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.
Abdullah Al-Abdani celebrated his second birthday last July by going to surgery and having a kidney transplant instead of going to his birthday party. His older brother, now 5, also had a kidney transplant two years ago.
1. People Magazine Correspondent to Run Marathon after Brain Surgery; 2. Conference on Genetic Medicine and the Jewish Population; 3. TMR Study Published; 4. Patients Sought for Neurological AIDS Study; 5. Pediatrician Receives Award
"Genetic Medicine and the Jewish Population: Clinical, Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Issues," a free conference at Cedars-Sinai will provide information on the historical, clinical, ethical, legal and social issues surrounding genetic medicine in the Jewish population.
This December, just 17 months after a pituitary tumor was removed in a highly specialized, fully endoscopic operation, Ken Baker, San Francisco correspondent for PEOPLE magazine, will run the California International Marathon to raise money for the nonprofit Skull Base Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, along with researchers at the University of California, San Diego and University of Southern California, are seeking persons in advanced stages of HIV to participate in a study of treatment options for neurological damage caused by AIDS.
Augusto Sola, M.D., director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Division of Neonatology, will be honored next week by the American Academy of Pediatrics for his long-standing efforts to improve the lives of newborns and infants.
This weekÃs issue of the New England Journal of Medicine will include a report on Transmyocardial CO2 Laser Revascularization (TMR). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles was one of 12 U.S. medical centers participating in the study, and was the first medical center in the Southwest to provide TMR.
1. Ventricular Assist Surgery; 2. New Dimension in Radiation Therapy 3. Prenatal Diagnostics Pioneer Joins Cedars-Sinai; 4. Mitral Valve Prolapse
A next-generation radiation therapy system that allows physicians to "shape" radiation treatments three-dimensionally to match irregularly contoured tumors is now available at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
A Cedars-Sinai Medical Center heart transplant surgeon specializes in implanting mechanisms (Ventricular assist device surgery) that allow a defective heart to rest while awaiting a transplant.
Since 1996, physicians at Cedars-Sinai have treated more than 100 patients annually with severe mitral regurgitation, and approximately 80 percent will undergo valve repair, a successful alternative to more conventional valve replacement.
LDL apheresis, approved for treatment by the FDA earlier this year, can be considered a potentially life-saving therapy for patients who do not respond to other types of treatment.
Implementation of a kidney/pancreas transplant program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and guiding the development of programs in partial liver transplantation for both adults and children are top priorities for Christopher R. Shackleton, M.D.
Rosalinde Snijders, Ph.D., a pioneer in first-trimester prenatal studies and a consultant to the National Institutes of Health in the development of the "BUN" study, has became a research scholar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai.
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterÃs heart surgery division recently released its 1998 statistics and sixth annual report card. According to the data, the division continues to have excellent outcomes despite the fact that it serves the highest-risk populations based on patient age and medical condition.
Preparing yourself ahead of time for the heat is the most important preventive measure you can take, according to a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center physician.
Researchers at the Center for Women's Health at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are launching a clinical trial to assess whether eating certain plant compounds can have positive effects on the lining of the uterus. These "isoflavones," are found in particularly high amounts in clover and soybeans.
With an emphasis on patient convenience and integrated clinical, surgical and research components, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is launching a unique and comprehensive pituitary that brings together under one roof medical, surgical, research, imaging and pathology components.
Medical Tip Sheet from Cedars-Sinai: 1) SIDS prevention tactic leads to epidemic of 'misshapen head' in infants; 2) New Medicare coverage makes TMR more readily accessbile to patients with severe angina; 3) U.S. News & World Report ranks Cedars-Sinai Medical Center top non-university hospital in Southern CA; 4) Cedars-Sinai physician is one of first in Southern CA to use Somnoplasty procedures for habitual snoring
While the potentially life-saving benefits of placing babies on their back during sleep are indisputable (to help reduce the risk of SIDS, this practice has also led to a five-fold increase in the incidence of nonsynostotic positional plagiocephaly (misshapen head) in infants.
Beginning this year, students headed into the seventh grade in some school districts will first have to stop by the doctorÃs office to be vaccinated against hepatitis type B, thereby ensuring that all children are immunized before reaching adulthood.
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