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Citizens urged to sign online petition for improved mental health services in Africa

This week Global Health Action has published "A Declaration on Mental Health in Africa: moving to implementation". The 25 original signatories, all leaders within global and mental health from Africa and other nations, call upon citizens and the mental health care community to add their names to an online petition to show support for the actions outlined.

19 Jun 2014

Study reveals how brain navigates from unconscious to conscious state

One of the great mysteries of anesthesia is how patients can be temporarily rendered completely unresponsive during surgery and then wake up again, with their memories and skills intact.

19 Jun 2014

University Hospitals introduces surgical procedure for management of glaucoma in NE Ohio

With the arrival of a leading expert in glaucoma, Douglas Rhee, MD, as its chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University Hospitals Case Medical Center is introducing a surgical procedure for the management of glaucoma that is new to Northeast Ohio.

19 Jun 2014

African American women with invasive breast cancer less likely to receive invasive technique

African American women with early stage, invasive breast cancer were 12 percent less likely than Caucasian women with the same diagnosis to receive a minimally invasive technique, axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, even as the procedure had become the standard of surgical practice, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

19 Jun 2014

Fireworks, public transportation, construction sites can induce hearing loss

Summer sounds include much more than crickets chirping. Outdoor concerts, parades, 4th of July fireworks, public transportation and construction sites all have one thing in common.

19 Jun 2014

Glaucoma can affect both infants and adults

When Christian Earl was six weeks old, his mother did not think his eyes looked right, so she took him to Loyola University Medical Center for an evaluation.

19 Jun 2014

Novel way improves liposuction procedure using gold nanoparticles

Although liposuction is one of the most common and well-established cosmetic surgery procedures in the U.S., it still has its drawbacks.

19 Jun 2014

Researchers develop device that spots lung cancer

Lung cancer causes more deaths in the U.S. than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast, and pancreatic).

19 Jun 2014

Cardiac Lead Extraction celebrates 25-Year anniversary at Cardiostim

A quarter century ago, doctors treating patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers had a big problem. Their patients were outliving the complex electrical devices that gave them an acceptable quality of life.

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 18 Jun 2014

New vaccine reprograms pancreatic tumors and makes them vulnerable to immunotherapy

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed and tested a vaccine that triggered the growth of immune cell nodules within pancreatic tumors, essentially reprogramming these intractable cancers and potentially making them vulnerable to immune-based therapies.

18 Jun 2014

Clot-busting medications for treating pulmonary embolism patients linked with fewer deaths

Bringing clarity to a decades-long debate, a national team of researchers led by experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that adding clot-busting medications known as thrombolytics to conventional approaches when treating sudden-onset pulmonary embolism patients is associated with 47 percent fewer deaths than using standard intravenous or under-the-skin anticoagulant medications alone.

18 Jun 2014

University Hospital Dinant Godinne surgeons successfully perform robotic-assisted surgeries with Flex System

Leading surgeons at the University Hospital Dinant Godinne completed the world's first robotic-assisted surgical procedures with the Medrobotics' Flex System.

18 Jun 2014

U-M researchers detail new discoveries about basic biology of dystonia

Twist and hold your neck to the left. Now down, and over to the right, until it hurts. Now imagine your neck - or arms or legs - randomly doing that on their own, without you controlling it.

18 Jun 2014

Loyola University Medical Center hosts top orthopaedic surgeons from Southeast Asia

On June 12th, Loyola University Medical Center hosted four of Southeast Asia's top orthopaedic surgeons. They are Hein Latt Win, MD, of Myanmar, who specializes in hip replacements; Istan Irsan of Indonesia (orthopaedic tumors); Azura Mansor of Malaysia (orthopaedic tumors); and Chia-Liang Ang of Sinapore (orthopaedic tumors and hip and knee replacements).

18 Jun 2014

VA scandal prompts closer look at VA health care around nation

News outlets examine wait times and poor service at clinics in North Carolina, Colorado and Minnesota.

18 Jun 2014

Patients who receive medication instruction sheet more likely to obey physician's instructions

A study in the July issue of Anesthesiology revealed that patients who receive a simple, multicolor, standardized medication instruction sheet before surgery are more likely to comply with their physician's instructions and experience a significantly shorter post-op stay in recovery.

18 Jun 2014

Study: Most physicians don't recommend active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer

Specialists who treat prostate cancer agree that active surveillance is an effective option-yet most don't recommend it when appropriate for their own patients, according to a study in the July issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

18 Jun 2014

Scottsdale Healthcare, TGen initiate AG-120 clinical trial in patients with solid tumors

The Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute are studying the safety and effectiveness of a new drug, AG-120, for treatment of patients with solid tumors, especially those with brain tumors and gallbladder bile duct cancer.

18 Jun 2014

Doctors weigh how to use new heart-valve procedure

The procedure is less invasive than surgery but is still unproven for many patients, The Wall Street Journal reports. Meanwhile, the Journal also looks at how some doctors are using Google Glass to have more time with their patients.

17 Jun 2014

New hope for people suffering from depression

There is new hope for people suffering from depression. Researchers have identified a compound, hydroxynorketamine (HNK), that may treat symptoms of depression just as effectively and rapidly as ketamine, without the unwanted side effects associated with the psychoactive drug, according to a study in the July issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists- (ASA-).

17 Jun 2014

Surgery News and Research

Citizens urged to sign online petition for improved mental health services in Africa

Study reveals how brain navigates from unconscious to conscious state

University Hospitals introduces surgical procedure for management of glaucoma in NE Ohio

African American women with invasive breast cancer less likely to receive invasive technique

Fireworks, public transportation, construction sites can induce hearing loss

Glaucoma can affect both infants and adults

Novel way improves liposuction procedure using gold nanoparticles

Researchers develop device that spots lung cancer

Cardiac Lead Extraction celebrates 25-Year anniversary at Cardiostim

New vaccine reprograms pancreatic tumors and makes them vulnerable to immunotherapy

Clot-busting medications for treating pulmonary embolism patients linked with fewer deaths

University Hospital Dinant Godinne surgeons successfully perform robotic-assisted surgeries with Flex System

U-M researchers detail new discoveries about basic biology of dystonia

Loyola University Medical Center hosts top orthopaedic surgeons from Southeast Asia

VA scandal prompts closer look at VA health care around nation

Patients who receive medication instruction sheet more likely to obey physician's instructions

Study: Most physicians don't recommend active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer

Scottsdale Healthcare, TGen initiate AG-120 clinical trial in patients with solid tumors

Doctors weigh how to use new heart-valve procedure

New hope for people suffering from depression

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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