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Plastic Surgeons urge caution for patients considering plastic surgery holiday packages

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons today urged caution for patients considering plastic surgery holiday packages, which generally involve having cosmetic procedures performed abroad.

5 Jul 2004

A new protocol for bone marrow transplants

A new protocol for bone marrow transplants, which does not require the destruction of the recipient’s immune system before transfer of the new bone marrow, is described by a group of Oxford scientists

5 Jul 2004

Guidelines for determining the best possible time to receive bone marrow transplants

Bone marrow transplant, the only cure for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), is a life-saving procedure but carries with it many risks and potential side effects.

2 Jul 2004

Immune modulation therapy, latest treatment for people with chronic heart failure

Here is the latest treatment for people with chronic heart failure: a nurse draws blood from the patient, runs that blood through a machine, superheating and “stressing” the blood, and then, injects it back into the patient.

29 Jun 2004

Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures in elderly patients add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses

Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures to open narrowed arteries in elderly patients may add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses, according to a report in today’s rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

29 Jun 2004

New heart surgery without opening chest

Thoracic surgeon Daniel Bethencourt, MD, one of the few cardiac surgeons to cure atrial fibrillation (rapid, irregular heartbeat) without opening the patient's chest, will perform endoscopic microwave ablation to treat atrial fibrillation in a 59-year-old man

29 Jun 2004

Patients being sent abroad for operations that could be performed in the UK

Patients are being sent abroad for operations when they could be treated by doctors in the UK, a film screened at the BMA's annual conference has revealed.

29 Jun 2004

Iraqi doctors and senior nurses learn new techniques in head and neck cancer management

Thirty-two Iraqi Surgeons, Medical Oncologists and Senior Nurses travelled to the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan at the beginning of June to participate in a Seminar on Cancer Management.

29 Jun 2004

Alograft ankle transplant - ankle of a cadaver to replace an ankle damaged by arthritis or trauma

Orthopedic surgeon Paul Cooper, MD, says, “In the 12 years I’ve been a foot and ankle surgeon, this is the most exciting thing I’ve been able to offer my patients.”

28 Jun 2004

Partial breast radiation procedure may benefit cancer patients

Some women with breast cancer who prefer breast conserving surgery consisting of lumpectomy and radiation may choose a procedure that delivers radiation to the malignant tumor and not to the entire breast

23 Jun 2004

Safety first for all 40 million patients admitted for surgery in the U.S

Every year, more than 40 million patients are admitted for surgery at U.S. hospitals, while another 31 million undergo outpatient procedures.

22 Jun 2004

More precise and less invasive procedure for prostate cancer detection

Work by a University of Queensland researcher will make the trip to the doctor for a prostate cancer check a lot more appealing for men.

17 Jun 2004

No beneficial medical effects from liposuction

Liposuction is no substitute for dieting when it comes to preventing diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

16 Jun 2004

Pain after surgery worse with age

Pain after surgery to repair hernia was less intense for younger patients undergoing the procedure, according to an article in the June issue of The Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

15 Jun 2004

Second opinion from another obstetrician could reduce the frequency of caesarean births in Latin America

Latin America has the highest rate of caesarian sections-around a quarter of all deliveries-than any other part of the world. Fernando Althabe from the Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatologia, Montevideo, Uruguay, and colleagues assessed whether a compulsory second opinion from another obstetrician could reduce the frequency of caesarean births.

11 Jun 2004

Medical Procedure News

Plastic Surgeons urge caution for patients considering plastic surgery holiday packages

A new protocol for bone marrow transplants

Guidelines for determining the best possible time to receive bone marrow transplants

Immune modulation therapy, latest treatment for people with chronic heart failure

Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures in elderly patients add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses

New heart surgery without opening chest

Patients being sent abroad for operations that could be performed in the UK

Iraqi doctors and senior nurses learn new techniques in head and neck cancer management

Alograft ankle transplant - ankle of a cadaver to replace an ankle damaged by arthritis or trauma

Partial breast radiation procedure may benefit cancer patients

Safety first for all 40 million patients admitted for surgery in the U.S

More precise and less invasive procedure for prostate cancer detection

No beneficial medical effects from liposuction

Pain after surgery worse with age

Second opinion from another obstetrician could reduce the frequency of caesarean births in Latin America

First robotic heart operations in the southern hemisphere

Knee replacement operations have more than doubled in a decade

Surgery in addition to compression treatment could reduce the risk of recurrent leg ulcers

Cervical cerclage, stitching to close cervix called into question

Umbilical cord blood and bone marrow transplants slow the progression of many cancers

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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