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FDA Clears New Interventional Cardiology Device
On Friday, the FDA cleared for marketing a new medical device for coronary procedures performed on diseased bypass grafts. Thousands of heart patients each year may potentially benefit from use of the new device.
The product, which consists of a balloon catheter and aspiration catheter, is designed to prevent blood clots from traveling into the blood stream. more
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Artificial Ventricle Inserted To Save Eight-Year-Old Girl
Surgeons at North Carolina Children's Hospital inserted a cardiac ventricular assist device into the chest of a girl eight years old whose heart was rapidly failing. The device, functioning as an artificial cardiac ventricle, enabled the girl's heart to pump blood effectively, thus keeping her alive long enough to receive a heart transplant. The procedure made Caitlyn Koller, 66 pounds, of Apex, North Carolina, the smallest patient in the state to receive such a device. more
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Common Prostate Cancer Treatment May Cause Severe Bone Loss
Men may be losing bone at an alarming rate as a result of a commonly used treatment for prostate cancer, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The findings, published in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, suggest that gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a), a frequently used treatment for prostate cancer, causes severe drops in bone mass and results in an increased risk of fracture in men. more
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Ginseng - Another Herb Of Empty Promise?
It enhances exercise endurance. It's an energy and mood booster. It's a heart tonic. It's an aphrodisiac. These are just a few reasons Americans give for taking the popular dietary supplement ginseng. But are we kidding ourselves? Does ginseng really do all that it claims? According to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, ginseng may be full of nothing but empty promises. more
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Over-The-Counter Sale Of Morning-After Pills Approved In Belgium
Belgium has given the go-ahead to over-the-counter sale of morning-after pills as an effort to put a brake to the rising number of abortions among women under the age of 20, local press reported on Friday. The free sale of the contraceptive drug will start on 10 June 2001, making Belgium the second country after Britain to make the contraceptive drug available without prescription. more
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