Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announces the appointment of John J. Regan, M.D., an internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, to Director of Research and Education at the new Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders, the largest multidisciplinary spinal center in the Western United States.
A new type of "vaccine" therapy targets the immune system against glioblastoma multiforme (glioma) cancer cells. In what is believed to be the first study of its kind on glioma cells, dendritic cell immunotherapy extended the median length of survival. A larger Phase II study is now underway. (Cancer Research 2-1-01)
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are now enrolling patients in a large multi-center clinical trial to determine whether two popular nutrition supplements -- glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate -- reduce the knee pain associated with osteoarthritis.
This month's medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center includes information on irritable bowel syndrome, the new gene therapeutics institute, children's brain tumors, a fully endoscopic procedure to remove skull-base tumors, hyperhidrosis, a wife-to-husband living liver transplant and more.
On Nov. 2, 2000, a husband and wife from Orange County, CA, each underwent four-hour operations at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The purpose of the twin-surgeries was to reclaim the life of the husband, Tom Stich, 56.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center may have identified the cause of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a gastrointestinal condition that afflicts about 20 percent of the adult population and is diagnosed in twice as many women as men. (The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 12-00)
Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles have documented development of a malignant tumor 7 years after radiosurgery to treat a benign tumor. (Lancet, 11-00)
Thanks to its new Pediatric General Surgery Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center now offers children the minimally invasive, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures that have been available to adults for years.
A new outpatient procedure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Hyperhidrosis Center now offers relief for people with hyperhidrosis -- excessive sweating. Performed endoscopically, with four tiny incisions, complete recovery is measured in several days.
1) Coping with diabetes during the holidays; 2) Coping with depression and dress during the holidays; 3) Successful weight management during the holidays; 4) Coping with loneliness and grief during the holidays; and 5) Coping with alcohol dependency during the holidays.
The results of a long-term study on transmyocardial revascularization were presented Nov. 15, 2000, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2000. TMR is a breakthrough laser therapy that provides significant pain relief to severe angina patients.
The latest information on medications and treatments for epilepsy patients with seizures will be discussed by a panel of medical experts at a conference for adult and adolescent epilepsy patients, their families, the medical community, and the general public on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Los Angeles.
According to a new study to appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, women who repeatedly gain and lose weight, especially if they are obese, have significantly lower levels of HDL or "good" cholesterol than do women who maintain their weight, putting the weight cyclers at increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
1) Fully Endoscopic Procedure to Remove Skull Base Tumors; 2) Lung Volume Reduction; 3) Voting from Your Hospital Bed; 4) Holistic Treatment Options for Treating America's "First Environmental Epidemic" -- Respiratory Disease
Respiratory disease (including sinusitis, environmental asthma and related conditions) has become America's first environmental epidemic, with nearly one-third of Americans afflicted with sinusitis, allergies, asthma or bronchitis.
"Going to the polls" and casting your ballot for president becomes more challenging when you're hospitalized, but Cedars-Sinai Medical Center volunteers make it possible for every patient to vote -- right from his or her hospital bed.
1) Genes Linked to Spinocerebellar Ataxia Types 2 & 10 and Epilepsy; 2) Coronary Calcium Scan Help Identify Type 1 Diabetics; 3) New Pediatric Neurosurgery Program Launched; 4) Study shows Testosterone Patch Improves Sexual Function in Surgically Postmenopausal Women; 5) First Lung-Liver Transplant in Western U.S.
Researchers have identified the gene on chromosome 22 and the causative mutation that is linked to inherited diseases that lead to motor incoordination and epilepsy. (10-1-00 Nature Genetics)
Responding to a growing need for highly specialized care of pediatric brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute has launched a state-of-the-art Pediatric Neurosurgery Program.
According to a study published in the Sept. 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, an experimental testosterone patch improved the sexual function and psychological well-being of women who had undergone surgical menopause (removal of the ovaries and uterus).
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center who have previously discovered and localized genes involved in neurodegenerative disorders called hereditary ataxias are presenting new findings about the underlying mechanisms causing these diseases. (Nature Genetics, 9-00)
New research at the University of Pittsburgh indicates that a heart scan using electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) may be an important tool in finding Type 1 diabetics who are particularly high heart disease risks. (Diabetes, 9-00)
This month's medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai includes: 1) Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; 2) Laparoscopic Nephrectomy; 3) Javits Award; 4) Fully Endoscopic Pituitary Tumor Removal; 5) Directed Donation Liver Transplant; 6) Cedars-Sinai Ranked Best Among Southern California Heart Hospitals; 7) Bioartificial Liver
Neurosurgeon Keith L. Black, Director of the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, has been selected to receive the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, an honor that provides up to seven years of research funding from NINDS.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center assisted in developing the computer programs that make sophisticated decisions in a new type of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that for the first time treats rhythm problems originating in the upper chambers of the heart, as well as those in the lower chambers.
When a car crash in Indiana took the life of 18-year-old Jonathon in mid-June, his mother and other family members decided to offer his organs for transplantation to save other lives. One of those was the life of John Bender, 62, a resident of southern California, who was distantly related to the donor on both his mother's and father's sides of the family.
Thanks to a video-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in which her kidney was removed through a small port, a living kidney donor was back to work about a week after having her kidney removed.
Using extremely thin, flexible and precise endoscopic instruments, a new surgical approach performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is making hospital stays and recovery times shorter for patients who have tumors located along the bottom surface of the brain and directly behind the eyes.
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.
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