News tagged with invasive disease


Invasive treatment strategy may increase survival for patients with certain neuromuscular disorder

Patients with a cardiac irregularity and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (a severe neuromuscular disorder with a high risk of sudden death) who received an invasive treatment strategy that included testing of their heart's electrical ...

Cardiology created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No pain, no gain: Weight loss, disc disease interventional radiology treatments coming

A minimally invasive treatment may target hunger at its source, another uses X-ray visible embolic beads to block arteries to the stomach and suppress hunger and a third explores the use of stem cells to repair vertebral ...

Other created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term outcomes of TAVI show non-cardiac co-morbidities main cause of mortality

Non-cardiac co-morbidities such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and frailty are the main predictors of late mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), suggesting that ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen-only HRT continues to protect women against breast cancer long after they have stopped

Women who use the oestrogen-only form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) appear less likely to develop breast cancer in the longer term, according to new research published Online First in The Lancet Oncology. A follow ...

Cancer created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Klebsiella pneumoniae 'superbug' is being studied

University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene linked to pancreatic cancer growth, study finds

A mutant protein found in nearly all pancreatic cancers plays a role not only in the cancer's development but in its continued growth, according to a new study from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...

Cancer created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows antibiotic prophylaxis a vital weapon in preventing streptococcus b infection in newborns

A study investigating epidemiology of Streptococcus B infection worldwide has shown that the highest levels of infection are found in Africa, followed by the Americas and Europe. The study shows the use of prophylactic antibi ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study supports mammography screening at 40

Women in their 40s with no family history of breast cancer are just as likely to develop invasive breast cancer as are women with a family history of the disease, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting ...

Cancer created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel, noninvasive measurement a strong predictor for heart failure in general population

A new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and collaborators at various institutions, presented at the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, shows that ...

Cardiology created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds shifting disease burden following universal Hib vaccination

Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, once the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children, has dramatically reduced the incidence of Hib disease in young children over the past 20 years, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pulse oximetry: A viable screening tool for infants with suspected congenital heart disease

Pulse oximetry, a non-invasive procedure that measures the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream, can be used as a screening tool to detect critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in infants, and is more readily available ...

Cardiology created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The next stage of heart function testing

A new non-invasive technique for measuring how well the heart and blood vessels function in patients already suffering from coronary artery disease could, in a single test, identify which abnormally narrowed blood vessels ...

Cardiology created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Invasive melanoma may be more likely in children than adults

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of young people with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has found that some children have a higher risk of invasive disease than adults.

Cancer created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Smelling' heart failure: Evaluation of an electronic nose

A German team has developed a completely new non-invasive method to identify heart failure. It consists of an "electronic nose" which could make the "smelling" of heart failure possible. The projet was presented at the ESC ...

Cardiology created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart tests are overprescribed, study finds

In cardiac care, the mantra is fast becoming circumstance, circumstance, circumstance.

Medical research created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0