New smart needle to make brain surgery safer supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jan 2017 12:00 PM ISTMelbourne : Scientists have developed a new smart needle with a tiny camera that allows surgeons to see at-risk blood vessels and avoid injuring them,...
Research suggests way to improve stroke treatments supriya kashyap kashyap29 Jan 2017 11:10 AM ISTThe standard of care for treating strokes caused by blood clots involves the therapeutic infusion of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which can...
50-hour face transplant gives a new face to a wounded man supriya kashyap kashyap22 Feb 2017 1:54 PM ISTWashington : Doctors in the US have successfully completed a near-total face transplant on a 32-year-old man during an extensive, life-changing...
Headache far more common stroke symptom in children than adults: AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap23 Feb 2017 11:30 AM ISTStudy Highlights: Children are much more likely to report a headache at stroke onset than adults. Headaches were present in nearly half of all...
Examining Whether Migraine Is Associated With Cervical Artery Dissection : JAMA Neurology supriya kashyap kashyap14 March 2017 10:08 AM ISTA new study published online by JAMA Neurology examines whether a history of migraine is associated with cervical artery dissection (CEAD), a frequent...
Left Atrial Closer Reduces Stroke Risk in AFib: ACC 2017 supriya kashyap kashyap22 March 2017 11:47 AM ISTIn patients undergoing cardiac surgery, procedure helps prevent thromboembolismWashington : For patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common...
Novel approach can reveal personalized breast cancer treatments supriya kashyap kashyap31 March 2017 3:04 PM ISTThe goal of cancer therapy is to destroy the tumor or stop it from growing and spreading to other parts of the body. Reaching toward this goal, a team...
Using Ultrasound and Microbubbles to detect malignant cancer in humans: Study supriya kashyap kashyap6 April 2017 12:48 PM ISTA team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated a way to diagnose cancer without resorting to surgery,...
Fortis Neurosugeons perform rare surgery on patient with Arteriovenous Malformation supriya kashyap kashyap14 May 2017 11:58 AM ISTBengaluru : A rare kind of neuro surgery was conducted on a 33-year-old foreign national patient in one of reputed hospital, here.The patient was...
Blood vessels are not designed to fight infections: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 July 2017 2:31 PM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : In a recent study, group of scientists have found that endothelial cells are vulnerable to bacterial infection because they...
New tools help surgeons find liver tumors, not nick blood vessels Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 July 2017 9:32 AM ISTThe liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood vessels by inches between the time...
New MRI contrast agent tested on big animals Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Aug 2017 10:00 AM ISTThe top causes of death worldwide, ischemic heart diseases and stroke, together with another major source of illness, that is cancer, require proper...
