http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- When Dr. Ross Milner repaired Lydia Strebing's life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm, she was astonished at how easy it was. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-abdominal-aortic-aneurysms.html Medical research Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:20:03 EST news226749952 A stroke is sudden brain injury caused by a sudden vascular (blood vessel) compromise. There are two major types of strokes. An ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked by clot or other debris. This is the most common type, comprising approximately 85 percent of all strokes. The other type, hemorrhagic stroke, occurs when a blood vessel or aneurysm ruptures and blood spreads in and around the brain. Strokes can be mild, or can be quite disabling, even fatal, depending on the brain area involved and the type of stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical-minute-awareness.html Cardiology Mon, 30 May 2011 10:22:49 EST news225969669 A Senior Design team at Stevens Institute of Technology is working to alleviate pain and other complications that often arise during thoracic surgeries. Five undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students have invented a novel thoracic catheter that overcomes issues of existing catheter design and introduces a potentially profitable new product for the marketplace. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-stevens-thoracic-catheter-senior-team.html Medical research Mon, 23 May 2011 10:17:04 EST news225364607 The electrophysiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) used cryoablation (ablation using cold) to treat a patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, the most common form of cardiac arrhythmia, and one associated with significant morbidity. The procedure was performed by Dr. Peter Guerra, Chief of Electrophysiology, and Dr. Marc Dubuc, cardiologist and specialist in electrophysiology. This was a first in Canada following the approval of the Arctic Front device by Health Canada. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-cryoablation-successfully-atrial-fibrillation-montreal.html Cardiology Wed, 11 May 2011 08:59:04 EST news224323120 A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that more than one in 10 catheter-related bloodstream infections due to Staph aureus in hospitalized adults are caused by infected peripheral venous catheters (PVC). The study points out the substantial medical burden that arises from complications from these infections due to the large number of such catheters used in hospitalized patients. The study is published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology and is now available online in advance of print. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-peripheral-venous-catheters-pose-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 03 May 2011 11:40:01 EST news223640848 Irish company Crospon have announced the launch of a new tool, an imaging catheter called the EF-620, to improve the outcome of weight loss surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-device-weight-loss-surgery.html Other Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:44:57 EST news221813003