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Novel electromagnetic system for safer intraocular surgery

The electromagnetic driving systems are proposed for the flexible 5-DOF magnetic manipulation of a micro-robot within the posterior eye, enabling precise targeted drug delivery.

31 May 2024

Wake Forest researchers to study bone health post-bariatric surgery with $1.5 million NIH grant

Researchers at Wake Forest University of School of Medicine have received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study bone microarchitecture in patients following bariatric surgery.

30 May 2024

New surgical platform informs critical decision-making about tumor treatment within minutes

Brain cancer is difficult to treat when it starts growing, and a prevalent type, known as a glioma, has a poor five-year survival rate.

30 May 2024

Decline in family physicians’ outpatient Medicare procedures amid aging demographic trends

Family physicians perform a wide range of procedures outside the hospital and tend to be office based. Examples may include surgical procedures such as excisions, suturing, and joint injections.

28 May 2024

Johns Hopkins researchers propose a novel approach to addressing kidney donor shortage

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine propose a novel approach to addressing the pressing issue of a kidney donor shortage through findings that suggest a promising method to expand the pool of available kidney donors by utilizing deceased donors on dialysis for kidney transplants.

28 May 2024

New antibody therapy shows promise in combating kidney transplant rejection

Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is one of the most common causes of kidney transplant failure. To date, however, no treatment has proven effective in combating this complication in the long term.

27 May 2024

New stem cell transplant approach may expand donor pool for high-risk blood cancer patients

A new treatment approach using an older drug may enable more patients with high-risk blood cancers to receive transplanted stem cells from unrelated, partially matched donors, according to a study conducted by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and colleagues.

23 May 2024

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery puts more people's lives at risk, study reveals

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery in developing countries is storing up future health problems for patients and may create a spiral of future health complications putting more people's lives at risk, a new study reveals.

23 May 2024

New study advocates for de-escalating breast cancer surgery in women aged 55 and older

Surgery involving sentinel lymph node biopsy for middle-aged women with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer may do more harm than good, according to a new study led by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers.

22 May 2024

Single-cell analysis reveals insights into immune responses during xenotransplantation

Surgical teams at NYU Langone Health performed the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplants into a human body in September and November 2021, and then transplanted two pig hearts in the summer of 2022.

22 May 2024

Groundbreaking study advances human in vitro gametogenesis for infertility treatment

Infertility affects approximately 1 in 6 people in their lifetime worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

21 May 2024

Best practices in RF ablation yield excellent outcomes for atrial fibrillation patients

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of arrythmia or irregular heartbeat worldwide, impacting millions of people in the U.S. alone.

20 May 2024

Non-viral gene therapy offers hope for chronic low back pain sufferers

A novel non-viral gene therapy for discogenic back pain (DBP).

20 May 2024

Expert Insight highlights health equity, disparity and inequality in organ transplantation

An Expert Insight, published in the journal Transplantation, highlights health equity, disparity and inequality in organ transplantation along the continuum of care and across organ types.

16 May 2024

Bariatric surgery linked to reduced breast cancer risk in obese women with hyperinsulinemia

Bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in women with obesity. These are the findings of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg.

16 May 2024

Study shows comparable outcomes for TAVR and SAVR in aortic valve replacement

A new study demonstrated parity between a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve in the heart-;transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)-;and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).

15 May 2024

Gender diversity in surgery teams linked to better post-operative outcomes for patients

A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, finds that care in hospitals with higher surgery team sex-diversity was associated with better post-operative outcomes for patients.

15 May 2024

Understanding public perception of polygenic embryo screening for IVF

Three out of four U.S. adults support the use of emerging technologies that estimate a future child's likelihood of developing health conditions influenced by multiple genes -; such as diabetes, heart disease, and depression -; before an embryo is implanted during in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a new public opinion survey led by researchers at Harvard Medical School.

15 May 2024

Vitrification technique leads to successful birth after ovarian tissue cryopreservation

A woman's egg reserve is finite. Gonad-damaging therapies, such as certain chemotherapies, can therefore lead to infertility. One of the options for preserving fertility is the cryopreservation of ovarian tissue.

14 May 2024

Children can boost vaccination rates by educating their grandparents

Whether a health education intervention offered to Chinese college students will increase severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) booster vaccinations.

14 May 2024

Medical Procedure News

Novel electromagnetic system for safer intraocular surgery

Wake Forest researchers to study bone health post-bariatric surgery with $1.5 million NIH grant

New surgical platform informs critical decision-making about tumor treatment within minutes

Decline in family physicians’ outpatient Medicare procedures amid aging demographic trends

Johns Hopkins researchers propose a novel approach to addressing kidney donor shortage

New antibody therapy shows promise in combating kidney transplant rejection

New stem cell transplant approach may expand donor pool for high-risk blood cancer patients

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery puts more people's lives at risk, study reveals

New study advocates for de-escalating breast cancer surgery in women aged 55 and older

Single-cell analysis reveals insights into immune responses during xenotransplantation

Groundbreaking study advances human in vitro gametogenesis for infertility treatment

Best practices in RF ablation yield excellent outcomes for atrial fibrillation patients

Non-viral gene therapy offers hope for chronic low back pain sufferers

Expert Insight highlights health equity, disparity and inequality in organ transplantation

Bariatric surgery linked to reduced breast cancer risk in obese women with hyperinsulinemia

Study shows comparable outcomes for TAVR and SAVR in aortic valve replacement

Gender diversity in surgery teams linked to better post-operative outcomes for patients

Understanding public perception of polygenic embryo screening for IVF

Vitrification technique leads to successful birth after ovarian tissue cryopreservation

Children can boost vaccination rates by educating their grandparents

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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