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Surgery Found To Improve Chronic Cough
In a recent article published in CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), researchers found that chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is not always caused by acid. The study showed that intensive medicinal therapy, including intensive acid suppression may fail to improve chronic cough. When this occurs antireflux surgery can eliminate or significantly improve chronic cough due to GERD. more
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Significant Renal Artery Stenosis Among Hypertensive Patients
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a screening X-ray of the aorta among patients with hypertension undergoing coronary angiography is safe and identifies a significant prevalence of incidental renal artery disease. more
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Robots Designed To Perform Biopsies
Robots, which have been emerging in medical treatment for a number of years, are now making inroads in diagnostics. At Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, a robot has been designed to perform minimally invasive lung, liver and kidney biopsies, hopefully making it faster, more accurate and safer -- for patients and the interventional radiologists who perform these procedures under imaging guidance, according to information being presented here today at the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology (SCVIR). more
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Adult Stem Cells Used To Repair Damage From Parkinson's Disease
Adult neural stem cells taken from a patient's own central nervous system have been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease, scientists from Celmed BioSciences reported Monday at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). The research suggests that this method of using adult stem cells may possibly be useful in treating a variety of other neurological conditions. more
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Stroke Patients' Anger And Aggression Linked To Brain Injury
The anger and irritability stroke patients exhibit may have more to do with an injury to the brain during the stroke than it does post-stroke depression, according to a study published in Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. more
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