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Smoking before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for neurosurgical procedures

The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known. In a more immediate sense, smoking in the days and weeks before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for many surgical procedures.

19 Jun 2013

UHCMC physicians design new procedure to clear blocked carotid arteries, prevent stroke

Physicians at University Hospitals Case Medical Center enrolled their first patients in the ROADSTER Study, a global, multicenter clinical trial evaluating a novel, less-invasive procedure to help clear blockages in carotid arteries and prevent strokes.

19 Jun 2013

UCLA surgeons perform minimally invasive procedure to remove large polyps and keep colon intact

Millions of people each year have polyps successfully removed during colonoscopies. But when a suspicious polyp is bigger than a marble or in a hard-to-reach location, patients are referred for surgery to remove a portion of their colon - even if doctors aren't sure whether the polyp is cancerous or not.

18 Jun 2013

Hormone treatment to halt puberty in transgender adolescents is safe and effective

Hormone treatment to halt puberty in adolescents with gender identity disorder does not cause lasting harm to their bones, a new study finds. The results were presented today at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

18 Jun 2013

Estrogen replacement therapy reduces anxiety symptoms in girls with anorexia nervosa

Estrogen replacement therapy is associated with a significant decrease in anxiety symptoms among girls with anorexia nervosa, a new clinical trial finds. The results will be presented today at The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

18 Jun 2013

Study: Whole body vibration therapy raises bone strength among adolescents with cerebral palsy

A treatment known as whole body vibration therapy significantly increases bone strength among adolescents with cerebral palsy, a new clinical trial from New Zealand shows. The results were presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

18 Jun 2013

Scientists discover molecular pathway that can prevent death of oocytes due to chemotherapy

Young women who have cancer treatment often lose their fertility because chemotherapy and radiation can damage or kill their immature ovarian eggs, called oocytes. Now, Northwestern Medicine- scientists have found the molecular pathway that can prevent the death of immature ovarian eggs due to chemotherapy, potentially preserving fertility and endocrine function.

18 Jun 2013

Scientists show how gastric bypass surgery restores some properties of nerve cells

Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.

18 Jun 2013

Investigators recruit subjects for Boston Children's Hand Transplant Program

Boston Children's Hospital today announced that investigators are now recruiting subjects for the world's first pediatric hand transplant program. The Boston Children's Hand Transplant Program, led by principal investigator Amir Taghinia, MD, and William Harmon, MD, is a research-based program that will offer bi-lateral hand transplants for children living without two functioning hands.

17 Jun 2013

Dosimetry based on 3-D medical images estimates possible dose for targeted RIT in blood cancer patients

Outcomes can be bleak for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that develops in the white blood cells of the immune system. Accurate estimation of radiation absorbed dose in radioimmunotherapy (RIT) based on state-of-the-art 3D imaging could lead to more personalized and effective treatments to improve patients' chances of living longer without progression of their cancer, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

15 Jun 2013

Anatomy of a Hospital: New book chronicles history of nation's oldest hospital for orthopedics

With 537 pages and 150 photographs, "Anatomy of a Hospital" chronicles the history of the nation's oldest hospital for orthopedics, from its beginnings in a doctor's home to help destitute children with disabilities to the premier hospital it has become today.

15 Jun 2013

Overlake Medical Center offers bronchial thermoplasty for patients with severe asthma

Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue is now the only hospital in King County offering bronchial thermoplasty to patients suffering from severe asthma, giving them a non-medicated, proven way to control their asthma symptoms and resulting in 32 percent fewer severe asthma attacks.

15 Jun 2013

Researchers are one step closer to treating type 1 diabetes

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes.

14 Jun 2013

Osseon releases Osseoflex CD-H hydraulic cement delivery system

Osseon announces the release of the Osseoflex CD-H hydraulic cement delivery system. This latest addition to the Osseon product line is designed for delivery of medium to high viscosity bone cement during the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.

14 Jun 2013

Chemotherapy devices: an interview with Damien Salauze, head of Curie-Cancer

Although several chemotherapy treatments are now administered by the oral route (targeted chemotherapy), most chemotherapy treatments (cytotoxics) are administered by the intravenous route.

13 Jun 2013

Complications and death rates for cervical spine surgery are higher at teaching hospitals

For patients undergoing surgery on the cervical (upper) spine, overall rates of complications and death are higher at teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, reports a study in the June 1 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

13 Jun 2013

Organ transplant board calls for review of child policy, creates new appeal system

A panel of officials that decides matters on organ transplants called Monday for a review of the guidelines for issuing organs to children and created a special appeals process after two cases of children who need lung transplants drew congressional and judicial attention.

12 Jun 2013

Combination of cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC may reduce mortality in abdominal cancers patients

Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have determined that cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CS/HIPEC), a complex procedure to treat advanced abdominal cancers, can be done safely, and may be an effective therapy for select patients. Study results are published in the June issue of Cancer Medicine.

12 Jun 2013

Study reveals radioimmunotherapy can improve survival rates of patients with aggressive lymphoma

A new patient protocol for aggressive and recurrent lymphoma that combines intensive chemotherapy and radioimmunotherapy (RIT) may become the most powerful cancer-killing therapy available, with the hope that patients' lymphoma can be eradicated as they prepare for bone marrow transplant, say researchers at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

12 Jun 2013

Two studies shed light on joint replacement outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. One study overturns the common belief that RA patients have worse outcomes after a total knee replacement than patients who undergo the operation for osteoarthritis. The other study demonstrates that RA patients who undergo a total hip replacement were as likely to have significant improvements in function and pain as patients with osteoarthritis, even though they did not do as well.

12 Jun 2013

Medical Procedure News

Smoking before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for neurosurgical procedures

UHCMC physicians design new procedure to clear blocked carotid arteries, prevent stroke

UCLA surgeons perform minimally invasive procedure to remove large polyps and keep colon intact

Hormone treatment to halt puberty in transgender adolescents is safe and effective

Estrogen replacement therapy reduces anxiety symptoms in girls with anorexia nervosa

Study: Whole body vibration therapy raises bone strength among adolescents with cerebral palsy

Scientists discover molecular pathway that can prevent death of oocytes due to chemotherapy

Scientists show how gastric bypass surgery restores some properties of nerve cells

Investigators recruit subjects for Boston Children's Hand Transplant Program

Dosimetry based on 3-D medical images estimates possible dose for targeted RIT in blood cancer patients

Anatomy of a Hospital: New book chronicles history of nation's oldest hospital for orthopedics

Overlake Medical Center offers bronchial thermoplasty for patients with severe asthma

Researchers are one step closer to treating type 1 diabetes

Osseon releases Osseoflex CD-H hydraulic cement delivery system

Chemotherapy devices: an interview with Damien Salauze, head of Curie-Cancer

Complications and death rates for cervical spine surgery are higher at teaching hospitals

Organ transplant board calls for review of child policy, creates new appeal system

Combination of cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC may reduce mortality in abdominal cancers patients

Study reveals radioimmunotherapy can improve survival rates of patients with aggressive lymphoma

Two studies shed light on joint replacement outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients

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