Clear challenges arise when people with an implanted device approach or reach the end of their life. What many people want in that situation is care and treatment to maintain their comfort and quality of life for whatever time they have left . Receiving treatment (for example electric shocks from an implanted defibrillator) as they […]
Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children
Although non adherence to medication is common in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension, those with greater compliance may have a lower risk of early heart failure, according to a new study from Italy. Specifically, in 6.6 years of follow-up, compared with patients who filled their prescriptions less than a quarter of the time those who […]
Patients with scoliosis who undergo surgery may be less likely to develop an infection or other complications after the procedure when a novel wound closure technique pioneered at NYU Langone Medical is utilized, according to new research. In this new technique, surgeons use a multi-layered flap closure that enables doctors to close several layers of […]
Dehydration from diarrhoea, either from viral infection or cholera, accounts for 10 percent of all child deaths worldwide. Though it
A recent study led by DCRI Fellow Jacob Doll found that approximately two-thirds of the patients who were referred to rehabilitation did not attend an initial session. Cardiac rehabilitation programmes include a mixture of exercise regimens, health education, and cardiovascular risk reduction and medication adherence support. These programmes, which typically comprise 2 to 3 weekly […]
Scientists have developed a technique that could lead to therapies for pain relief in people with intractable pain, potentially including cancer-related pain. A team of scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) has developed a novel technique using tiny gold rods to target pain receptors. Gold nanorods are tiny rods that are […]
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Institut Langevin and Paris-Descartes University have conducted a proof-of-concept study that raises the possibility of using ultrasound techniques to detect cervical stiffness changes that indicate an increased risk of preterm labour in pregnant women. While additional work needs to be done, it may ultimately give doctors a new tool […]
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered MRI scanners, normally used to produce images, can steer cell-based, tumour busting therapies to specific target sites in the body. MRI-scannerMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners have been used since the 1980s to take detailed images inside the body
In the future, TAVIs can only be carried out in German hospitals with cardiac surgery departments and cardiac wards, as decided by the German Government
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