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Researchers uncover clues to early lung transplant failure

Among organ transplant patients, those receiving new lungs face a higher rate of organ failure and death compared with people undergoing heart, kidney and liver transplants. One of the culprits is inflammation that damages the newly transplanted lung.

22 May 2018

Local anesthetic drug not linked to reduction in opioid use, complications after knee surgery

Contrary to what some studies may suggest, the local anesthetic drug, liposomal bupivacaine, did not reduce in-hospital opioid prescriptions or opioid-related complications in patients who received the drug during total knee replacement surgery as part of a multimodal approach to manage postsurgical pain, finds a new study published in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

22 May 2018

Thyroid tumors may be more susceptible to precisely targeted radiation treatment, suggests study

Anaplastic thyroid cancer is almost uniformly fatal, with an average lifespan of about 5 months after diagnosis.

22 May 2018

Brain stimulation shows promise in treating obesity by reducing food cravings

Stimulating the brain to alter its intrinsic reward system shows promise in the treatment of obesity, according to results presented in Barcelona at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting, ECE 2018.

21 May 2018

Analysis of lymph node dissection shows no overall survival benefit in renal carcinoma patients

An analysis of lymph node dissection in renal cell carcinoma that has not spread to other organs indicates the procedure is often performed for stage 1 disease and shows no overall survival benefit.

21 May 2018

New airway transplantation technique shows promising results in lung cancer patients

An early study suggests it may be feasible to use human aortic grafts preserved by freezing to rebuild windpipe and airway sections removed because of disease.

21 May 2018

CT scan still effective to determine thrombectomy treatment in stroke, study shows

A study led by a neurologist from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston showed that a computed tomography could be sufficient for determining thrombectomy treatment in stroke.

21 May 2018

Safety program successfully reduces SSIs in patients undergoing colorectal operations

Surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients undergoing colorectal operations were reduced by 61 percent in less than two years in Hawaiian hospitals participating in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Surgery, according to new study findings published as an "article in press" on the website of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ahead of print.

18 May 2018

Prestroke and poststroke oral anticoagulation therapy in AF patients

Oral anticoagulation therapy after stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation was associated with lower risk for recurrent blood vessel-blocking blood clots.

18 May 2018

HSS study aims to find if bariatric surgery prior to knee replacement can improve outcomes

Could weight loss surgery before knee replacement improve outcomes or even eliminate the need for joint replacement in severely overweight patients? A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery aims to answer that question.

18 May 2018

Ovarian cancer therapy may help treat patients with aggressive pancreatic cancer

A targeted therapy that has shown its power in fighting ovarian cancer in women including those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may also help patients with aggressive pancreatic cancer who harbor these mutations and have few or no other treatment options.

18 May 2018

Pancreatic cancer patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations fare better on platinum-based chemotherapy

A small study of adults with the most common form of pancreatic cancer adds to evidence that patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations long linked to a high risk of breast cancer have poorer overall survival rates than those without the mutations.

17 May 2018

Researchers discover medulloblastoma subtype that responds to less aggressive therapy

The youngest patients with the brain tumor medulloblastoma are among the most challenging because their rapidly developing brains limit treatment options.

17 May 2018

3D printing found to improve success rates of life-saving, organ transplantation in children

Stratasys, a global leader in additive technology solutions, today announced that surgeons at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, are using 3D printing technology to improve the success rates of life-saving, complex organ transplantation in young children.

17 May 2018

New mode of proton therapy for lung cancer developed by Beaumont shows promising results

"Beaumont researchers have invented a new mode of proton therapy for lung cancer," said Peyman Kabolizadeh, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director, Beaumont Proton Therapy Center in Royal Oak.

17 May 2018

Study: Alcohol use prolongs hospital length of stay after lung transplant

Lung transplant patients who showed evidence of alcohol use before their transplants spent more time in the hospital and on the ventilator, according to a study by Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine researchers.

16 May 2018

Post-menopausal Conversations: Why You Should Talk to Your Clinician

Many post-menopausal women shy away from discussing their sexual health with their physician, often because they believe it is a natural part of life and they should suffer. Dr. Mickey Karram wants to change that, by encouraging women to talk to their physician about the treatments available to them.

16 May 2018

Acetaminophen use helps reduce acute kidney injury risk in pediatric heart surgery patients

Children who underwent cardiac surgery were less likely to develop acute kidney injury if they had been treated with acetaminophen in the first 48 hours after their procedures, according to a Vanderbilt study just published in JAMA Pediatrics.

15 May 2018

Doctors use new non-invasive approach to treat nasal obstruction

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are exploring how small changes in the nasal cavity impact airflow and quality of life.

14 May 2018

Adding chemotherapy to treatment regimen can give children with PVS a chance to grow up

Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease in which abnormal cells build up inside the veins responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart. It restricts blood flow through these vessels, eventually sealing them off entirely if left untreated.

11 May 2018

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Researchers uncover clues to early lung transplant failure

Local anesthetic drug not linked to reduction in opioid use, complications after knee surgery

Thyroid tumors may be more susceptible to precisely targeted radiation treatment, suggests study

Brain stimulation shows promise in treating obesity by reducing food cravings

Analysis of lymph node dissection shows no overall survival benefit in renal carcinoma patients

New airway transplantation technique shows promising results in lung cancer patients

CT scan still effective to determine thrombectomy treatment in stroke, study shows

Safety program successfully reduces SSIs in patients undergoing colorectal operations

Prestroke and poststroke oral anticoagulation therapy in AF patients

HSS study aims to find if bariatric surgery prior to knee replacement can improve outcomes

Ovarian cancer therapy may help treat patients with aggressive pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations fare better on platinum-based chemotherapy

Researchers discover medulloblastoma subtype that responds to less aggressive therapy

3D printing found to improve success rates of life-saving, organ transplantation in children

New mode of proton therapy for lung cancer developed by Beaumont shows promising results

Study: Alcohol use prolongs hospital length of stay after lung transplant

Post-menopausal Conversations: Why You Should Talk to Your Clinician

Acetaminophen use helps reduce acute kidney injury risk in pediatric heart surgery patients

Doctors use new non-invasive approach to treat nasal obstruction

Adding chemotherapy to treatment regimen can give children with PVS a chance to grow up

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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