10.2 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2005 - up 11 percent
...dures were tumor removal (3.9 million), laceration repair (344,000), scar revision (181,000), hand surgery (172,000) and breast reduction (114,000)....$10 million gift funds innovative predictive health study
...n parallel, genes, proteins and characteristics of repair cells, as well as individual health behaviors and how all these factors interact to contribute to each individual TM s cardiovascular health or disease over time." Volunteers for the study initially will be sought among people preparing to undergo h...Stem cell treatment succeeds in spinal cord-injured rats
Stem cells can repair damaged spinal tissue and help restore function in rats with spinal cord injuries, according to a new study. The findings may eventually lead to insights that result in new treatments for humans with spinal cord injuries. Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD, a...Virginia Tech research finds Swedish method of human cartilage repair shows good durability
...I). But the Swedish group had no idea how long the repair would last -- days, weeks, months, years? Thus, th...and important question remained: How long will the repair last?" Furey said. "Funding from the Carilion Biomedical Institute supported a collaborative study w...Cincinnati surgeons report new treatment for often-fatal injury
... can form, which often bursts later. Surgeons must repair the damaged aorta quickly before it does rupture, ... method gives emergency surgeons a reliable way to repair difficult injuries with readily accessible materials," Dr. Giglia says. "More people can be treated-...PENN surgeons offer transfusion-free heart surgery to all
...egin with. I was already anxious about making this repair happen as quickly as possible. I didn't want a waiting period for the surgery. I thought, 'Why not give this a shot!'"...Study demonstrates that lung cancer susceptibility runs in families
...to compare specific genes, such as those that help repair DNA damage, between the groups....5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
... at a completely different method for managing the repair and overhaul activity on its C-5 transport aircraf...the number of C-5 aircraft in the depot undergoing repair and overhaul from 12 to 7 in just eight months (March 2005-October 2005). As a direct consequence, t...Wake Forest physician reports first human recipients of laboratory-grown organs
...a. The patients were candidates for a procedure to repair the non-functioning bladder tissue with tissue from the intestines. This 100-year-old procedure is also used to "build" bladders for patients with bladder cancer. But because the intestine is designed to absorb nutrients and a bladder is designed to ...JCI Table of Contents, April 3, 2006
EDITOR'S PICK Using stem cells to repair torn tendons Weekend athletes who overexert thems...re recruited to the site of the injury and able to repair the tendon for at least 7 weeks after implantation. The cells changed their appearance to look more ...Factor stimulates cartilage growth from stem cells
...h BMP-6 could provide tissue that could be used to repair damaged cartilage," said Bradley Estes, a graduate student in Pratt's Department of Bioengineering and lead author of a paper published in the April 2006 issue of the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. The team's research was supported by the National...Stem cells can repair torn tendons or ligaments
... least 200,000 patients undergo tendon or ligament repair each year. Moreover, the intervertebral disc, whic...ntil the present time, therapeutic options used to repair torn ligaments and tendons have consisted of tissue grafting and synthetic prostheses, but as yet, n...UI research aims to help patients with spinal cord injury
...injured today be a good candidate for that cure or repair if their bone is so brittle that it can't bear weight or their muscles are virtually useless?" Shields asks. In addition, secondary complications, including multiple fractures leading to amputation, and kidney problems caused by excess calcium leach...Assessment model gauges lung cancer risk based on medical history and genetics
...ers who have emphysema and possess inefficient DNA repair capacity have as much as 11 times the risk of deve...research that compared the medical history and DNA repair capacity profiles of 2,134 lung cancer patients treated at M. D. Anderson with the same data from 2,...OMS to participate in an international clinical trial to optimize brain tumor therapy
...n tumor patients with methylated, or silenced, DNA repair enzyme gene MGMT had a more favorable survival response to temozolomide therapy than patients with unmethylated, or expressed, MGMT gene. Consequently, the goal of the current trial is to analyze whether all glioblastoma patients, but especially thos...Timing of radiation treatments for colon cancer may need adjusting, Jefferson researchers say
...mutant mice to radiation, testing their ability to repair the resulting DNA damage. They speculated that inc...mice in radiation sensitivity and their ability to repair the damage. Normal cells can repair DNA damage from radiation, Dr. Leeper explains. They measured th...Placental growth factor may help body repair heart attack damage
...rogenitor cells, which might be involved in tissue repair of injured myocardium," he said. The researchers a...becomes the alternative molecule to enhance tissue repair after acute myocardial infarction," Dr. Uemura said....Delayed aortic trauma repair may improve survival
... may have a better chance of long-term survival if repair to the damaged artery is delayed, surgeons at the ...lly controlled scenario allows us to come back and repair the aorta days, weeks, and sometimes even months later when the patient's body is better able to tol...Bioactive cement scaffold may improve bone grafts
...logy for implants that may improve construction or repair of bones in the face, skull and jaw, has been developed by researchers from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Described in recent and upcoming journal articles,* the new ...University of Virginia Health System tests new device for mitral valve disease
...itral valve that is leaking the most. Doctors then repair the valve via the catheter by putting the MitraClip clip on it with special hooks. "The obvious advantage is that this is less invasive than open-heart surgery and patients can heal quicker," Lim said. "The procedure is done on an outpatient basis w...