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Health News http://www.healthcanal.com/files.php?file=Health News from HealthCanal.com http://www.healthcanal.com/ UVM Researchers Find Rate of Follow-up Surgeries After Partial Mastectomy Varies Greatly http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26501-UVM-Researchers-Find-Rate-Follow--Surgeries-After-Partial-Mastectomy-Varies-Greatly.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:38:00 +0000 By Jennifer Nachbur - A study conducted at the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care and three other sites and published in the February 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found significant variability – by both surgeon and institution – in the rates of follow-up surgeries for women who underwent a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer. da0d64b25604184292d98eef2986ccb8 Cochlear implants may be safe, effective for organ transplant patients http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26493-Cochlear-implants-may-safe-effective-for-organ-transplant-patients.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:00 +0000 by Toni Baker | Augusta, Ga. – Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who’ve lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report. 5de6fe070cdb0f88fc81c5757b8f8342 Arthritic Knees, But Not Hips, Have Robust Repair Response http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26492-Arthritic-Knees-But-Not-Hips-Have-Robust-Repair-Response.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:00 +0000 By Duke Medicine News and Communications - Researchers at Duke University Medical Center used new tools they developed to analyze knees and hips and discovered that osteoarthritic knee joints are in a constant state of repair, while hip joints are not. ed66e64615a24404895ba8731ed49bad 4.5 Million Americans Living with Total Knee Replacement http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26469-Million-Americans-Living-with-Total-Knee-Replacement.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:15:00 +0000 TKR surgeries have more than doubled over past decade fa54f316fda78aed29f1f9b0d47c1666 Step towards creating intestine transplant using patient’s own cells http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26377-Step-towards-creating-intestine-transplant-using-patients-own-cells.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:36:00 +0000 Doctors at the UCL Institute of Child Health have made progress towards engineering donated intestines, so that they can be implanted without rejection. 0bde61cd8bd0fdefe2d63d11f63ce0ac Study Identifies Steep Learning Curve for Surgeons Who Perform ACL Reconstructions http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26371-Study-Identifies-Steep-Learning-Curve-for-Surgeons-Who-Perform-ACL-Reconstructions.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:34:00 +0000 Early Career Outcomes Significantly Inferior to Later Career Outcomes 3c42992555c35c787eaf157c5f5652f2 Hyperbaric treatment gives hope to patients http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26314-Hyperbaric-treatment-gives-hope-patients.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:00 +0000 While many people associate hyperbaric chambers with scuba diving, the same technology is promising new hope for patients with chronic wounds. 17d4e3e4f4f277dab448b3ce8ae7f2d5 Women experience greater complications and less life-saving therapy from ICD implantation: study http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26307-Women-experience-greater-complications-and-less-life-saving-therapy-from-ICD-implantation-study.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:00 +0000 Toronto - Women who undergo Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) surgery are more likely to develop complications after the procedure than men according to new research from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). cf38667105e9c541b9415d9433d1eb2a University of Michigan Health System creates system to prevent retained surgical items http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26252-University-Michigan-Health-System-creates-system-prevent-retained-surgical-items.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:10:00 +0000 In its effort to be the safest hospital in the country, the U-M uses new technology to insure no objects are left behind in surgery cf19df000ddcf82cee47e0e7b30649aa A protein could reduce need for transplants in patients with acute liver failure http://www.healthcanal.com/surgery-rehabilitation/26246-protein-could-reduce-need-for-transplants-patients-with-acute-liver-failure.html Surgery and Rehabilitation Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:03:00 +0000 Cardiotrophine-1 increases survival in animals with acute liver failure, according to research undertaken by scientists at the Applied Medical Research Centre (CIMA in its Spanish initials) of the University of Navarra and the Biomedicine Institute (IBIOMED) of the University of León. The research results were published in the Journal of Virology. e8c1b15bc83a1ba88d35f259ecc141ec