News tagged with outpatient procedure


Researchers develop laser technology to fight cancer

Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed a technology that goes on a "seek and destroy" mission for cancerous tumors. They have harnessed ...

Cancer created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Botox now used for urinary incontinence

When you think of Botox injections, you probably think of getting rid of unwanted wrinkles around the eyes or forehead, but recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved using the injections to help patients ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Repairing the nose after skin cancer in just one step

The skin cancer growing on Carolyn Bohlmann's nose was not a very aggressive variety. But it was deep and located right on her nostril. The tricky part was not so much removing it – MOHS surgery, the procedure ...

Surgery created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Procedure gives patients with A-fib who can't take blood thinners alternative to reduce stroke

Patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) who cannot take blood thinners now have an alternative to reduce their risk of stroke, which is five times more common in people with the rhythm disorder. The non-surgical procedure ...

Cardiology created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UCSD uses heat energy to fix odd heart beat

(Medical Xpress) -- UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is now offering patients with atrial fibrillation the breakthrough benefits of heat energy, or radio frequency waves, to irreversibly alter heart ...

Cardiology created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study reveals rise in prostate biopsy complications and high post-procedure hospitalization rate

In a study of complication rates following prostate biopsy among Medicare beneficiaries, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a significant rise in serious complications requiring hospitalization. The researchers found that ...

Cancer created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds Massachusetts health reform leads to increased inpatient surgical procedures

Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM, BUSPH), along with the VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, have found inpatient medical procedures increased more among non-elderly, ...

Health created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Henry Ford Hospital first in United States to offer MKTP surgery as treatment option for vitiligo

Henry Ford Hospital is the first in the country to offer skin transplant surgery as part of its treatment portfolio for patients with the skin disease vitiligo.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elderly Dutch lung patients' survival improved by new treatment options between 2003-2009

New developments such as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and improvements in surgical care in early-stage lung cancer have led to large survival gains for elderly Dutch patients, according to a population-based study presented ...

Cancer created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0