1- Bypass surgery patients participate in nation's first study of cardiac inpatient acupuncture therapy; 2- 25-year-old medical student beats stage IV breast cancer; 3- Unraveling mystery of nerve regeneration that may lead to irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death; 4- New treatment offers effective help for women coping with urinary incontinence.
A new, minimally invasive procedure that allows a living kidney donor to have his or her kidney removed through small abdominal ports instead of a long, open incision is expected to lead to a significant increase in people who are willing to donate a kidney to a friend or family member.
A 25-year-old medical student, stem cell transplant recipient, and breast cancer survivor will be one of six speakers at the Cancer Survivors Day celebration at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on June 5.
Three pilot studies aimed at assessing the benefits of "integrative" or "alternative" modalities as supplemental therapies after open-heart surgery are under way at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Achilles A. Demetriou, the key developer of a system designed to extend the lives of patients suffering from liver failure, will update his colleagues on the device's success during Digestive Disease Week 2000, May 21-24 in San Diego.
7th- and 8th-grade students at Cedars-Sinai's third annual "Brainworks" will perform simulated brain surgery using a teaching tool developed by a surgical equipment manufacturer; in addition, they will meet dogs that are part of the pet therapy program, dress in surgical scrubs, and get a close look at the brains of sheep.
New moms and dads at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center can now personally introduce their new baby from the maternity unit -- just hours after birth -- to loved ones around the world, with the help of BabyPressConference.com.
David B. Agus, M.D., a cancer researcher and clinician who previously headed the Laboratory of Tumor Biology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, has joined the medical staff of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as research director of its new Prostate Cancer Institute.
Poor physician handwriting is no laughing matter, says the Chief of Staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, which is proactively addressing this concern by offering a special class in handwriting for members of the medical staff.
Hip arthroscopy, hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), viagra as it may relate to heart health, LDL apheresis, and four steps to take before taking a natural supplement are some of the topics included in April's tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
A Cedars-Sinai Medical Center internist who has also studied herbal and other "alternative" approaches to health care says the Internet and other sources of information and health products are giving patients greater control of their own care, but caution should be exercised.
In light of today's agreeement by the Clinton administration and key senators on legislation overhauling the nation's organ transplant system, an internationally recognized organ transplant expert, Christopher Shackleton, is available for interviews.
Patients with severe emphysema are being enrolled at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) and at 16 other sites in a major study comparing the outcomes of emphysema patients who receive maximum medical therapy with those who undergo medical therapy in combination with lung volume reduction surgery.
The FDA's recent approval of Prevnar, a new vaccine developed specifically for infants and toddlers, is expected to have a significant impact in the number of cases of pneumococcal infections, according to a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's David L. Rimoin will co-chair The Strategic Planning Task Force on Genetics and Developmental Biology for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and will also serve on The Clinical Research Round Table of the Institute of Medicine.
America's First Lady, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center physicians, and Hollywood celebrities are all joining forces on March 28 to raise funds for the fight against ovarian, breast, endometrial and other women's cancers.
There appears to be a high number of deaths and serious cardiovascular events associated with the use of Viagra, shows a study conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have launched a study of a new vaccine intended to prevent the return of malignant brain tumors that have been surgically removed.
About a dozen youngsters in Ecuador will receive free heart surgeries and care later this month, thanks to a team of Cedars-Sinai cardiothoracic surgeons who are traveling there to donate their services.
PTTG1, a novel transforming gene that incites the development and growth of pituitary tumors, is also expressed in colorectal tumors, pre-cancerous colorectal polyps, and abundantly in invasive colorectal cancer, reports Cedars-Sinai Research Institute investigators (Lancet, 2-26-00).
A mutant gene, referred to as the apolipoprotein A-1 Milano gene, may lead to major changes in the prevention and treatment of clogged arteries that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
A teen-ager at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center recently became the first in California to have his "bad" cholesterol level dramatically reduced through LDL apheresis, a procedure developed for patients who have dangerously high levels of LDL cholesterol.
Instead of open-heart surgery for patent ductus arteriosus, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is utilizing a minimally invasive pediatric procedure that results in incisions of only 2mm - 3mm in length and often only a 24-hour hospital stay.
Where once only a transplant might have saved children, a series of procedures performed by cardiothoracic surgeons at Cedars-Sinai are giving new hope to infants and their families.
For his pioneering research in brain cancer and his blood-brain barrier discoveries, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center neurosurgeon Keith L. Black, M.D., will be recognized by The National Academies in Washington D.C.
The federal agency that oversees Medicare reimbursement, responding to a two-year campaign waged by the American Liver Foundation, last month reversed a policy that denied coverage of liver transplantation for patients with hepatitis B.
The American Liver Foundation will honor physician and researcher John M. Vierling, M.D., F.A.C.P., and researcher Andrew J. Conrad, Ph.D, at the foundation's First Annual Gala Recognition Dinner on Feb. 11.
New research and treatments, legal resources, and support services will be the focus of a free conference, designed for brain tumor patients, their families, and the interested public, hosted by the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, Feb. 19.
Wayne Abney, who became the first baby in the U.S. to go home from the hospital on a respirator 19 years ago, is the nation's longest-surviving patient to be on a respirator since birth and to live at home.
Arthroscopic hip procedures can relieve virtually immediately most of the pain caused by torn cartilage, arthritis and defective hip sockets, and delay the need for major surgery for years.
One of the first completely non-related (by blood or marriage), adult-to-adult living donor liver transplants in the western U.S. was accomplished when a woman donated half her kidney to replace a diseased one.
1- Diet rich in beans may positively impact women's heart health; 2- Living kidney transplant; 3- Living liver transplant; 4- Mexico teen undergoes high risk brain surgery; 5- 3-D ultrasound.
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, three-dimensional ultrasound is enabling physicians to observe fetal development and diagnose abnormalities with advanced accuracy.
Increased blood levels of phytoestrogens are linked to beneficial cholesterol levels and better arterial function in women, according to results presented by a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center cardiologist at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.
The new millennium is one that a film producer may not have lived to see except for the generosity of a stranger who donated one of her kidneys to him last July, and because of a relatively new type of therapy that enabled her to donate a kidney even though her tissue did not match his.
Through an agreement to become the Carl Zeiss Company's exclusive West Coast research center for image-guided surgery, neurosurgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute will help shape the next generations of surgical imaging devices.
"Fresh Outlook," a new program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, is designed to address both physical and emotional remnants of domestic violence by providing reconstructive surgery and counseling free of charge for up to 24 victims of abuse.
1- First Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression; 2- Fully Endoscopic Pituitary Tumor Surgery; 3- Coping with Diabetes During the Holidays; 4- Bakers Dozen Natural Cold Remedies; 5- Color Human Genome Map Makes the Invisible Visible.
Skull Base Surgeons at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have successfully performed what is believed to be the world's first fully endoscopic Microvascular Decompression, bringing immediate relief to a Los Angeles man who had suffered with the Trigeminal Neuralgia for nearly 20 years.
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have devised the first comprehensive color-coded guide to the human genome, they reported in the October issue of the scientific journal, Genome Research.
Even as medical science continues to search into the next century for a cure for the common cold, many of the herbs, spices and concoctions grandma used at the dawn of this century can still make the symptoms more manageable today, says a specialist in internal medicine and a member of the American Botanical Society and the American Holistic Medical Association.
An organ transplant specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, who served several years ago on the UNOS Liver and Intestinal Transplant Committee, is available for interviews on the nation's method of determining which potential recipients will receive donated livers.
Despite the availability of a pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine since the 1940s, the disease still strikes as many as 120,000 people each year, causing serious complications and even death, especially among youngsters.
While research centers and clinics are often considered the major sources of medical breakthroughs, many advances in gynecologic endoscopic procedures are being driven by gynecologists in private practice.
Scientists from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will present on Nov. 3 data from two separate studies -- one in animals and the other in humans -- that considered together suggest that a diet high in soybeans and other legumes during pregnancy and breastfeeding may affect the development of children.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center participated in U.S. Commerce Secretary William M. Daley's Business Development Missions to the Middle East earlier this month. Secretary Daley inaugurated a Cedars-Sinai office in Israel and participated in a live telemedicine conference linking Jerusalem with Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles.
Estrogen stimulates a newly discovered oncogene in the pituitary gland, setting the stage for cell proliferation, a team of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers report in today's issue of the journal Nature Medicine.
Scientists at Cedars-Sinai are seeking women who experience "hot flushes" and other symptoms associated with the onset of menopause. The study focuses on the ability of soy-based "phytoestrogens" to moderate the unpleasant symptoms many women experience as their menstrual cycles become less regular.
Last week, an advisory committee for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention urged college freshmen to consider being vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis.
Eleven internationally recognized physicians and surgeons will comprise the faculty for the fourth annual Skull Base Surgery Symposium Nov. 4-6.
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