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New surgery in head and neck cancer

...group of patients were not candidates for standard surgery and, in some, the tumour size was so large they could not close their mouths. After treatment, there was a considerable decrease in pain and discomfort. Radiofrequency ablation was able to control the cancer locally, with minimal damage to surround...

Eye colour is a component in cataract

...ants were two and a half times more likely to need surgery for their cataract. The reason for the link between eye colour and cataract risk is not at all clear, say the researchers....

Watch your weight when pregnant

...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...

Radiation reduces cancer recurrence

...suggest that the radiation treatments given before surgery //may help improve the patient's quality of life b...ut 15% to 45% of patients who undergo conventional surgery to remove rectal tumors, they return. To prevent recurrence, surgeons have developed a technique cal...

Vacuum device increase breasts

...the device does seem to be a viable alternative to surgery for women who want bigger breasts, according to Dr.... "Understand that you're trading off the risks of surgery with the inconvenience of having to wear" the BRAVA device, Greco said....

Rectal Cancer treated with radiation

...tal cancer includes surgery, but for some patients surgery is not an option. In this study, all patients had rectal cancer, but were not eligible for surgery to remove it. A combination radiation therapy was used, which included radiation with contact X-rays...

Screening bypasses radical breast surgery

...e. At the same time, the rate of breast conserving surgery went up by 50 per cent. In this operation, the lum...st cancer at a much earlier stage, so that radical surgery may not be needed....

Comparing heart disease treatments

...chers in their recent study compare between bypass surgery and stenting for treatment of heart disease. There...nt options for blocked coronary arteries. //Bypass surgery involves grafting a new vessel in place of the blocked section. Stenting involves introducing a meta...

Flesh-eating virus

... can be treated with antibiotics, but more serious surgery can involve the removal of skin and even limbs to halt the spread of the bacteria....

Back pain treated with Opioids

... analgesics should be considered before opting for surgery in severe chronic back pain. The opioid analgesics, such as morphine, fentanyl and oxycodone,// are strong pain-relievers most often used to relieve cancer pain. But a review of the evidence suggests they may also have a role in relieving chronic bac...

Useful device makes spinal surgery safer

Spinal surgery has always been a major one involving many tedious... device has been accepted that assures that spinal surgery does not affect movements in the arms and legs.// Operating on tumours and other problems in the spi...

Conserving the larynx

... be offered a treatment regime that avoids radical surgery and so offers a better quality of life....

Brachytherapy for breast cancer

...ose implant, placed in the lumpectomy cavity after surgery for early stage breast cancer. Follow-up suggested that five year outcomes are similar to those for the more conventional external beam radiotherapy. However, longer term follow up will be needed to fully assess the effectiveness of the brachytherapy...

Usage of coil better in brain haemorrhage

...akened blood vessel offers a survival benefit over surgery in brain haemorrhage. The death rate from subarach...ar was 25 per cent, compared to 35 per cent in the surgery group. Clearly, the coil offers some survival benefit. What is now needed is longer-term trials to a...

Alternative to blood Transfusions

...niversity of California, Los Angeles, compared 300 surgery patients who received HBOC-201 to 250 surgery patients who received blood transfusions. Results showed there were no significant problems associat...

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...

Light therapy devotes new hope in advanced lung cancer

Light therapy given during surgery extends survival time in patients with non-small c...a, have tried photodynamic therapy (PDT) alongside surgery in patients with this form of cancer. In PDT, a drug - in this case, photofrin - is injected and is...

Air pollution combined with greater medical needs

...as. They found that there was little difference in surgery rates between cities with the most pollution and those with the least. But there was a 20% difference in admissions to hospital for respiratory conditions. The difference in inpatient care was seven per cent between high-pollution areas and low-pollu...

Radiation before surgery cuts cancer reappearance

...suggest that the radiation treatments given before surgery may help// improve the patient's quality of life b...ut 15% to 45% of patients who undergo conventional surgery to remove rectal tumors, they return. To prevent recurrence, surgeons have developed a technique cal...

Emphysema surgery - unfavourable

Lung reduction surgery for emphysema does not help the sickest patients, ...90s, studies seemed to suggest that lung reduction surgery was beneficial for people with emphysema. It appeared to leave them with a smaller, but more efficie...

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