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Digital 'Plaster' For Monitoring Vital Signs Undergoes First Clinical Trials
A wireless digital "plaster"
that can monitor vital signs
continuously and remotely is
being tried out with
patients and healthy
... > full story
New Method Targets Cancerous Tumors Without Harming Healthy Cells
Researchers have discovered
a technology that can detect
cancerous tumors and deliver
treatment to them without
the harming the healthy cell ... > full story
Gene Therapy Repairs Injured Human Donor Lungs For The First Time
For the first time,
scientists have successfully
used gene therapy to repair
injured human donor lungs,
making them potentially
... > full story
Woman Accidentally Swallows Coffee Spoon, Has It Removed From Jejunum With No Complications
Foreign-body ingestion is a
relatively common
presentation at emergency
departments, but long
metallic spoon swallowing is
... > full story
- Digital 'Plaster' For Monitoring Vital Signs Undergoes First Clinical Trials
- New Method Targets Cancerous Tumors Without Harming Healthy Cells
- Gene Therapy Repairs Injured Human Donor Lungs For The First Time
- Woman Accidentally Swallows Coffee Spoon, Has It Removed From Jejunum With No Complications
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Breast Density Associated With Increased Risk Of Cancer Recurrence
November 9, 2009 — A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. The study's results indicate that breast cancer patients with dense breasts ... > full story -
Robotic Repair For Vaginal Prolapse Has Significant Benefits
November 9, 2009 — New research has found that robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery ... > full story -
Health Information Not Communicated Well To Minority Populations, Researcher Finds
November 9, 2009 — According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans suffer from low health literacy, a mismatch between patients' abilities to understand health care information and providers' ... > full story -
For Young Boys With Cancer, Testicular Tissue Banking May Be Option To Preserve Fertility
November 9, 2009 — Boys diagnosed with cancer before reaching puberty have a unique option for possibly preserving future fertility, which is often endangered by cancer therapies. In an experimental procedure, the boys ... > full story -
Computerized Support Keeps Prominence Of Name Brand Drugs At Bay
November 9, 2009 — Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed ... > full story -
'Optical Biopsy' For Breast Cancer Increasingly Accurate, Research Finds
November 8, 2009 — Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have to endure the medical costs, stress and potential complications that accompany such invasive ... > full story -
Plastic Surgeons Offer Microsurgery Technique For Breast Reconstruction, Tummy Tuck After Mastectomy
November 8, 2009 — A new microsurgery by plastic surgeons called the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) flap procedure can offer women seeking breast reconstruction after a mastectomy some of the advantages of ... > full story -
Psychiatric Impact Of Torture Could Be Amplified By Head Injury
November 8, 2009 — Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a new study. The researchers found ... > full story -
Exercise Is Good Medicine For Lymphoma Patients
November 7, 2009 — A healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have ... > full story -
Pandemic Flu Vaccine Campaigns May Be Undermined By Coincidental Medical Events
November 6, 2009 — The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns -- like that now underway for H1N1 -- could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with ... > full story
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