German cancer surgeons have, for the first time, successfully removed a tumour with the aid of new 3-D computer modelling software which the designers say will make these operations safer and more accurate.
British doctors are about to conduct the first major trial of “spray-on” skin after the technique saved the life of a man with 90 per cent burns.
Dr. Angel Lanas, at University Hospital in Zaragoza, and team, gathered data from 26 Spanish hospitals on patients hospitalized for problems related to peptic-ulcers and on the drugs they took during the month before the incident.
A new study in the Journal of Pediatrics indicates that childhood ibuprofen-triggered asthma attacks is a health concern for many children. Although the rate of ibuprofen-sensitive asthma is low, it is a concern due to the number of children who use ibuprofen and have asthma. According to Dr. Jason Debley, more than 100,000 asthmatic children are at risk for asthma attacks brought on by ibuprofen. Debley emphasized that parents and doctors of children with asthma should be careful when administering ibuprofen.
MIT scientists have developed a new dye that could offer noninvasive early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, a discovery that could aid in monitoring the progression of the disease and in studying the efficacy of new treatments to stop it.
The sooner problems with vision are detected, the quicker a child can get the necessary treatment.
Acute renal failure, or ARF, is as serious as it sounds. An estimated 40% of critical care hospital admissions experience ARF. Estimates of their death rate range from 50% to 80%, complicated by the fact that patients with ARF often simultaneously suffer failure of other major organ systems.
For type 1 diabetes patients, a episode of psychological stress significantly slows the decline in blood sugar concentrations following a spike after food intake — but has no effect on sugar levels during fasting — a new study shows.
A recently developed patch containing the analgesic drug ketoprofen appears to be useful in treating tendinitis, according to a new study.
Modest reductions in dietary salt can benefit black people with high blood pressure considerably, UK researchers report.