Cardiology
Heart surgery backlog requires urgent action
Urgent action is needed to clear the backlog of people with a common heart condition waiting for life-saving treatment, according to new research.
Jun 17, 2022
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Neuroscience
A simple blood sample indicates how serious a head trauma is
A simple blood sample to diagnose patients with traumatic brain injury is an innovation enabled by researchers at Örebro University. In a new study, reported in Nature Communications, they have identified biomarkers in the ...
May 10, 2022
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Neuroscience
Optimizing deep brain stimulation in patients with dystonia
Recent discoveries made by researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin may prove vital in improving the treatment of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder. Published in PNAS, their findings show that very ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Biomedical technology
New technology could make biopsies a thing of the past
A Columbia Engineering team has developed a technology that could replace conventional biopsies and histology with real-time imaging within the living body. Described in a new paper published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Medical research
A non-hormonal pill could soon expand men's birth control options
Women have many choices for birth control, ranging from pills to patches to intrauterine devices, and partly as a result, they bear most of the burden of preventing pregnancy. But men's birth control options—and, therefore, ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Cardiology
Scientists validate a low-risk diagnostic test for coronary artery disease
Led by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, researchers from 31 European clinical institutions, including a team from the University of Glasgow, worked together as part of the DISCHARGE trial. The aim of the trial was ...
Mar 15, 2022
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Neuroscience
Non-invasive imaging could replace electrodes in epilepsy surgery planning
A team from the University of Melbourne in Australia and the University of Birmingham demonstrated that magnetoencephalographic (MEG) imaging can be used to produce a dynamic map of the whole brain during a seizure. Their ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Cardiology
'Ross procedure' leads to improved survival in adults undergoing aortic valve surgery
The "Ross procedure" may be a more favorable option for aortic valve replacement among patients under 50 years old than more standard mechanical or biological replacements, according to a new study from The Mount Sinai Hospital ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Neuroscience
Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia
Millions of surgical procedures performed each year would not be possible without the aid of general anesthesia, the miraculous medical ability to turn off consciousness in a reversible and controllable way.
May 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Odds of catching COVID at dentist's office very low, study shows
Do yon need to have your teeth cleaned or a cavity filled?
May 17, 2021
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