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American Society of Anesthesiologists announces recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today announced its recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 3-9, 2013. Throughout the week, ASA will educate patients on the importance of physician-led care to make critical, life-saving decisions.

5 Mar 2013

Sanford Health announces new limb preservation program

Sanford Health announces a new limb preservation program, Sanford Limb Preservation Center. The center specializes in treating lower extremity wounds in patients at high risk of amputation and compromised leg and toe function, particularly those with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease.

5 Mar 2013

Children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative chemotherapy

New results from a prospective clinical trial conducted in France show that children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative (adjuvant) chemotherapy to prevent disease recurrence or metastasis; the results also suggest that certain patients with intermediate-risk disease can receive less aggressive adjuvant treatment, or perhaps forego it altogether. Avoiding chemotherapy spares patients from treatment side effects and long-term health risks, such as cardiovascular disease and development of a second cancer.

5 Mar 2013

Pediatric cancer charities collaborate to create new treatments for children with neuroblastoma

Solving Kids' Cancer, along with U.K.-based charities Neuroblastoma Alliance UK, J-A-C-K, and other European organizations have aligned forces to improve access to promising clinical trials for children with high-risk neuroblastoma in North America, the U.K. and Europe.

5 Mar 2013

Scientists discover how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson's

A team of scientists and clinicians at UC San Francisco has discovered how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson's by implanting electrodes within the brains of people with the disease.

5 Mar 2013

Avedro announces completion of $43M Series D financing

Avedro, Inc. announced today the completion of a $43 million Series D financing led by Abingworth along with a significant investment by Third Point.

5 Mar 2013

Overall risk of infection associated with most neuroangiographic procedures is very low

Patients undergoing cerebral angiography and neurointerventional procedures on the brain are at very low risk of infection-even without preventive antibiotics, reports a study in the March issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

5 Mar 2013

FDA approves Tenaxis Medical’s ArterX Surgical Sealant

Tenaxis Medical, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of functionally designed surgical sealants has received FDA approval to bring its innovative ArterX Surgical Sealant to the market.

4 Mar 2013

Older patients with head and neck cancers less likely to die in high-volume hospitals

A study of older patients with advanced head and neck cancers has found that where they were treated significantly influenced their survival.

4 Mar 2013

Study instructs how to design new, more powerful vaccine formulas for cancer

Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site a more inviting target, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine.

4 Mar 2013

RBCs stored longer than 3 weeks begin to lose the capacity to deliver oxygen-rich cells to tissue

A small study from Johns Hopkins adds to the growing body of evidence that red blood cells stored longer than three weeks begin to lose the capacity to deliver oxygen-rich cells where they may be most needed.

4 Mar 2013

The clock runs out on averting sequestration

Time ticked down to March 1 -- also known as sequestration D-day -- without the White House and lawmakers finding a way to avert the scheduled cuts.

3 Mar 2013

Epidural pain relief best after open colorectal surgery

Epidural analgesia provides more pain relief than continuous wound filtration with local anesthetic in patients undergoing fast-track open colorectal surgery, research shows.

1 Mar 2013

$Bisphosphonate link to nonhealing fractures strengthened$

Bisphosphonate link to nonhealing fractures strengthened

US scientists have identified a safety signal between bisphosphonate use and nonhealing femoral fractures, possibly due to the rare side effect, atypical femur fracture.

1 Mar 2013

Experience shows good results with secondary facelift surgery

Performed an average of a decade after initial facelift surgery, a "secondary" facelift can achieve similarly lasting results with a low complication rate, according to a paper in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

1 Mar 2013

First Edition: March 1, 2013

Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey reports: "David P. Blom is one of thousands of hospital executives across the country who are bracing for a reduction in Medicare payments as part of a series of federal spending cuts that begin Friday. Blom, 58, is president and chief executive officer of OhioHealth, a Columbus, Ohio, based not-for-profit health care system that includes 18 hospitals, 23 health and surgery centers, home-health providers and other facilities."

1 Mar 2013

Discovery about eye’s shape could boost effectiveness of lenses used in cataract operations

A professor at London's Kingston University has made a discovery about the shape of the eye that could boost the effectiveness of man-made lenses used in cataract operations.

1 Mar 2013

Macrophages allow entry of HIV in the urethra

Having suggested in 2011 that the urethra is a novel entry site for HIV, a team from the Institut Cochin, has now confirmed this hypothesis and identified the cells and mechanisms brought into play: the immune system cells macrophages, present in the epithelium of the urethra, allow the entry of HIV. This work, published online on the website of the journal Mucosal Immunology, could make it possible to test novel HIV/AIDS prevention strategies.

1 Mar 2013

LDL apheresis can reduce cholesterol levels in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Some patients are genetically prone to such dangerously high levels of cholesterol that no amount of diet, exercise and medications can reduce their cholesterol to safe levels.

1 Mar 2013

Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics launches human trials for Streptococcus A vaccine

Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics has launched human trials for a vaccine against Streptococcus A, the germ that causes rheumatic fever.

1 Mar 2013

Surgery News and Research

American Society of Anesthesiologists announces recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week

Sanford Health announces new limb preservation program

Children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative chemotherapy

Pediatric cancer charities collaborate to create new treatments for children with neuroblastoma

Scientists discover how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson's

Avedro announces completion of $43M Series D financing

Overall risk of infection associated with most neuroangiographic procedures is very low

FDA approves Tenaxis Medical’s ArterX Surgical Sealant

Older patients with head and neck cancers less likely to die in high-volume hospitals

Study instructs how to design new, more powerful vaccine formulas for cancer

RBCs stored longer than 3 weeks begin to lose the capacity to deliver oxygen-rich cells to tissue

The clock runs out on averting sequestration

Epidural pain relief best after open colorectal surgery

Bisphosphonate link to nonhealing fractures strengthened

Experience shows good results with secondary facelift surgery

First Edition: March 1, 2013

Discovery about eye’s shape could boost effectiveness of lenses used in cataract operations

Macrophages allow entry of HIV in the urethra

LDL apheresis can reduce cholesterol levels in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics launches human trials for Streptococcus A vaccine

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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