Declaration of the team of Media Project Abkhazia to Kremlin Mutants
Russians are conducting not only military operation against peaceful Georgian civilians, but they are also bombarding all Media Project Abkhazia websites since August 5, 2008. Due to these circumstances we are warning the government of Russian Federation on possible consequences and complications in work process of their governmental websites, because all the attacks to our […]
Declaration of the team of Media Project Abkhazia to Kremlin Mutants
Russians are conducting not only military operation against peaceful Georgian civilians, but they are also bombarding all Media Project Abkhazia websites since August 5, 2008. Due to these circumstances we are warning the government of Russian Federation on possible consequences and complications in work process of their governmental websites, because all the attacks to our […]
Declaration of the team of Media Project Abkhazia to Kremlin Mutants
Russians are conducting not only military operation against peaceful Georgian civilians, but they are also bombarding all Media Project Abkhazia websites since August 5, 2008. Due to these circumstances we are warning the government of Russian Federation on possible consequences and complications in work process of their governmental websites, because all the attacks to our […]
Responsible Surgical Innovation: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
Surgical innovation represents a spectrum of activities ranging from minor “tinkering” to formal investigation of fundamentally different treatment alternatives. While most would acknowledge that the surgeon must exercise a degree of improvisation and individual judgment within the course of many—if not all—operations, the absence of clear guidelines distinguishing idiosyncratic variations from those requiring regulation and […]
Pelvic Recurrence Common After Hepatic Resection of Rectal Metastases
Pelvic recurrence is common after resection of hepatic metastases from rectal carcinoma, according to a report in the August Archives of Surgery. “In the current study, the high rate of pelvic recurrence following hepatic resection of liver metastases in patients with a rectal primary has important implications, as it serves to emphasize that adequate therapy […]
Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Reverses Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome in patients with morbid class II to III obesity can be cured by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, according to findings from a cohort study. Moreover, the research team reports in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings for August, “Reversibility of metabolic syndrome depends more on the percentage of excess weight lost than on other clinical […]
Blood Transfusion, Anesthesia, and Surgery Linked to NHL Risk
Researchers have confirmed an association between blood transfusion and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), and have identified multiple surgical procedures and anesthesia as additional risk factors, which have not previously been reported. “The incidence of NHL has increased dramatically since at least the 1950s, and during this timeframe there has been a major increase in […]
Tracheostomy Tube Malposition a Common Barrier to Ventilator Weaning
Improperly positioned tracheostomy tubes appear to be a “common and important” complication in patients being weaned from mechanical ventilation, clinicians report in August issue of the journal Chest. Dr. Ulrich Schmidt of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and colleagues retrospectively studied 403 consecutive patients with a tracheostomy who had been admitted to an acute care unit […]
The Role of Public Health in HIV Opt-out Testing: An Expert Interview With Dr. Wayne A. Duffus
Editor’s Note:In a recent interview with Peggy Keen, PhD, FNP, Editorial Director of Medscape Public Health and Prevention, Wayne A. Duffus, MD, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina; Medical Director, STD/HIV Division, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, discussed some of the […]
Helping Patients With Asthma: Focusing on the Source
Overview Indoor exposure to allergens and irritant pollutants plays an important role in asthma pathogenesis. Mounting evidence has suggested that indoor allergens and pollutants contribute significantly to asthma development and exacerbation. Such findings, coupled with the fact that most people spend nearly 90% of their time indoors, make the indoor environment an important area for […]