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Diet, not gastric bypass surgery, accounts for improved health

In many studies, bariatric surgery has been highlighted as an almost magical method for weight loss and reversing type 2 diabetes.

13 Aug 2020

Study: Screening women aged 40-49 reduces breast cancer mortality

Breast screening women aged 40-49 reduces breast cancer mortality, with minimal increased overdiagnosis, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London that looked at data from 160,000 women.

13 Aug 2020

Acupuncture can tame cytokine storm in mice with systemic inflammation

A team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School has successfully used acupuncture to tame cytokine storm in mice with systemic inflammation.

12 Aug 2020

Hip replacement surgeries at safety net hospitals linked to higher complications, mortality

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) – or hip replacement – is one of the most widely performed surgical procedures in the United States. It is used to manage severe arthritis and can greatly improve quality of life for patients suffering from this debilitating disease.

12 Aug 2020

Study identifies factors that influence women's decisions regarding therapy options

Removal of the ovaries before natural menopause (surgical menopause) often exacerbates menopause symptoms and places women at increased risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, and cognitive decline.

12 Aug 2020

Simple process could enhance personalization of cancer therapy

Researchers have developed a simplified process that could enhance personalization of cancer therapy based on a single nuclear medicine scan.

12 Aug 2020

Study may help optimize materials used in implants, enhance their safety

Using highly complex analytical techniques, a group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to observe in detail how different metals are released from joint implants and accumulate in the surrounding bone tissue.

11 Aug 2020

Clot perviousness associated with first-attempt success in patients treated with aspiration thrombectomy

In certain patients suffering a severe ischemic stroke, a mechanical device can be used to remove a clot blocking blood flow to the brain.

11 Aug 2020

First clinical trial could become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients

City of Hope surgical researchers are the first in the nation to open a clinical trial that could one day become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients who currently have very few treatment options.

11 Aug 2020

Study highlights the importance of skilled professionals in medical imaging and radiation therapy

I went into the MRI bracing for the wave of panic I knew would come as soon as I was strapped down and inside the machine.

11 Aug 2020

Researchers discover dose threshold that improves delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumor

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have discovered a dose threshold that greatly increases the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumor.

11 Aug 2020

TAU researchers reduce colorectal cancer metastases after tumor removal surgery

A research group from Tel Aviv University successfully reduced metastatic spread following tumor removal surgery in colorectal cancer patients.

10 Aug 2020

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

A patient-specific tumor organoid model is being used to identify the most effective chemotherapy protocol to treat appendix and colon tumors, a personalized medicine approach that is showing promise.

7 Aug 2020

DCIS surgical delays do not impact overall survival, shows study

Beginning in March, as COVID-19 cases surged in various states in the U.S., the COVID-19 Pandemic Breast Cancer Consortium released recommendations that operations for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) be deferred due to the pandemic.

7 Aug 2020

4D OCT can provide unprecedented information about embryonic heart development

How a valveless embryonic heart tube pumps blood is a long-standing scientific mystery. Thanks to innovations in light-based technology, fresh insights are now available into the biomechanics of mammalian cardiogenesis - and in particular, the pumping dynamics of the mammalian tubular embryonic heart.

7 Aug 2020

Study shows lasting benefits of bone-anchored leg prostheses

After above-knee amputation, there is the option of a prosthesis that is placed directly in the thigh bone (osseointegration).

6 Aug 2020

COVID-19 in pregnancy - premature birth common

A new study conducted by researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea, suggests that while having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy has little effect on fetal or neonatal mortality, it can be associated with premature birth and sometimes severe outcomes for mother and baby, including death.

6 Aug 2020

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Diet, not gastric bypass surgery, accounts for improved health

Study: Screening women aged 40-49 reduces breast cancer mortality

Acupuncture can tame cytokine storm in mice with systemic inflammation

Hip replacement surgeries at safety net hospitals linked to higher complications, mortality

Study identifies factors that influence women's decisions regarding therapy options

Simple process could enhance personalization of cancer therapy

Study may help optimize materials used in implants, enhance their safety

Clot perviousness associated with first-attempt success in patients treated with aspiration thrombectomy

First clinical trial could become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients

Study highlights the importance of skilled professionals in medical imaging and radiation therapy

Researchers discover dose threshold that improves delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumor

TAU researchers reduce colorectal cancer metastases after tumor removal surgery

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

DCIS surgical delays do not impact overall survival, shows study

4D OCT can provide unprecedented information about embryonic heart development

Study shows lasting benefits of bone-anchored leg prostheses

COVID-19 in pregnancy - premature birth common

Chemotherapy not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma

Surgical delay does not lower overall survival of women with early-stage breast cancer

GlobalData: COVID-19 will have negative impact on elective cardiovascular procedures in Australia

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