OncoVista Innovative Therapies, Inc., (OTCBB:OVIT) reported in a letter to shareholders that it is moving forward on its business plan to develop targeted, safer and more efficacious cancer treatments with reduced or…
Organ removal surgery through body’s orifices, without any visible incisions
When Patricia Manrique was told she needed her gallbladder removed she immediately thought about the classroom full of children who rely on her to teach them tap and ballet each day. The…
Smart phones could help bridge treatment gap
Soldiers who lack access to mental health care providers because they are too far away from each other could one day speak to a doctor on a screen in the palm of…
FDA approves ELANA Surgical Kit for standard bypass surgery in brain
U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a surgical kit that allows neurosurgeons to reroute blood flow around an aneurysm or a tumor in the brains of patients at greater risk of…
SKMC Organises “3rd Abu Dhabi Wound Care” Conference
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic, inaugurated today the 3rd Abu Dhabi Wound Care Conference in Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi. The focus of the conference was to promote…
Innovative cosmetic procedures propel global medical tourism
According to a new report from Frost & Sullivan “Technology Trends in Cosmetic Procedures”, Brazil is a destination for global cosmetical companies and therapeutic equipment manufacturers to promote their products, as cosmetic…
Scientists Identify Molecule That Can Increase Blood Flow In Vascular Disease
Circulating through the bloodstream of every human being is a rare and powerful type of cell, one that can actually create new blood vessels to bypass blockages that cause heart attacks and…
Mount Sinai Performs First U.S. Cardiac Ablation Using Contact Force-Sensing Atheter To Treat Atrial Fibrillation
The Mount Sinai Medical Center has become the first hospital in the United States to perform a cardiac catheterization procedure using the TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter for the treatment of symptomatic paroxysmal…
Acquisition Of Robotic Technology Leads To Increased Rates Of Prostate Cancer Surgery
A new study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine shows that when hospitals acquire surgical robotic technology, men in that region are more likely to…
New Clues To Help Patients With Immune Deficiency Disease
Infection researchers at Umeå University have uncovered a new disease mechanism in patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) in an international clinical collaboration with the Children’s Hospital in Zurich. Their new findings…
Scripps Research Team Discovers New Details About Medically Important Protein Family
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have determined a new structure from a medically important superfamily of proteins. The structure should help instruct the design of a new kind of therapeutics for…
Protein Engineered By Researchers Has Potential For New Anti-Inflamatory Treatment
Researchers from across multiple disciplines at NYU Langone Medical Center created a new protein molecule derived from the growth factor progranulin may provide the basis for new therapies in inflammatory diseases, such…
Lasers Used To Study Splicing Of Pre-Messenger RNA Molecules
From neurosurgery to bar code readers, lasers have been used in a myriad of applications since they were first introduced in the late 1950’s. Now, with the work being done in Jeff…
First Risk Index for Suicide Prevention
Although thousands of people commit suicide worldwide each year, researchers and doctors do not have any method for evaluating a person’s likelihood of thinking about or trying to commit suicide. An international…
Plexxikon Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial In Hodgkin Lymphoma With PLX3397
Plexxikon announced that it has treated the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial in Hodgkin lymphoma with PLX3397. This novel agent is an oral, selective inhibitor that down-modulates two key…