Otago researchers to evaluate laser treatment for lymphoedema
The University of Otago’s School of Physiotherapy will run the first clinical evaluation of laser treatment for lymphoedema in New Zealand, on behalf of the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation.
View ArticleNew virtual research centres to break new ground in cystic fibrosis science...
The development of new drugs to treat the most common cause of cystic fibrosis, a genetic defect (or mutation) carried by around 90 per cent of people living with the disease in the UK, will be helped...
View ArticleCochlear implants give boy with Down syndrome new lease on life
Born profoundly deaf, Joshua Copen, 5, has learned to talk and hear with the help of cochlear implants, which many doctors would consider an unconventional approach for a child with Down syndrome.
View ArticleNew strategy for preventing organ transplant rejection shows promise
Organ transplantation has been one of the greatest successes of modern medicine. But one of its largest limitations comes from a patient’s immune system treating the new heart, or lung, or liver like a...
View ArticleNew Surgical Technique Helps Make Achilles Tendon Repairs Stronger, Safer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Achilles tendon is the strongest and thickest tendon in the body, but is also one of the most commonly injured. From elite athletes to weekend warriors, more than 250,000 Achilles...
View ArticleBariatric surgery appears to cut risks for serious asthma-related events
Study finds that weight-loss surgery reduces asthma-associated emergency visits, hospitalizations by half
View ArticleUF researchers identify which patients are at risk for continued pain after...
When it comes to determining which patients will have long-lasting pain after orthopedic shoulder surgery, cognitive coping style and genetic predisposition to pain sensitivity may actually be bigger...
View ArticleBrigham and Women’s Hospital Performs First Robotic Single-Site Myomectomy
Boston, MA-Myomectomy, the surgical removal of fibroids from the uterus, is most commonly performed as an open surgery, also known as an abdominal myomectomy, in which the surgeon makes a four- to...
View ArticleLive Donor Liver Transplantation Found Safe and Effective for Acute Liver...
When patients develop acute liver failure, severe complications arise rapidly after the first signs of liver disease, and patients’ health can deteriorate rapidly. New research published in the...
View ArticleSpinal fusion patient experiences less pain, faster recovery with minimally...
MAYWOOD, Ill. – A minimally invasive spinal fusion back surgery results in less blood loss, less postoperative pain, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery and return to work.
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