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Early surgery for heart infections may reduce serious complications
Study Highlights:
- Early surgery for infective endocarditis eliminated some complications and repeat infections.
- Early surgery along with antibiotics is a viable alternative to standard treatment, which includes surgery only for patients who develop life-threatening complications or don’t respond to antibiotics.
University of Glasgow researchers set to study effects of weight loss surgery
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have been awarded a grant to conduct a pioneering study into the long-term health effects of weight loss surgery. ...Patients with atrial fibrillation sought for study of novel alternative to open-chest surgery
BY TANYA LEWIS - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are seeking participants for a study examining the effectiveness of an experimental treatment for a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation....New Minimally Invasive Approach to Hip Replacements
ALBANY, N.Y. - Albany Medical Center is offering a new approach for patients in need of hip replacement surgery. ...Surgical checklists save lives
Using checklists to improve work practices has long been normal in the aviation and oil industry. Checklists are now also implemented worldwide in the operating room....Creating safer surgery
Surgical procedures save and improve lives worldwide, but the figures on serious complications and deaths are high. PhD student Sindre Høyland sees ways of reducing these numbers....Surgery to prevent stroke causes too many complications
By Michael C. Purdy - An operation for preventing repeat strokes in high-risk patients has failed in a multi-institutional clinical trial, scientists report in the Journal of the American Medical Association....Formerly Conjoined Twins Preparing to Go Home After Successful Separation at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
New photos and a video statement from the family available at http://conjoinedtwins.lpch.org ...Physicians expand capacity, develop new applications for robot-assisted surgery
University of Chicago surgeons use the da Vinci Surgical System to perform a wide range of robotic procedures, from prostate removal and treatments to correct congenital urologic defects, to lung and head and neck surgeries....
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- Fingerprint of radiation exposure discovered in thyroid cancer
- WHO concerned that new H5N1 influenza research could undermine the 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework
- FDA Issues Early Communication about Ongoing Safety Review of Weight Loss Drug Orlistat
- Neuroscientists Find That Status within Groups Can Affect IQ
- Stanford's Roundtable discusses longevity, aging and its impacts on society
- Doubts over vein blockages in people with MS
- Gun ownership, carrying a gun linked to heavy alcohol use
- Yale Researchers Pinpoint Reasons for Dramatic Rise in C-Sections
- Study recommends that parents, physicians share decisions in sex development disorder surgery
- Myth buster: helmets halve head injuries
Jon
on
12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
on
07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
on
06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
on
29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
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on
28/09/2011 04:57:08
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