needle 1 6

Tag: "needle" at medical news

New advance in prostate cancer management

...isease. For routine pathological examination, the needle biopsy samples are embedded in paraffin blocks to facilitate thin sectioning and examination. The new method requires the biopsies to be cut into cubes, which are oriented in an appropriate way to expose a cross-section of the sample.These reoriented...

New Treatment Option For Kidney Cancer

...io frequency ablation is done by placing a special needle into the tumor. A current is then passed through the electrode // to heat the tumor tissue and ablate, or eliminate, it. The research finds patients not only respond to the treatment but also do not appear to have any serious complications. For the ...

New form of ultrasonic vision

... to guide invasive procedures, such as inserting a needle in a vein. But to do so, they must look away from the patient at an ultrasound display screen. This causes a displaced sense of hand and eye coordination. His device enables viewers to look at patients and see their internal anatomy. Previous attem...

Revolution in surgery

...hrough the aorta and into the coronary arteries. A needle was guided through the artery wall into the adjace...ible wire was threaded through the needle, and the needle and catheter were removed. The wire was attached to a small angioplasty balloon which was used to wi...

Diabetes and heart attack diagnosis now made simple with twin magic

...to withdraw body fluid is eliminated and the small needle does not cause pain. This is not all. The tips of each of the ElectroNeedles and μPosts could be coated with a biologically active layer capable of measuring concentrations of specific lipids, proteins, antibodies, toxins, viruses, and carbohydrate...

HIV Infection Higher In Drug Trafficking Countries

...ransmission rates. Tajikistan users with access to needle exchanges had half the prevalence rate of those wh...till illegal in Russia. The US still does not fund needle exchange programs, neither at home or abroad. (Source: The New Scientist) Related information on...

New robotic drill to do dental implants

.... The robotic drill will first use a frame and a needle to send the impulses from the gum to a personal computer. The computer will then use the data thus collected with a CT scan to configure the drilling guidelines. The guidelines are then adjusted with the frame and at the press of a button, the roboti...

New Inhalation Anthrax Vaccine

...ally be inhaled through the nose, thus eliminating needle injections. The new formulation is based on an anthrax recombinant protective antigen (rPA), a genetically engineered protein. Researchers say the powdered formula is more stable than the injected liquid version and can withstand wider temperature e...

Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

...an has prostate cancer without performing multiple needle biopsies. Researchers say by testing for EPCA in men with high levels of PSA, one may be able to detect the presence of prostate cancer earlier, before it is discoverable by biopsy, saving patients the fear and stress of repeat procedures thus enab...

Reducing The After Effects of Tonsillectomy

...bleeding during the procedure. The microdissection needle technique uses less energy to achieve the same res...sue. Researchers investigated the microdissection needle technique on nearly 50 children between ages 4 and 12.The same surgeon performed all procedures, whi...

Less Pain After Tonsillectomy

...bleeding during the procedure. The microdissection needle technique uses less energy to achieve the same res... in Albany, N.Y., investigated the microdissection needle technique on nearly 50 children between ages 4 and 12. The same surgeon performed all procedures, w...

Nitrous Oxide for Kids

...n medication is given to kids, it often comes in a needle and in children that are hospitalized, their greatest fear is a needle.. Now, nitrous oxide may be a better option if delivered on a kid-size scale. It doesn’t require deep breaths like the adult delivery system, and the masks are sprayed with good-...

Better Prostate Cancer Test

... time they take a section through the prostate the needle clicks, You hear it, //and then you feel the stab of pain," says Bob Miles. Miles says it’s an unpleasant experience, but says it’s nothing compared to the pain of watching his father die from prostate cancer. "For me, that was an enormous incentive...

Nasal sprays used for other ailments!

... be welcomed by the many people who hate to have a needle stuck in them....

No connection between epidurals and backache

...dural analgesia each year. During the procedure, a needle injects a pain reliever into a space next to the spinal cord in the lower back....

Cell transplants used to fend off Parkinson's symptoms

...rains of Parkinson's disease patients by passing a needle through the skull. Dr. Ray Watts, professor of //neurology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, told that patients had improved motor function - movement of their arms and legs - by up to 60% using this procedure. Watts implanted retin...

Artificial silicon retina

...ith three incisions smaller than the diameter of a needle in the white part of the eye.through these incisions the gel in the middle part of the eye is removed and is replaced with saline solution.Then the surgeons make a pinpoint opening in the retina to inject fluid in order to lift up the retina the plac...

Relief from common back pain

... and, with the guidance of X-ray image, advances a needle into the disk. He then places a special wand through the needle, releasing radio-frequency energy that heats the area, evaporating the nucleus material inside the disk. Dr.Chen feels that the goal is to decrease disk pressure so it doesn’t pinch th...

Radiofrequency Energy Cooks Tumors Without Surgery

... // During radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a tiny needle is inserted into the tumor and radiofrequency energy applied through the needle tip to the tumor. As the tip heats, it sizzles or cooks a 1- to 3-inch tennis-ball size area in 10–3...

New snoring cure

...g a different approach - making the lesions with a needle electrode which feeds radiofrequency energy into the tissue. This is done in an area of the palate with few pain fibres so it doesn't hurt like the more standard treatment. And radiofrequency treatment works well - most patients in the trials exper...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7