News tagged with neurosurgery resident
Limping rat provides sciatica insights
A newly developed animal model for the painful nerve condition known as sciatica should help researchers diagnose and treat it, according to Duke University bioengineers and surgeons.
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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Stanford creates first PhD program in stem cell science
Stanford University’s Faculty Senate today approved the creation of what officials believe is the first stem cell science PhD program in the nation and, perhaps, the world. The new doctoral program in stem cell biology ...
Apr 29, 2011 |
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For select adolescents, breast reduction surgery safe, effective
When a grown woman experiences significant back and neck pain from macromastia – or very large breasts – it is common practice for plastic surgeons to relieve her pain by performing breast reduction surgery. Breast ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Fetal surgery is more effective than operating after birth: study
Thirty years ago, the first human fetal surgery was performed at the University of California, San Francisco. Now, a randomized controlled trial has proven definitively that fetal surgery can help certain ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Go figure: Math model may help researchers with stem cell, cancer therapies
The difficult task of sorting and counting prized stem cells and their cancer-causing cousins has long frustrated scientists looking for new ways to help people who have progressive diseases.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Most common adult brain cancer linked to gene deletion
A study fast-tracked for online publication Dec. 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine has identified an important gene deletion in up to one of every four cases of glioblastoma, the most common adult brain cancer. This d ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Surgery linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
A new study spearheaded by Spanish scientists demonstrates a causal relationship between the onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), caused by a protein called a prion, and general surgery. CJD manifests ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 08, 2010 |
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University at Buffalo launches clinical trial of new multiple sclerosis treatment
Buffalo medical researchers led by a team from the University at Buffalo Department of Neurosurgery, will embark on a landmark prospective randomized double-blinded study to test the safety and efficacy of interventional ...
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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Surprising find may yield new avenue of treatment for painful herniated discs
An immune cell known to cause chronic inflammation in autoimmune disorders has been identified as a possible culprit in low back pain associated with herniated discs, according to doctors at Duke University Medical Center.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Technique triggers rapid regrowth in damaged bone (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to re-grow a broken bone three times more quickly than normal. (Harry Potter fans? Think Skele-gro.) That’s just what researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...
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Apr 29, 2010 |
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Underpriveleged patients not as likely to be referred to specialty hospitals for brain tumors
African-American, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged patients with brain tumors are significantly less likely to be referred to high-volume hospitals that specialize in neurosurgery than other patients of similar age, ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
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