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Did marrow transplant cure AIDS?

December 03, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics 2 Comments →


An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.

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Surgery for Sweating

November 02, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

The middle school years can be tough. It’s a time of change and sometimes a little awkwardness. So imagine going through those years with a condition that causes your hands or arm pits to sweat so badly that you avoid social situations. It’s called hyperhidrosis, and doctors at Mayo Clinic say a minimally invasive outpatient can stop the sweating.

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Scientists pioneer new treatment for prostate cancer

September 15, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

Scientists at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) are developing and commercializing a promising novel therapy for the of that may offer patients a faster and more precise than existing clinical alternatives, with fewer side effects.
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Researchers Find Way To Make Tumor Cells Easier To Destroy

May 10, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

Tumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.

The Washington University radiation oncology researchers found that tumors have a built-in mechanism that protects them from heat (hyperthermia) damage and most likely decreases the benefit of hyperthermia and radiation as a combined therapy.
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MR-Guided Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Fibroids Is Cost-Effective

April 20, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →



Surgical management of symptomatic can be accomplished cost-effectively with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), Canadian and British investigators report in the March issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.





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Bariatric Surgery May Eliminate Need for Medication in Nonobese Type 2 Diabetics

April 18, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

A new type of may eliminate the need for medication in patients with type 2 , according to a study reported here at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2008 Annual Scientific Session and Postgraduate Course.
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Tiny magnets offer breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer

April 17, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

A revolutionary using microscopic magnets to enable ‘armed’ human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Research published online today in the journal, Gene Therapy, shows that inserting these nanomagnets into cells carrying genes to fight tumours, results in many more cells successfully reaching and invading malignant tumours. (more…)

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Removal of superficial tumors in esophagus by endoscopy can avoid extirpation of this part

April 16, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

The removal through of tumours that affect only the superficial layers of the oesophagus can avoid complete extirpation of this part of the digestive tract. The technique, carried out at the University Hospital of Navarra for the last three years, was presented at the VI International Course on Therapeutic in the Digestive System, organized by the Digestive System Service at this hospital. Specifically, more than 90% of patients treated for this ailment at the University Hospital of Navarra have not needed the extirpation of the oesophagus.
400 specialists from ten different countries attended the course, focusing on the therapeutic possibilities of in the digestive system. using digestive , without having to carry out , is increasing. These applications are less aggressive than surgical operations and are undertaken at out-patient clinics in about 99% of the cases, which usually enables the patient to go home after the walk-in/walk-out , explained Doctor Miguel Ángel Muñoz Navas, Director of the Digestive System Service at the University Hospital of Navarra.
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Major surgery no longer needed for the removal of uterine fibroids

April 15, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

The of with (MRgFUS) is safe, non-invasive and effective, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, NY.
“Approximately 25% of women in the United States have clinically symptomatic fibroids, and has most commonly been surgical with hysterectomy or . However, in the past decade, new options have been developed in radiology, includingnon-invasive MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) and minimally invasive uterine artery embolization (UAE) to treat these patients,” said Elizabeth K. Arleo, MD, lead author of the study along with Robert J. Min, MD, MBA, chairman of radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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Surgeons announce advance in atrial fibrillation surgery

April 15, 2008 By: Laurentiu Category: Treatment technics No Comments →

Heart surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that by adding a simple 10-20 second step to an operative procedure they achieved a significant improvement in the outcome for the surgical of (AF).
Reporting in the April issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular , the surgeons describe an enhancement to the Cox-Maze procedure, a surgical procedure that redirects wayward electrical impulses causing AF by creating precisely placed scars, or ablations, in the heart muscle. The Cox-Maze procedure is highly effective, offering the best long-term cure rate for persistent .
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