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New Fertility Financing for Donated Eggs Fills Void Left by Capital One

PHOENIX, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Just weeks after the nation's largest financier of fertility treatments closed its health care lending, The World Egg Bank (TWEB) today announced a new loan program for women planning to have a child through donated eggs. Offered th...

SYNTAX Substudy Shows Positive Outcomes for Left Main Patients Treated With TAXUS(R) Express2(R) Stent System

NATICK, Mass. and BARCELONA, Spain, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced positive outcomes from a substudy of patients with left main coronary disease who were treated with the TAXUS(R) Express2(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System. ...

Dueling Produce Safety Standards Highlight Void Left by Lack of FDA Regulation

Side-by-Side Analysis Displays Significant Differences in Guidance WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A side-by-side analysis of a variety of produce safety standards shows significant variations in guidance given fruit and vegetable growers in what steps they need to take to minimi...

U.S. Mental Health Spending Rises, But Many Still Left Out

Access to care improves, studies find, but treatment quality lags for elderly, vets TUESDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Mental health spending in the United States increased 65 percent in the past decade, and many more Americans are using mental health services, but there's still a big ...

As Kaiser Permanente Opens a New Hospital Wing, Security Officers Left Behind Without Affordable Healthcare

Service workers facing layoffs and healthcare cuts at nation's largest nonprofit healthcare organization to demonstrate outside grand opening of medical building OAKLAND, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Calling attention to the recent rollback of their health benefits, security o...

Study Finds Discontinuation of Rosiglitazone Left Many Diabetes Patients Without Good Glycemic Control

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When concerns were raised about the safety of the diabetes medication, rosiglitazone, in May 2007, many patients and their doctors made the decision to discontinue use of the drug. A study published today in Endocrine Practice by Dr. Etta ...

Cleaning Concoctions Best Left to Experts

Industry group says, 'Think twice before mixing once' to avoid harm FRIDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- Mixing your own cleaning products at home could be a recipe for disaster. The Soap and Detergent Association warns consumers that instead of saving money or creating a more eff...

Organic Left Standing as the Gold Standard for Consumers Looking to Avoid Food Produced With Synthetic Growth Hormones

Federal court rules that truthful information regarding organic production practices may not be explicitly shared with consumers on product labels in Ohio GREENFIELD, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers in Ohio and elsewhere who are seeking to avoid milk and other dairy products produce...

As Congress Debates Competitive Bidding Program, Home Oxygen Beneficiaries and Providers Left to Cope with 27 Percent Cut to Medicare Home Oxygen Benefit

Home Oxygen Care Leaders Hope to Move Policymakers to "Thoughtful Dialogue" WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Members of Congress gather today to debate the merits of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics & Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding pro...

Nurses Often Left Out of Medical Error Talks

Study finds excluding them from discussions impacts patients, families THURSDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Nurses want to, and should be, included in the discussion when physicians talk to patients about serious medical mistakes that were made, a new study shows. The study, publis...

A Month Left to Enter the 'Get Screened' Video Contest for a Chance to Win Up to $2,500

Contest throws a spotlight on the importance of colorectal-cancer screening SEATTLE, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- There's still a month left for movie makers to enter Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's "Get Screened" video contest - a creative challenge to help shine a spotlight on the i...

Heart Failure Patients With Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Don't Benefit From Treatment With Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker

Study highlights: -- The angiotensin system inhibitor irbesartan did not improve outcomes in heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. -- There is not evidence-based therapy for this common condition that predominantly affects women and old...

First Implant of DuraHeart(TM) Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) in Japanese Clinical Trial

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Terumo Heart Inc. announced that the first DuraHeart(TM) Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) was implanted in October at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Japan. Terumo Corporation will continue efforts toward an early application for approval for ...

Legislation Brings Hope for People With Disabilities Left Out of New Communications Technologies

COAT Applauds Representatives Markey and Wilson for introducing "The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008" WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) is delighted that Representatives Edward Markey...

Parents Worry About Tweens Left Alone

Poll finds they fret about kids' knowledge of safety, privacy, emergency practices, but will leave them alone anyway FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Many parents leave their tweens home alone for an extended period of time, even though they are not confident these 11- to 13-year-ol...

Improving survival rates among users of left ventricular assist devices

Houston, Tex. April 30, 2008 - Despite the general success of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) used in critically ill heart failure patients, implantation of these devices often leads to increased bleeding and a need for high-volume blood transfusions during and immediately after surgery. ...

Breast reconstruction advances fix distortions left by lumpectomy

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. Lumpectomy or breast conservation surgery is the most common type of breast cancer surgery currently performed. A benefit of the surgery is that only part of the breast is removed, but a drawback can be the resulting physical appearance of the breast, which may be disfigur...

Breast Reconstruction Advances Fix Distortions Left by Lumpectomy

ASPS Report Examines Reconstruction Innovations for Breast Cancer Patients Including Partial and Full Mastectomies ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lumpectomy or breast conservation surgery is the most common type of breast cancer surgery currently performed. A ...

Study finds support for PCI in unprotected left main disease

CHICAGO, Ill. (March 31, 2008) Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may be a reasonable alternative to bypass surgery in patients with blockages in the left main coronary artery, according to a study that found no significant difference in rates of survival when stents and bypass surgery were...

Disability by Denial - Blue Cross Rejects Critical Surgery for Orange County ICU Nurse - Woman Possibly Left Disabled by Denial

Nurses Launch Online and Telephone Campaign to Flood Blue Cross With the Message: Save Our Colleague OAKLAND, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Nurses from around the country have vowed to take up the case of 46-year-old Kim Kutcher, RN, as she battles Blue Cross and its dec...

Stents Slightly Better Than Bypass for Blocked Left Coronary Artery

But experts question results of small Polish study TUESDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Implanting a stent in a clogged left main coronary artery appeared to give better short-term results than bypass surgery in a Polish study. But American experts cast some doubt on the clinical v...

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita Left Skin Rashes in Their Wake

CDC researchers detail dermatologic conditions of workers rebuilding New Orleans TUESDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Workers helping to rebuild New Orleans after hurricanes Katrina and Rita suffered from several different skin disorders, and new research suggests that many of the rash...

Cervical cancer screening: Too many are left unprotected

New York, 19 September, 2007 The decline in cervical cancer is a success story of cancer research. Although there are reasons to be optimistic about even further decreases in cervical cancer incidence, there still remain some women who are not screened. A meta-analysis by Spence and colleagues ...

AtriCure Reports First Human Implant of the Cosgrove-Gillinov Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion System

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC ), a medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and selling innovative cardiac surgical devices, announced today that its Cosgrove-Gillinov Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion System was successfu...

Duke chemist has new way to tell right from left

DURHAM, N.C. A Duke University chemist has apparently solved a long-standing frustration in creating certain synthetic molecules that make up drugs, which could lead to better drugs with fewer side effects. Like human hands, many molecules that make up drugs come in two shapes, right and left....

Jail Visit Left Paris' Sis Nicky in Hysterics

Visiting Paris Hilton in prison left the socialite's younger sister Nicky in hysterics, and she is still reeling from her stopover at the medical ward of the LA facility . Talking about the trauma of seeing Hilton in prison, her mum Kathy said that 'it is really tough', for they only get to se...

Two More Unwanted Children Left at Japan's 'baby Hatch'

Two more unwanted children have been dropped off at Japan's new "baby hatch," reports said Sunday, which could fuel further debate about the controversial centre. The children, including a baby boy about two months old, were dropped off on Saturday, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper and Kyodo News agenc...

Jade Goody Left devastated by Miscarriage

Reality show star Jade Goody is reportedly devastated after suffering a miscarriage of the baby she was expecting with beau Jack Tweed . The 25-year-old, who was caught in a controversy after the Big Brother racial row with Indian actress Shilpa Shetty, was thrilled about the baby as it came...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

The shocking pictures of neglect that emerged from a grisly state-run Baghdad orphanage this week revealed the Iraqi government's inability to care for some of its most vulnerable citizens. With four years of war having cannibalised much of the Iraqi government, volunteers have begun providing...

Forceps Left in Woman's Abdomen

The Orissa government has ordered an enquiry into an alleged case of medical negligence in which some doctors reportedly left a pair of forceps in a young woman's abdomen after a surgical procedure four years ago. Doctors Saturday removed the five-inch long surgical instruments from the ab...

Surgeons Find Gauze Left in Patient 11 Years Earlier

Belgrade, March 29 (DPA) A Serbian patient has survived more than a decade between two operations with gauze in his body, the Belgrade daily Blic reported Thursday.// The gauze was forgotten in the patient's body after surgery 11 years ago, a spokesman of the Sremska Kamenica cardiovascular i...

Snoring Could Be Deadly If Left Untreated

Habitual snoring is a strong indicator of sleep apnea, a dangerous medical condition that becomes more prevalent as we get older and gain weight and it could be deadly if left// untreated, says an expert. The disorder often goes undiagnosed or gets passed off as an irritation, with people bei...

Patients Left Helpless As Mumbai Doctors Strike Continues

Patients were made to suffer, as doctors belonging to the government hospitals in Mumbai didn’t turn up to work for the fourth consecutive day. // The strike called on, by around 2,500 doctors, denied the patients of any healthcare services thereby adding their woes. The situation is likely t...

Bombings in Japan have left Indelible Health Impression

New research has showed that even though it is 60 years since atomic bombs fell on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, survivors are still facing the effects of the onslaught.// The studies have shown how survivors continue to develop thyroid nodules, sometime benign and at other tim...

Colour Identification Lies Wholly On the Left Hemisphere of the Brain.

A research was conducted by the American Researchers Richard Ivry and his colleagues working at the University of California, Berkeley. He said that left side of the brain // can quickly identify colours than to identify varying shades of the same colour. This is due to the fact that the left side ...

38 million Americans including 14 million children left to combat hunger

A recent study done by Household Food Security in the United States has established that more than 38 million Americans// go hungry, including nearly 14 million children. This accounts for a 43 % increase over the last five years. 'This is an unexpected and even stunning outcome,' noted center d...

Jumping The Queue Has Left Hospital Suspending Transplantation

In the US one of the top organ transplant hospitals in California has suspended its liver program following allegations a Saudi national improperly received an organ ahead of dozens of other needy American patients.// The Los Angeles Times reported that officials at St. Vincent Medical Center...

Cervical spinal injury patients may have more damage left undetected

Patients who come to the emergency room with cervical spinal injury may have more damage than what is detected. In a study, which is published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, say that CT imaging may be useful to detect such injuries in patients over and above the normal X-rays.// The stu...

Small aneurysms best left untouched

According to researchers, the appropriate approach to abdominal aortic aneurysms is to leave those below five and a half centimeters alone. The abdominal aorta is the main artery serving the lower organs of the body, supplying them with blood from the heart.// Fragility in the wall of the aorta lea...

Why We Lean to the Left

Purdue University chemists found the first building blocks of life tilted to the left. That suggests why, on a molecular level,// all living things have a southpaw bias. In a series of experiment, the Purdue scientists looked for the reasons why all 20 of the amino acids that comprise living t...