Study finds common knee surgery no better than placebo
...small incisions were made, but no instruments were inserted and no cartilage removed. Dr. Bruce Moseley, a clinical associate professor of orthopedics at Baylor, recruited all the patients in the study and performed all surgeries both real and placebo. Dr. Baruch Brody, director of the Center for Medical Eth...Drug resistance may prove more pervasive in African HIV
...o do their job. For the new study, Freire's group inserted into African HIV proteases a mutation commonly found in drug-resistant forms of HIV-B, the strain of HIV prevalent in Western Europe and North America. Their analyses showed that the new, drug-resistant HIV-A and HIV-C proteases were up to 1,000 time...Continuous stitching method reduces pain for women with perineal damage after childbirth
...tissue and the repair is finished with a loop knot inserted in the vagina. In the interrupted method, the vagi...locking (blanket) stitch, with interrupted sutures inserted to re-align the perineal muscles and interrupted transcutaneous stitches inserted to close the skin ...CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers investigate new cancer treatment
... "These rods serve as magic bullets, which will be inserted into a tumor in the liver using an image-guided mi... invasive procedure in which a needle electrode is inserted through the skin and guided into a tumor by an imaging method such as computed tomography (CT) or ma...Landmark study results published in NEJM highlight breakthrough treatment for heart failure
... lead is manoeuvred through the coronary sinus and inserted in a vein on the exterior wall of the left ventricle (LV lead). Medtronic was the first company to market a transvenous LV lead in Europe and offers the broadest suite of device-based heart failure products. The InSync system and several models of A...Peptide promotes new growth in injured spinal cords
...ered the peptide for four weeks through a catheter inserted into the spinal canal. A number of nerve fibers did grow back and the rats were able to walk better than without the treatment. Before moving to human trials, Strittmatter said researchers first must determine whether the synethetic peptide can promo...Contraceptive needs of new mothers are unique and unmet
... have a small, flexible, t-shaped body that can be inserted in a simple procedure during a routine office visit. The newest option, Mirena, the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system, lasts for five years and is more than 99 percent effective. Mirena delivers a low dose of the hormone levonorgestrel (...New oral medication halts blindness in AIDS patients
... permanent catheters - akin to intravenous lines - inserted into the large veins in the chest," says Dr. Sharon Walmsley of the University of Toronto's medicine department and a senior scientist at the University Health Network (Toronto General Hospital). "They had to self-administer the drug (or with the hel...Newly published data show at-home dialysis therapy may benefit more patients
...d waste. To gain access, a catheter is surgically inserted into the abdomen into which dialysis solution is i... products from the blood accessed through a needle inserted into a blood vessel. The blood is then pumped through an artificial kidney machine containing a fil...Tiny device blocks 'useless' part of heart, prevents blood clots
...rs collapsed the device and repositioned it. Once inserted properly into the mouth of the atrial appendage, the nitinol cage expanded to its proper shape. Tiny spikes attached to the alloy cage that protrude through its covering anchored the device in place. The left atrial appendage was successfully block...First European trial for new breast cancer vaccine
... which then manufacture the protein, including the inserted tetanus fragments that wake up the immune system and help it to respond to HER-2. Dr Leach said the company was also preparing to start clinical trials in a variation of this approach. Instead of a DNA vaccine that prompts the bodys cells to make the...Gene therapy to treat angina appears safe
...angioplasty, in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into the vessel and inflated to widen the channel. The researchers studied 79 men and women with coronary artery disease and mild to moderate angina. They infused an inactive virus (called Ad5) containing the human FGF4 gene, which can stimulate c...New software helps design multi-task, jaw-like, surgical mini-tools
...a video camera and long slender surgical tools are inserted through small incisions or ports in the body. The ...n of the multi-functional tool, small enough to be inserted into a 5 mm incision, is already in prototype. Haluck says that he expects to begin testing it in a...Stress causes heart-damaging fats to stay in blood longer
...sions, an intravenous tube was inserted into the veins of the volunteers. A solution containing triglycerides - the equivalent of about 100 calories - was then intravenously administered. The procedure replicated what would happen...IUD still on the shelf for most women, survey shows
... report that 20 percent of the respondents had not inserted an IUD in the past year and of those who did, 79 percent inserted 10 or fewer. Fear of litigation and a belief that IUDs cause pelvic inflammatory disease are reasons...Acupuncture calms nerves, improves heart function
...test again, but this time acupuncture needles were inserted and left in place for 20 minutes. After the first...roup were told that acupuncture needles were being inserted in the backs of their necks. But no needles were actually used, and no decrease in their sympatheti...... device. To gain access, a catheter is surgically inserted through the wall of the peritoneal cavity into whi... products from the blood accessed through a needle inserted into a blood vessel in the arm or leg. The blood is then pumped through an artificial kidney machin...Study offers hope for chocolate-loving reflux disease sufferers
...he esophagus to measure acidity. A second tube was inserted into the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum, to deliver chocolate directly to the gut. After the chocolate infusion, researchers measured the acidity in the esophagus and how long it took the acidity to rebound to normal levels. Research...Wake Forest first in world to perform new brain tumor treatment
...adiation."The device is a balloon catheter that is inserted into the cavity created by surgical removal of the malignant brain tumor and filled with liquid radiation. Over a course of three to seven days, GliaSite delivers radiation directly to the tissue surrounding the cavity, where tumors are most likely ...Rutgers researchers developing technology to help New Jersey farmers "grow" pharmaceuticals
...es. The technology, in which recombinant genes are inserted in plant chromosomes to manufacture pharmacologically active proteins, is currently being used to induce tobacco plants to make insulin and other disease-fighting proteins. The new technology re-connects ethical drugs with plants, their origi...