Procedures and Therapies News Headlines

• Studies Show Most Patients Use Complementary Alternative Medicines In Conjunction With Fertility Treatments
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• EU Institutions Press For Early Adoption Of Advanced Therapies Regulation
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
  
• United Therapeutics Announces Pulmonary Hypertension Opinion Leaders' Guidance On Intravenous Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Shoddy Cosmetic Procedures Can Leave Lasting Damage
  MedicineNet - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Hospital Trustees Begin To Focus On Patient Safety
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
  
• WellBound Presents Positive Results From Multiple Self-Care Dialysis Studies At The Annual Dialysis Conference
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Dendreon Announces FDA's Cellular, Tissue And Gene Therapies Advisory Committee To Review Provenge(R) For The Treatment Of Prostate Cancer
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Revimmune Uses An Approved Drug In A New Patent-Pending Method To Eliminate Autoimmunity
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
  
• New Survey Reveals Dramatic Rise In Non-Invasive Procedures In Facial Plastic Surgery
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• More Consumers Attempt To Bargain For Lower Medical Care Prices
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Weight Loss Surgery Rate Increases Among Teens, But Use Of Procedure Still Uncommon In Adolescents
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Physicians Converge On San Diego And Ft. Lauderdale To Explore Adding Aesthetic Procedures To Their Medical Practices
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Major Discovery Is Promising Target For New Diabetes Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• Health Affairs Web Exclusive Interview Examines Future Of Imaging Procedures
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Industry-funded Breast Cancer Trials More Likely To Yield Positive Results
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Noridian Issues Update On Staggering Claims Backlog, USA
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
  
• EU Regulation Urgently Needed! European Patients Are Waiting For The Next Generation Of Medical Treatments
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• New Study May Show How To Forestall A Fatal, Virus-caused Immune-system Meltdown
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Grifols Announces FDA Approval Of Alphanate(R) To Treat Von Willebrand Disease
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Long-Term Safety Data Show The LAP-BAND(R) Adjustable Gastric Banding System Results In Fewer Complications Compared To Gastric Bypass
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Delcath Systems Reports Positive Data From Ongoing Phase II Multi-Histology Trial At The Second International Symposium On Regional Cancer Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Health Care Provider News Coverage
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• CureDM, Inc. Achieves Two Drug Discovery Milestones
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Positive Results More Likely From Industry-funded Breast Cancer Trials
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Cesarean procedures without reason are health risk, says Canadian study
  The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:16 EST
  
• Artificial teeth developed in mouths of mice
  The Earth Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:45 EST
  
• New Supercomputer Brings Unique Opportunities For Swedish Brain Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Understanding Genetic Factors Could Contribute To Better Smoking-Cessation Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Learning To Prevent Medical Mistakes In Caring For Stroke Patients
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Learning To Prevent Medical Mistakes In Caring For Stroke Patients
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Medical Ventures' Metricath Gemini Vessel Measurement System Licensed In Canada
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Breast cancer therapies' side effects vary by age
  Reuters - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:12 EST
  
• Mouse Stem Cell Line Advance Suggests Potential For IVF-incompetent Eggs
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• UK Government Did Not Consult On Visa Restrictions For Overseas Doctors - BMA Responds To High Court Ruling
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• New Nonsurgical Option For Women Suffering From Painful Fibroid Tumors
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Groundbreaking Screening Legislation Could Prevent 4,300 Sudden Cardiac Deaths
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Modeling Lung Cancer
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
  
• 3 given organs from HIV-positive donor
  MSNBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:28 EST
  
• Spray Drying Technique Created For TB Vaccine
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• UCL And Sewon Cellontech To Work On Delivery Of Orthopaedic Treatments Using Stem Cell Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Getting On Your Nerves ... And Repairing Them
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Study Finds Flaws In Cancer Clinical Trials
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Reported Failures Of The Polymer Self-Locking (Hem-O-Lok) Clip: Review Of Data From The Food And Drug Administration
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Doc's Moral Beliefs: Patient Dilemma?
  WebMD - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:54 EST
  
• Pfizer's Maraviroc To Receive Accelerated Regulatory Reviews In The U.S. And Europe
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Patients lie to doctors — and suffer for it
  MSNBC - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:37 EST
  
• Scientists Determine 3-D Structure Of Cell's 'Fuel Gauge'
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Orthocrat Demonstrates Traumacad 2.0 At AAOS - New Version Brings Upgraded Foot, Spine, Hip, Trauma, And Reporting Features
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• Scottish Medicines Consortium Supports TachoSil In Wider Surgical Procedures
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Abdominal Surgical Procedures Without Skin Incisions
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Modeling Lung Cancer: New Mouse Model Validates Targeted Chemotherapeutic
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Slathering on skin-numbing creams can kill
  MSNBC - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:27 EST
  
• ADVENTRX To Present Thiovir Preclinical Data At The 20th International Conference On Antiviral Research
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Medicare Will Not Cover Nerve Device in Depression
  New York Times - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:48 EST
  
• Overuse of skin numbing creams can cause death: FDA
  Reuters - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:18 EST
  
• Call For Reform Of Psychological Therapies In The UK
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Health Affairs Web Exclusive Examines Self-Pay Health Care Procedures' Effect On Consumer Shopping
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
  
• CMS Notifies Four Transplant Programs Of Potential Funding Loss
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Flaws In Cancer Clinical Trials Found
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Medicare proposes wider carotid stent coverage
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:52 EST
  
• Medicare proposes wider carotid stent coverage
  Reuters - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:52 EST
  
• Some doctors silent on therapies they oppose
  CNN - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:10 EST
  
• Study Reports 70% Of Barrett's Esophagus Patients Cured At One-Year Follow-Up In Multi-Center Study
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• American Academy Of Dermatology: New Approach For Treating Aging Skin Combines Minimally Invasive Procedures
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Liposuction procedures in U.K. up 90% in 2006
  The Earth Times - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:56 EST
  
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Invests More Than $3 Million To Expand Clinical Research Capabilities Nationwide
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Long-Term Followup Of Patients After Redo Bladder Neck Reconstruction For Bladder Exstrophy Complex
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
  
• British government rejects proposal to charge NHS patients
  The Earth Times - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:02 EST
  
• Study Finds Flaws In Cancer Clinical Trials
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Promise For Transplant Therapies
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• U Of MN Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Promise For Transplant Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:00 EST
  
• Texas Back Institute Explores Dynamic Stabilization Procedures As Alternative To Traditional Spine Therapy
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Fertility therapies raise birth defect risks a bit
  MSNBC - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:22 EST
  
• Police Confession Procedures May Lead To False Confessions - Study Addresses Psychological Elements, Incorrect Assumptions
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00 EST
  
• FDA Approves Possis Spiroflex® Catheter For Coronary Blood Clot Removal
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
  
• Molecular Link Discovered Between Inflammation And Cancer
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Molecular Link Between Inflammation And Cancer Discovered
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New Guidelines For Assessing Lymphoma Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:00 EST
  
• EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. Completes Five Fully Transoral Redo-Obesity Procedures: Without Skin Incision - In As Little As 20 Minutes
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Alternative therapies not discussed
  The Earth Times - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:07 EST
  
• Drip Infusion 100 Receives Approval As Additional Indication Of Treating Behcet's Disease With Refractory Uveoretinitis
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• New Activation Mechanism For Pain Sensing Channel Revealed
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Codman's DURAFORM™ Implant Receives Two New Indications For Use In Europe
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Targepeutics Actively Developing Targeted Molecular Therapies For Cancer
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Stem cell transplant for eye repair raises concern
  The Earth Times - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:34 EST
  
• Ear tubes don't make a difference in learning
  MSNBC - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:00 EST
  
• The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery And The American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Issue Patient Safety Advisory On Medi-spas
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Cellular Waste Disposal, A Target For Drug Therapies - Nobel Laureate Professor Aaron Ciechanover Delivers Key Note Lecture
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Vascular Niche Nurtures Brain Tumor Stem Cells
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
  
• For Those Who Fear the Dentist, Help Is Here
  ABC News - Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:41 EST
  
• Obesity Surgeries Have Jumped Dramatically Since 1998
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Spas try new therapies to tackle workplace woes
  Reuters - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:21 EST
  
• Spas try new therapies to tackle workplace woes
  Reuters - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:04 EST
  
• New Bi-Directional Cardiac Catheter Now Available For Treatment Of Irregular Heart Rhythms
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Brain Cleaner: New Method Holds Promise For Treating Brain Injuries
  ScienceDaily - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Screening may improve cystic fibrosis outcomes
  Reuters - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:26 EST
  
• Expanded Use For TheraSphere(R) Offers Physicians An Innovative Alternative To Traditional Liver Cancer Therapies
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• Hospital routine blamed for SARS outbreak
  The Earth Times - Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:33 EST
  
• Endourologic Management Of Pediatric Urolithiasis: Proposed Clinical Guidelines
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
  
• New Target For Treatment Of Breast Cancer
  ScienceDaily - Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:00 EST