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Obstetrics
Latrobe Hospital obstetrics unit moving to Greensburg
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Feb 01 1:43 PM Excela Health will end obstetrics services at its Latrobe Hospital by July 2008 and transfer them to its Greensburg facility because of shifting demographics, officials said.
Ophthalmology
Convention Calendar
The Salt Lake Tribune - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago Today: * North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Snowbird Planned attendance: 300 Runs through: Friday Thursday: * American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine Citywide Planned attendance: 1,600 Runs through:
Oral cancer
NICE Says Yes To 'no Wait' Oral Bowel Cancer Treatment Xeloda® (capecitabine), UK
Medical News Today - Apr 27 12:14 AM Bowel cancer patients are to be given access to the 'smart pill' Xeloda (capecitabine) that could save financially-stretched NHS cancer services £22 million[[i]] annually and benefit patients from 20 fewer visits for drug administration, fewer hospitalisations and fewer costly medications for the treatment of side effects as a result of today's announcement by the National Institute of Clinical
Organ systems
Letters, faxes, and e-mail
Mobile Register - Apr 26 7:36 AM I recently read the letter from the mother wanting an organ donor for her 32-year-old daughter ("Being an organ donor saves lives," April 15). It made me recall our 15-year-old grandson, Houston, who died as a result of a car wreck.
Organ transplant
Organ Donation Awareness Month
KFVS12 - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago Currently, more than 90,000 Americans wait for an organ transplant. In Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, the number is closer to two thousand. In Cape Girardeau alone, about one hundred people are in need of a donation.
Orthopedic surgery
New Hip Replacement Surgery Performed at EIRMC
KIDK-TV Idaho Falls - Apr 24 1:00 PM Verna Robertson will go down into the history books at EIRMC. She is the first Eastern Idaho resident to undergo Computer-Guided Orthopedic Surgery. With the technology comes the improvements, including more accuracy, faster recovery time, and a longer lasting hip.
Osteoarthritis
Smoking may play role in knee osteoarthritis
Asbury Park Press - Jan 15 8:56 AM Smoking may increase the risk for cartilage loss and more severe pain in men with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to a new study. The study, by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic and published in the January issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, followed 159 men with knee osteoarthritis for 30 months. Nineteen of the men were smokers. After ...
Osteomyelitis
Big drug delivery breakthrough
The Times of India - Jan 11 2:28 PM This is probably the biggest techno-medical breakthrough from India in the past few years.
Osteon
osteoporosis
Integrative way: Heartburn and osteoporosis
The Sacramento Bee - Jan 14 1:31 AM Q: I am 55 and my mother has osteoporosis, so I know I am at increased risk for this. I take Prilosec for heartburn, and I just read that Prilosec can increase my risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Should I stop taking it?
Osteosarcoma
Licensing contact
Pharmalicencing - Jan 15 11:02 AM This technology covers a broad composition of matter which includes the salicylihalamides, lobatamides, and numerous other structurally related small molecules which have been shown to inhibit mammalian vacuolar ATPase at low nanomolar concentrations.
Otitis externa
Pathogenics, Inc. Licenses Worldwide Rights to Novel Anti-Infective Compound for Ophthalmological Use
[Press Release] PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 19 12:38 PM Pathogenics, Inc. today announced that it has licensed to Acuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. the exclusive worldwide rights to N-Chlorotaurine, or NCT, a novel anti-infective compound for the treatment of ophthalmic infections and other diseases.
Otolaryngology
Patient, Doctor Call New Surgery Good News For Sinus Sufferers
KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago Runny nose, red eyes, and sinus pressure are the symptoms millions of Americans feel.
ovarian cancer
Health: Creating Awareness For Ovarian Cancer
CBS 3 Philadelphia - Apr 26 8:40 PM In health, making ovarian cancer less deadly and the ground breaking new research is happening here in Philadelphia. It has the potential for saving millions of lives and Medical Reporter Stephanie Stahl has the details.
Ovary
My heavy periods were a sign I was at risk of infertility
Daily Mail - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago Last year, presenter Julia Bradbury underwent surgery for endometriosis. This painful condition affects up to two million women in the UK and can cause infertility. Here she tells ISLA WHITCROFT how she discovered that she had the condition
Ovulation
QUICK STUDY : A weekly digest of new research on major health topics
Washington Post - Feb 13 12:17 AM Increased ovulation may not guarantee pregnancy. · THE QUESTION Various drugs have been shown to stimulate ovulation in women with one of the most common causes of infertility: polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS. The condition occurs when a woman produces higher-than-normal levels of the male hormone androgen, disrupting the development and release of eggs during ovulation and causing the ...
ovulation
Plan B Compromise Might Be Closer: Church Is Studying Draft Contraception Bill Proposed By Lawmakers
RedNova - Mar 31 9:14 AM By Hilary Waldman, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Mar.
Ovum
SAP Loses Technology Visionary Agassi
ComputerWire - Mar 29 11:08 PM SAP AG's co-heir apparent Shai Agassi has resigned, triggering a major realignment of the SAP executive board and sending a brief shiver through its share price.
Oxycodone
Police say Ky. man stole ID for drugs
Dayton Daily News - 37 minutes ago WEST CHESTER TWP. Police teamed with the Warren County Drug Task Force and Kinko's/FedEx security to arrest a Winchester, Ky., man who is accused of using a Lebanon man's identity to buy large quantities of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies.
Pain
Pain Therapeutics targets hemophilia
BizJournals - Apr 01 9:20 PM Pain Therapeutics, best known for developing abuse-resistant pain killers, is stepping into gene therapy to pursue a cure for hemophilia.
Pancreas
Study: Drug delays cancer return after pancreas surgery
The Standard-Times - Mar 30 8:14 PM CHICAGO Offering a glint of hope for treating a notorious killer, researchers found that a common chemotherapy drug can help pancreatic cancer patients who have undergone surgery stave off a return of the disease longer.
pancreas
Imaging Technique Is Highly Accurate in Diagnosing, Locating Pancreas Defects in Newborns
Newswise - Jan 30 3:21 PM The noninvasive imaging technology called positron-emission tomography (PET scan) is extremely accurate in diagnosing a type of congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare, severe imbalance of insulin levels in newborns. When that disease is confined to a limited section of the baby's pancreas, the PET scan is 100 percent accurate in locating the lesion for curative, organ-sparing surgery.
Pancreatic cancer
SuperGen Announces Interim Results of Orathecin(TM) Combination Trial in Pancreatic Cancer
FinanzNachrichten - Apr 26 5:11 AM DUBLIN, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SuperGen, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced that it has completed the pre-specified interim analysis of the Orathecin(TM) (rubitecan) capsules phase II clinical trial studying Orathecin plus gemcitabine as first-line combination therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer patients who have not undergone chemotherapy.
Pancreatitis
Pseudocysts May Be Seen in Immunoglobulin G4-Associated Autoimmune Pancreatitis
RedNova - Jan 14 1:51 AM By Falck, Vincent G; Dixon, Elijah To the Editor.-We wish to comment on the presence of pseudocyst formation referred to by Deshpande et al1 in their comprehensive review of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) in the September 2005 issue of Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
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