Patients who undergo a shunt operation are more likely to experience a reduction in the number and intensity of symptoms related to varied forms of dementia, scientists write in a new research paper.The team arrived at this conclusion after it conducted a series of studies on patients, which involved all of the parti... |
25 January 2011
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For three years now, laser liposuction has been practiced in the United States with the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The reason why most people request the procedure is that it eliminates some of the major drawbacks of conventional liposuction.For starters, the established way of removing exces... |
8 December 2010
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According to an announcement made by the US Food and Drug Administration, it would appear that the agency approved the use of a laser that is capable of removing excess fat from waists.The decision comes amid controversies over how the laser works. More specifically, many are fearing that the new fat-removing techniq... |
17 September 2010
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University of Leicester senior lecturer in cardiovascular sciences Dr Andre Ng will become the world's first expert to conduct heart surgery remotely, using a robot to perform the task. The expert, who is also a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester, will use th... |
29 April 2010
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A new long-duration study has determined that people who donate one of their kidneys to others are just as likely to live normal lives as people who still have both their organs. The research followed some 80,000 live kidney donors in the United States for a period of up to 15 years, and determined that, if the donor... |
10 March 2010
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Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) argue in a new scientific paper that appendicitis may in fact be caused by a viral infection of some sort. The condition refers to the inflammation of the appendix, a protuberance in the gut that is believed to be holding a safety ... |
19 January 2010
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Experts with the EUREKA project Odysseus announce that they have just finished developing a new tool aimed at making it easier for surgeons to conduct complex liver surgeries. The same method is bound to benefit the patients as well, as they ultimately stand to gain or lose from the experience, or lack thereof, of th... |
8 January 2010
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