Heart Valves Implanted Without Open-Heart Surgery
An innovative approach for implanting a new aortic heart valve without open-heart surgery is being offered to patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Known as the PARTNER (Placement of AoRTic traNscathetER valves) trial, this Phase 3 multicenter study is being led by national co-principal investigators Dr. Martin Leon and Dr.
Obesity May Play A Role In Erectile Dysfunction
A new study may be an important motivational tool for obese men to lose weight! According to a study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, obese men with erectile dysfunction (ED) are shown to have low levels of hormones, such as testosterone. A correlation between certain conditions associated with obesity, particularly hypertension, are the most important determinants of obesity-related ED.
Chronic Total Occlusion: 6th International Summit To Be Held Feb. 5-6, 2009 In NYC
WHAT: The Sixth International Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Summit is a two-day conference featuring state-of-the-art technologies, research findings and new developments in therapeutic procedures that are essential for interventional cardiologists to optimize procedural success in chronic total coronary occlusions.
PD2i Technology At Core Of Future Platforms For Risk Stratification Of Trauma And Sudden Cardiac Death
David H. Fater, President and CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc., announced that on December 29, 2008 Vicor Technologies received FDA 510(k) approval (K082709) to market its PD2i Analyzer, permitting immediate commercialization of the technology. Vicor Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: VCRT) is a development-stage biotechnology company focused on the commercialization of innovative non-invasive diagnostics using its patented, proprietary PD2i algorithm for cardiovascular and trauma use.
Bicycle Seat Design Can Directly Affect A Man's Sexual Function
Long suspected by the 5 million recreational bike riders and sexual medicine experts, bicycle seat design-shorter noseless seats versus the standard protruding nose extended seat-can directly affect a man's sexual function, based on the nation's first prospective study of healthy policemen riding bikes on the job. The study is published in the current issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine. Dr.
MMWR: Investigation of Patients Treated by an HIV-Infected Cardiothoracic Surgeon --- Israel, 2007
Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from an infected health-care worker to patients is rare (1), with the greatest potential for occurrence during exposure-prone, invasive surgical procedures in which the blood of the health-care worker might come into contact with patients' blood or mucous membranes.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Nose-spray botulism vaccine shown effective
Nose-spray botulism vaccine shown effective
Economy Has Utahns Avoiding Cancer Screenings
Health Personnel put 60,000 People at Risk for Hepatitis
Pennsylvania Recognizes January As Cervical Health Awareness Month
Failures To Follow Infection Practices Increases Patient's Hepatitis B, C Risk
A life in pain: new study examines the experiences of older people
The goal of the botulism nasal spray vaccine is to offer troops better protection from potential bioweapon, safer stockpiling. A preclinical study found a new nasal spray vaccine to provide complete protection against a major botulism toxin, according to a study published today in the Nature journal Gene Therapy.
Economy Has Utahns Avoiding Cancer Screenings
In these tight economic times, physicians are reporting their patients are delaying routine cancer screenings due to cost. This has officials at the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) and Utah Cancer Action Network (UCAN) concerned, particularly about colon cancer screening.
“Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and Utah,” said Bronwen Calver, UDOH comprehensive cancer coordinator. “It’s alarming that nearly 45 percent of Utahns age 50 and older have never been screened for it.”
Health Personnel put 60,000 People at Risk for Hepatitis
A new study from the CDC shows that health care personnel, working outside of hospitals, have put 60,000 people at risk for Hepatitis B and C because of failure to follow basic infection control guidelines.
Dr. John Ward, director of CDC′s Division of Viral Hepatitis says, "Thousands of patients are needlessly exposed to viral hepatitis and other preventable diseases in the very places where they should feel protected. No patient should go to their doctor for health care only to leave with a life-threatening disease." He calls the report a "wake-up call".
Pennsylvania Recognizes January As Cervical Health Awareness Month
As a part of National Cervical Health Awareness Month, Acting Secretary of Health Everette James today reminded women of the importance of cervical cancer prevention and the need for Pap tests.
“Every January as we begin a new year, we want to remind all Pennsylvanians to do what they can to improve their overall health,” said James. “This month, as we observe National Cervical Cancer Month, I want to remind our mothers, sisters, daughters and friends that yearly examinations are the best way to prevent cervical cancer.
Failures To Follow Infection Practices Increases Patient's Hepatitis B, C Risk
A new study by the Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) in the Annuals of Internal Medicine (Jan 6, 2009) notes that in the last decade, more than 60,000 patients in the United States were asked to get tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) because health care personnel in settings outside hospitals failed to follow basic infection control practices.
A life in pain: new study examines the experiences of older people
It’s debilitating, isolating and can lead to severe depression - yet pain is widely accepted as something to be expected and regarded as ‘normal’ in later life.
Now a new study from The University of Nottingham examines older people’s experiences of pain and how best Government, the NHS and social care agencies can address the issue. The report, Pain in older people: reflections and experiences from an older person’s perspective, aims to highlight the issue of pain in older people by exploring their experiences of living and coping with persistent pain.
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