News tagged with invasive techniques
Minimally invasive approach to weight-loss surgery reduces complications, study shows
A study by researchers at Stanford University Medical Center has found that a popular weight-loss operation is safer and reduces hospital bills when done with minimally invasive techniques rather than open surgery, which ...
Surgery
Jun 18, 2012 |
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Magnetic stimulation to improve visual perception
(Medical Xpress) -- Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an international team led by French researchers from the Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau (CNRS) has succeeded in enhancing the visual abilities ...
Neuroscience
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Potential cure for unsightly eye bags
Researchers from Flinders University have set their sights on lymphatic drainage as a potential cure for unsightly eye bags.
Medical research
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Pancreatic cancer may be detected with simple intestinal probe
By simply shining a tiny light within the small intestine, close to that organ's junction with the pancreas, physicians at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have been able to detect pancreatic cancer 100 percent of the time ...
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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First-in-man study shows that new magnetically controlled growing rods can treat scoliosis in children
A first-in-man study published Online First by The Lancet shows that new magnetically-controlled growing rods can treat scoliosis in children by being extended using a non-invasive technique as their spine grows, without the re ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 18, 2012 |
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New treatment trial for bipolar disorder
Applying mild electrical currents to the brain has been shown to be an effective treatment for depression. But could the treatment also benefit people with bipolar disorder?
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2012 |
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How fat are your lab mice?
Researchers are increasingly aware that fat in some parts of the body is more harmful than fat in other places. To help determine how obesity works, scientists turn to animal models and now, they are able ...
Medical research
Apr 04, 2012 |
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The Medical Minute: Advances in laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Until relatively recently, most colon and rectal surgeries, whether elective or unplanned, required a large abdominal incision to achieve. This would typically result in a moderate degree of postoperative discomfort, and ...
Surgery
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Fusion plasma research helps neurologists to hear above the noise
Fusion plasma researchers at the University of Warwick have teamed up with Cambridge neuroscientists to apply their expertise developed to study inaccessible fusion plasmas in order to significantly improve the understanding ...
Neuroscience
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Influencing craving for cigarettes by stimulating the brain
Targeted brain stimulation increases cigarette cravings, a new study in Biological Psychiatry has found, which may ultimately lead to new treatments that reverse these effects. Cues associated with cigarette smoking, such a ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2011 |
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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
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Tests that use DNA from mother's blood to determine sex of fetus often effective
As a noninvasive method of determining the sex of a fetus, tests using cell-free fetal DNA obtained from the mother's blood after 7 weeks gestation performed well, while urine-based tests appear to be unreliable, according ...
Health
Aug 09, 2011 |
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IOF urges systematic osteoporosis management after vertebral fracture augmentation
A working group of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued a literature review of prospective controlled studies comparing the efficacy and safety of two minimally invasive techniques for vertebral augmentation ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Pediatric urologist develops procedure to eliminate scarring in kidney surgeries
Surgery and all its implications can be scary, especially so for pediatric patients and their parents who dread sometimes disfiguring scars.
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Jul 01, 2011 |
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New procedure treats atrial fibrillation
Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are performing a new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat.
Cardiology
Jun 28, 2011 |
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