http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure. The technique, known as NOTES -natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery -is gaining in popularity and has been characterized by many in the medical profession as laying the groundwork for truly "incisionless" surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news154786732.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:19:32 EST news154786732 Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are among the first in the country to use a new micro-laser, which uses light energy in place of a cutting tool to remove complicated brain and spine tumors. The technique offers greater precision and efficiency during surgery, reducing the incision size, surgery time and patient recovery period following surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news152371450.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:24:36 EST news152371450 Chest pain and shortness of breath are common symptoms that send tens of thousands of heart failure (HF) patients into U.S. hospitals each month. Cardiologists at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital may be able to curb such visits for some of their HF patients as they recently became Chicago's first researchers using a new wireless pressure sensor technology that allows them to track the pulmonary artery pressure of the subjects while these subjects remain at home. http://www.physorg.com/news137253618.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:00:18 EST news137253618