Invasive “crazy ants” are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. It’s the latest in a history of ant invasions from the southern hemisphere and may prove to have dramatic effects on the ecosystem of the...
Inherited ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and sudden cardiac death in children who have structurally normal hearts. Despite conventional medical therapy, some of these children remain symptomatic with recurrent life-threatening arrhythmias, syncope, or frequent...
Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have high rates of diagnostic and invasive breast procedures after treatment with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Breast-conserving surgery is the most common treatment for...
Emergency minimally invasive repair effectively treats potentially fatal ruptured aneurysms in the abdomen without major surgery, involves less recovery time and fewer discharges to in-patient care facilities. A burst aneurysm (a local area of bulge) in the abdominal aorta - the largest blood...
The addition of a simple stent can help prevent potentially lethal blood vessel bulges in the brain from recurring after they are repaired in a minimally invasive "coiling" procedure, according to new research by Johns Hopkins physicians. A report on the research, published in the July Journal...
Before we met they flirted online. While we were dating they pretty much continued until I found out and we broke up for a while. When we got back together he wanted to still go on a trip to see her but he didn't, thankfully, and afterward She was removed from his contacts.
Well he recently re...
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in the development of novel therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced the presentation of recent preclinical data using its next generation of minimally invasive intradermal (skin)...
A procedure involving only one small incision and no major modifications to bone can be used to transpose a tendon and appears helpful in reanimating the lower face after paralysis, according to a report in the January/February issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hip replacements are among the most common surgical procedures in the United States; and with osteoarthritis and obesity on the rise, demand for the procedure is expected to grow. From 1996 to 2006, the number of hip...
A comparison of two strategies to determine the stage of suspected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) finds that the less invasive method is more effective at identifying a type of lung cancer that has spread, and may result in a reduction of unnecessary surgical procedures and associated...
A less invasive method of determining the stage of suspected NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) leads to fewer unnecessary surgical interventions and the side effects that go with them, and appears to be more efficient too, researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands...
Where was it originally from?
How was it introduced into Wisconsin?
How is it affecting native species and what control measures are being used to remove it.
Where was it originally from?
How was it introduced into Wisconsin?
How is it affecting native species and what control measures are being used to remove it.
A single pre-operative intravesical electromotive (EMDA) instillation of mitomycin-C (MMC) improves a patient's risk of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) recurrence more than a single post-operative intravesical passive instillation, according to new research from investigators in...
Bladder cancer often becomes aggressive and spreads in patients despite treatment, but now researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein they believe is involved in pushing tumors to become invasive - and deadly. "We have found that IGF-IR is a critical...
For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to predict whether women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer - are at risk of developing more invasive tumors in later years. As a result of the finding, women with DCIS will have the...
A minimally invasive endoscopic procedure holds promise for safely removing large brain tumors from an area at the bottom of the skull, near the sinus cavities, clinical researchers at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) at University Hospital...
While health policy researchers commonly suggest that geographic variations in the amount of medical care provided can be attributed to hospital costs or physician practice patterns, a new study examining regional utilization of a specific surgical procedure minimally invasive aneurysm repair...
While health policy researchers commonly suggest that geographic variations in the amount of medical care provided can be attributed to hospital costs or physician practice patterns, a new study examining regional utilization of a specific surgical procedure minimally invasive aneurysm repair...
While health policy researchers commonly suggest that geographic variations in the amount of medical care provided can be attributed to hospital costs or physician practice patterns, a new study examining regional utilization of a specific surgical procedure minimally invasive aneurysm repair...