Prostate cancer marker could lead to earlier diagnosis say Univ. of Pittsburgh researchers
...psy, saving patients the fear and stress of repeat procedures and enabling us to treat the disease sooner." Dr. Getzenberg explained that EPCA is a marker protein that indicates the earliest changes that occur in cells during the development of cancer. In the study, Dr. Getzenberg, also co-director of the Pro...Are NICE guidelines too passive?
...(NICE) guidelines recommending changes in surgical procedures within the UK National Health Service is questione...e of THE LANCET. NICE issued its first guidance on procedures and technologies to the National Health Service In march 2000. James Ryan and colleagues assessed t...First multi-center trial shows cryosurgery successful at treating some early-stage breast cancer
...and the incision closed with a bandage. Of the 27 procedures performed in the study, cryoablation successfully destroyed all cancers less than 1.0 centimeters in diameter. The procedure was equally effective for tumors between 1.0 and 1.5 centimeters in those women with a type of cancer called invasive ductal...Tissue involved in brain development may offer new approach to stroke treatment
... this time, the FDA generally won't allow invasive procedures immediately after a stroke unless they are in hemo... need surgery to stop their bleeding. But invasive procedures can be used for chronic stroke, patients who are really sick, debilitated and not responding," Dr. B...PACS increase physician productivity by more than a third
..., 66% for MRI, 36% for ultrasound, 32% for special procedures and 23% for computed radiography from 1997 to 2002, said David Broumandi, MD. Meanwhile, staffing stayed the same at 6.7, Dr. Broumandi said. "The work-related relative value units (WRVU) per full-time equivalent radiologist was 6,602 (prior to PACS...Preimplant test offers option of having child to serve as stem cell donor to sibling in need
...arrow failure. The study consisted of HLA matching procedures conducted during 2002-2003 in an in vitro fertilization program for nine couples with children affected by acute lymphoid leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, or Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) requiring HLA-matched stem cell transplantation. DNA was remo...Cedars-Sinai receives full AAHRPP accreditation for all research involving human subjects
...s-Sinai will continue to evaluate its policies and procedures each year to ensure that all requirements are fully met, submitting an annual report to AAHRPP. Re-accreditation must be applied for every three years. "By participating in the voluntary accreditation process, we alert federal agencies, medical ins...Researchers discover new clinical syndrome leading to severe osteoarthritis
... The youngest child underwent several arthroscopic procedures beginning at 16. The middle sibling needed a complete hip arthroplasty by age 26, and a second hip replacement less than two years later....University of Colorado tissue engineer to receive NSF's coveted Waterman Award
...rials may be available within a decade for medical procedures that will allow the "injection" of new body parts into people who suffer from debilitating injuries or diseases -- without the trauma of major surgery. "We still have to answer some questions about how to make a scaffold structurally and mechanically...Spinal disc repair start-up orthonics receives funding from Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC
...ative in the more than one million spinal surgical procedures that take place each year an estimated $3 billion market. "We're extremely pleased with this investment. The Viscogliosi Brothers have an outstanding track record in orthopedics and their investment in Orthonics is a great endorsement of our busine...Preliminary results are promising in Alzheimer's gene therapy trial
...al anesthesia during the procedure, and subsequent procedures were performed without complication. The small-scale study did not include placebo controls, and doctors and patients knew that the procedure was performed (they were not "blinded"). Because of this, Tuszynski is cautious about preliminary findings ...New initiative to focus on growing problem of cardiovascular disease in diabetics
...'s indicated no difference in benefit from the two procedures for the general population, but did indicate benef...ever that clear guidelines be developed as to what procedures are best for which patients. Doctors need to know if these stents work equally well in all patients?...Mount Sinai is best major hospital in New York City for angioplasty
...Cardiovascular Health, performed 3,100 angioplasty procedures during the three-year reporting period, more than any other cardiologist in the state. And he was the only one whose risk-adjusted mortality rates were below the state average for both non-emergency cases (0.12 percent) and non-emergency and emergenc...Improving eye patient care with telemedicine standards
...raph. Additionally, the standards provide specific procedures for storing the images electronically, sending them across telecommunications networks and interpreting them. The standards focus on the quality of the images rather than on what kind of cameras or film must be used. This approach gives health c...'Off-pump' bypass surgery has similar outcomes, lower cost, than conventional bypass surgery
...wered to address any potential difference of these procedures on important patient outcomes, something these smaller, single-center studies were not able to do. Finally, such a study could compare results in important patient subgroups. Specifically, the observational literature suggests that the benefits of OP...HIV, West Nile virus, SARS infections and thoracic transplantation
...ive patients, much less performed; and most of the procedures have been liver and kidney transplants. "While there are no prospective data in heart and lung transplantation, this is an area that merits careful investigation," said Jay A. Fishman, M.D., Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospita...High-volume hospitals best equipped for complex surgery
... "Those hospitals that do a high volume of complex procedures have allsorts of special resources to handle compl...ach analysed the outcomes of five complex surgical procedures -removal of the esophagus, colorectal resection for cancer,pancreatico-duodenectomy (removing the he...CNS cancers and other diseases: Using proteomics to identify unique protein 'fingerprints'
...umbar puncture is less invasive than neurosurgical procedures for obtaining tissue, CSF is a desirable early ste... face of positive clinical findings. Neurosurgical procedures are more definitive but much more invasive than lumbar punctures. The Emory research team used SELDI...DNA test shows promise for identifying patients with colorectal cancer
... several methods of detection are available, these procedures are either uncomfortable for the patient or are not specific or sensitive enough to be suitable as screening tools. Hannes M Mller from the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria, and colleagues investigated whether patients with colorectal cancer cou...Guideline: Heart condition does not increase risk of second stroke
... results from the use of medications to the use of procedures to close PFOs, the guideline stated. The first author of the guideline, Steven Mess, MD, also of the University of Pennsylvania, said, "Patients with PFO and stroke and the physicians who care for them should feel comfortable participating in researc...