Heart Valve Repair Advancing At A Strong, Steady Beat 
Of the heart problems that result in a need for surgery, problems with the heart valves are very common. Traditionally, treatment has involved the risks of open heart surgery and long recovery times. Now, however, new techniques are providing far les...
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Growing Evidence Against The Aging Benefits Of Human Growth Hormone
Aside from the famous little blue pills promising happiness in the bedroom, medications containing Human Growth Hormone are some of the most heavily marketed drugs on the internet. These drugs are often promoted for their antiaging benefits but incre...
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Taking A Little To Get A Lot in Kidney Cancer Surgery
For the treatment of cancer, both chemotherapy and radiation therapy provide powerful tools in the battle against the disease. Despite the value of these approaches, however, some cancers do not respond well to either treatment, meaning that surgery ...
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Protecting The Sewer System Of The Body To Limit Lymphedema
Much like a city's sewer system, the human lymphatic system plays an important but under appreciated role. Normally acting to remove excess fluids from our tissues left behind by the circulatory system, a failure in the lymphatic system, called Lymph...
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Understanding The Risks Of Radiation On Human Health
When disasters involving radiation occur such as what has happened with the reactors in Japan, our lack of understanding of the dangers of radiation causes unnecessary fear and inappropriate responses. Because of this, it is important to have a basic...
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Osteonecrosis And The Death Of Bones
Despite it being a relatively rare occurrence, Osteonecrosis or bone death is a serious medical condition that can cause significant pain and ongoing disability for those affected. In many cases, the cause of the condition is due to medications requi...
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Reducing Wait Times a Disorganized Task
Look at most health systems around the world and you are likely to find problems with waiting times for emergency room access, surgery and access to specialists. While this is annoying, it also affects patient health in a number of ways. To date, how...
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The Deadly Effects of Inflammation on the Cardiovascular System
In recent years, much has been learned about the effects of inflammation on the body, but most of the attention has been focused on Atherosclerosis. While this is good news in the prevention of this disease, it is also important that we understand th...
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The Gathering Momentum Behind Deep Brain Stimulation
The immediate, intuitive response to the idea of applying electricity to the brain is likely to be one of concern amongst most people. However, in contrast to the controversy raised over electroshock therapy from the 1950's, today's use of Deep Brain...
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Early Detection of Cancer With a Dog's Wet Nose
As a means for reducing deaths and cutting medical costs, early cancer detection is a potentially powerful, but still elusive goal. However, even though technology is not yet identifying these cancers accurately, there is promise in the form of train...
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