Dietary Vitamin B6, B12 and Folate, may Decrease Pancreatic Cancer Risk Among Leans
...cians Health Study. From this large database, they performed a prospective nested case-control study to examine...they note that it is the best analysis that can be performed outside of a randomized clinical trial....Blood Test may Help Signal Tumor's Remission, Return in Throat Cancer Patients
... forms of cancer. Further studies would need to be performed on patients with these types of cancer as well....First-Ever Robotic Pancreatectomy Performed at UIC
...e University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago performed a groundbreaking robotic pancreatectomy in a 39-y...man to relieve him of debilitating pain. They also performed an autologous islet cell transplant to prevent him from developing surgical diabetes. Terry Near, ...Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations for Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer
...g because testing a single mutation can be readily performed on suboptimal DNA from archival tissue samples."...HHS Buys Next Generation Smallpox Vaccine
...h funded by NIAID in 2003, scientists successfully performed small-scale manufacturing of the MVA vaccines and conducted Phase I clinical trials in healthy volunteers. These early development studies showed that MVA vaccine was safe and was able to stimulate an immune response in healthy volunteers. Large-scal...Forgetfulness Actually Helps Your Brain Stay Healthy
...re the brain activity of 20 healthy adults as they performed a simple memory test. The test included memorising three pairs of words, two of which were closely associated. These pairs were: ATTIC dust, ATTIC junk and MOVIE reel. After studying "ATTIC dust" twice, the participants were asked to recall all t...Cuba is Exporting Healthcare Now
...here, they set broken bones, treated ailments, and performed operations for a total of 1.7 million patients. The disaster assistance is part of Cuba's medical aid mission that has extended from Peru to Indonesia, and even included caring for 17,000 children sickened by the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nucl...PM to Convene NDC Meet to Discuss Healthcare
...d Uttarakhand. The states which have so far not performed well in the implementation of NRHM programmes are Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland and Uttar Pradesh....Health Drink Blamed for Persistent Penile Erection
..., a surgery for implantation of a Winter shunt was performed to move blood from one area to another. Later, he had problems and had to be hospitalised briefly for penile artery embolisation, a procedure to close off blood vessels to lessen the likelihood of an erection. In his lawsuit, that sought unspecif...Less Allergic Reactions to Iodine-containing Contrast Agents in Children
...nsively in adults, but not as much in children. We performed our study because we wanted to find out what the exact risk of allergic reactions to these newer contrast agents was in children, said Dr. Dillman. The study evaluated 11,306 pediatric IV administrations of iodine-containing contrast agents over a ...Cord Blood Transplant Benefits Blood Cancer Patients
...n with leukemia. Remarkably, mismatched cord blood performed as well as matched bone marrow as measured by leukemia-free survival rates, providing the degree of mismatch was limited and the number of cord blood cells available was sufficient. Furthermore, study participants who received matched cord blood ha...OrthoGlide(TM) Medial Knee Implant Reports Over 200 Implants
...tis of the knee. Approximately 100 implants were performed during the first 11 months of the commercial avail...the implant total in the United States to 200, was performed within four months. ABS is encouraged by the desire of patients and surgeons to seek an alternative ...New Balloon Catheter Available Worldwide for Carotid and Renal Angioplasty
...Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, Sankt Katharinen, performed the first carotid live case with AVIATOR(TM) Plus at the recent EuroPCR 2007 Congress held in Barcelona, Spain. Following the procedure, Professor Sievert said, "I was extremely happy about the overall performance of this new carotid indicated balloo...Radical Idea of Implanting Tiny Electrodes to the Deaf
... deaf people. More than 100,000 implants have been performed worldwide in the last two decades, including more than 1,000 at U-M. Like the new device, cochlear implants are small electrode arrays that receive signals from an external sound processor. They are designed to stimulate the auditory nerve and othe...Newer Contrast Agents Safe for Children
...nsively in adults, but not as much in children. We performed our study because we wanted to find out what the exact risk of allergic reactions to these newer contrast agents was in children,' said Dr. Dillman. The study evaluated 11,306 pediatric IV administrations of iodine-containing contrast agents over a...Understanding and Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
... of tracheal occlusion (TO). TO, a surgery that is performed in utero helps stimulate fetal lung growth and remedy pulmonary hypoplasia by closing the trachea, thus preventing fluid from leaving the lungs and causing them to be stretched. TO not only promotes development of an increased gas exchange surface ar...Double Lung Transplant Man in Michigan Recovering
...r set was indeed coming. The operation was finally performed Thursday. The surgery lasted over seven hours. "If he had not received a transplant in a timely fashion he would have died," said Dr. Andrew C. Chang, one of two doctors who led the surgical team. The patient has not been told of the crash. "I'll...Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke
... life. 23 people, each with frontal lobe damage, performed a rule-switching task which involved learning rules linking the colour of a symbol on a computer screen with a movement to the left or right. All the participants made mistakes during the task, but it was those with right-brain damage who most freque......ng her mouth as dogs typically do. Guinness then performed this task while being watched separately by two groups of mixed-breed dogs. One group of 21 dogs watched her in action when she had a ball in her mouth, while another group of 19-dogs watched Guinness move the bar with her paws while her mouth was...