Retinal Implant :: Retinal implant for the treatment of blindness
FDA approves next study to evaluate an artificial retina intended to help subjects blinded by retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration.
Surgery
Lung :: Lung transplant for Australian teenage girl
An Australian teenage girl Aimee Blakiston has undergone a life-saving double lung transplant at Royal Perth Hospital in Australia, reported ABC.
Eye :: USC researchers begin tests on next generation of retinal implant
Researchers at the University of Southern California are moving into their next phase of an artificial retinal implant project.
Lung :: Lung transplant with external, artificial lung Novalung
The lung transplant team at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network used the Novalung, an external, artificial lung to keep the patient alive until a set of donor organs became available for transplantation.
Vasectomy :: Vasectomy may cause dementia
Men who have had a vasectomy may face an increased risk of developing a rare type of dementia, Northwestern University researchers discovered.
Breast Cancer :: Gene expression test reveals ER and HER-2 status of breast tumors
Two critical characteristics of breast cancer that are important to treatment can be identified by measuring gene expression in the tumor, a research team led by scientists at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in Lancet Oncology online.
Health Care :: Doctors still deny older patients tests and treatment
Doctors are still denying older people the sorts of tests and treatment they would offer to younger patients, reveals a survey in Quality and Safety in Health Care.
Heart :: Researchers determine timing of administration of platelet-inhibiting drugs
Clinicians should carefully weigh the risks and benefits of when to administer platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (Gp IIb/IIIa) inhibitors for patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive treatment, according to a study in the February 14 issue of JAMA.
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer survival rates improved by novel drug sequence
Changing the way women are treated for breast cancer could improve their overall chance of survival, according to research published today in the Lancet. The new paper shows that switching to a drug called exemestane, two to three years after commencing standard therapy with the drug tamoxifen, can cut the risk of death for certain women by a further 17 percent compared with using tamoxifen alone.
Heart Attack :: Poor people worse off following heart attack
People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who suffer a heart attack come to the emergency department more often, are less likely to be treated aggressively and have higher mortality rates a year after the attack, says new University of Alberta research that has important implications for access to cardiac care.