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Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound

Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Magnetic Resonance Center of the University Children's Hospital Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided, non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully treated by means ...





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Treating bone loss in breast cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.


Mayo Clinic clinicians develop new decision aid tool to help type 2 diabetes patients (w/ Video)

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic clinicians and designers, along with colleagues from other institutions, have developed and tested a tool to involve patients more in their diabetes treatment and medication choices. The tool, a set of decision ...


Mayo Clinic researchers study health care reform

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Results of a Mayo Clinic survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that while physicians are open to being involved in health care reform discussions, some opposition may exist.


Researchers prove key cancer theory

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers have proven the longstanding theory that changes in the number of whole chromosomes -- called aneuploidy -- can cause cancer by eliminating tumor suppressor genes. Their findings, which appear in the ...


Gamma knife treatment for glioblastomas shows promising results

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center report promising results from a cutting-edge research study that treated the aggressive brain tumors glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) using a novel type of imaging called ...


High-definition colonoscopy detects more polyps

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.


Researchers find evidence of survival gains in bone marrow disease

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study, published in the December issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, demonstrates new survival data for the blood disorder myelofibrosis. This retrospective study is the largest ever conducted in young patients with p ...


Mayo Clinic tests non-incision, endoscopic ulcer repair

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. The goal is to advance the use of an endoscope -- which allows access to organs through ...


Both distress and fatigue impact resident physician errors, study finds

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers report that distress and fatigue among medical residents are independent contributors to self-perceived medical errors. The findings appear today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...


Routine evaluation of prostate size not as effective in cancer screening (w/ Video)

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research studied the association between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size and found that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth is not necessarily a predictor for the development ...



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