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Industry likely to expand role in funding neurosurgery research

With federal funding increasingly restricted, industry will play a critical role in funding neurosurgery research, according to a report by three prominent neurosurgeons in the journal World Neurosurgery.

10 Aug 2017

Moffitt Cancer Center and Cvergenx form research partnership to revolutionize radiation therapy

Moffitt Cancer Center and Cvergenx announced a new research partnership that aims to revolutionize radiation therapy. The goal of the Future of Radiation Therapy project is to create a framework for using a patient's genetic information to provide a personalized radiation treatment plan.

9 Aug 2017

Postoperative patients use fewer opioid medications than prescribed after hernia surgery

A study by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital found that patients prescribed opioid medications after inguinal (groin) hernia surgery used significantly fewer tablets than prescribed, even though they had received fewer than typically administered for such surgery.

9 Aug 2017

Cancer prognosis improves in young women treated with breast conserving surgery

A new analysis indicates that breast cancer prognoses have improved over time in young women treated with breast conserving surgery.

9 Aug 2017

Investigators identify evidence-based recommendations to enhance patient's postoperative recovery

Collaborators in a new nationwide program for hospitals designed to improve the recovery of surgical patients have identified their first set of evidence-based recommendations: a care plan for colon and rectal surgical procedures.

8 Aug 2017

Biological bypass found safe for patients with coronary artery disease

A new gene therapy that targets the heart and requires only one treatment session has been found safe for patients with coronary artery disease, according to a successful trial carried out in Finland.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers reveal promising results of new noninvasive method of ICP monitoring

Researchers from Klinikum Stuttgart and the University of Erlangen, Germany, report preliminary findings that show a noninvasive method of monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) that could rival the gold standards of invasive intraventricular and intraparenchymal monitoring.

8 Aug 2017

ACS publishes new manual to guide surgeons in improving patient care

The American College of Surgeons has announced the release of a new manual, Optimal Resources for Surgical Quality and Safety, to guide surgeons in leading surgical quality improvement and patient safety efforts in their institutions, departments, and practices.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers find clues to how chemotherapy drug fuels cancer spread from the breast to lungs

The very same treatment that thwarts breast cancer has a dark side – it can fuel the spread of the disease to the lungs.

8 Aug 2017

Specific drug regimen taken prior to surgery reduces risk of cancer recurrence, study finds

Most cancer-related deaths are the result of post-surgical metastatic recurrence. In metastasis, cells of primary tumors travel to other parts of the body, where they often proliferate into inoperable, ultimately fatal growths.

7 Aug 2017

Studies show how endoscopic procedures can improve outcomes and care

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, features a study reporting that a simpler procedure for collecting biopsy specimens during various procedures can improve patient care, and a study showing how a relatively new procedure, POEM, has been adapted to help an additional set of patients with gastroparesis, a troubling stomach problem.

3 Aug 2017

Gene-therapy administered through skin transplants could enable treatment of many diseases

A research team based at the University of Chicago has overcome challenges that have limited gene therapy and demonstrated how their novel approach with skin transplantation could enable a wide range of gene-based therapies to treat many human diseases.

3 Aug 2017

Breast cancer patients treated with targeted radiotherapy experience fewer side effects

Breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy targeted at the original tumour site experience fewer side effects five years after treatment than those who have whole breast radiotherapy, and their cancer is just as unlikely to return, according to trial results published in The Lancet today (Wednesday).

3 Aug 2017

Researchers reveal prevalence of unused prescription opioids following surgery

In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use of opioids prescribed to them after surgery, researchers at Johns Hopkins report that a substantial majority of patients used only some or none of the pills, and more than 90 percent failed to dispose of the leftovers in recommended ways.

2 Aug 2017

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Industry likely to expand role in funding neurosurgery research

Moffitt Cancer Center and Cvergenx form research partnership to revolutionize radiation therapy

Postoperative patients use fewer opioid medications than prescribed after hernia surgery

Cancer prognosis improves in young women treated with breast conserving surgery

Investigators identify evidence-based recommendations to enhance patient's postoperative recovery

Biological bypass found safe for patients with coronary artery disease

Researchers reveal promising results of new noninvasive method of ICP monitoring

ACS publishes new manual to guide surgeons in improving patient care

Researchers find clues to how chemotherapy drug fuels cancer spread from the breast to lungs

Specific drug regimen taken prior to surgery reduces risk of cancer recurrence, study finds

Studies show how endoscopic procedures can improve outcomes and care

Gene-therapy administered through skin transplants could enable treatment of many diseases

Breast cancer patients treated with targeted radiotherapy experience fewer side effects

Researchers reveal prevalence of unused prescription opioids following surgery

3D-printed models help shorten surgery time for common hip disorder in children

Researchers develop soft robotic arm for endoscopes to assist in surgical procedures

Research confirms link between high BMI and better survival outcomes after PCI procedures

Freezing of IVF embryos more likely to increase pregnancy rates, study finds

Five things that parents should know about pediatric eye surgery requiring anesthesia

Bio-Oil supports self-care for wounds to minimise scarring through new patient booklet

Bionic vision restoration: could future technologies restore sight?

Preclinical research using 1 Tesla desktop MRI

Understanding the rise in NTM infections

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