Conventional in Medical News

Colon capsule endoscopy diagnoses 64 percent of total polyps detected by conventional colonoscopy

This release is available in Spanish . Capsule endoscopy for exploring the colon in a minimally invasive manner diagnoses 64% of all lesions located by means of conventional colonoscopy. According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine the specialised medical journal ...

Chronic diarrhea unresponsive to conventional medication: Are you taking lansoprazole?

Lansoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor which powerfully suppresses gastric acid production and is widely prescribed for chronic use in gastroesophageal reflux disease. Lansoprazole uncommonly causes chronic watery diarrhea unresponsive to conventional medication as a symptom of collagenous coliti...

'60s generation is heading for conventional old age

Britain's post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing old. Academic research supported by the Economic and Social Research Council and Arts and Humanities Research Council shows that most members of th...

Cone-Beam CT faster, potentially more accurate than conventional mammography

Cone-beam breast CT provides exceptional tissue contrast and can potentially reduce examination time with comparable radiation dose to conventional 2D mammography, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Cone-beam b...

Study Challenges Conventional Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

Neuroscientists are now looking at lactate with a much more positive eye, considering it a possible replacement “fuel” for the brain in the immediate //hours after a traumatic brain injury instead of glucose, the current standard. If they are right, it could change how emergency room physicians and...

No Health Benefits from Organic Milk Compared to Conventional Milk

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Britain has concluded on Tuesday that although organic milk does contain higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids compared to conventional milk//, it did not provide any further significant health benefits. This conclusion was reached following assessment of the e...

Alternative to the Conventional Seizure Treatment

Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angels and Valencia, Calif.-based Advanced Bionics Corp., trigeminal nerve// stimulation (TNS) have developed an alternative to the conventional epilepsy treatment. It is a nerve-stimulation treatment where in the...

New Laparoscopic Surgery to Correct Vaginal Vault Prolapse Is Effectual Than the Conventional Surgery

According to a research conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic it was found that surgical robot assisted laparoscopic surgery for vaginal vault prolapses was very effective when compared to the conventional open surgery. // This surgery is mainly done to prevent the collapse of the vagina a...

Nitiol Stents A Better Alternative for the Conventional Stents

Stents which are mainly used to prevent blocking of various arteries wear away in a short period of time. Hence the patients require other procedures// such as angioplasty or a by pass surgery. The other alternative to stainless steel stents are flexible nickel-titanium tubes. They are very effec...

Coronal Multiplanar Reformatted Images to Replace the Conventional Ones

The researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA said that coronal multiplanar reformatted images are very efficient in the evaluation of MDCT of the GI tract.// It has an increased speed and its accuracy of diagnosis is incomparable. For the study, the researchers reviewed...

Are Conventional Tests for Heart attacks Reliable?

Dr. George Sopko, a heart specialist at the National Institutes of Health said that conventional tests fail to identify smaller blood vessel // clogs. About 3 million women are given the all-clear sign because they do not have the bulky clogs in main arteries. But these women complain of ches...

Yerkes researchers propose ambitious new strategies for AIDS vaccine research

...Primate Research Center, Emory University, believe conventional vaccine strategies should not be the only avenue e...sease is available." Most vaccines are based on conventional strategies that work by triggering the body's immu... to target the virus. "To put it another way, a conventional vaccine strategy can be compared to using military...

Nuvo Announces 2009 second quarter financial results

...c sodium, a leading non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ("NSAID"), and delivers the active drug through the skin directly to the site of pain. While, conventional oral NSAIDs expose patients to potentially serious systemic side effects such as gastrointestinal bleeding and cardiovascular risks, Nuvo's clinical t...

FDA Approves New 3000 IU Vial Size for Kogenate(R) FS, antihemophilic factor (recombinant)

... The 3000 IU vial may eliminate the need for combining smaller vials and may allow some patients to achieve more precise dosing. It is available in a conventional vial-to-vial reconstitution system and in Kogenate FS Grab & Go packaging with BIO-SET(R), a compact and complete reconstitution system. Grab &...

Carnegie Mellon develops innovative method to detect genetic causes of complex diseases

...ple clinical and molecular traits. Rather than searching one at a time for genetic alterations that cause a particular symptom or trait, as in most conventional approaches, the Carnegie Mellon scientists use a statistical method that enables them to uncover genome variations underlying an entire regulatory net...

TNF Blockers May Help Some With Rheumatoid Arthritis

...hs, the 258 patients with an inadequate response to methotrexate were randomly assigned to receive either the TNF blocker infliximib (Remicade) or the conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine. After 12 months, 39 percent of patients given infliximib achieved a go...

Integralis Expert Resource Available to Discuss Twitter Denial of Service Attack and Web 2.0 Security

...is have for corporations that rely on Web 2.0 for reaching their customers? It highlights the inherent risks and "differences" in Web 2.0 from conventional forms of communication, outreach, and protection. The rate at which a denial of service attack can occur is similar to the rate at which massive data ...

Micromet, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

...d autoimmune diseases. Its product development pipeline includes novel antibodies generated with its proprietary BiTE(R) antibody platform, as well as conventional monoclonal antibodies. BiTE antibodies represent a new class of antibodies that activate the T cells of a patient's immune system to eliminate cancer ...

London's Barts Hospital Selects Varian Equipment to Offer Advanced Radiotherapy to More Cancer Patients

...tations of the treatment machine around the patient and makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT. Faster treatments allow for greater precision, since there is less chance of patient or tumor movement during treatment delivery and, with less ...

The Organic Center Refutes Misleading Nutritional Claims Made by United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Agency Report on Health Value of Organic Foods

...e studies comparing nutrient levels in organic and conventional foods, we confirmed that organic foods were, on av...percent higher across 11 key nutrients compared to conventional foods. Significant new science released since ear...obal warming through sequestering more carbon than conventional farming; and improving health and survival among h...

CryoLife Receives CE Mark Approval for BioFoam(R) Hemostatic Technology

...ean Community for use as an adjunct in the sealing of abdominal parenchymal tissues (liver and spleen) when cessation of bleeding by ligature or other conventional methods is ineffective or impractical. BioFoam is the second product from the Company's protein hydrogel technology platform to receive a CE mark. ...

ATS Medical Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

...nd addressing the largest market segment in heart valve therapy, the ATS 3f(R) brand encompasses an innovative tissue heart valve portfolio to address conventional open surgery requirements as well as the growing demand for less invasive, sutureless procedures. The ATS 3f(R) portfolio includes offerings at vario...

Savient Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for KRYSTEXXA(TM)

...eatment for chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy. The complete response letter from...reatment of chronic gout in patients refractory to conventional therapy. Gout refractory to conventional therapy occurs in patients who have failed to norm...

Breast CT Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort

...chers in developing the breast CT scan for diagnosing breast cancer in women. The technology's pluses, said Boone, include being more comfortable than conventional mammograms but just as safe. More than 200 women have been scanned with the custom-designed breast CT prototype scanner, he said. The technology ha...

Americans Spend Billions on Alternative Medicine

...hiropractic and acupuncture, which are not part of conventional medicine. "The bottom line is that Americans sp...s totals $2.2 trillion and out-of-pocket costs for conventional medicine comprise $286.6 billion, according to the...ld of integrative medicine, which strives to blend conventional and complementary practices thoughtfully and in li...

Americans Spent $33.9 Billion Out-of-Pocket on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

...systems, practices, and products such as herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic, and acupuncture that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine . CAM accounts for approximately 1.5 percent of total health care expenditures ($2.2 trillion(2)) and 11.2 percent of total out-of-pocket ...

Wolters Kluwer Health Launches Interactive Platform for Pharmacology Journal Content

...-per-view basis," continued Spray. "This novel bundling method offers exceptional value for customers who don't necessarily need all the content in a conventional subscription." Increases Options for Obtaining Journal Content AdisOnline has been enhanced to meet the changing market needs of a g...

NuVasive to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference

...nts; and several biologic fusion enhancers. MAS significantly reduces surgery time and returns patients to activities of daily living much faster than conventional approaches. Having redefined spine surgery with the MAS platform's lateral approach, known as eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion, or XLIF(R), NuVasive h...

'Organic' May Not Mean Healthier

...snuff. They found no noted differences between conventional and organic crops with regard to vitamin C, magnes.... And there's another aspect to the organic vs. conventional food debate, said Sheah Rarback, director of nutri...Maybe it's not a big difference nutritionally, but conventional products may have more pesticides." And that's ...

Scientists Find Way to Make 'Good' Brown Fat

...h the hope that it would promote the creation of brown fat. Another possibility would be to create a drug that would make brown fat. "That's a more conventional route," Spiegelman said. "A combination of genes [proteins] are playing a role. It's not just one gene," Mezitis said. "We need to understand the p...

A 'shrimp cocktail' to fuel cars and trucks

...atory tests, the shrimp shell catalysts converted canola oil to biodiesel (89 percent conversion in three hours) faster and more efficiently than some conventional catalysts. The new catalysts also can be reused and the process minimizes waste production and pollution, the scientists note. ...

CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives With Weight of the Nation Awards

... the financing needs of supermarket operators who want to serve these communities, where infrastructure costs and credit needs are higher and unmet by conventional financial institutions. The initiative helps new supermarkets get off the ground and existing ones to refurbish and replace old capital to improve ef...

Ongoing Study Shows That Endovascular Therapy is Associated With High Cure Rate for Childhood Eye Cancer

...hen the tumor occupies over one-third of the eye. conventional therapy for this cancer includes laser treatment, ...lly, half of the patients had already failed prior conventional treatments, including intravenous chemotherapy or ..., 50 percent of patients would have lost an eye on conventional treatment; of those who kept an eye, a majority wo...

Northwest Hospital Introduces Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

... allows the body's natural, oxygen-dependent healing process to work more efficiently and can speed up the healing of wounds that have so far resisted conventional healing therapies." The hyperbaric chambers at the Northwest Hospital Wound Care Center are clear, see-through, single-person chambers, about ...

F. Duwaine Townsen Joins SpectraScience Board of Directors

...aging technology has received FDA approval as an optical non-invasive system that is proven to more effectively detect cervical cancer precursors than conventional methods available today. SpectraScience, Inc. Hayden Communications Jim Hitchin, Chief Executive Officer Investor ...

ATS Medical to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences

...nd addressing the largest market segment in heart valve therapy, the ATS 3f(R) brand encompasses an innovative tissue heart valve portfolio to address conventional open surgery requirements as well as the growing demand for less invasive sutureless based procedures. The ATS 3f(R) portfolio includes offerings at v...

Comprehensive Look at Rare Leukemia Finds Relatively Few Genetic Changes Launch Disease

...f patients in this study who, based on standard testing, appeared to lack such re-arrangements. Cryptic translocations are too small to be detected by conventional testing. Downing said the analysis identified focal CNAs adjacent to genes previously linked to chromosomal translocations. Those genes are MLL , ML...

Tight Management of Type 1 Diabetes Worth the Effort

...e time both of these studies started in the 1980s, conventional type 1 diabetes management was significantly diffe...oglobin A1c (HbA1c) level of around 6 percent. The conventional group had levels of about 9 percent at the end of ... diabetic eye disease was 50 percent in the DCCT's conventional treatment group, 47 percent in the EDC group and 2...

Lutonix, Inc. Announces First Patient Enrollments in Three Separate Clinical Trials

...alloon technology is anticipated to enhance and broaden the therapeutic options for patients with vascular disease who may not be ideal candidates for conventional therapies such as balloon angioplasty and stents and for those who are contraindicated for those treatments. Lutonix is a venture-backed medical devi...

ATS Medical Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

...nd addressing the largest market segment in heart valve therapy, the ATS 3f(R) brand encompasses an innovative tissue heart valve portfolio to address conventional open surgery requirements as well as the growing demand for less invasive sutureless based procedures. The ATS 3f(R) portfolio includes offerings at v...