Describing new technologies, new approaches to treatment, and new discoveries in the genesis and diagnosis of heart disease, researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will make numerous presentations at the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago, Mar. 30 to April 2.
As cases of Severe Acute Respiratory (SARS) continue to increase and Canada has reported its first cases of suspected SARS in children, questions swirl about how this disease is spread and how it affects its victims.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have conducted the first study to compare how well a non-invasive imaging procedure performed with a medication-induced stress test identified women and men at high risk of death from heart disease.
P.K. Shah, M.D., director of the division of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will receive two awards while he is in Chicago to attend the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology. In addition, H.J.C. Swan, M.D., chairman emeritus of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai, who steered the program in earlier years of growth and organization, will receive the ACC's "Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award."
Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz and Dr. Steven S. Khan are available to provide additional perspective on HRT and quality-of-life issues.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's cardiothoracic surgery department is one of 10 centers nationwide participating in a study of an experimental, implantable ventricular assist device that may provide improved mobility and quality of life for patients with heart failure whose hearts need temporary support.
The March medical tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai includes story ideas on HIPAA, radiation and immunotherapy in treating brain tumors, medical errors, and more.
Scientists in the newly formed Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are working to develop a new generation of advanced surgical tools and procedures.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute are working to develop a non-surgical approach to brain cancer that combines radiation with the injection of specially cultured bone marrow cells into the tumor. The combination sets in motion a local and systemic immune response to kill surviving tumor cells.
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1) A minimally invasive procedure to repair heart defects known as PFOs; 2) The artificial disc; 3) A study showing that low estrogen may be linked to increased risk of heart disease in young women; 4) Los Angele's only full-digitized integrated radiology center.
A new study has found that premenopausal women with low blood estrogen levels have a significantly greater prevalence of coronary artery disease.
When a previously healthy 29-year-old man came to Cedars-Sinai's emergency department in a state of mental confusion, physicians found a defect in his heart. The hole, called a patent foramen ovale, apparently allowed a blood clot to pass through to his brain, causing stroke-like symptoms.
Although spinal fusion offers relief from pain caused by damaged discs, it reduces movement and may lead to long-term problems in adjacent discs. An artificial disc that may be a viable alternative -- especially for younger, active patients -- is entering Phase II trials in the United States.
This month's medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai features research findings pertaining to neural stem cells that carry cancer-fighting protein to track and destroy brain tumors, a clinical trial to explore treatment to improve sexual desire, a mother's determination to find treatment for her son's brain tumor and more.
In an effort to address patient concerns regarding healthcare billing, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is one of a growing number of hospitals scrapping antiquated and confusing patient statements for a friendlier, patient-focused billing and collection process.
A new study suggests that neither the use of statins nor low blood cholesterol levels significantly affected reproductive hormone levels in pre-, peri, or postmenopausal women. Reproductive hormones are derivatives of cholesterol, which led researchers to wonder if statins, drugs that reduce blood cholesterol, might also decrease reproductive hormones. Fewer than 20 percent of clinical trial participants have been women, and previous studies did not include premenopausal women.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have generated for the first time neural progenitor cells from whole adult bone marrow.
Three weeks before his 7th birthday, Jonathan Duncan was diagnosed with a tumor in his brain. It was the size of a lemon. At that time his mother, Tosha Noriega, had no idea what her son's condition implied or how the ordeal would eventually lead her to help other Latinos with seriously ill children. . .
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles have combined a special protein (TRAIL) that targets cancer cells with neural stem cells (NSC) to track and attack malignant brain tumor cells. With its tumor-tracking capabilities and natural cancer-killing properties, the experimental NSC-TRAIL combination may offer new hope for treating gliomas a particularly deadly type of brain tumor.
With the Holiday celebrations to attend and family gatherings to prepare for, the winter season can be a busy and joyful time of year. But for many, changes in light and temperature combined with the stresses of holiday events and heightened expectations can increase anxiety and cause depression.
For millions of women, a lack of sexual desire is often an unfortunate consequence of menopause, and can impact a woman's relationship with her partner. Now, new clinical trials at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center may provide hope for many women in the Los Angeles area.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's medical tip sheet includes information on Interleukin 12, at-home defibrillators, holiday depression, prune belly syndrome and more.
Tethered cord is a congenital malformation of the spinal cord affecting infants and children. Left untreated, it can result in pain, incontinence and even paraplegia. Ezra Kahn, age 4-1/2 years, had undergone more than 10 operations before he was brought to Cedars-Sinai where he was diagnosed and treated by a team of multi-disciplinary pediatric surgical specialists.
Last month, the Food & Drug Administration approved for the first time, sale of a defibrillator specifically designed for home use. An estimated 70-80 percent of heart attacks occur at home, often suddenly and without warning.
Rich, sugary holiday foods offer a special challenge for people with diabetes. The Director of the Comprehensive Diabetes Outpatient Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center offers tips that help people with diabetes make healthful choices during the holidays.
Although a casual observer in the operating room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Oct. 8 could have been pardoned for initially believing that the surgeon was playing high-tech video games, he was actually performing the nation's first Zeus (r) robotic system-assisted gastric bypass surgery.
Prune Belly Syndrome is very rare, occurring in just one in 80,000 births. Of those, approximately 20 percent are stillborn and another 30 percent die within two years of birth. The remaining 50 percent often suffer from urinary system disorders, cardiovascular problems, and/or musculoskeletal problems, including hip dislocation, scoliosis and clubfoot.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that pituitary tumors express an abundance of a specific protein receptor and report that treatment with a common diabetes drug was effective in shrinking tumor size and reducing hormone production in Cushing's pituitary tumors in mice.
An update of the Fabry Disease clinical trial at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and at 19 other centers throughout the country and Europe showed that patients receiving enzyme replacement therapy for a near-two-year period via infusion with a drug called r-haGAL (Fabrazyme(tm)) continue to benefit from reduced pain and prevention of further organ damage.
The "cancer-tracking" ability of neural stem cells is being investigated as a potential weapon against malignant brain cancers. In an animal study, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute used neural stem cells that were modified to secrete interleukin 12 in the treatment of gliomas, extremely aggressive brain tumors that are highly resistant to therapy.
Keith L. Black, M.D., Director of the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, has been elected as a member to the European Academy of Sciences in the section of Biomedical Sciences. He was also recently selected to receive Morehouse College's prestigious "Candle Award in Science & Technology."
Hospitals nationwide are undergoing extensive rebuild and renovation efforts to retain and attract patients to keep pace with rapid advances in technology and demand for health care services. Next month, Cedars-Sinai will open the state-of-the-art S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center and Department with cutting edge technology and equipment.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute neurosurgeons in June used advanced brain mapping, ultrasound and magnetic resonance guidance technology, to remove 95 percent of a child's brain tumor while fully preserving his vision.
Los Angeles area residents with an interest in brain tumors will have an opportunity to attend a free conference presented by the highly renowned Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. The conference will be Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
For decades, scientists have tried to figure out how to stop viruses from spreading. Their efforts have led to the development of drugs that can help to slow the spread of some infections and diseases such as AIDS by preventing viruses from reproducing.
One year ago a kidney transplant scheduled for Sept. 11, 2001, from a White American Muslim to an African American Christian in a Jewish hospital didn't seem particularly remarkable. Neither did the fact that the transplant would be performed by transplant teams including German, Jewish and South African surgeons.
The recently appointed director of pediatric urology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Endourology Institute, specializes in minimally invasive techniques to correct a wide range of conditions impacting the urinary tract of infants and children. His expertise and Cedars-Sinai's previously established prenatal diagnostic capabilities provide a specialty referral service when a fetal urologic problem is suspected.
According to two physicians at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles --a cardiologist and an internist with a specialty in alternative medicine -- it is important for menopausal women to know and understand all of their options regarding HRT, so they can make educated decisions affecting their healthcare.
Laboratory studies conducted by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Genentech have found that a potent experimental drug called 2C4 slows tumor growth in both breast and prostate cancer tumors in mice even when small amounts of HER-2/neu are expressed.
A 73-year-old resident of Little Rock, Ca., is the first patient in the Los Angeles area to have an experimental mesh "jacket" implanted to try to slow or reverse the effects of progressive heart failure. Surgeons used the device in an effort to support the patient's heart, encourage it to return to a more natural shape, improve cardiac function, and ultimately provide a higher quality of life.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named one of the nation's Most Wired hospital and health systems in the nation. The fourth annual survey and benchmarking study is awarded to technically savvy hospitals.
From daytime dramas to television news, the public has long been fascinated by matters of science and health. In recent years, the increasing popularity of reality-based television and health programs has given rise to concern about the ethical and legal issues with regard to privacy and confidentiality when filming patients for commercial purposes.
"Even if you're working to manage your weight, you can enjoy the wonderful foods of the Jewish holiday season as long as you do so in moderation," says a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center dietitian.
Thanks to the Larry King Cardiac Foundation and the unwillingness of two Cedars-Sinai cardiologists to "give up," a 27-year-old Woodland Hills (CA) mother of two has become one of the first patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to have an atrial septal defect (ASD) repaired non-surgically. Historically, the only treatment available for ASDs was open-heart surgery, but this non-surgical procedure was performed in 35 minutes while the patient was awake.
Surgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Division of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care present information on a simple, quick and convenient measuring device that can alert the treatment team to life-threatening pressure increases in the abdominal cavity. The authors are available to discuss this alternative to conventional methods, as well as other issues related to trauma care and surgery.
Since the incidence of foodborne illness is most prevalent between May and September, before you fire up the backyard barbecue, there are a few very important precautions you should take to prevent foodborne illness from ruining your outdoor eating activities.
It looks like a yo-yo, but it can stretch, flatten out, "swell up" and even "self-center," depending on what it needs to do to adjust itself to plug holes in the heart that make up some of the most common congenital heart defects. In the past, treating such heart defects required open heart surgery, but thanks to these high-tech titanium devices that look like toys, surgery is no longer necessary.
When Zeus joins the surgical team in September, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will move another step closer to creating the "operating room of the future." Zeus is the hospital's newest, most evolved generation of robot, and will play a pivotal role in the high-tech surgical environment under development at Cedars-Sinai. The medical center introduced robotics about a year ago in its first modernized OR suite.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that a novel imaging agent detects life-threatening infections and inflammation in patients more rapidly than the standard nuclear medicine imaging tests typically used for this purpose. The imaging agent may eliminate the need for additional tests and reduce the risk of exposure involved in handling blood samples taken when additional clarification is needed to identify the infection.
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