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Portable disposable ultrathin endoscopy tested through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Conclusions: Our study shows that portable DUE in facilities without endoscopy equipment may be clinically feasible.
Source: Medicine - November 1, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Clinical Trial/Experimental Study Source Type: research

Nico touts studies using BrainPath to treat hemorrhagic stroke
Nico Corp today released data from 2 recently published studies which utilized its BrainPath Approach to treat hemorrhagic stroke, touting a 95% clot reduction and no mortalities associated with the device. The BrainPath system uses a shunt and specially designed instrumentation to give surgeons access to the subcortical section of the brain. The device won 510(k) clearance from the FDA last June for treating primary and secondary brain tumors, vascular abnormalities, intraventricular tumors or cysts. Data from the studies was published in the journals Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery, the Indianapolis-based c...
Source: Mass Device - June 29, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Neurological Surgical Nico Corp. Source Type: news

Daily low-dose aspirin may help combat cancer
Conclusion The systematic review looked at 47 studies and attempted to combine the results, looking for evidence of a beneficial effect of low-dose aspirin on risk of death in people already diagnosed with cancer. The few RCTs identified – the best-quality evidence – did not provide conclusive evidence that aspirin improves survival rates. The rest of the studies were observational in nature, so cannot prove that aspirin reduces the risk of death from cancer. The only significant results were for a 24% reduction in risk of death from colon cancer, and a possible 11% reduced risk of death from prostate cancer. However,...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Medication Source Type: news

Better than Aspirin for Your Heart
If you’ve been diagnosed with heart disease, the chances are you’ve been told to take low-dose aspirin every day as a preventative measure against heart attack and stroke. It’s most commonly prescribed for patients with congestive heart failure. This is the inability of your heart to pump as much blood as your body needs. And this is a big worry to me, because there is very little evidence that aspirin helps. In fact, regular use of aspirin — even baby aspirin — can do you more harm than good. Common Aspirin Beliefs The idea is that aspirin thins the blood, making it easier to pump.  It is also s...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - April 1, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Heart Health Source Type: news

Off-Hour Admission and Mortality Risk for 28 Specific Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 251 Cohorts Epidemiology
Conclusions Off-hour admission is associated with increased mortality risk, and the associations varied substantially for different diseases. Specialists, nurses, as well as hospital administrators and health policymakers can take these findings into consideration to improve the quality and continuity of medical services.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - March 17, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zhou, Y., Li, W., Herath, C., Xia, J., Hu, B., Song, F., Cao, S., Lu, Z. Tags: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Health Services, Meta Analysis, Mortality/Survival Source Type: research

Hidden cancer rarely causes out-of-the-blue clots in the bloodstream
Blood clots can be lifesavers when they form outside the bloodstream to stop bleeding from an injury. But they can wreak havoc when they form inside the bloodstream. A blood clot in a coronary artery can cause a heart attack. One in the brain can cause a stroke. Blood clots that form in a leg vein cause a problem known as venous thromboembolism, or VTE. If the clot stays in the leg, it can cause swelling or pain. If it breaks away and travels to the lungs, it can cause a potentially deadly pulmonary embolism. In about half of people who develop a VTE, doctors can identify what caused it. Common causes include an injury; su...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - June 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Howard LeWine, M.D. Tags: Cancer blood clot venous thromboembolism VTE Source Type: news

Hospitalization after fainting can do more harm than good
One morning not long ago, my teenage daughter started to black out. After an ambulance ride to our local hospital’s emergency department, an electrocardiogram, and some bloodwork, she was sent home with a follow-up doctor appointment. We got the good news that Alexa is perfectly healthy, but should avoid getting too hungry or thirsty so she doesn’t faint again. And I’m feeling lucky that she didn’t need to be hospitalized, because a research letter in this week’s JAMA Internal Medicine points out that hospitalization for low-risk fainting can do more harm than good. Doctors use something called th...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Health fainting San Francisco Syncope Rule Source Type: news

An Aspirin a Day: Is the Benefit Worth the Risk?
Studies have shown that aspirin, the age old remedy for pain and fever, also thins the blood. Because of this property, it can also help to lower the chances of a heart attack or a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain. And, although research has found that it only works in certain people (specifically, those with a history of heart attack or stroke) many Americans are inappropriately taking daily, low doses of aspirin as a preventative measure. In fact, researchers have found that about 12 percent of the of nearly 69,000 U.S. adults taking aspirin on a long-term basis should not have received the prescription in the ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Safety of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke including concomitant neoplastic disease sufferers – experience from Poland
ConclusionIntravenous thrombolysis performed in Caucasian stroke patients with past or current neoplastic diseases, but not in the course of chemo‐ and radiotherapy, can be a safe and effective method of treatment. In making decision on the thrombolytic treatment, the risk of bleeding complications and the life expectancy should be assessed.
Source: International Journal of Clinical Practice - February 27, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: P. Sobolewski, W. Brola, W. Szczuchniak, M. Fudala, A. Sobota Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research

5 Scary Symptoms That Are Usually Harmless
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Linda Melone After 50, aches, pains and the occasional muscle twinge become a fact of life. But some symptoms that may seem frightening or serious turn out to be far less than they appear. While you should always see a doctor if you experience something out of the ordinary, these signs generally are more smoke than fire: A Bloody Nose Nosebleeds can be particularly frightening due to the suddenness in which they occur and the sometimes large amount of blood involved. “People worry that it’s internal bleeding, but almost every time it’s not,” says Dr. Carlo Reyes, emergency room...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Behind the Headlines 2014 Quiz of the Year
In 2014, Behind the Headlines covered more than 500 health stories that made it into the mainstream media. Test your knowledge of 2014's health news with our month-by-month quiz. If you've been paying attention, you should find this quiz both easy and fun. Answers are at the foot of the page (no peeking!).   In January 2014's health news... What was said to help make bones stronger? 1) Swimming 2) Marriage 3) Listening to classical music Warnings were issued about the possible return of what? 1) Swine flu 2) The Black Death 3) Smallpox   In February 2014's health news... What activity was said to lower your ...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Special reports Medical practice Source Type: news

Results of the Austrian CT Dose Study 2010: Typical effective Doses of the most frequent CT examinations.
CONCLUSION: Variations between CT operators are generally moderate for most operators, but in some indications the ratio between the minimum and the maximum of average dose to the typical standard patients exceeds a factor of 4 or even 5. Therefore, comparing average doses to Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) and optimizing protocols need to be encouraged. PMID: 24440650 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik - January 16, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Homolka P, Leithner R, Billinger J, Gruber M Tags: Z Med Phys Source Type: research

Successful Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in a Patient with an Intracranial Meningioma
We report a case of a 78-year-old man who was seen in our emergency department within 2 hours from sudden onset of aphasia, right-sided hemiplegia, hypoesthesia, and homonymous hemianopsia. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score at admission was 20. Intra-arterial thrombolysis was performed with administration of .3 mg/kg of alteplase combined with mechanical thrombectomy. At discharge, his NIHSS score was 1, and after 90 days, his modified Rankin score was 1. To our knowledge, this is the first report of intra-arterial thrombolysis in a patient with acute ischemic stroke with an intracranial tumor.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 8, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Robson F. Baiense, Agessandro Abrahão, Irapuá F. Ricarte, Thiago G. Fukuda, Ricardo A. Oliveira, Gisele S. Silva, Maristela Costa, Manoel J. Teixeira Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research

Fatal Embolic Stroke Due to Non-Atherothrombotic Mobile Thrombi in the Carotid Artery during Gastric Cancer Chemotherapy: An Autopsy Case Report (P01.255)
CONCLUSIONS: Multiple etiologies for ischemic stroke may exist in cancer patients. A mobile thrombus in the carotid artery should be considered as a possible mechanism for arteriogenic stroke in the clinical settings of malignancy with hypercoagulability. Doppler ultrasonography is the most practical tool to identify these conditions.Disclosure: Dr. Yamada has nothing to disclose. Dr. Yoneda has nothing to disclose. Dr. Arakawa has nothing to disclose. Dr. Adachi has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gotoh has nothing to disclose. Dr. Takagi has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Yamada, A., Yoneda, J., Arakawa, C., Adachi, T., Gotoh, J., Takagi, M. Tags: P01 Cerebrovascular Disease I Source Type: research

UCLA study shows promise, offers hope for brain hemorrhage patients
A new endoscopic surgical procedure has been shown to be safer and to result in better outcomes than the current standard medical treatment for patients who suffer strokes as a result of brain hemorrhages, UCLA neurosurgeons have announced.   The findings from their potentially groundbreaking, randomized, controlled phase 2 clinical trial, which was conducted at multiple medical centers, were presented last week at the International Stroke Conference in Honolulu.   "These exciting results offer a glimmer of hope for a condition that most doctors have traditionally considered hopeless," said principal investigator...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 11, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news