Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Improved Quality of Life Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Improved Quality of Life
Transcatheter tricuspid repair reduced valve regurgitation and improved quality of life at 1 year even for the sickest patients, but mortality remained high, new analysis of TRILUMINATE trial shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - December 13, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
How to handle software service agreements in radiology
Michael J. Cannavo.There are a number of important issues to be aware of when it comes to service of software-based systems like RIS, PACS, electronic medical record (EMR), and other related systems. And within these systems, there are items that need to be addressed separately such as system and modality interfaces, DICOM routers, and specialized turnkey hardware components such as vendor-neutral archives (VNA’s). Components like scanners or CD burners also may need repair or calibration from time to time.What you get from your service agreement depends on what you contract for. Most facilities just sign the standard ag...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 12, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Michael J. Cannavo Tags: Software Source Type: news
Clinical trial finds cell therapy improves quality of life in advanced heart failure
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Stem cell-based therapy improved quality of life for patients with advanced heart failure, Mayo Clinic researchers and international collaborators discovered in a late-stage multinational clinical trial. In one of the largest studies of cell intervention after a heart attack, patients reported t heir daily hardship lessened when stem cells optimized for heart repair supplemented standard of care. This clinical study further documented lower death and hospitalization rates among those treated with cell therapy.… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Robots made of your own cells to repair your body
Tiny robots made from the body's cells could be a new way to repair tissue and treat disease. The technology opens up the prospect of patients having a 'personal' robot to fix damage. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could the ‘central dogma’ of biology be misleading bioengineers?
Key takeawaysMesenchymal stem cells, found in bone marrow, secrete therapeutic proteins that could potentially help regenerate damaged tissue.A UCLA study examining these cells challenges the conventional understanding of which genetic instructions prompt the release of these therapeutic proteins.The findings could help advance both regenerative medicine research and the laboratory production of biologic treatments already in use.Today, medicines based on antibodies— proteins that fight infection and disease —are prescribed for everything from cancer to COVID-19 to high cholesterol.The antibody drugs are supplied by ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Tesla Cybertruck Steel Body Raises A Lot Of Questions About Insurance And Repair Costs
A version of the Tesla Cybertruck has finally been revealed, with the top-of-the-line version offering a claimed 320 miles of range and the ability to launch from zero to 60 mph in only 2.6 seconds. And while not all of the specs are as impressive as what was originally promised, Tesla still…#teslacybertruck #tesla #delorean #billywalkowiak #walkowiak #model3 #ford (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can stem cell injections treat knee osteoarthritis?
In this study, the group hypothesized that injecting these cells into knee joints could serve as an intervention to treat patients.
In a preliminary trial, the group treated 30 patients (27 women and three men, mean age 61 years old) with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis. In each patient, clinicians injected a solution of stem cells (70 million allogeneic cells) into the genicular arteries, a network that supplies blood to structures around the knee.
All of the patients were admitted for one day following the procedure. MRIs of patients’ knees were acquired prior to the procedure and at one, six, and nine months ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties MRI Interventional Radiology Source Type: news
Why Repairing Your EV Is So Expensive
Electric-vehicle owners are finding a surprising downside to their new wheels: They tend to be expensive to repair after a crash. When Scott MacFiggen ’s neighbor backed into his Rivian R1T pickup truck last summer, the vehicle was left with a dent the size of a bowling ball under a rear taillamp.#scottmacfiggens #rivian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5 Reasons To Avoid Lowe ’s Today
Most everyone has made at least one trip to Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) at some point in their life. It’s not uncommon to find yourself in a situation that calls for a trip to one of the leaders in home repair. Ever since 1921, Lowe’s has been helping people find their way and learn about different ways to…#lowes #amazon #homedepotnyse (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds
When lightning ignited fires around California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park north of Santa Cruz in August 2020, the blaze spread quickly. Redwoods naturally resist burning, but this time flames shot through the canopies of 100-meter-tall trees, incinerating the needles. “It was shocking,” says Drew Peltier, a tree ecophysiologist at Northern Arizona University. “It really seemed like most of the trees were going to die.”
Yet many of them lived. In a paper published yesterday in
Nature Plants
, Peltier and his colleagues help explain why: The charred survivors, despite being defoliated, mobilize...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success
Two novel devices are similarly effective for tissue approximation of large endoscopic resection defects, but each has advantages.MDedge News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 30, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Tiny ‘anthrobots’ built from human cells could help heal the body
In the medicine of the future, molecular physicians built from a patient’s own cells might ferret out cancer, repair injured tissue, and even remove plaque from blood vessels. Researchers have now taken a step toward that vision: They’ve coaxed tracheal cells to form coordinated groups called organoids that can propel themselves with tiny appendages. When added to wounded neurons in the lab,
these “anthrobots” helped neurons repair themselves
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The work, reported today in
Advanced Science
, “is amazing, and groundbreaking,” says Xi “Charlie” Ren, a tissue engineer at Carnegie Mello...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
CRISPR Gene Editing: Cas9 and Beyond
Researchers create and improve CRISPR-Cas mediated gene editing technologies based on prokaryotic CRISPR systems and eukaryotic DNA repair mechanisms. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Tags: The Scientist University Source Type: news
The Best Winter Golf Vacations: A Sun Seeker ’s Guide to Must-Visit Courses
STUBBORN GOLFERS might soldier on until snow blankets the local fairways, when they repair to their simulators to play virtual Pebble Beach in their pajamas. But in-the-know devotees of the game pack up the clubs and head to where golf is a year-round pastime. Some courses to consider: After the…#pebblebeach #phoenix #golfnow #teeoff (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Ace Hardware Is Hammering Its Big-Box Rivals
The pandemic-driven boom in home repair, rehab, and do-it-yourself projects is over, leaving Home Depot and Lowe’s in the dust. Hobbled by high prices and interest rates, US existing home sales have plunged to a level not seen since August 2010, when the country was still digging out from the…#homedepot #lowes #greatrecession #markzandi #moodysanalytics #acehardware #ace #truevalue #walmart #target (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
