An article in the March 1, 2006 issue of Cancer Research reports on an animal study in which bone-marrow derived neural stem cells and a newly discovered cytokine worked synergistically to track and kill glioma cells and offer long-term protection.
The medical staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has elected Paul A. Silka, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., as its Chief of Staff for 2006. Silka, associate director of the department of emergency medicine since 1998, brings strong leadership and administrative experience to the position.
An international research team has provided the first conclusive evidence that neurodevelopmental disorders can be caused, at least in part, by specific gene defects that interfere with the electrical impulses of rapid-firing brain nerve cells called bursting neurons.
A study conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center suggests that angioplasty with coronary stenting may be a viable alternative treatment to more complicated bypass surgery for patients with left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease when medication-releasing stents are used.
An article in the February 2006 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, describing the largest published study of the VATS procedure, says the minimally invasive approach accomplishes the same result as open surgery with low risk of complications and very good survival rates.
In his State of the Union address this past Tuesday, President Bush vowed to help revive math and science education. Tomorrow, 150 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Los Angeles area schools will attend the eighth annual "Brainworks" program hosted by the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute.
The Feb. 7, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology includes a special supplement on the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study, a multi-center, long-term investigation sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Using a drug originally intended for diabetes treatment, researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have modified a series of intracellular biochemical events to decrease malignant brain cells' resistance to therapies that are designed to trigger a natural process of cell death.
Vagus nerve stimulator implantation, used in the treatment of epilepsy for nine years, was recently approved by the FDA as an option for patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's departments of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery are collaborating to provide this therapy.
The board of directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Group has announced that Howard Wynne, M.D., has been named Medical Director effective April 1, 2006. Dr. Wynne will oversee the 75-member group of primary care and specialty physicians and their patient care practices.
Keith L. Black, M.D., director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and the Division of Neurosurgery, will be among highly esteemed company when he receives a Trumpet Award on Monday, Jan. 23.
Although respiratory syncytial virus affects almost all children at least once before they are two years old, many parents may not be familiar with this infection which is most common during the winter season.
Neurosurgeon Adam N. Mamelak, M.D., who specializes in treating pituitary tumors and epilepsy, has joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute.
A gene therapy research team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has developed a new method of signaling therapeutic genes to turn "off" or "on," a mechanism that could enable scientists to fine-tune genetic- and stem cell-based therapies so that they are safer, more controllable and more effective.
The inaugural Warschaw Law Endowed Chair in Health Care Leadership, a permanent academic research chair at Cedars-Sinai devoted to furthering leadership, research and education in health care public policy and management, will be awarded to Thomas M. Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
While some patients, including the elderly, may not be good candidates for the physical demands of open chest surgery, a new study suggests that even those between the ages of 80 and 94 may benefit from video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for early stage, localized, non-small cell lung cancer.
The December tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center includes tips on holiday safety for kids, as well as story ideas on Apo A-1 Milano research, minimally invasive surgery for patients with lung cancer, an IBS study, and more.
Veins taken from a patient's leg to replace a blocked artery to the heart tend to degenerate after a few years, requiring a second bypass operation or balloon angioplasty to reopen the vessel. During an angioplasty procedure, a stent may be placed in the vessel to keep it open, but conventional metal stents often become overgrown with scar tissue.
Cedars-Sinai Health System's two physician groups that provide primary care and multi-specialty care each ranked among the top five medical groups in Los Angeles for clinical quality, patient satisfaction and use of information technology.
Cardiology researchers are studying several approaches to interrupt the events leading to the formation and rupture of atherosclerotic plaque in blood vessels. According to a recent animal study of a new gene therapy, a single injection led to a significant reduction in plaque.
Scientists and investors in Israel are international leaders in stem cell research and development. Several top researchers from Israel will join scientists and bioethicists to present a stem cell symposium at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nov. 16 and 17.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that a nonabsorbable antibiotic "“ one that stays in the gut "“ may be an effective long-term treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a disease affecting more than an estimated 20 percent of Americans.
While some patients, including the elderly, may not be good candidates for the physical demands of open chest surgery, a new study suggests that even those between the ages of 80 and 94 may benefit from video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for early stage, localized, non-small cell lung cancer.
Sudden cardiac arrest, most often caused by an abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation, kills more than 95 per cent of its victims (more than a quarter million Americans each year) before they get the treatment they need - an electric shock to the heart.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that patients with shortness of breath can have a higher risk of dying from cardiac disease than patients without symptoms, and even than patients with typical cardiac pain.
Infertility affects more than 6.1 million women in the United States according to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Most infertility cases -- 85 to 90 percent are treated with conventional medical therapies such as medication or surgery.
Allan W. Silberman, MD, Ph.D, clinical chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has been named the inaugural holder of the hospital's Robert J. and Suzanne Gottlieb Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is now partnering with the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System to expand its internal medicine residency program "“ now one of the largest in the United States.
Why some embryos successfully attach to the endometrium and others do not continues to be a mystery because little is known about the molecular mechanisms involved in the human implantation process. Now, researchers have investigated one gene's critical role in this process.
COACH for KIDS, a mobile medical unit that provides primary healthcare services for children in under-served areas of Los Angeles, will be heading to Houston on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to provide assistance to children there in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Researchers show that the majority of rats bearing large brain tumors were still alive six months after combined treatment with two proteins: RAdTK, a protein that kills cancer cells, and RAdFlt3L, which stimulates immune or dendritic cells in the brain.
In an animal study, a device that stimulates, collects and measures light emissions from body tissues in laboratory rabbits is able to detect the presence of inflammatory cells called macrophages.
Cancer researchers have identified a protein called EMP-1 that is present in the tumors of patients who fail to respond to treatment with gefitinib, or Iressa(tm), a drug that has limited success in the treatment of patients with non small-cell lung cancer.
Despite parents' best efforts to protect their children from getting hurt, one of the greatest sources of potential injury often gets overlooked even when it's in plain sight: the backpack.
Parents are already gearing up to get their kids ready to start the school year. But once they start, parents are often challenged with how to ensure that their children eat healthy lunches that don't pack on the pounds while they are there.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named one of the "most wired" hospitals in the United States, according to a just-released survey by Hospitals & Health Networks, a journal of the American Hospital Association.
With an ongoing shortage of organs for transplantation, adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation has become an increasingly important alternative for some patients in need, but the high-risk nature of this type of transplantation has necessitated more intense oversight.
Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy is a relatively new, highly complex surgical option in which the uterus is removed using laparoscopy alone. Because the procedure can be done without a large incision, patients typically experience less blood loss, less pain and are able to resume their normal activities more quickly.
On June 21, 2004, Christopher S. Ng, M.D. performed a laparoscopic, robot-assisted operation to remove the cancerous prostate gland of David Hayball, who was able to return to work less than four weeks later.
Director of the Cedars-Sinai Craniofacial Team, Mark M. Urata, M.D., D.D.S., brings expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery to his role as leader of a team of specialists dedicated to restoring a more normal appearance to children with craniofacial problems.
When a patient has several coronary arteries blocked, heart surgeons should attempt to restore blood flow to all affected areas of the heart, and they should use arteries, not veins, to serve as conduits. These factors significantly impact long-term survival rates, according to a new study.
The June tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center includes story ideas on brain tumor research, lung volume reduction surgery, minimally invasive surgeries for children, fluorescence spectroscopy, a bladder pacemaker for treating urge incontinence, ovarian cancer research, and more.
Researchers recently documented that chemotherapy after immunotherapy provides significantly better results than either therapy can provide alone. Now they offer an explanation for the relative effectiveness of this two-wave assault on malignant brain tumors.
Researchers have found that variations in four genes that control inflammation are linked to insulin resistance in Mexican Americans. Their findings may enable physicians to identify patients at the highest risk for developing diabetes and to design therapies that target these genes.
In a presentation today at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, researchers described recent progress on a device that stimulates, collects and measures light emissions from body tissues to diagnose critical atherosclerotic plaques and aggressive brain tumors.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that patients with metabolic syndrome and a moderate level of calcium in the coronary arteries had a greater chance of having blockage of those arteries, as detected on a stress imaging test.
According to the American Urogynecologic Society, 13 million Americans experience incontinence and 11 million of them are women. When traditional treatments aren't effective, some patients with severe urge incontinence are experiencing good results with an implantable "bladder pacemaker."
A targeted cancer drug given with low-dose chemotherapy shrank ovarian tumors and slowed progression of ovarian cancer in patients with recurrent disease, according to research findings.
Donald Dafoe, M.D., has been named director of the Pancreas Transplant Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dafoe served as chief of transplantation surgery at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and at Stanford University Medical Center.
"When it comes to surgery and how kids' bodies heal, it's important to realize that children are not small adults, and they respond differently than do their larger counterparts," says Gregory Fontana, M.D.
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