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Medical imaging technique identifies very common condition in women that often goes undiagnosed

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In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse — a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, ...

Mexican labs target adulterers with DNA testing

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Suspect your significant other might be cheating on you? In Mexico, numerous laboratories are now offering a way to find out for sure -- DNA tests.

Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care

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(AP) -- Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday.

Twins joined at head successfully separated (Update 2)

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(AP) -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain ...

Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage for sprint running

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if ...

Last-resort lower-body amputation effective in extreme cases of bone infection, 25-year review shows

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A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for severe pelvic bone infections shows the therapy can add years and quality of life to survivors, say ...

Briton killed wife in sleep, court hears

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

British man killed his wife in his sleep, after dreaming that she was an intruder in their camper van, a court heard on Tuesday.

Formerly conjoined twins in stable condition

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(AP) -- A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain ...

Researchers focus on helping dying patients take care of unfinished business

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Hospice workers have watched patients emerge from comas and cling to life long enough to tell someone they love or forgive them.

Need for emergency airway surgery for hard-to-intubate patients reduced

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Be prepared, that old Boy Scout motto, is being applied with great success to operating room patients whose anatomy may make it difficult for physicians to help them breathe during surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers report ...

Use of rib cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty results in patient satisfaction, few complications

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Rib cartilage from human donors is well tolerated as a grafting material in nasal plastic surgery and yields positive functional, structural and cosmetic results, even in complex cases, according to a report in the November/December ...

First near-total face and upper-jaw transplant appears successful

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Nov 16, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

More than a year and a half following the first near-total face and upper jaw transplant, the donor tissue appears successfully integrated, according to a report in the November/December issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Su ...

Continuous chest compression-CPR improved cardiac arrest survival in Arizona

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The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than when bystanders performed standard CPR. ...

Surgical errors remain a challenge in and out of the operating room

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Despite a national focus on reducing surgical errors, surgery-related adverse events continue to occur both inside and outside the operating room, according to an analysis of events at Veterans Health Administration Medical ...

Medical establishment prevents nurses from assuming new roles

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Physicians still retain the bulk of decision-making power over nurses in Quebec - a situation that's detrimental to evolving nursing roles. According to a new study by Université de Montréal researchers, published ...

Motor vehicle crashes more common among young drivers who engage in self-harm behaviors

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Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Drivers who engaged in self-harm were at increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, even after controlling for psychological distress and substance abuse, found a study of 18 871 Australian drivers published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...

Structured reporting software creates less complete and accurate radiology reports than free text

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As many software companies work to create programs that will give uniform structure to the way radiological test results are reported, a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that such ...

Resuscitation and survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest nearly double (w/ Video)

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Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and the Richmond Ambulance Authority have improved resuscitation and survival rates dramatically for cardiac arrest patients by training and equipping paramedics to begin lowering ...