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Risk Factors For Infection After Liver Transplantation Determined
June 5, 2008 — Nearly 9 percent of patients who recently underwent liver transplantation suffered a subsequent surgical site infection (SSI). SSIs are common after liver transplantation and are a major cause of ... > full story -
Circumcision Safe In Both HIV-Infected And HIV-Uninfected Men, Study Finds
June 2, 2008 — Adult circumcision is safe in HIV-infected men without advanced HIV disease, according to research in PLoS Medicine. Analyzing results of two clinical trials of circumcision in the rural Rakai ... > full story -
Rapid Wound Healing With Dressing Made Of Silica Gel Fibers
May 29, 2008 — A new type of wound dressing made of silica gel fibers will soon help to heal difficult wounds caused by burns or diabetes. The dressing forms a supporting matrix for newly growing skin cells and is ... > full story -
Stem Cells Might Contribute To Vascular Disease
May 16, 2008 — Physician-scientists believe that stem cells might play a harmful role in the body's reaction to trauma following common vascular surgery, like angioplasty. They are currently studying how stem cells ... > full story -
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Acute Kidney Injury With Sepsis: A Unique Pathophysiology
April 9, 2008 — ICU patients with septic acute kidney injury (AKI) are generally sicker, have a higher burden of illness, a greater risk of mortality and longer stays in hospital than patients with nonseptic AKI. ... > full story -
'Alien'-Type Viruses May Be Able To Treat MRSA
March 31, 2008 — New methods that involve sticking thousands of bacteria-killing viruses to wound dressings are offering ways to prevent hospital operating theaters from spreading infections. Although they are too ... > full story -
Risk Of Treatment-Resistant Infection Following Facelift Surgery
March 17, 2008 — About one-half percent of patients undergoing facelift surgery at one outpatient surgical center between 2001 and 2007 developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, according to a ... > full story -
Cotton: A Body Armor For Wounds?
March 7, 2008 — Cotton fabrics that might save lives on the battlefield --- and make people more comfortable in hospital beds --- are being developed by Agricultural Research Service scientists. They are testing ... > full story -
Researchers Control Growth Rate Of Replacement Blood Vessels, Tissues
March 6, 2008 — Researchers have discovered a way to control the growth rate of replacement tissue and the formation of new blood vessels, which solves one of the vexing problems of growing replacement tissue to ... > full story -
New Test For Joint Infection Could Spare Some Patients An Unnecessary Procedure
March 3, 2008 — A potential diagnostic test that could help surgeons confirm or rule out the presence of infection-causing bacteria in prosthetic joints that require surgical revision has been developed. Such a test ... > full story
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