A study of 311 patients by The University of Manchester has found that it may be possible to predict early which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients will fail to respond to the biologic drugs given to treat them. These findings could help better manage patients symptoms.
A petite 44-year-old woman has received a successful heart transplant at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, thanks to an experimental Total Artificial Heart designed for smaller patients. The UCLA patient is the first person in California to receive the smaller Total Artificial Heart, and the first patient in the world with the device to be bridged to a successful heart transplant - that is, to go from needing a transplant to receiving one.
A new algorithm created by engineering experts at the University of Lincoln, UK, provides more effective Electrocardiogram (ECG) diagnosis for people with heart conditions. The research, which improves ECG signal classification and improved abnormality detection and diagnosis, won an award at the recent International Conference on Medical and Health Science held in Berlin.
Patients are experiencing significant delays in access to approved cardiovascular devices due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, reveals a Devices White Paper from the Cardiovascular Round Table (CRT) published July 1 in European Heart Journal.
In the largest multi-institutional study to date, patients diagnosed with bladder cancer and treated with robot-assisted surgery experienced similar results to those who underwent a traditional open operation, according to research led by scientists at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). The study results were recently published in the journal of the European Association of Urology.
Chemists at Caltech have developed a new sensitive technique capable of detecting colorectal cancer in tissue samples -- a method that could one day be used in clinical settings for the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
A study that successfully differentiated patients with pancreatic cancer from those with another pancreatic disease using a new biomarker, could lead to a blood test that detects pancreatic cancer early enough for curative surgery to be feasible.
Patients with diabetes have to control their blood sugar by regularly pricking their finger and giving themselves insulin shots. The procedure is painful and imprecise - injecting the wrong amount of insulin can lead to serious complications, and in some cases, coma and death.
New devices called stent retrievers are enabling physicians to benefit selected patients who suffer strokes caused by blood clots. The devices effectively stop strokes in their tracks.
Updated stroke treatment recommendations from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association include using a stent retrieval device to remove blood clots from large arteries in select patients. Clot-busting medication - tPA - continues to be the gold standard for treating clot-caused stroke. Clot busters and/or clot-removal procedures must be administered within a few hours of stroke symptoms, so call 9-1-1 and seek immediate help if they occur.
The first patients are being enrolled at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute at Baptist Hospital in a major national study comparing intensive medical management to carotid endarterectomy, a common operation to prevent stroke, and to carotid artery stenting. The Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis study (CREST-2) is supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health.
Building on ILUMIEN I and ILUMIEN II, ILUMIEN III will compare St. Jude Medical’s OCT imaging to intravascular ultrasound and angiography to further shape the standard of care for cardiovascular patients.
Today, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) published new stroke treatment guidelines that recommend the use of stent retriever technology - such as Medtronic plcs (NYSE: MDT) SolitaireTM stent retriever device - in conjunction with the current standard of care, IV-tPA, as a first-line treatment for eligible patients.
According to a recent report by iData Research, Holmium lasers and ureteral stents are rapidly growing in market value, bringing with them cost-saving advantages that benefit urologists and the stone management market as a whole.
Staying active, never smoking and controlling diabetes and cholesterol can prevent hardening of the arteries, but effective treatment of atherosclerosis could come down to harnessing an enzyme already built in to the blood vessels.
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