http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The first outcome-based guidelines for interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke—providing recommendations for rapid treatment—will benefit individuals suffering from brain attacks, often caused by artery-blocking blood clots. Representatives from the Society of Interventional Radiology and seven other medical societies created a multispecialty and international consensus on the metrics and benchmarks for processes of care and technical and clinical outcomes for stroke patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-medical-societies-patient-centered-nonsurgical-interventions.html Cardiology Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:02:54 EST news278676108 (HealthDay News) —For advanced colon cancer patients who have developed liver tumors, so-called "radioactive beads" implanted near these tumors may extend survival nearly a year longer than among patients on chemotherapy alone, a small new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-microbeads-boost-survival-advanced-colon.html Cancer Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:39:40 EST news277994369 Although minimally invasive (endovascular) treatments for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) result in shorter hospital stays and the potential to save Medicare millions of dollars each year, a new study reveals that the quality of care and cost depend on who's providing the treatment. The study, which appears in this month's Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, is the first and largest study of its kind on these treatments for Medicare patients age 65 and older. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-equal-quality-pad.html Cardiology Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:17:53 EST news244804656