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UB, BGH Cardiologist Leads Team in WNY's First Successful Aortic Valve Implant Surgeries

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Vijay S. Iyer, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and TAVR program director at Buffalo General Hospital, has successfully led a team of highly trained physicians to successfully implant aortic valves in two patients last week.
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Natural enzyme provides potential new approach for treating graft-vs-host-disease

Alpha-1-antitrypsin reduced intense inflammation after bone marrow transplant...
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Newest Data Shows Jewish Hospital Transplant Center Has Best in Region Results for Liver Transplantation

Louisville, Ky.—New public data released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), the national database of transplantation statistics, showed Jewish Hospital Transplant Center has the highest survival rate in the region for liver transplant recipients....
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Surgical robots to provide open-source platform for medical robotics research

By Hannah Hickey - In a basement on the University of Washington campus perch seven identical robots. Named Raven, each has two winglike arms that end in tiny claws designed to perform surgery on a simulated patient....
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New Publication Fosters Improved Wound Care for Ulcers, Limb Salvage, Burns, Trauma, and More

New Rochelle, NY - The rapidly advancing field of tissue injury and repair has an important new forum. ...
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Headphone Music Eases Anxiety During Prostate Biopsies

By Duke Medicine News and Communications - Tuning in to tune out may be just what's needed for men undergoing a prostate biopsy, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute....
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Killing Fat Cells: Death by Freezing or Liposuction?

Surgeon reviews best cosmetic surgery options, says more research needed on safety...
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Radical Surgery Saves Life of Young Mom, California First

Liver Removed, Reconstructed, Re-Implanted...
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Device May Extend Treatment Window for Arm Spasticity

COLUMBUS, Ohio – At the age of 33, a rare stroke nearly ended the life of Sabrina Pridham. After several days in intensive care and more than two months as an inpatient for physical therapy, the only visible reminder she has from that spring day in 2000 is a tightness, or spasticity in one arm that makes ordinary tasks such as tying shoes or cutting food impossible....
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Scientists reassess weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes

Weight loss surgery is not a cure for type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, according to a new study at Imperial....
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