News tagged with surgical
Patient's weight not linked to success of fibroid surgery
Nov 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Obese patients are no more likely to have post-operative complications than those of average weight when undergoing robotic surgery to remove uterine fibroids, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.
Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth
Nov 18, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of ...
Surgical errors remain a challenge in and out of the operating room
Nov 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
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 ...
African-Americans with colorectal cancer have poorer outcomes, lower survival rates
Nov 12, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
New research published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that African-American patients with colorectal cancer are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced disease and are le ...
Prevention experts urge modification to 2009 H1N1 guidance for health care workers
Nov 06, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
Three leading scientific organizations specializing in infectious diseases prevention issued a letter to President Obama today expressing their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal ...
Adding tools against breast tumors
Oct 27, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
At the end of a 10-year, coast-to-coast study of women with an unusual form of breast cancer, Richard J. Barth Jr., M.D., and three fellow researchers are making the case for a particular combination of treatments to stop ...
Study explores how women make decisions about breast cancer surgery
Oct 26, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
For women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, ...
Radiologists develop scale to help clinicians predict disease severity in infants with NEC
Oct 20, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Radiologists at Duke University Medical Center have developed a scale called the Duke Abdominal Assessment Scale (DAAS) to assist clinicians in determining the severity of disease and the need for surgery in infants with ...
Mayo Clinic tests non-incision, endoscopic ulcer repair
Oct 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
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 ...
Surgical masks vs. N95 respirators for preventing influenza among health care workers
Oct 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Surgical masks appear to be no worse than, and nearly as effective as N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers, according to a study released early online today by JAMA. The study was posted online ...
Radiological treatment method spares patients surgery and offers 89 percent cost savings
Sep 21, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart, typically occurs in patients following heart surgery and is usually treated using an invasive surgical drainage technique. However researchers have discovered ...
Mask on? Mask off? In United States, use of face masks against flu not widespread
Sep 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Americans have not developed a modern face-mask culture. Just ask those who have walked through an airport wearing a mask since swine flu first appeared. They likely will tell you about stares and whispers.
Weight loss is good for the kidneys
Sep 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Losing weight may preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that t ...
Discovery of 'alert status' area in brain opens door to treatment of impaired consciousness disorders
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
0
A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various states of loss of consciousness, such as reversible coma, according ...
Breast cancer intervention reduces depression, inflammation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 31, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A psychological intervention for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with symptoms of depression not only relieves patients' depression but also lowers indicators of inflammation in the blood.
