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Hope for breast cancer patients

... option of having one blast of radiotherapy during surgery instead of a series of up to 25 sessions afterwards, researchers said. //They believe the new intra-operative radiotherapy could be cheaper and easier for women and may improve the treatment of breast cancer for patients living in remote areas or in ...

Surgery-Rigged pulley helps patients

...le bone to work with that they can't complete such surgery until they're teen-agers. And if the graft is poorly placed, it can't be moved. Enter Poll's alternative. It sounds traumatic. After all, Alyssa ran around for weeks last summer with all the bones in her face broken. Indeed, Poll's experience with a...

Fatty deposits affect the stomach too

...he arteries serving the heart that is, with bypass surgery or with angioplasty, which involves insertion of a balloon-tipped catheter which widens the artery. In fact, mesenteric ischemia should alert those who suffer from it to more serious problems elsewhere namely in the coronary arteries....

Obese women likey for Cesarean

...of having a Cesarean section. Women requiring the surgery were an average weight of 191 pounds and had an average BMI of 53, while women who delivered vaginally weighed an average of 182 pounds and had an average BMI of 31. The researchers also found that the number of women who needed a C-section increase...

Right side of the brain helps in awareness

... briefly as part of preoperative testing for brain surgery to treat epilepsy. Each patient was shown and asked to remember a morphed computer image blending the patient's own face with the face of a famous person. After the anesthesia wore off, patients were asked to choose which face they remembered seeing...

Dental implants are turning to gain popularity

...t implants teeth inserted into the gum and bone by surgery are growing in popularity according to the American Dental Association's latest survey. They found that the number of surgically-placed implants increased by 40 per cent between 1990 and 2000. Implants are a good option in that they give you natur...

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

...nd they were on the bottom of the list for cardiac surgery until the mid 1980s. Growing up at home has meant better healthcare, better nutrition and a better lifestyle." Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 and occurs in one in every 600 babies throughout the world. It is one of the mos...

Blood Vessel Surgery Safe for Diabetics

...likely to die or suffer heart problems after major surgery involving the blood vessels than people without th...tal over a 13-year period. The procedures included surgery to restore blood flow in the legs, surgery on the carotid arteries in the neck, or surgery on the ao...

Microscopic lens monitors heart problems

...onary bypass surgery. The main problem with bypass surgery is that arteries tend to re-block, risking heart attack and requiring further treatment.// If changes in blood flow through the artery could be detected at an early stage, it's possible that such complications could be averted. Researchers at the Un...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

... of the division of male reproductive medicine and surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston., the data is far too preliminary to make any far-reaching conclusions. He added that it's important to look at an environment with low ozone to see if there's no effect (on sperm)....

Ulcer Surgery connected to danger of Pancreatic Cancer

...ew research suggests that the patients who undergo surgery to remove their ulcers may be at increased risk of...n suggested that patients who undergo peptic ulcer surgery may be at increased risk of pancreatic cancer, but previous studies have shown conflicting results. ...

Acoustic neuroma in older patients to be treated

...s with balance.// Standard treatment is removal by surgery - but there's some debate as to whether this is wo...people with limited life expectancy. For any brain surgery can lead to adverse effects, such as further loss of hearing. The researchers, from Santa Clara, U...

Small aneurysms best left untouched

...he size of the aneurysm before they operate. All surgery carries a risk which has to be balanced against the benefits of having the operation. If the aneurysm is unlikely ever to rupture, then it is not worthwhile taking the risk of surgery. According to this study only aneurysms that have a diameter of 5....

Surgery beneficial in Meniere's disease

According to a new research, surgery improves the quality of life for people with Menie...in the US have been looking at the effects of such surgery for Meniere's disease. They asked 165 patients of average aged 50 years undergoing endolymphatic sur...

The essence of cosmetic surgery

... to a new study, as the demand for facial cosmetic surgery has increased, so too has the price of procedures, Cosmetic surgery has never been more popular. Most products go down in price as demand goes up. Now economics researc...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

... adults. Patients had undergone a type of gastric surgery known as Roux-en-Y, in which a surgeon creates a s...ght--because they feel full on less food. But the surgery also appears to inhibit the production of ghrelin, thereby contributing to long-term weight loss. Th...

Sleep apnoea linked to surgical risks

...naesthetics, sedatives and painkillers used around surgery aggravate sleep apnoea, as does the need to lie on...hould, if possible, be treated before this kind of surgery to improve the outcome....

Surgery a safety in senility

...ep an artery open, or coronary artery bypass graft surgery to improve blood flow through arteries. The patients were assessed after six months. In both groups, patients said both the severity of their angina symptoms, and their quality of life had improved. But far greater improvements were seen in the gro...

Look out for sepsis

...r-reacts to an infection. It often follows trauma, surgery or is associated with cancer but it can attack anyone.// In fact sepsis claims more lives than breast, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancer together, and is the leading cause of death in intensive care. Dr Jean-Louis, a critical care expert a...

New operation for kidney cancer

... preserved in all the patients (while conventional surgery can lead to loss of function). It's an excellent result, for many of these patients would formerly have faced the spread of the primary tumour. A few of the patients, however, needed more than one treatment - further development of the procedure shou...

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