Health

Pregnancy :: IVF gives women false expectations

Women are risking their chances of having children because they are delaying motherhood on the basis of “false expectations” about the success of IVF treatment.

Diabetes :: LighTouch – glucose test device for diabetics

A Syracuse University chemistry professor has patented a device that aims to make painful fingerstick testing of glucose levels a thing of the past for diabetics.

HIV :: First rapid home testing kit for HIV

Authorities in the U.S. are considering the approval of the first rapid home testing kit for HIV.

Breast Implants :: New type of silicone gel breast implant

A new type of silicone breast implant, currently available to women who agree to be part of a clinical study, offers breast augmentation and reconstruction patients more natural looking breasts with a low complication rate, according to a recent study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Colorectal Cancer :: CT colonography is best choice

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer de aths in most developed countries. Screening for colorectal malignancies and polyps (which frequently become cancerous) has been shown to lower the number of deaths from cancer.

Heart Disease :: 4D ecography for the diagnosis of prenatal cardiopathy

“4D ecography may well be a significant advance in the prenatal diagnosis of congenital cardiopathy”, explained Dr. Juan Luis Alcazar, specialist at the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the University Hospital (University of Navarre).

Heart Disease :: Cost-effective implantable cardioverter defibrillators

The use of implanted defibrillators that keep the heart beating in proper electrical rhythm to prevent cardiac arrest appears to be cost-effective for those patients who receive a significant mortality reduction, according to researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Stanford University and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Calif.