http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Robots are everywhere these days. They roam Mars, solve Rubik's cubes and vacuum our floors. Now, a robot named da Vinci is helping patients across the Penn State region get the major surgeries they need with less pain, complications and recovery time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-da-vinci-robot-surgery-renaissance.html Surgery Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:50:01 EST news286095903 Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have developed a new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in "minimally invasive" surgical procedures while also limiting the patient's exposure to radiation from the X-rays. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-x-ray-approach-track-surgical-devices.html Surgery Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:19:00 EST news285326331 Only half of people with arthritis who had a hip or knee replacement reported a significant improvement in pain and mobility after surgery, according to a new study led by Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-patients-benefit-equally-hip-knee.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:32:06 EST news284311863 (AP)—Federal health officials have issued a rare warning about doctors' ownership of shares in medical device companies that allow them to profit from performing surgeries with those products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-issued-doctors-stakes-device-firms.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:54:12 EST news283521247 Smoking has been linked to prolonged healing time and greater risk for complications in orthopaedic and other surgeries, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-current-smokers-greater-hip-failure.html Surgery Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:02 EST news282938997 (Medical Xpress)—When a young child has surgery, parents rely on doctors and nurses for advice on how to prepare and support children during the procedure and immediately afterwards. But once that child gets home, parents are left with little guidance on how to best help their children cope with pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-website-parents-children-pain-surgery.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:30:44 EST news280650629 (HealthDay)—Patients undergoing inpatient lumbar discectomy have significantly higher overall complication rates than those treated as outpatients, according to a study published in the Feb. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-complications-inpatient-lumbar-discectomy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:00:01 EST news279204240 (AP)—The evacuation of some 320 patients during the catastrophic October storm known as Sandy was just the beginning for NYU Langone Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-shuttered-sandy-nyc-hospital-partly.html Other Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:44:54 EST news275838287 Children suspected of having appendicitis are more likely to receive CT scans, which involve radiation, if they are evaluated at a general hospital, a new study by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ultrasound-appendicitis-x-rays.html Pediatrics Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:58:01 EST news275835472 Despite widespread condemnation of female genital surgeries as a form of mutilation and a violation of human rights, an international advisory group argues that the practice is poorly understood and unfairly characterized. In a public policy statement in the Hastings Center Report, the Public Policy Advisory Network on Female Genital Surgeries in Africa, a group that includes doctors, anthropologists, legal scholars, and feminists, argues that media coverage of the practice is hyperbolic and one sided, "painting the now familiar portrait of African female genital surgeries as savage, horrifying, harmful, misogynist, abusive, and socially unjust." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-western-media-coverage-female-genital.html Health Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:50:33 EST news272036505 (Medical Xpress)—As researchers work on reconfiguring cells to take on new regenerative properties, a new review from Penn Medicine plastic surgeons sheds additional light on the potential power of adipose-derived stem cells - or adult stem cells harvested from fatty tissue - in reconstructive and regenerative medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-fat-derived-stem-cells-potential-regenerative.html Surgery Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:33:31 EST news271665126 (AP)—San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender residents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-city-transgender-surgeries.html Other Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:34:49 EST news271654478 Harvard Law School (HLS) Assistant Professor I. Glenn Cohen lay on a table in a South Korean hospital and tried to relax as a worker wearing a white shirt and black pants methodically drove his elbow into Cohen's back. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ethical-legal-issues-people-nations.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:32:41 EST news269681542 (HealthDay)—The number of eye injuries associated with robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy—complete removal of the prostate—increased nearly tenfold in the United States between 2000 and 2009, although the risk was still small, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-eye-injury-robotic-prostate-surgery.html Surgery Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:26:22 EST news269619967 According to a study in the Sept. issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, overall non-invasive diagnostic imaging (NDI) costs to Medicare Part B dropped 21 percent from 2006 to 2010. The study reveals that medical imaging is not a driver of escalating Medicare costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-non-invasive-diagnostic-imaging-medicare-significantly.html Health Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:03 EST news265893441 An Australian court Friday quashed an Indian-born surgeon's manslaughter convictions over the deaths of three patients, saying there had been a miscarriage of justice in his trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-australian-court-quashes-indian-surgeon.html Other Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:20:01 EST news264987737 (Medical Xpress) -- Chao Zhou believes his work with combining imaging technologies has the potential to improve surgeries that remove malignant breast tumors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-accurate-noninvasive-cancerous-tumors.html Cancer Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:10:01 EST news261122117 (Medical Xpress) -- With the University of Pittsburgh's development of a cell-free, biodegradable artery graft comes a potentially transformative change in coronary artery bypass surgeries: Within 90 days after surgery, the patient will have a regenerated artery with no trace of synthetic graft materials left in the body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-pitt-biodegradable-artery-graft-bypass.html Surgery Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:30:01 EST news259758610 A method of molecular imaging that pinpoints hormonally active tissues in the body could change the course of treatment for a remarkable number of neuroendocrine cancer patients, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 59th Annual Meeting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-pet-imaging-neuroendocrine-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:25:00 EST news258639853 Chile will soon cover sex change surgeries under its public health plan in order to allow citizens of limited means to "recover their true sexual identity," Health Minister Jaime Manalich said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-chile-sex.html Other Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00:01 EST news257150859 According to research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), the ingredient that gives hot sauce its heat could play a role in the future of weight loss. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-hot-sauce-ingredient-beer-belly.html Medical research Wed, 09 May 2012 11:36:08 EST news255782152 With the increase of obesity in the last 50 years, bariatric surgeries are becoming a common solution for tackling this epidemic. A new exhibit shows how radiologists play a key role in ensuring the success of these procedures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-radiologists-key-role-successful-bariatric.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:50:01 EST news254896168 A Queen's physicist and a PhD student have developed a groundbreaking device that controls the depth of a laser cut, laying groundwork to provide pinpoint accuracy during surgeries. This new laser control technology is valuable in all surgeries where cutting too deeply could lead to serious complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-groundbreaking-device-laser-accuracy-surgeries.html Surgery Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:49:26 EST news253979359 The odds that someone undergoing spinal surgery at a particular hospital will have to be readmitted to the same hospital within 30 days is an important measure of the quality of care patients receive. That's because these "hospital readmission rates" often reflect problems like hospital-acquired infections or complications from surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-spinal-surgeries-successful-statistics-ucsf.html Surgery Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:30:01 EST news253889032 New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that more than 4.5 million Americans are living with a total knee replacement (TKR), as the number of TKR surgeries has more than doubled over the past decade, with the sharpest rise among younger patients. Osteoarthritis continues to be the primary reason for TKR. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-million-americans-total-knee.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:22:22 EST news248073735 (AP) -- The sale of Dutch-branded breast implants made by a French company at the center of an international scandal has been banned in Latin America's biggest country, Brazil's health ministry said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-brazil-sale-dutch-breast-implants.html Other Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:40:41 EST news245522435 (Medical Xpress) -- The University of Illinois Hospital is the first center in North America to prescribe a new FDA-approved treatment for patients with the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-patient-prescription-fda-approved-brain-tumor.html Cancer Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:22:03 EST news242295707 A team of Virginia Commonwealth University pediatric surgeons today successfully completed the separation of 19-month-old conjoined twins Maria and Teresa Tapia of the Dominican Republic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-vcu-surgery-conjoined-twins.html Other Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:53:33 EST news239989988 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 Jorge Sobenes is a husband and father who loves to cook for his family. In a nine month period however, he went from enjoying his favorite foods to not being able to eat or drink due to a tightening in his throat and difficulty swallowing. He lost 40 pounds and was desperate for answers. Sobenes was diagnosed with achalasia, a condition where the esophagus is unable to move food into the stomach, and was told he would need surgery. Historically, the procedure requires several incisions in the abdomen in order to access the blocked esophageal pathway. Sobenes however was able to undergo surgery without any external incisions thanks to an innovative new research approach called PerOral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM). The procedure is one of a growing number of surgeries to use the body's natural orifices as an entry point, thus eliminating the need for traditional incisions. Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of only a few centers in the U.S. with surgeons trained to perform the procedure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-incisionless-surgery-treatment-esophageal-disorder.html Other Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:04:40 EST news233233458