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Study finds new type of silicone implant offers more natural looking breasts, low complication rate
A new type of silicone breast implant, currently available to women who agree to be part of a clinical study, offers breast augmentation and reconstruction patients more natural looking breasts with a low complication rate.   view more (2005-10-18)

New treatments based on human behaviour could reduce drug prescribing
New psychological treatments-behavioural medicine-could significantly reduce the need for drug treatments for some conditions, cutting health system costs says an editorial in this week's BMJ.   view more (2006-02-24)

'Word-vision' brain area confirmed
Humans have an uncanny ability to skim through text, instantly recognizing words by their shape-even though writing developed only about 6000 years ago-long after humans evolved.   view more (2006-04-20)

Microbes convert 'Styrofoam‚—˘' into biodegradable plastic
Bacteria could help transform a key component of disposable cups, plates and utensils into a useful eco-friendly plastic, significantly reducing the environmental impact of this ubiquitous, but difficult-to-recycle waste stream.   view more (2006-02-24)

UT Southwestern orthopaedic surgeons first in area
Orthopaedic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medial Center are the first in North Texas to use knee implants specifically designed to fit a woman's anatomy.   view more (2006-07-19)

Men with bladder exstrophy report robust sex lives, but women fare worse, Hopkins study shows
Adult men born with a severe urological anomaly in which the bladder forms outside of the abdomen report much more robust sexual lives than women born with the same condition, according to a small study led by urologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.   view more (2007-10-29)

New 'implanted contacts' designed to fix nearsightedness
UT Southwestern Medical Center ophthalmologists will be the first in the area to insert a new type of implanted lens to fix nearsightedness.   view more (2006-02-28)

Depression and anxiety improve after epilepsy surgery
Depression and anxiety are common problems for people whose epilepsy cannot be controlled by medication. A new study found that depression and anxiety improve significantly after epilepsy surgery.   view more (2005-12-13)

Jefferson Scientists Design Method to Fight Artificial Implant Infections with Antibiotics
Infections associated with inserting a medical device can be devastating, painful, and cause prolonged disability, costing tens of thousands of dollars.   view more (2005-09-26)

New research suggests heart bypass surgery increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have discovered that patients who have either coronary artery bypass graft surgery or coronary angioplasty are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.   view more (2005-08-26)

MIT material stops bleeding in seconds
MIT and Hong Kong University researchers have shown that some simple biodegradable liquids can stop bleeding in wounded rodents within seconds, a development that could significantly impact medicine.   view more (2006-10-10)

Evolving trends in the treatment of vascular birthmarks
The September/October issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, contains several articles on the current state of knowledge and experience with vascular birthmarks, which are caused by blood vessels that do not form correctly.   view more (2005-09-20)

Altering time of breast biopsy may improve mastectomy reconstruction process
Altering the standard step-by-step procedure that takes women facing a mastectomy from diagnosis to surgery to reconstruction can improve the process and help in determining if immediate reconstruction is the best course of action.   view more (2005-10-11)

Herbal supplements, a smoking gun in plastic surgery
Natural herbal supplements are supposed to help boost our immune systems, give us more energy and make us generally healthier.   view more (2006-02-14)

Treatment method improves survival for advanced laryngeal cancer, U-M study finds
Chemotherapy and radiation can be effective at treating cancer of the larynx, or voice box, without removing the organ that controls speech and swallowing. But it doesn't work for everyone.   view more (2006-02-01)

Plastic surgeons countdown first full facial transplantation
Even after news of the first partial facial transplantation performed in France spread around the world, plastic surgeons have continued to research how to make the first full facial transplantation a reality.   view more (2006-03-02)

Low blood glucose levels may complicate gastric bypass surgery, study shows
Physicians monitoring patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery should be on the alert for a new, potentially dangerous hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) complication that, while rare, may require quick treatment.   view more (2005-10-13)

Bioceramic orbital plate implant
Ceramic materials used for this purpose are known as bioceramics and their fields of application include orthopedic, odontosthomathology, ophthalmology, plastic and cosmetic surgery.   view more (2005-10-03)

Study shows minimally invasive lung surgery has low risk with same results as open surgery
In the largest published study of its kind, with 1,100 patient cases reviewed, a minimally invasive surgical procedure for lung cancer has been shown to be as effective as open surgery with a low risk of complications and high survival rates when performed by experienced thoracic surgeons.   view more (2006-02-06)

'Stent-Graft' procedure improves outcomes of carotid aneurysm repair
For patients with life-threatening aneurysms of the carotid artery in the neck, a minimally invasive stent-grafting technique can be just as effective as traditional open surgery, but with faster recovery and fewer complications, according to a study in the March Journal of Vascular Surgery.   view more (2006-03-08)
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