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Seeing "Lazarus Effect": Relieving Painful Bone Tumor Pain

Often, individuals' quality of life can be severely affected when they have metastatic bone disease. Normal daily activities can become difficult when the metastases become painful, appetite diminishes and the need for pain medications increases. An interventional radiology treatment can bring relief to individuals who have very large metastases and who are living with cancer.

(Embargoed for release until Monday, March 9, 2009, 9 a.m. Eastern)

Back Pain Treatment

Treating Herniated Disks: Pain Relief From Unexpected Source

Back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work. Having a herniated disk can affect how one performs everyday activities and can cause severe pain that influences everything one does. However, invasive surgery for herniated disks could become a thing of the past--especially given the positive results of a minimally invasive interventional radiology injection treatment.

(Embargoed for release until Monday, March 9, 2009, 9 a.m. Eastern)

Women's Health: C-sections and Invasive Placentas

Studying Women's Health: Making Childbirth Safer

The rate of C-sections in the United States has risen greatly over the past decade, and, in 2005, 30 percent of all births were by C-section, according to recent statistics. Although generally a very safe procedure, complications of C-sections happen rarely and may includ
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