Medicine NewsAP – The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an inside look at eating and exercise habits, scientists are developing wearable wireless sensors to monitor overweight and obese people as they go about their daily lives.
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AP – New drugs cleared by the Food and Drug Administration last year kept pace with 2008, suggesting a much-touted push for drug safety has not slowed down approvals.
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AP – The Food and Drug Administration has canceled a meeting to review Eli Lilly & Co.’s antidepressant Cymbalta for a new use against chronic pain.
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In guidelines published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging state that women with an average risk of breast cancer should begin regular mammograms at age 40 and that those with an elevated risk should begin screenings at age 30, Reuters/MSNBC reports…
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Doctors in India report that the use of emergency contraception is rising rapidly, prompting concern that some women are using EC instead of regular contraception and not taking precautions against sexually transmitted infections, the Washington Post reports. About 200,000 units of the I-pill — the equivalent of the EC pill Plan B in the U.S…
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Montefiore Medical Center recently became the only hospital on the East Coast to conduct the Radio Frequency Ablation procedure to shrink uterine fibroids in women 30 years and older…
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Bariatric surgery is a procedure designed to help patients lose weight, but an unexpected side effect is that it can also help rid patients of diabetes. “Diabetic patients who undergo bariatric surgery are often cured of diabetes following the procedure,” said Christopher Still, D.O., director of the Geisinger Center for Nutrition and Weight Management…
New research suggests that quitting smoking may raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the short term, and as ex-smokers log more years without touching cigarettes, that risk gradually comes down to that of a never-smoker; the researchers suspect weight gain is the main reason and warn quitters to watch their [...]
Image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a minimally invasive cancer treatment which can be performed in the outpatient setting, significantly reduced the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone (osseous) metastases, limiting the need for strong narcotic pain management, and supporting improved patient frame of mind, according to results of an American College…
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SpineGuard announced today that the 10,000th case has been performed using its PediGuard® device for safer pedicle screw placement in spine surgery. Nearly one million1 spine procedures using pedicle screws were performed in 2008…
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