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Esophageal Cancer Awareness
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Mark Strozier
According to the American Cancer Institute, more than 16,000 esophageal cancer cases are presented every year in the US. It is crucial that the causes and symptoms of this under diagnosed, fatal cancer are brought to patients' attention.
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ORBIS International: Saving Sight Worldwide
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 23, 2008
...on, and train rural eye care workers to distribute antibiotics and perform sight-preserving eyelid surgeries. These interventions cost very little but contribute immeasurably to an individual's qu...
Woods' Achilles Heel and European Tour Podcasts
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 22, 2008
There's lots of ink still being spilled over Tiger Woods' recent knee surgery.
Tim Rosaforte brings his usual detailed and well researched efforts to a background piece on Woods and his troubling history of knee problems - specifically, his weakened left knee, which has now undergo...
Capsaicin Drug Candidate Under Trials for Post-Operative Pain
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 31, 2007
...didate, Adlea , is purified capsaicin currently under trials involving patients undergoing various surgeries, including knee and hip replacements. Initial results from patients who had open hernia ...
Women Opting for Double Mastectomies
in Well Woman Blog, on October 22, 2007
...;s not a decision woman are dismissing.
The study states that almost 5 percent of of breast cancer surgeries involved women having cancerous and sometimes healthy breasts removed. Like it is a rare c...
BioDuct Meniscal Fixation Device: Novel Knee-Surgery Device FDA-Approved for Human Use
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 8, 2007
...hat provides shock absorption and joint stability in the knee, is crucial for normal knee function. Surgeries for meniscus tears are common with approximately one million occurring in the United State...
Move Over Doctors...The Robots Are Here
in Philoneist, on September 11, 2007
... in the United Kingdom have begun to use a robotic arm to carry out intricate heart surgery.
Surgeries that require a high degree of skill could be farmed out to specialist robots that are mane...
Browns LeCharles Bently may be ready for 2007 season
in End Zone Buzz, on July 2, 2007
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The All-Pro center tore up his knee in the Browns first practice in 2006, and he's had four surgeries since then. In fact, at one point a staph infection and virus in the knee became so sever...
World's first RFID system for counting and detection of surgical sponges receives green signal from FDA
in The RFID Weblog, on June 19, 2007
...n the body of the patient during operation and it could lead to unnecessary complications, repeated surgeries and in extreme cases death of the patient. All these figures may come down drastically whe...
Jewelry Designer Helps Out the Navy
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 7, 2007
.... 9, 2006 when his Humvee struck a roadside bomb on the call of duty and had to undergo a series of surgeries. ...
More Comments on Stack and Tilt
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 26, 2007
...s an example. He writes:
"I am 63, did play to a 2; now hang on to a 6. I had 4 rotator cuff surgeries
in 5 years. That, combined with age, cost me distance. I tried having a flat
left wrist at...
Lap-band Surgery May Beat Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on May 9, 2007
......unless clinically obese as well?
According to Prof O'Brien, who has performed 2000 lap-band surgeries at the Alfred Hospital:
"The diabetics who would benefit most from the procedure we...
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Removed Gall Bladder with Minimal External Incisions
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 26, 2007
...e surgical techniques over the last 15 years have dramatically reduced the number of open abdominal surgeries necessary -- eliminating a great deal of the associated discomfort.
This latest revoluti...
Lasik Surgery
in Well Woman Blog, on April 24, 2007
...rchers observed case histories of 424 laser eye surgery patients between the ages of 40 and 69. The surgeries were performed to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Researchers div...
Adhesions Fast Facts, Guide to Preparing for Gynecologic Surgery from NWHRC
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 10, 2007
... the abdominal cavity adheres, or gets stuck to other tissue - these commonly form following pelvic surgeries: such as hysterectomy , tubal ligation, cesarean section, and cyst removal.
If lef...
Home Based Workers, How Do You Prove Yourselves as Professionals?
in Home Based Business, on April 2, 2007
...ns in smaller, but equally important jobs. Transcriptionists type out details of medical check ups, surgeries, or even legal proceedings. A virtual assistant acts like a secretary from afar by conduct...
CollaRx® BUPIVACAINE IMPLANT for the Management of Post-operative Pain
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 5, 2007
...of post- operative pain following moderate/major abdominal, gynecological, thoracic or orthopedic surgeries, CollaRx® BUPIVACAINE IMPLANT is a biodegradable and fully resorbable Bupivacaine-Collag...
Menniet: Computer-controlled, Low-pressure Air Pulses-Device, Non-Surgical Therapy for Severe Vertigo
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 28, 2007
...ailable in the U.S., offering patients a way to manage the disease without undergoing more invasive surgeries.
Menniett is available by prescription. Talk to your physician about it.
Read t...
Home Biz Idea of the Week: Home Based Medical Transcriptionist (Part I)
in Home Based Business, on January 8, 2007
... within the hospital or from the outside. Medical records include notes on history, office, clinic, surgeries, consultations, etc. Laboratory reports, pathology reports and discharge summaries are als...
RSB Spine's InterPlate™ Vertebral Body Replacement Implant System, Granted Conditional USFDA 510(k) Approval
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 1, 2006
...ther.
According to Robert S. Bray Jr., M.D., a neurosurgeon who has performed over 7,500 spine surgeries, director of St. Johns Spine Institute in Santa monica , CA, and inventor of the InterPl...
Sony BMG et al v. Arellanes - Meet the Family
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 7, 2006
...t teenager. She's smart and friendly, despite suffering a lot during her life with nine serious surgeries. She loves both the old music of her parents and the current pop hits. The family owns a h...
Sony BMG et al v. Arellanes - Meet the Family
in P2P File Sharing, on August 7, 2006
...t teenager. She's smart and friendly, despite suffering a lot during her life with nine serious surgeries. She loves both the old music of her parents and the current pop hits. The family owns a h...
Sponges out When RFID Is In
in The RFID Weblog, on July 18, 2006
...assachusetts. It states that foreign objects were left in the body in one out of every ten thousand surgeries and another study stated that foreign objects added four days to an average stay in hospit...
Thin like a thought
in The Techwear Weblog, on May 3, 2006
...nvironmental sensing, medical procedures that require cameras (such as endoscopies and image-guided surgeries) and a number of clinical treatments that can be controlled by implanted light-delivery de...
Biologically-Inspired Artificial Compound Eye Created at UC Berkeley
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 2, 2006
...detection
environmental sensing
medical procedures, such as endoscopies and image- guided surgeries that require cameras
and varrious clinical treatments that can be controlled by implante...
Are You Electro-Sensitive?
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 28, 2006
...rs.
"I've seen several doctors and dentists who have put wireless LANs into their surgeries and then had complaints from staff who can feel something in their head or can't conce...
Chemotherapy In A Gel: An Alternative to Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Surgeries
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 27, 2006
For those diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, breast sparing surgery followed by radiation therapy is currently a better alternative to a full mastectomy . However, radiation therapy is costly and often worsens the breast deformities resulting from the surgery.
Scientists and bioeng...
Avoid Multiple Breast Cancer Surgeries by Terahertz Imaging
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 26, 2006
...ogy does the examination with good results and has the potential to eliminate the need for multiple surgeries.
"We found that terahertz light could reliably distinguish between normal breast ti...
da vinci: the robotic surgeon
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 18, 2006
...o precision on some procedures.
Da Vinci is most popular in prostate, esophagus and stomach surgeries. Researchers are now investigating its practicality for cardiac surgery.
News and photo s...
ERs and diversion
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 26, 2005
...aring for you will appreciate the additional input.
Make a list of your medical problems and prior surgeries. Review this list with your doctor to make sure nothing important has been forgotten. Keep...
The cost of missing appointments
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 24, 2005
...% said they would consider removing persistent offenders from their lists.
Two-thirds of the 683 surgeries surveyed said patients should be charged for missing an appointment.
Most doctors who respo...
Increasing frequency of plastic surgery do-overs
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 4, 2005
...ing to have plastic surgery continues to rise across the country, the number of corrective revision surgeries, or redos as they are often called, also appears to be increasing at a rate that is high e...
A new instant A1c kit was approved by the FDA
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 27, 2005
... of several tests Afinion is used for.
The devices itself allow doctors to carry out blood tests in surgeries to provide so-called point of care checks, without the need to send samples to a laborator...
OU Offers Christmas Present Sooner
in The Universities Weblog, on July 27, 2005
... difficult.
Wilbanks was born with spina bifida, a birth defect that's resulted in 54 surgeries. Her left leg was amputated last year. Doctors expected her to die as a toddler, but she&#...
being cyborg
in TJ's Weblog, on April 14, 2004
...lished visionary who takes his own vision of being cyborg so serious that he has undertaken several surgeries to transform himself into one. A while ago I linked to this article . His story displayed...