Surgery :: Hydrogen peroxide could cause absorbable sutures to come apart
Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
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Medicare :: CMA unveils Plan to Modernize Medicare in Canada
Dr. Colin McMillan, President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), unveiled a new vision for an expanded and modernized Medicare to serve patients.
Alzheimer’s Disease :: Drug donepezil improves symptoms of severe Alzheimer’s disease
A drug initially used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease improved the memory and global function of people with severe Alzheimer?s disease and was safe and effective, according to a study published in the July 31, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Avandia :: FDA Advisory Panel supports Glaxo’s diabetes drug Avandia
GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE: GSK] welcomed the nearly unanimous recommendation of an U.S. Food and Drug Administration?s (FDA) advisory committee to support Avandia?s (rosiglitazone maleate) continued availability to patients in the US.
Immunity :: Immune response in melioidosis
Melioidosis is a severe infection caused by the gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is endemic in Southeast Asia.
Healthcare :: Religious doctors no more likely to care for underserved patients
Although most religious traditions call on the faithful to serve the poor, a large cross-sectional survey of US physicians found that physicians who are more religious are slightly less likely to practice medicine among the underserved than physicians with no religious affiliation.
Infant :: Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke raises blood pressure in infants
Infants whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have substantially higher blood pressures in their first months of life, Dutch researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Brain :: Interactive 3-D map can better guide surgeons through brain during procedure
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience is one of first medical centers in the U.S. to develop and begin using translational, interactive 3-D technology to map the human brain and help guide neurological surgeons during epilepsy surgery and procedures to remove malignant brain tumors.
Healthcare :: National quality agenda, payment reform, care integration keys to improving quality, patient safety
As health care quality and patient safety concerns rise, the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey finds leaders united behind several key reform measures:
Oxygen Therapy :: Mayo Clinic Installs Hyperbaric Facility
Today, Mayo Clinic opened the wall of one of its hospitals and used a crane to slide in a huge, high-tech steel box designed to heal patients and foster medical discoveries. The box is a 3,800-cubic-foot, high-pressure hyperbaric system that contains three specialized therapy rooms.