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PerkinElmer’s Oxford Immunotec receives U.S. FDA approval for T-cell select to automate clinically superior tuberculosis detection

PerkinElmer’s (NYSE: PKI) Oxford Immunotec today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the T-Cell Select™ reagent kit for the automation of its T-SPOT®.TB test workflow for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use by certified laboratories.

From Oxford Immunotec 6 Oct 2022

Orthopedic surgery patients can recover just as well without using opioid-based painkillers

Patients can recover from orthopedic surgery just as well without using opioid-based painkillers, says a McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

5 Oct 2022

Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists during cataract surgery

Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists routinely at bedside during cataract surgery, which accounts for more than two million surgeries per year in the U.S., according to a study publishing Oct. 3 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

3 Oct 2022

Simple prediction tools provide personalized risk estimates for patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease

Researchers have developed easy-to-use online prediction tools that provide personalized risk estimates for patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease.

3 Oct 2022

Bariatric surgery recipients may have an elevated risk of epilepsy, study finds

People who have had bariatric surgery may have an increased risk of developing epilepsy, according to a study published in the September 28, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Sep 2022

Emergency dialysis during hospitalization for surgery predicts unfavorable outcomes

Even the best-laid plans often go awry, and adapting to changing circumstances on the fly can lead to unanticipated results.

27 Sep 2022

Transplantation tolerance associated with conventional T cells’ susceptibility to Treg suppression

Patients who receive organ transplants must take powerful medications to prevent the immune system from rejecting the organ.

27 Sep 2022

Study offers support for increasing the use of living donor liver transplantation in Western countries

Demand for donor livers for transplant patients outstrips supply with over 15% of waitlist patients dying after a year.

26 Sep 2022

IVF using frozen embryos may be linked with higher risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

In vitro fertilization (IVF) using frozen embryos may be associated with a 74% higher risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

26 Sep 2022

Study finds remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 in renal transplant recipients

Recent studies have shown that patients with weakened immune systems—which enables the virus that causes COVID-19 to remain longer in the body, copy itself, and continually change—may enable the development of new, slightly different versions of the virus (variants).

26 Sep 2022

Patient receives Pacific Northwest's first donation-after-circulatory-death heart transplant

On Aug. 11, LifeCenter Northwest, the Organ Procurement Organization for Washington, and UW Medicine's heart transplant team together facilitated the Pacific Northwest's first donation-after-circulatory-death (DCD) heart transplant.

23 Sep 2022

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

In the year before total knee arthroplasty (TKA), patients incur considerable costs for nonoperative treatments and other procedures for osteoarthritis (OA) – raising questions about the value of those procedures, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

22 Sep 2022

OU researcher may have found a way to reduce the number of TBI surgeries to just one

A battered woman. A wounded warrior. A football player. All from completely different worlds. Yet, all are connected by one thing – traumatic brain injury.

20 Sep 2022

New catheter leads to a remarkable reduction in pulmonary artery obstruction

A device known as the BASHIR™ Endovascular Catheter (THROMBOLEX, Inc.) significantly reduces the size of blood clots lodged in the pulmonary arteries, leading to improvement in heart function in patients with pulmonary embolism, researchers from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University announced in a Late-Breaking Innovation session at the 2022 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in Boston.

19 Sep 2022

New radiation therapy option may extend lifespan, improve quality of life for certain brain cancer patients

UC San Diego Health is the first hospital system in San Diego to offer a new, highly targeted and precisely placed radiation therapy that delays tumor regrowth while protecting healthy tissue in patients with brain cancer.

19 Sep 2022

Proactive simple surgical procedure could be effective for treating diabetic foot ulcers

Performing proactive surgery to adjust the mechanics of the foot, appears to be effective to treat diabetic foot ulcers, a common and debilitating complication of diabetes, without the potential complications and at significantly lower cost compared to conservative management.

19 Sep 2022

Private equity sees the billions in eye care as firms target high-profit procedures

Christina Green hoped cataract surgery would clear up her cloudy vision, which had worsened after she took a drug to fight her breast cancer.

19 Sep 2022

Study investigates the link between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients

Conventional wisdom holds that low protein intake is essential for kidney disease patients. However, scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University demonstrated that it might not always be the case with their recent study on the relationship between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients.

16 Sep 2022

Study shows differences in treatment outcomes for Black vs. white women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

A study led by City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, found that Black women with Stage 1 or 2 breast cancer were almost three times more likely than white women to have tumor shrinkage from hormone therapy delivered prior to surgery, yet Black women were more likely than their white counterparts to have worse outcomes when this type of endocrine therapy before surgery was used at a later stage of disease.

16 Sep 2022

Higher levels of microbiota engraftment linked to greater chances of transplantation success

From incurable intestinal infections to metabolic syndrome, from melanoma, to chronic inflammatory bowel disease, such as irritable bowel syndrome, to Tourette's syndrome: many diseases can potentially be cured by Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT), and researchers from the Catholic University, Rome and the University of Trento have shown that the greater the level of engraftment of the transplanted microorganisms, the greater the chances of success of the therapy.

15 Sep 2022

Medical Procedure News

PerkinElmer’s Oxford Immunotec receives U.S. FDA approval for T-cell select to automate clinically superior tuberculosis detection

Orthopedic surgery patients can recover just as well without using opioid-based painkillers

Ophthalmologists may be able to safely cut back on having anesthesiologists during cataract surgery

Simple prediction tools provide personalized risk estimates for patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease

Bariatric surgery recipients may have an elevated risk of epilepsy, study finds

Emergency dialysis during hospitalization for surgery predicts unfavorable outcomes

Transplantation tolerance associated with conventional T cells’ susceptibility to Treg suppression

Study offers support for increasing the use of living donor liver transplantation in Western countries

IVF using frozen embryos may be linked with higher risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

Study finds remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 in renal transplant recipients

Patient receives Pacific Northwest's first donation-after-circulatory-death heart transplant

Patients with late-stage knee OA incur high costs for nonoperative treatments before total knee arthroplasty

OU researcher may have found a way to reduce the number of TBI surgeries to just one

New catheter leads to a remarkable reduction in pulmonary artery obstruction

New radiation therapy option may extend lifespan, improve quality of life for certain brain cancer patients

Proactive simple surgical procedure could be effective for treating diabetic foot ulcers

Private equity sees the billions in eye care as firms target high-profit procedures

Study investigates the link between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients

Study shows differences in treatment outcomes for Black vs. white women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Higher levels of microbiota engraftment linked to greater chances of transplantation success

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