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Wheezing After Early-Life Antibiotics: Blame the Underlying Chest Infection More Than the Antibiotics
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who are given antibiotics in their first three months often wheeze at 15 months of age. However, this wheezing is probably more due to the presence of chest infections than to the use of antibiotics.
Highly-specialized, minimally-invasive surgery for lung cancer allows patient to go home sooner
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Minimally-invasive surgery for lung cancer called video-assisted thoracic surgery or VATS is a relatively new procedure performed almost exclusively at academic centers. Now, a preliminary study to be presented this month ...
More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents
Aug 27, 2008 |
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An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms. At any time, their main chest artery could suddenly burst open, causing massive internal bleeding ...
Open chest surgery alternative found
Nov 20, 2006 |
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A U.S. scientist has found an alternative to open chest surgery in treating mitral regurgitation -- blood leaking into the heart through the mitral valve.
Surgeon 'gluing' the breastbone together after open-heart surgery
Nov 12, 2009 |
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An innovative method is being used to repair the breastbone after it is intentionally broken to provide access to the heart during open-heart surgery. The technique uses a state-of-the-art adhesive that rapidly ...
Long-term study results validate efficacy of CT scans for chest pain diagnosis
May 15, 2009 |
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The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular ...
Women with chest pain less likely then men to get proper treatment from paramedics
May 15, 2009 |
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Women with chest pain are less likely than male patients to receive recommended, proven therapies while en route to the hospital, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Despite evidence ...
Transplant patient had chest organs in opposite positions
Aug 07, 2009 |
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For much of his life, Jack Eigel endured ribbing about his heart being in the wrong place. But the jokes stopped early Tuesday when doctors performed an extremely rare and complicated heart transplant.
Woman outfitted with robotic arm
Sep 14, 2006 |
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The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has fitted a woman who lost her arm in a motorcycle accident with a robotic replacement.
Microcoils help locate small lung nodules
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A new technique combining computed tomography (CT) with fiber-coated surgical microcoils allows physicians to successfully locate and remove small lung nodules without the need for a more invasive procedure, according to ...
Study answers question of timing in use of eptifibatide
Mar 30, 2009 |
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An international study to resolve a decade of debate over the best timing for administering an anti-clotting drug for certain heart patients has come up with an answer: It doesn't matter.
Heart valves implanted without open-heart surgery
Jan 07, 2009 |
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An innovative approach for implanting a new aortic heart valve without open-heart surgery is being offered to patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Known as the PARTNER (Placement of ...
Thinking makes it so: Science extends reach of prosthetic arms
Nov 11, 2007 |
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Motorized prosthetic arms can help amputees regain some function, but these devices take time to learn to use and are limited in the number of movements they provide.
Stenting not necessary in late treatment of heart attacks
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Two years ago, a major study found that many patients who receive delayed treatment for a heart attack do just as well with drugs alone as they do with drugs plus stents to prop open their blocked arteries. Now, further analysis ...
Stent grafts: a better way to treat blunt trauma injuries
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Endovascular repair—fixing an injury in a blood vessel from inside that vessel—is a better option for individuals who receive highly lethal injuries from high-speed collisions or falls (together referred to as blunt trauma) ...
