Hysteroscopic sterilization device nears market.(Gynecology)

OB GYN News;  December 15, 2005 ;     496 words ......system is the next step in the evolution of hysteroscopic devices, Dr. Johns said in an interview...He accepted payment to enroll and treat patients in the trial but said he has no financial...were aged 28-33 years. A total of 655 patients were taken for hysteroscopy, and 10 were excluded for ...

Liver Ca more aggressive in hepatitis B...

Internal Medicine News;  May 15, 2006 ;     693 words ...SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients with underlying viral hepatitis B are...and in better overall health than are patients with hepatitis C, but their tumors...the characteristics of liver cancer patients emerged when Dr. Spiros P. Hiotis of...

In-office placement of Essure feasible and fast, study...

OB GYN News;  January 15, 2006 ;     405 words ...CHICAGO -- Essure hysteroscopic sterilization may be performed in an office...the following: 34% of the patients had undergone cesarean section...laparoscopic approach. Of the 155 patients, 146 (94%) had successful...occlusion in 104. Three patients had initial unilateral occlusion...

Patients given hospitals choice

Yorkshire Post;  March 29, 2008 ;     533 words ...PATIENTS will be able to select appointments at any hospital in...under a flagship Government initiative. From April 1, patients referred to hospital by their GP will be able to choose...Ministers have pressed for the move as part of efforts to give patients more power. They also hope it will put pressure ...

Results of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy in supratentorial...

Turkish Journal of Cancer;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sixty patients with the diagnosis of supratentorial...1997, were retrospectively analyzed. The patients had a median age of 47 years and a median...and glioblastoma multiforme in 39 (65%) patients. Median survival was 13 months for all...

Patients dissatisfied at two-tier GP funding

The Independent - London;  June 1, 1995 ;     499 words ...Patients of fundholding GPs are still getting to hospital faster...treatment, a new survey says. But the report says fundholders' patients are less satisfied than non- fundholders' with some of...There are 2,600 fundholding GPs covering 40 per cent of patients in England and Wales. They have budgets and buy ...

New Data Confirms Successful Use of Essure(R) Permanent Birth Control in...

PR Newswire;  November 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Chicago confirms hysteroscopic sterilization can successfully...gynecologists and their patients a safe choice...topics such as hysteroscopic sterilization under local...effective for both patients and physicians...clinicians and their patients a non-incisional...12:45 p.m. ...

Many bipolar patients are also ailing and obese.(Mental Health)

Family Practice News;  October 1, 2005 ;     545 words ...PITTSBURGH -- Patients with bipolar disorder have an unexpectedly high prevalence of medical comorbidities, based on findings from a study of 175 patients. These 175 patients, with an average age of 35, had a high prevalence of gastrointestinal...

Abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis patients

The American Surgeon;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The number of patients with end-stage renal disease who benefit from...abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. A 7-year retrospective study was conducted including all the patients on CHD who underwent abdominal surgery in...

Endurance training in patients with multiple sclerosis: five case studies.

Physical Therapy;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibit various symptoms...between the ages of 20 and 30 years.[3] Even though these patients are often young and initially exhibit barely perceptible...General fatigue is a dominating problem for the majority of patients with MS.[5,6] This fatigue is believed to have a ...

Isolated small gallbladder polyps: An indication for cholecystectomy in...

The American Surgeon;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...To evaluate patients with gallbladder polyps and to compare them with patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis, 301 patients with chronic acalculous disease of the gallbladder, of which 45 had polyp disease of the gallbladder, were reviewed...

IV versus PO Vitamin D: the road already traveled.(Controversies in...

Nephrology Nursing Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stages 3-5 experience...paricalcitol (Zemplar[TM]) does not carry an indication for patients with CKD Stage 5. Although the price for injectable vitamin...higher than that of oral products, clinicians prefer it for patients on hemodialysis for several reasons. 1. ...

Multifocal IOLs provide good results for some patients

Ophthalmology Times;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Appropriate patients are those with good visual potential...they are implanted into the appropriate patients, according to Randall J. Olson, MD...how this type of lens works with his patients. "The original premise of multifocality...

Office hysteroscopic sterilization using the Essure micro-insert device

European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care;  June 1, 2004 ;     514 words ......obtain the PDA approval, for hysteroscopic sterilization. The author's report their...contraception method. The patients were evaluated 1 month after...procedure; 14 (37,84 %) patients had paracervical block and...complications occurred. All patients but two had a correct device...

Malformations of cortical development: clinical spectrum in a series of...

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Patients with malformations of cortical development (MCD) present...neurodevelopmental problems. Thorough clinical delineation of patients with MCD may provide clues for future phenotype-genotype correlation studies. We studied clinical features of patients with MCD, including developmental risk factors and ...