Surgery
Surgery establishes penile sensation in men with spina bifida
(Medical Xpress)—A procedure to establish feeling in the penis for men with spina bifida was performed for the first time in the United States in Seattle.
Jan 2, 2013
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Surgery
Repeated surgeries appear to extend life of patients with deadliest of brain cancers
People who undergo repeated surgeries to remove glioblastomas—the most aggressive and deadliest type of brain tumors—may survive longer than those who have just a one-time operation, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.
Nov 1, 2012
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Surgery
Patients at teaching hospitals don't fare worse with trainee doctors, research shows
(Medical Xpress)—A University of Florida physician and colleagues have "mythbusted" a notion long held in medical circles: patients at teaching hospitals fare worse in July when new medical graduates start their residency ...
Sep 20, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers study vaccine as potential weapon against aggressive brain tumors
Researchers at Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute (NBTI) are seeking to understand if a vaccine made from a patient's own blood cells may slow the growth of a type of brain tumor. The trial is studying the vaccine's effect ...
Jul 24, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Research shows new prognosis tool for deadly brain cancer
A diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is generally a death sentence, but new research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison lab of Dr. John Kuo shows that at least one subtype is associated with a longer life expectancy. ...
Jun 20, 2012
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Treatment guidelines updated for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Patients who are diagnosed in the emergency room with a specific type of brain bleed should be considered for immediate transfer to a hospital that treats at least 35 cases a year, according to a new scientific statement ...
May 4, 2012
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Surgery
Spinal surgeries more successful than reflected in public reported statistics: UCSF
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 ...
Apr 17, 2012
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Neuroscience
Northwestern study compares endovascular brain aneurysm repair devices
Approximately 6 million Americans have brain aneurysms, a condition that occurs when a weak or thin spot develops on a blood vessel in the brain causing it to balloon. Often, these do not cause symptoms and go undetected, ...
Apr 3, 2012
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Cardiology
Study finds paramedics skilled in identifying strokes
(Medical Xpress) -- If a paramedic suspects a patient is having a stroke, the paramedic is probably right, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.
Mar 28, 2012
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Surgery
New high definition fiber tracking reveals damage caused by traumatic brain injury
A powerful new imaging technique called High Definition Fiber Tracking (HDFT) will allow doctors to clearly see for the first time neural connections broken by traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other disorders, much like X-rays ...
Mar 2, 2012
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