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Smartphone app could be used to screen for pancreatic cancer

Scientists have created an app that uses Smartphone selfies to detect pancreatic cancer while it is in the early stages.

29 Aug 2017

Intensive Care Medicine

Intensive care medicine is a young specialty that deals with the medical treatment of the sickest patients in the hospital. Intensive care medicine doctors are called intensivists and are expert physicians with special skills in the management of organ failure.

29 Aug 2017

Bag-mask ventilation appears less safe than ETI in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, according to late-breaking results from the CAAM trial presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress.

29 Aug 2017

Targeting bone marrow protein could be effective way to improve stem cell transplants

Bone marrow contains hematopoetic stem cells, the precursors to every blood cell type. These cells spring into action following bone marrow transplants, bone marrow injury and during systemic infection, creating new blood cells, including immune cells, in a process known as hematopoiesis.

28 Aug 2017

Coronary artery bypass surgery can effectively treat diabetes patients with multivessel disease

Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is the best method of treating artherosclerotic coronary arteries in diabetes patients with multivessel disease, even in the presence of type 1 diabetes, a new study from Karolinska Institutet reports, clearing up a question in the current recommendation.

28 Aug 2017

Study findings do not support routine use of oxygen therapy in all patients with heart attack symptoms

Oxygen therapy does not improve survival in patients with heart attack symptoms, according to late-breaking research presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress and published in the NEJM.

28 Aug 2017

Study: Left atrial appendage closure during open heart surgery protects against brain infarctions

Closure of the left atrial appendage during heart surgery protects the brain, according to late-breaking research presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress. The results suggest that closure should be routinely added to open heart surgery.

28 Aug 2017

Catheter ablation provides better outcomes for AF patients than conventional drug therapies

Every year millions of people around the world are diagnosed with heart failure, a chronic, progressive condition where the heart is unable to pump enough oxygenated blood throughout the body.

28 Aug 2017

Underweight patients more likely to have worse outcomes after cardiac catheterization

Being underweight, and not overweight, has the highest mortality, cost, length of stay, and readmission rate for those undergoing cardiac catheterization, according to an analysis of more than one million patients presented at ESC Congress today.

26 Aug 2017

New ESC Focused Update provides recommendations on DAPT in patients with coronary artery disease

The first ESC Focused Update on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease is published online today in European Heart Journal, and on the ESC website.

26 Aug 2017

New study compares experiences of women undergoing IVF either to become pregnant or for money

An individual's reason for undergoing a medical intervention -- be it to prevent or treat disease, earn money, or to have a child -- may result in variations in the bodily experience of the patient, Yale researchers have found.

26 Aug 2017

Research paves way for new drugs that may prevent tumor repopulation after radiation therapy

Whenever an organism is damaged, the cells surrounding the wound receive signals to proliferate more intensely so as to regenerate the injured tissue.

26 Aug 2017

Cancer treatments could affect person’s sense of taste and dietary preferences

Cancer treatments have many effects on patients – some apparent and some less so. One of the most noticeable changes is a change in taste.

26 Aug 2017

Tumor irradiation may prolong survival of NSCLC patients undergoing novel chemotherapy formulation

Patients with unresectable, or inoperable, lung cancer are often given a dismal prognosis, with low rates of survival beyond a few years.

26 Aug 2017

Rutgers University leadership creates great strides in breakthrough scientific research

Less than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Defense established the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine I with a multimillion dollar grant to focus research centered on regenerative medicine for the treatment of battlefield injuries and selected Rutgers University-New Brunswick to lead the civilian research program.

26 Aug 2017

Researchers identify new way to predict which TAVR patients may be at risk for rehospitalization

As more elderly patients undergo the minimally invasive heart valve procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR), concerns have been raised as to what causes some to be readmitted for heart failure after the procedure.

26 Aug 2017

Researchers develop augmented reality system to guide reconstructive procedures

A plastic surgery research group has developed an augmented reality system that enables them to create 3D simulations of the desired results of facial reconstructive procedures and project them over the patient's face during surgery, reports a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery--Global Open, the official open-access medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

26 Aug 2017

Medical Procedure News

Smartphone app could be used to screen for pancreatic cancer

Intensive Care Medicine

Bag-mask ventilation appears less safe than ETI in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Targeting bone marrow protein could be effective way to improve stem cell transplants

Coronary artery bypass surgery can effectively treat diabetes patients with multivessel disease

Study findings do not support routine use of oxygen therapy in all patients with heart attack symptoms

Study: Left atrial appendage closure during open heart surgery protects against brain infarctions

Catheter ablation provides better outcomes for AF patients than conventional drug therapies

Underweight patients more likely to have worse outcomes after cardiac catheterization

New ESC Focused Update provides recommendations on DAPT in patients with coronary artery disease

New study compares experiences of women undergoing IVF either to become pregnant or for money

Research paves way for new drugs that may prevent tumor repopulation after radiation therapy

Cancer treatments could affect person’s sense of taste and dietary preferences

Tumor irradiation may prolong survival of NSCLC patients undergoing novel chemotherapy formulation

Rutgers University leadership creates great strides in breakthrough scientific research

Researchers identify new way to predict which TAVR patients may be at risk for rehospitalization

Researchers develop augmented reality system to guide reconstructive procedures

Study examines link between flame retardants and pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing fertility treatments

Uptake of HPV vaccination is worryingly low among childhood cancer survivors

First FDA-approved stem cell trial for shoulder injuries reaches full enrollment

How does norepinephrine influence anxiety-related behaviours?

Transforming Lab Workflows with Cell Culture Automation

Building Bridges to Scalable Allogeneic Cell Therapy

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