'Shrug off' shoulder surgery myth, study suggests
...sties," says McFarland. "Lower numbers of shoulder procedures done both regionally and nationally may indicate t...gery was lowest for those recovering from shoulder procedures (just 2.42 days for shoulder patients, versus more than four days for both the hip and knee equivale...Jefferson scientists find that drug-eluting stents are disappointing in bypass grafts -- sometimes
...with diffuse disease, 37 percent needed additional procedures to treat restenosis. "To date, drug-eluting stents havent been adequately studied in patients who previously underwent bypass surgery" explains Michael Savage, M.D., director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Thomas Jefferson University Hospi...Health insurance fails to protect Americans from financial risk
...ences. Confusing insurance company policies and procedures leave patients confused, in debt, reluctant to seek health care, and vulnerable to predatory scam products. Affordability of health insurance must be judged on more than premiumsit is necessary to consider the costs that people will face should th...Biologists learn structure of enzyme needed to power 'molecular motor'
...that can be interpreted with various computational procedures to produce an image. Because herpes and other viruses contain similar DNA packaging motors, the findings could help scientists to design drugs that would interfere in the function of these motors and hence mitigate the result of some viral infectio...Craniofacial Biology Award presented to Vargervik
...ent outcomes following various types of management procedures in a team environment. Her experimental research has focused on the following: (1) adaptations of muscles and bone to changed functional demands; (2) factors contributing to malocclusions, such as tongue and mandible posture and changes in mode of...Colon cancer survival linked to number of lymph nodes examined
...ry. Surgeons responsible for the majority of these procedures do them infrequently," says Chang. Studies have found that 70 percent of colon cancer resections are performed by general surgeons who do less than 10 of these surgeries a year, and that colon cancers removed by surgeons who perform colon cancer su...Where should I have my outpatient surgery?
...re restrictions are being lifted and more and more procedures are being done on an outpatient basis. Some of these facilities are far from hospitals, which adds to the patient's risk should complications arise. Some anomalies in the study exist. For example, there was no association between outpatient cataract...UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair
...y and are not suitable candidates for conventional procedures (such as angioplasty, stents, or coronary artery bypass surgery) to improve blood flow to the heart. UW Hospital and Clinics is one of 15-20 research sites nationwide participating in the study, which is sponsored by the Cellular Therapies business u...Breast cancer survivors experience long-term heart disease risk from radiotherapy
...isk of cardiovascular disease, but those treatment procedures are now considered obsolete. However, studies on the association between more modern radiation therapies and cardiovascular disease in breast cancer survivors have been inconclusive. Maartje Hooning, M.D., of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amst...Study shows no survival benefit for CT screening for lung cancer
...onal CT scans at full radiation doses and invasive procedures like lung biopsies. This study also suggests CT screening can lead to additional major surgeries to remove very small growths that look like lung cancer but do not pose a meaningful threat to the patient's health. "With lung cancer the number one ...Opening of specialty cardiac hospitals associated with increase in rate of cardiac procedures
...well as the impact of greater utilization of these procedures on patient outcomes." (JAMA. 2007;297:962-968. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: This project was supported by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Nallamothu completed part of t...Do specialty heart hospitals drive up heart care use? Study suggests the answer is yes
...spital is associated with a regional rise in heart procedures to open clogged arteries such as bypass surgery a...ialty cardiac hospitals increased the use of these procedures in the hospital markets where they opened, compared with regions where existing hospitals added hear...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 6, 2007
...e office finds that the number and type of medical procedures general internists perform has decreased dramatica...centage of general internists doing each of the 40 procedures included in the survey is less than half of that in 1986. The average number of different procedures...In presence of fragrant cleaning products, air purifiers that emit ozone can dirty the air
...p regulations that will set emission standards and procedures for certifying and labeling the devices. "State regulators should set a strict limit on the amount of ozone produced by air purifiers to protect the public from exposure to unhealthy ozone and particulate matter levels," Nizkorodov said....Learning to prevent medical mistakes in caring for stroke patients
...s can happen in patients with stroke, and hospital procedures need to be modified to reduce the likelihood of error and patients getting hurt, according to a study published in the February 20, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers ...Multiple low-energy plasma skin treatments may help diminish facial wrinkles
...rovement over other minimally invasive resurfacing procedures and micropeels, the intensity of the healing process is quite minor, which makes it an attractive option for many patients."...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...women are typically referred for artery re-opening procedures less often than men after a heart attack, this dis...efit from more frequent use of PCI, although these procedures appear less protective than in men.Gender differences in hospital mortality and use of percutaneous ...Blood marker helps predict prognosis among those with abdominal infection
...ently, these conditions are diagnosed with imaging procedures and guided aspiration (suction) techniques. "An accurate and readily available biochemical marker for identifying patients at risk for abdominal infections would definitely contribute to easier and safer diagnosis." Bettina M. Rau, M.D., Universit...The science behind a wrinkle-filler: Researchers discover for the first time how product works
...e of ones skin, Wang says. The study notes that procedures involving dermal fillers are increasingly common. Of the 12 million cosmetic procedures performed annually in the United States, about 1 million currently involve the class of injectable f...New data supports a non-invasive approach to routine prenatal genetic testing
...sal alternative to such invasive genetic screening procedures as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, ma...horionic villus sampling, both considered invasive procedures that carry risks. ACOG now recommends screening before the 20th week of pregnancy using a less inva...