For roughly a third of people with epilepsy, medication does not control their seizures. Depending on where those seizures originate in the brain, laser therapy can be an option for adults and children.
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Patients treated for a blocked artery in the leg were significantly more likely to have an open artery without further interventions at 12 months if they received the second-generation paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter known ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Patients with urinary catheters often get infections. But more comprehensive preventive efforts in health care cut the proportion affected in a group of frail elderly patients from 18 to 4 percent, a study led by University ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Engineers at EPFL and ETH developed a variable stiffness catheter made of nontoxic threads that can transition between soft and rigid states during surgery. It may make minimally invasive surgical interventions, including ...
Mar 21, 2022
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After a traumatic accident, there is a small window of time when medical professionals can apply lifesaving treatment to victims with severe internal bleeding. Delivering this type of care is complex, and key interventions ...
Mar 17, 2022
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A new way of treating arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF)—the most common heart arrhythmia diagnosis in clinical practice—has debuted at UC San Diego Health. vMap is a non-invasive, computational mapping system ...
Feb 14, 2022
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In Germany, nearly 6 million people suffer from coronary heart disease. The disease is caused by calcium deposits which constrict the coronary arteries. Doctors generally use a stent to widen the narrow pathway. However, ...
Dec 1, 2021
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The blockage of lung arteries by a blood clot results in pulmonary embolism—a condition requiring emergency care that affects more than 300,000 people in the United States each year. Existing treatments, however, may not ...
Oct 19, 2021
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(HealthDay)—For patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis, immediate catheter drainage is not superior to postponed catheter drainage with regard to reducing complications, according to a study published in the Oct. ...
Oct 7, 2021
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New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that radiation therapy can reprogram heart muscle cells to what appears to be a younger state, fixing electrical problems that cause a life-threatening ...
Sep 24, 2021
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