New methods offer alternatives for patients undergoing obesity surgery
...nce of long-term survival than those who choose to forgo a procedure." Endoscopic Vertical Gastroplasty: A Novel Technique for Treatment of Obesity: A Preliminary Report (Abstract Sp743) Current bariatric surgeries require accessing the internal organs through an incision in the abdomen. While this meth...Patients with disease, cancer of the esophagus benefit from new technique developed by OHSU surgeons
...ic esophagectomy was embraced by surgeons eager to forgo traditional open surgery, which requires cutting through the patient's chest. But it proved so difficult and time-consuming that most surgeons abandoned it, according to John G. Hunter, M.D., co-director of the OHSU Digestive Health Center, chairman ...Talk therapy more effective long term treatment for SAD than light therapy, study finds
...he beginning of a difficult time of year when many forgo an after-work run for a nap, watch television instead of walk the dog, or sleep later in the morning. With this year's turning back of the clock, the 14.5 million Americans susceptible to SAD may begin feeling fatigued, worthless, disinterested, eve...Study examines treatment to maintain blood pressure in those with disorder causing postural drops
...ine alone, he is asymptomatic and has been able to forgo treatment with midrodine."...Doctors able to predict recurrence of high-risk breast cancers
... those in the lower risk group were able to safely forgo the additional treatment. "This prediction model is important because identifying the higher risk patients sooner will allow doctors to more aggressively treat those cancers, in the hopes of giving patients a higher chance for a cure," said Skye Hong...New drug poised to radically change the treatment of severe anemias
...ss iron is so onerous that many patients choose to forgo it, putting their own lives at risk. The results of an international study on deferasirox, a new drug that may revolutionize the way chronic iron overload is treated, will be published in the May 1, 2006, issue of Blood , the official journal of the...Emergency departments carry heavy loads
...be aware that their patients may be more likely to forgo medicine for food, and thereby compromise health. In a survey of approximately 500 consecutive patients in 4 Boston-area Emergency Departments, 13% or twice the Massachusetts average were found to be food insecure. FI patients were more likely to pu...Procedures beat meds to help patients fight obesity, GERD
...ay allow some patients to manage GERD symptoms and forgo a long-term drug regimen."...Penn critical-care physicians recommend strategies when facing requests to end supplemental oxygen
...on-making capacity have well-established rights to forgo any and all forms of life-sustaining therapy. However, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a life-sustaining therapy. We tend to think of invasive medical therapies such as mechanical ventilation, kidney dialysis or tube feeding. When ad...SCAI expert panel sets high standards for PCI without on-site cardiac surgical backup
...elderly or economically disadvantaged patients may forgo PCI altogether, rather than face travel to an urban medical center. Also fueling the growing trend is the safety of PCI. The need for emergency bypass surgery after PCI has fallen dramatically over time, to around 36 in 1000 procedures. In fact, em...JDRF awards Emory $2.5 million to develop islet transplant technology
...e 2003. Despite some success in helping patients forgo or cut down on insulin injections, the islet transplant procedure still faces significant challenges. Transplant recipients must take toxic immunosuppressant drugs to improve long-term survival of the islets. Emory scientists, based on research beg...