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A new minimally invasive tumor ablation technique is providing hope for liver cancer patients who can't undergo surgery or thermal ablation, a study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ablation-technique-liver-cancer-patients.html Cancer Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:04 EST news285436299 Oral estrogen therapy for menopausal women is associated with an increased risk of gallbladder surgery, according to a large-scale study of more than 70 000 women in France published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-oral-estrogen-hormone-therapy-linked.html Surgery Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:06 EST news282825494 (HealthDay)—Gattex (teduglutide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat nutritional problems caused by short bowel syndrome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-gattex-short-bowel-syndrome.html Medications Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:30:01 EST news275416457 There's a novel way to remove a gallbladder: Use a surgical robot to take it out through the navel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-surgeons-procedures-belly-button.html Surgery Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:20:01 EST news267631736 (Medical Xpress) -- Elderly patients having gallbladder surgery may be more at risk depending on where they are treated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-gallbladder-surgery.html Other Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:50:01 EST news260174626 (Medical Xpress) -- There's new hope for the fight against cancer and cardiovascular disease, following breakthrough research identifying a pigment in our bile. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bilirubin-heart-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:20:12 EST news259917166 (HealthDay) -- Updated evidence on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women presents good news for those at risk of osteoporosis, but a mixed bag of results regarding breast cancer and other chronic diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-hrt-therapy-fractures-boost.html Medical research Mon, 28 May 2012 17:33:20 EST news257445154 (HealthDay) -- For patients with biliary tract cancers, postresection adjuvant therapy with chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy appears to be beneficial in treating patients with biliary tract cancers, with significant improvement seen for patients with node or margin positivity, according to research published online April 23 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-adjuvant-therapy-biliary-tract-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:10:04 EST news254720378 A new study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2012 indicates the potential for gallbladder tissue (which is routinely discarded from organ donors and surgical interventions) to be a highly available candidate source for multipotential stem cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-gallbladder-shown-potential-stem-cell.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:02:26 EST news254037728 Prescribing opioids for pain to older patients within seven days of short-stay surgery appears to be associated with long-term analgesic use compared to those patients who did not receive prescriptions for analgesics after surgery, according to a study published in the March 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-opioids-pain-short-stay-surgery-long-term.html Medications Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:00:08 EST news250779581 Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing surgeons to track and improve surgical patient outcomes, create performance metrics, conduct valid research and ensure quality care for all emergency general surgery (EGS) patients. The registry, featured in a study published in the February 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, was modeled after the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and components of the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). It is the first registry of its kind to establish ICD-9 codes (International Classification of Diseases) that help to define and evaluate EGS patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-database-aims-emergency-surgery-outcomes.html Other Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:40:01 EST news247749992 For more than 100 years, the traditional treatment for the painful growths called gallstones has been removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy. But a new device, patented in China, promises to make removing the entire organ unnecessary. A group of scientists from the Second People's Hospital of Panyu District and Central South University in China have developed an endoscope specially designed for locating and clearing out gallstones and other gallbladder lesions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-easier-gallstones.html Other Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:25:29 EST news246039920 On Tuesday (Dec. 20), Dr. Santiago Horgan, chief of minimally invasive surgery at UC San Diego Health System, was the first surgeon in the United States to remove a diseased gallbladder through a patient’s belly button with the aid of a new FDA-approved da Vinci Si Surgical System. With one incision, Horgan removed the gallbladder in 60 minutes. The patient returned home five hours after the groundbreaking surgery and reported minimal pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-robotic-surgery-small-incision.html Other Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:13:38 EST news243763979 A new UCLA study shows that physicians who work shorter shifts are less likely to make mistakes during medical procedures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-highlights-impact-deprivation-patients-health.html Health Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:46:07 EST news243690359 Tissue with wound-like conditions allows tumors to grow and spread. In mouse lung cancer cells, treatment with silibinin, a major component of milk thistle, removed the molecular billboards that signal these wound-like conditions and so stopped the spread of these lung cancers, according to a recent study published in the journal Molecular Carcinogenesis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-thistle-lung-cancer-mice.html Cancer Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:47:19 EST news240594430 According to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, better understanding of a patient's abdominal pain could help physicians know which patients will benefit most from surgical removal of the gallbladder. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology is the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-pain-characteristics-higher-benefit-gallbladder.html Other Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:37:25 EST news237638238 Nature sees to it that we do not have "too much choler" (bile) in our body. A delicately equilibrated regulation system ensures that there is always exactly the right amount of bile in the gallbladder. When we are hungry, our body releases a hormone called cortisol, which is a glucocorticoid. Hepatic cells receive this hormone signal through their cortisol receptors (glucocorticoid receptors) and respond by filling the gallbladder with bile in preparation of the imminent food intake. Directly upon eating a meal, bile is secreted into the intestine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-cortisol-recycling-bile-acids.html Medical research Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:36:11 EST news229257363