Low-cost mosquito netting flies high in test to repair groin hernias
(Reuters Health) - Don't want to pay $125 for a piece of implantable plastic mesh to repair a groin hernia? Less than a dollar's worth of plastic mosquito netting can work just as well, according to a new study. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Low-cost mosquito netting flies high in test to repair groin hernias
Don't want to pay $125 for a piece of implantable plastic mesh to repair a groin hernia? Less than a dollar's worth of plastic mosquito netting can work just as well, according to a new study. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Study reveals genes make people susceptible to hernias
Stephen FellerSAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Researchers identified four genes they say predispose some people to abdominal hernias, which may lead to better treatment methods for the common condition. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Robotic Hernia Repairs Most Effective Treatments for Hernias
Article on Robotic Hernia Repairs Highlights the Most Effective Treatments for Hernias, Notes Dr. Shirin Towfigh. Commenting on the recent article, the Los Angeles area hernia surgeon explains that, by adopting this technology early, she has been able to incorporate the robotic technology to perform the most advanced and complex cases. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 28, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Hernias Source Type: news
Robotic Hernia Repairs Most Effective Treatments for Hernias
Hernia surgeon explains robotic technology can perform the most advanced and complex hernia repair surgery (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 28, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Hernias Source Type: news
Lap Surgery for Rectal Cancer Falls Short: The General Surgery News Report
(MedPage Today) -- Also, groin hernias in women often missed (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 18, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Futuristic Device Fixes Holes In The Heart Without Invasive Surgery
Scientists in Boston have come up with an ingenious new way to repair life-threatening holes in patients' hearts and other organs.
Instead of invasive surgery and the risk that entails, the new technique makes use of an ultraviolet-light-enabled catheter that patches the holes using a plug made of a biodegradable, light-activated adhesive (see video above). The experimental device may prove useful in fixing stomach ulcers and abdominal hernias as well as hearts.
"Currently, to repair wounds or holes in the body, a second large hole made by incision must be created in order to give clinicians access to the af...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Futuristic Device Fixes Holes In The Heart Without Invasive Surgery
Scientists in Boston have come up with an ingenious new way to repair life-threatening holes in patients' hearts and other organs. Instead of invasive surgery and the risk that entails, the new technique makes use of an ultraviolet-light-enabled catheter that patches the holes using a plug made of a biodegradable, light-activated adhesive (see video above). The experimental device may prove useful in fixing stomach ulcers and abdominal hernias as well as hearts. "Currently, to repair wounds or holes in the body, a second large hole made by incision must be created in order to give clinicians access to the af...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 6, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Overweight woman from Cambridge nearly died after surgery for hernias
Doctors said Alison Kingsley, 42, from Cambridge, developed hernias because she was overweight. The self-confessed comfort-eater has now slimmed down to a size 16. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I ate so much my stomach 'burst': Mother who couldn't stop comfort-eating nearly died after having surgery for health problems triggered by her weight
Doctors said Alison Kingsley, 42, from Cambridge, developed hernias because she was overweight. The self-confessed comfort-eater has now slimmed down to a size 16. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thousands in India Die at Home From Abdominal ConditionsThousands in India Die at Home From Abdominal Conditions
Tens of thousands of people in India die at home each year of conditions such as peptic ulcer disease, appendicitis, and hernias - conditions they might have survived with timely surgery, a study suggests. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Thousands in India die at home from abdominal conditions
(Reuters Health) - Tens of thousands of people in India die at home each year of conditions such as peptic ulcer disease, appendicitis and hernias they might have survived with timely surgery, a study suggests. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Insightra raises $5m, looking for $7.5m
Insightra Medical has raised $5 million in a new round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing posted last Friday.
The Irvine, Calif.-based medical company develops devices and technology that focus on inguinal and ventral hernias.
The money comes from 7 unnamed investors according to the SEC filing, and Insightra is looking to raise another $2.5 million to close the round with $7.5 million, according to the filing.
In May, the FDA warned Insightra about how it handles reporting and investigating failure complaints concerning its intra-aortic balloon catheters.
An FDA investigator inspected Insightra’s Irvin...
Source: Mass Device - August 24, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Surgical Insightra Medical Source Type: news
Gambia: AFPRC General Hospital Concludes Hernia Operation Camp
[The Point] AFPRC General Hospital Hernia Operation Camp, a non-profit-making health team consisting of medical officers, anaesthetists, nurses, orderlies and hospital management, recently organised a three-day Hernia camp and operated patients with hernias and other minor surgical cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 15, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mayo clinic radio
Hernias are a common medical problem. Each year in the U.S., about 800,000 inguinal hernias are surgically repaired. On this week's Mayo Clinic Radio, surgeon Dr. David Farley explains what hernias are and who's at risk. Also on the program, Dr. Amit Sood discusses his new book, The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness: A Four-Step [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 2, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
