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Study to look at early surgery to treat epilepsy

...study is under way to determine just how effective surgery is compared to drug therapy when treating those wi... will be completely free of all seizures after the surgery say doctors. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the trial study will offer half of the...

Baltimore doctors perform three simultaneous kidney transplants

... his or her donor for the first time on Friday.The surgery lasted 11 hours, with two doctors, two nurses and two anesthesiologists in each operating room. Dr.Montgomery called the coordinated operations "logistically a monumental experience," and described the matching of each of the three transplant patien...

Valium hits 40 years old, anxiety-free

...ia disorders and insomnia, calming patients before surgery and relaxing muscles.Sternbach officially retired in 1973, but worked most days until recently. He mentored young scientists, corresponded and consulted with others, and worked on his biography, due out this fall under the title, "Good Chemistry: The...

Chemotherapy Effective for Bladder Cancer

...earch shows patients who receive chemotherapy plus surgery //survive longer than patients who only have surge...onducted a study to determine if chemotherapy plus surgery could help patients live longer. Researchers found patients treated with surgery alone lived 41 mon...

A voice saving surgery

...gnosed with cancer of her vocal cords, Hancock had surgery to remove the cancer -- and her larynx -- at just 21. Without her larynx, she had no voice. Several attempts to restore it failed, but she didn't give up. She says, "I've always been a talker. I knew that I was going to talk again." That thought was ...

Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...mbryo can be expelled. In 5 to 8 percent of cases, surgery is required to stop the patient's bleeding. Anti-abortion groups insist that the pills "offer a whole new set of significant risks," and makes abortion seem too simple. A report on the group's Web site says the pill gives "supporters of abortion a c...

Don’t Blame the High Heels

... ages 50 and 70 who were awaiting knee replacement surgery with 82 similarly aged women without knee problems. All were questioned about past knee injuries, arthritis of the feet, smoking history, weight history, occupational activities that could have led to knee problems, and the wearing of high heeled sho...

False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives

...ed to go see a surgeon, even when told they needed surgery to take out a lung cancer tumor. "They say, 'Not ...ed personal experiences, saying their mom went for surgery and the surgeon said 'there was nothing we could do -- it spread."' People may then associate surger...

Leech Therapy for Osteoarthritis

...ined in popularity with the introduction of modern surgery and pharmacology, it is still used in some instances, such as in treating postoperative complications after some surgeries. Scientists believe leeches help reduce pain through biologically active substances found in their saliva. In this study, 51 p...

Reducing Pain from Knee Surgery

...y drugs (NSAIDs) before and after knee replacement surgery significantly reduces pain from the procedure.// Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago studied 70 patients who were undergoing knee replacement surgery. Some of the patients were randomly assigned to receive 50 milligrams of an ...

People with skin cancer at higher risk for other types

...colon and rectum. The Winnetka resident had minor surgery 18 months ago to remove a non-melanoma skin cancer from her back. "I was told to forget it," she recalled. "It was a big fat nothing." Now it's something to think about. "It's not the kind of thing I will stay up worrying about," she said. "But some...

Reducing Pain From Knee Surgery

...y drugs (NSAIDs) before and after knee replacement surgery significantly reduces pain from the procedure.// Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago studied 70 patients who were undergoing knee replacement surgery. Some of the patients were randomly assigned to receive 50 milligrams of an ...

Plastic Sling Has Proved Successful In Improving Aging Of The Neck

A new idea in plastic surgery is proving successful at reducing the signs of agi... the tissues under the chin. While several plastic surgery procedures have been used in the neck area, doctors say there is room for improvement. Doctors in At...

New vaccine for brain cancer

...e that they will be able to eliminate the need for surgery altogether by combining this strategy with non-invasive strategies of destroying the tumor and ... just putting these cells right into the tumor to allow the tumor to be eradicated. Another research found that age matters when predicting length of...

Life after Bypass not so Promising for Women.

... long known women have worse outcomes after bypass surgery than men. Most have attributed this to the fact that women who need the surgery are generally older, sicker, and have fewer social supports. In this study, investigators from Duke ...

Good News for New Borns With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

...n a heart-lung machine to oxygenate the blood. The surgery can cause severe complications. A study finds a new treatment for hypoxic respiratory failure is not only more effective and less invasive, but it also costs less.Recent research has shown giving the infant nitric oxide as an inhaled gas is also e...

New Treatment For Hip Joints

For decades, hip replacement surgery has been the only treatment for a deteriorated hip joint. Now a lasting procedure for some younger patients may replace the traditional replacements.// Bobby Castor plays on his school’s golf team. But a broken hip in grade school led to a condition...

New Medication May Decrease The Frequency Of Angina Attacks

...atments, such as myocardial revascularization -- a surgery that helps restore blood flow to the heart and is done largely to prevent angina -- and antianginal drugs. A new treatment may reduce the frequency of angina attacks and help chronic chest pains sufferers exercise longer, according to new research. ...

PET Scan May Be Beneficial After Cancer Treatment

...o identify patients who could benefit from salvage surgery very soon after completing therapy when the extent of the enduring cancer is limited and there is a better chance for a cure....

Breast Implants May Interfere With The Interpretation Of Mammogram Results

...mentation is the third most common type of plastic surgery performed for cosmetic reasons // in the United States. In 2002, nearly 269,000 procedures were performed. Researchers examined data from seven mammography registries in the United States. They compared the mammogram results of women with breast imp...

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