Health
Battle to treat Madagascar women for debilitating fistula
"Get rid of the girl who stinks," they said about Sana Rodiny who for three years had to endure unrelenting abuse after developing a fistula.
May 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research shows promise for improving vascular access for hemodialysis patients
Approximately 500,000 Americans with end-stage renal disease rely on hemodialysis to survive. Hemodialysis requires repeated access to the blood. Failure to maintain adequate access to the vasculature is a major cause of ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Catheters linked to most bloodstream infections in dialysis patients
Using catheters to access the blood during hemodialysis continues to be linked with increased rates of bloodstream infections, according to a recent analysis of data from US dialysis facilities. The findings appear in an ...
Jun 29, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New magnet technology creates easy blood access for hemodialysis patients
A new, minimally invasive system which uses radiofrequency energy instead of open surgery to create access for patients needing hemodialysis is reliable, with minimal complications, according to data published in the American ...
Jun 14, 2017
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Medical research
Regenerative medicine offering new treatment for bronchopleural fistulas
For the first time in human application, Mayo Clinic researchers successfully closed an open wound on the upper chest caused by postoperative complications of lung removal.
Jun 24, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Niger fights back against 'curse' of fistula
"I was at death's door. I'd just lost my child who was stillborn and my husband abandoned me," recalls Hadiza Zakaria who suffered a fistula while pregnant—a condition seen as a curse in Niger.
Mar 15, 2016
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Surgery
Racial disparities seen in initial access to blood flow for hemodialysis
Black and Hispanic patients will less frequently than white patients start hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula (connecting an artery to a vein for vascular access), a procedure for initial blood flow access known to ...
Apr 29, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Link shown between Crohn's disease and virus
A new study reveals that all children with Crohn's disease that were examined had a commonly occurring virus – an enterovirus – in their intestines. This link has previously not been shown for this chronic inflammatory ...
Jun 27, 2013
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Inflammatory disorders
Adalimumab relieves hidradenitis suppurativa
(HealthDay)—For patients with moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic skin disease characterized by painful abscesses, nodules, and draining fistulas in the axilla and groin, treatment with once-weekly ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Health
Warning to parents over magnet danger to children
Doctors are asking parents to take extra care that their children do not swallow small magnets from toys, after two children required surgical intervention following ingestion of such small magnets. In a letter to the Lancet, ...
Jun 21, 2012
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