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Parkinson's disease patients may find difficulties in recognizing emotions

Patients affected by Parkinson's disease may experience, in addition to the more obvious motor symptoms (such as tremors and stiffness), difficulties recognizing emotions in the facial expressions and speech prosody (intonation) of other people. A number of investigations have shown that even deep brain stimulation, a treatment that has become widely used in recent years, may cause similar disorders.

20 Dec 2013

Study supports mounting evidence that inflammation may be the cause of chronic rhinosinusitis

Saint Louis University researchers have analyzed the microbiomes of people with chronic rhinosinusitis and healthy volunteers and found evidence that some chronic sinus issues may be the result of inflammation triggered by an immune response to otherwise harmless microorganisms in the sinus membranes.

20 Dec 2013

USC's Keck Medicine becomes world's first center to implant responsive brain device to treat epilepsy

On Dec. 18, Keck Medicine of USC became the world's first medical center to implant a responsive brain device newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat epilepsy, with potential to help millions of people worldwide.

20 Dec 2013

Blaze Bioscience to initiate first Phase 1 clinical study of BLZ-100 in patients with skin tumors

Blaze Bioscience, Inc. and its subsidiary, Blaze Bioscience Australia Pty Ltd, today announced the initiation of the first Phase 1 clinical study of the first Tumor Paint product candidate, BLZ-100. The study, titled "A Phase I Dose Escalation/Expansion Study of BLZ-100 Administered by Intravenous Injection in Adult Subjects with Skin Cancer," will enroll up to 30 patients with basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or amelanotic melanoma.

19 Dec 2013

Reverse Medical's BARREL Vascular Reconstruction Device gets CE Mark approval

Reverse Medical Corporation today announced CE Mark approval for European commercialization of their BARREL Vascular Reconstruction Device and the first European clinical case. The BARREL Vascular Reconstruction Device is intended for use with occlusive devices in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

19 Dec 2013

European research project to develop new rapid diagnostic devices

Led by the Basque R&D Alliance IK4, 13 organisations in 8 different countries have been conducting research for three years under the European LabOnFoil project to develop new rapid diagnostic devices.

19 Dec 2013

Study investigates about emotions that affects patients with Parkinson's disease

Is it the disease itself or the treatment that impairs the perception of emotions? A study conducted with the collaboration of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste investigates the origins of the difficulty recognizing certain emotions that affects patients with Parkinson's disease.

19 Dec 2013

Satisfaction can be enhanced by improving quality of information received by day-surgery patients

Satisfaction expressed by day-surgery patients can be enhanced by improving the quality of information they receive, and also help assure successful post-operative recovery without the need for outpatient follow-up, according to research reported in the Journal of Healthcare Quality, the peer reviewed publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), www.nahq.org.

19 Dec 2013

Inactive patients following cardiac surgery have higher risk of depression

New research indicates that inactive patients following cardiac surgery have a substantially higher risk of depression and that the number of patients suffering from depression after cardiac surgery is as high as 40%. Investigators recommend that cardiac patients should be assessed for depression and level of physical activity and remain as active as they safely can after surgery to minimize post-operative depression. The results are published in the December issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

19 Dec 2013

Mazor Robotics gets first order for Renaissance system from Cordamed Biomedical Engineering

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today that it has received its first order for a Renaissance system from Cordamed Biomedical Engineering Inc., its distribution partner in Turkey. This represents the first Renaissance system order in Turkey, and Cordamed will install the system at a prominent hospital in Istanbul.

19 Dec 2013

Robotic surgery more expensive than laparoscopic surgery, but have similar outcomes

In a study of national data on colon surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers found that while patients who undergo either minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery or the high-tech robotic approach have similar outcomes, robotic surgery is significantly more expensive.

19 Dec 2013

New study aims to identify breast cancer patients most susceptible to post-treatment fatigue

Although the prevalence and impact of cancer-related fatigue has been well established, very little is known about its predictors, mechanisms for development, and persistence post-treatment. A new research study at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, in partnership with UCLA, is aimed at identifying breast cancer patients most susceptible to post-treatment fatigue by measuring biological, behavioral and social risk factors.

19 Dec 2013

New technology could dramatically reduce number of open-heart surgeries

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new technology that could dramatically reduce the number of open-heart surgeries for people with pacemakers.

18 Dec 2013

Oticon Medical obtains FDA clearance to market Ponto Plus bone anchored sound processors

Oticon Medical has obtained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market Ponto Plus, the company's newest family of bone anchored sound processors. New Ponto Plus is available in regular and power versions and is designed for use with Oticon Medical's proprietary OptiFit/OptiGrip implant design concepts that have also been cleared by the FDA for use in tissue-preserving surgery.

18 Dec 2013

Research examines link between opioid suppression of immune system and cancer recurrence

The methods used to anesthetize prostate cancer patients and control pain when their prostate glands are surgically removed for adenocarcinoma may affect their long-term cancer outcomes, a study led by Mayo Clinic has found.

18 Dec 2013

Pelvic radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer may increase risk of developing bladder cancer

Radiation therapy used to treat uterine cancer may increase a patient's risk of developing bladder cancer. That is the conclusion of a recent study published in BJU International.

18 Dec 2013

Researchers identify new technique to reduce postoperative pain in children

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18 Dec 2013

Scientists back ovarian cancer preventative surgery to improve survival

A study by Manchester scientists backs preventative surgery to improve survival for women who are at greater risk of getting ovarian cancer and suggests it appears helpful for women at risk of getting breast cancer because of genetic faults.

18 Dec 2013

Insurers object to charity helping poor buy health coverage

The charity, A Better LA, said it would sign up 50 low-income Californians for Obamacare plans, but insurers protested that such help could skew insurance pools toward sicker people, The Wall Street Journal reports.

17 Dec 2013

Navidea seeks FDA approval for marketing Lymphoseek Injection for SLN detection

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, announced today that it has submitted a Supplemental New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking approval for the marketing and sale of Lymphoseek (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection for sentinel lymph node detection in patients with head and neck cancer, an indication for which Lymphoseek was also granted Fast Track designation earlier this month.

17 Dec 2013

Surgery News and Research

Parkinson's disease patients may find difficulties in recognizing emotions

Study supports mounting evidence that inflammation may be the cause of chronic rhinosinusitis

USC's Keck Medicine becomes world's first center to implant responsive brain device to treat epilepsy

Blaze Bioscience to initiate first Phase 1 clinical study of BLZ-100 in patients with skin tumors

Reverse Medical's BARREL Vascular Reconstruction Device gets CE Mark approval

European research project to develop new rapid diagnostic devices

Study investigates about emotions that affects patients with Parkinson's disease

Satisfaction can be enhanced by improving quality of information received by day-surgery patients

Inactive patients following cardiac surgery have higher risk of depression

Mazor Robotics gets first order for Renaissance system from Cordamed Biomedical Engineering

Robotic surgery more expensive than laparoscopic surgery, but have similar outcomes

New study aims to identify breast cancer patients most susceptible to post-treatment fatigue

New technology could dramatically reduce number of open-heart surgeries

Oticon Medical obtains FDA clearance to market Ponto Plus bone anchored sound processors

Research examines link between opioid suppression of immune system and cancer recurrence

Pelvic radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer may increase risk of developing bladder cancer

Researchers identify new technique to reduce postoperative pain in children

Scientists back ovarian cancer preventative surgery to improve survival

Insurers object to charity helping poor buy health coverage

Navidea seeks FDA approval for marketing Lymphoseek Injection for SLN detection

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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