Routine screening for BI-RADS lesions on automated whole-breast ultrasound
Return to routine screening for BI-RADS 3 lesions on supplemental automated whole-breast ultrasound substantially reduces the recall rate, while being ...
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Personalised 3D printed knee implant could help thousands of arthritis sufferers
Credit: University of Bath Pioneering 'printed metal' procedure to create bespoke treatment for early knee osteoarthritis set to be trialled ...
Thyroid cancer now diagnosed with machine learning-powered photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging
Credit: POSTECH A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are ...
UC San Diego Health first in nation to implant new device for chronic back pain
Treatment provides non-opiate alternative that is minimally invasive with emphasis on functional restorationCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Advancing options ...
Change in respiratory care strategies for preterm infants improves health outcomes
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A decade's worth of data shows that neonatologists are shifting the type of respiratory support ...
Pumped to assist the heart with an artificial aorta
In January of this year, EPFL engineers announced in Advanced Science their concept of a novel cardiac assist device that ...
World-leading £1.6 million study begins into robotic surgery for knee replacement
A major national study will pitch human skill against machine precision as it compares the benefits of knee replacement surgery ...
Smoother silicone breast implants may reduce severity of immune system reactions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STUDY SUGGESTS THAT SMOOTHER SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS REDUCE SEVERITY OF IMMUNE SYSTEM REACTIONS According to researchers at ...
Scientists to develop the coatings for titanium implants to fasten osseointegration
Researchers developed the coatings for titanium implants Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues ...
Surgical treatment of brain tumors should also be considered for the elderly
Meningiomas, which originate in the meninges surrounding the brain, are the most common type of benign brain tumours. The primary ...
Catherine F. Sinclair, MD appointed incoming Editor-in-Chief of VideoEndocrinology
Alexandria, VA, and New Rochelle, NY, June 17, 2021--Catherine F. Sinclair, MD, has been appointed the next Editor-in-Chief of VideoEndocrinology™, published ...
Printable Purdue biosensor simultaneously records, makes images of tissues and organs
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Surgeons may soon be able to localize critical regions in tissues and organs during a surgical ...
Incidents of serious parasitic disease on the rise in Alberta, Canada
The province is now the North American hotspot for a rare, potentially fatal disease, say researchers A rare parasitic infection ...
Immune system protein may defend against deadly intestinal disease in babies
Findings may lead to new therapies for necrotizing enterocolitis The intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis is a leading cause of death ...
Complications following dental implant therapy are common
More than four out of ten patients who received dental implants suffered complications within a nine-year period, these are the ...
Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract
MIT engineers used kirigami-style etching to design a stent that can temporarily lodge in tubular organs to release drugs. CAMBRIDGE, ...
New book explores novel techniques in minimally invasive sports medicine procedures
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A new book edited by Chad D. Lavender, M.D., an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the ...
Robots with T-ray technology to spot and remove cancer tumors in £8 million project
New technology that will marry probes that can detect cancer tumours through the skin with high-precision robotic surgery is to ...
Escape from oblivion: How the brain reboots after deep anesthesia
Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep general anesthesiaCredit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan Medicine Millions of ...
Pain monitoring helps assess the effectiveness of opioid-sparing approaches during surgery
Credit: Medasense A new study has shown that effective opioid-sparing anaesthesia with dexmedetomidine can be guided with NOL pain monitoring ...
