(MedPage Today) — The group responsible for Consumer Reports on everything from vacuums to cars today released a report card for CABG outcomes at roughly 20% of the nation’s cardiac surgery centers.
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Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies to treat fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, announced today that it has initiated a Phase 2a clinical study of PRM-151 to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of PRM-151 in preventing post-surgical scarring in glaucoma patients following glaucoma filtration surgery. There currently are no approved drugs [...]
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When breast cancer surgeons regularly confer with plastic surgeons prior to surgery, their patients are more likely to have reconstruction, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Where a woman goes for breast cancer treatment can vary widely - ranging from small private practices to large [...]
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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the publication of new data supporting the safety and efficacy of Caldolor® (ibuprofen) Injection in pre and post-operative orthopedic surgery patients. The study, which was published in the August edition of the peer-reviewed journal Pain Medicine, concludes that IV ibuprofen significantly decreased pain and morphine use when compared with placebo.
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(MedPage Today) — The maker of an artificial hip system issued a voluntary recall of its ASR product line after data indicated a higher than expected need for device replacement surgery five years after the initial procedure.
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(MedPage Today) — The maker of an artificial hip system issued a voluntary recall of its ASR product line after data indicated a higher than expected need for device replacement surgery five years after the initial procedure.
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A new technology that tracks instruments and sponges during surgical procedures has earned clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. Haldor Advanced Technologies Ltd. has developed ORLocate, a system specifically designed to improve patient safety and decrease complex and time-consuming counting procedures that are prone to human error…
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The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. NARAL Official Discusses AG Opinion:MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained a legal opinion from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) arguing that abortion clinics should be regulated as surgery centers, which would force them to make structural changes, obtain hospital admitting privileges and meet other requirements…
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Starting in September, President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will go into effect. The act mandates free preventative services such as cholesterol or breast cancer screenings and tetanus shots. But the question is, will doctors and patients take advantage of these new preventative services? “Unfortunately, thanks to our American healthcare system, we have been programmed to [...]
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University of Cincinnati (UC) analysis of 10 years of data from local kidney transplant patients shows that patients removed from a corticosteroid regimen shortly after surgery have better graft survival rates, better survival rates and fewer cardiovascular events than patients kept on the traditional regimen of long-term steroids.
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