body has come on quite considerably in recent years, and in large part, we owe that to programs of research that have taken place aboard the International Space Station and the Mir Space Station.

8 Sep 2014

Synthetic platelet-like particles could augment natural blood clotting for treatment of traumatic injuries

A new class of synthetic platelet-like particles could augment natural blood clotting for the emergency treatment of traumatic injuries - and potentially offer doctors a new option for curbing surgical bleeding and addressing certain blood clotting disorders without the need for transfusions of natural platelets.

8 Sep 2014

Study could lead to improvements in outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer

William M. Sikov, a medical oncologist in the Breast Health Center and associate director for clinical research in the Program in Women's Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, served as study chair and lead author for a recently-published major national study that could lead to improvements in outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that disproportionately affects younger women.

8 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: Rove renews attack on health law; Calif. 'vaccination crisis'

The disconnect between what Americans think of most provisions of Obamacare (love them!) and what they think of "Obamacare" (hate it!) has been the most perplexing aspect of rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

5 Sep 2014

Longer looks: Alzheimer's and a marriage; racism in medicine; abortion restrictions in Texas

The US, which has a mostly private health-care system, manages to spend more on its public health-care system than countries where the health-care system is almost entirely public. America's government spends more, as a percentage of the economy, on public health care than Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan or Australia. And then it spends even more than that on private health care.

5 Sep 2014

PARS technique enables surgeons to better repair torn Achilles tendon

In most surgeries, damaged tissue is cleaned out before surgeons make the necessary repairs. However, a new minimally-invasive surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon actually uses the damaged tissue to help repair the tear.

5 Sep 2014

New actinic keratoses data presented at the 15th World Congress of Cancers of the Skin

New data from the international FIELD Study Repeat presented today at the 15th World Congress of Cancers of the Skin (WCCS) in Edinburgh, Scotland, demonstrate initial treatment with Picato® (ingenol mebutate gel) 0.015% is efficacious in treating actinic keratoses (AK) and, when followed by a repeat cycle for persistent and newly emerging AKs, this efficacy is further increased.1 The data also confirm two treatment cycles of Picato® are well tolerated by patients.2

4 Sep 2014

Socio-economic barriers preclude patients from receiving breast conserving therapy

Despite its acceptance as standard of care for early stage breast cancer almost 25 years ago, barriers still exist that preclude patients from receiving breast conserving therapy (BCT), with some still opting for a mastectomy, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

4 Sep 2014

Ascend Biopharmaceuticals provides update on clinical trial program for lead immunotherapy products

Ascend Biopharmaceuticals, a Melbourne-based immunotherapy company, has released an update on the clinical trial pipeline for its lead immunotherapy products treating basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and breast cancer.

4 Sep 2014

Surgery News and Research

Research shown to increase chances of babies surviving neonatal resuscitation

Ultrasound procedures encourage many hospitals in Europe to adopt the technology

Social networking programmes can help fight obesity epidemic

Treatment with xenon gas after head injury reduces extent of brain damage

Experts share tips on prevention of prostate cancer

Ortho-oncology team successfully adapts shoulder surgical aid

Facial rejuvenation to address multiple signs of aging face can be performed safely at 1 time

UT Southwestern Medical Center's multi-disciplinary wound care efforts

Canada funds 22 inventive ideas for improving health in low-resource countries

Study explores safety of breast cancer surgery in women aged 80 years and above

BMC receives grant from Cardinal Health Foundation to help improve effectiveness of patient care

Extreme environment medicine: an interview with Dr Kevin Fong, University College London

Synthetic platelet-like particles could augment natural blood clotting for treatment of traumatic injuries

Study could lead to improvements in outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer

Viewpoints: Rove renews attack on health law; Calif. 'vaccination crisis'

Longer looks: Alzheimer's and a marriage; racism in medicine; abortion restrictions in Texas

PARS technique enables surgeons to better repair torn Achilles tendon

New actinic keratoses data presented at the 15th World Congress of Cancers of the Skin

Socio-economic barriers preclude patients from receiving breast conserving therapy

Ascend Biopharmaceuticals provides update on clinical trial program for lead immunotherapy products

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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