Posts Tagged ‘safe’
Feasible and safe treatment for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients
A research team from Hong Kong reported a case of repeated laparoscopic hepatectomy treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its recurrence in an aged patient having cirrhosis, a disease causing extra difficulty for performing laparoscopic hepatectomy. This case report illustrates that laparoscopic hepatectomy for HCC is a good alternative to open hepatectomy because it has advantages including causing less adhesion after surgery, which renders re-operation much easier in cases of recurrence.
Radiofrequency Ablation Safe And Effective For Reducing Pain From Bone Metastases
Image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a minimally invasive cancer treatment which can be performed in the outpatient setting, significantly reduced the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone (osseous) metastases, limiting the need for strong narcotic pain management, and supporting improved patient frame of mind, according to results of an American College…
Radiofrequency ablation safe and effective for reducing pain from bone metastases, study suggests
Image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a minimally invasive cancer treatment which can be performed in the outpatient setting, significantly reduced the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone (osseous) metastases, limiting the need for strong narcotic pain management, and supporting improved patient frame of mind, according to new results.
Grey’s Anatomy Star Chandra Wilson Joins Leading OTC Medicine Makers To Educate Parents On The Safe Use Of Children’s Cough And Cold Medicines
Chandra Wilson, a mother of three and star of ABC’s Emmy Award-winning Grey’s Anatomy, and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) are pleased to unveil today a series of public service announcements (PSAs) on the safe use of children’s over-the-counter (OTC) oral cough and cold medicines. These PSAs provide parents and caregivers with important tips that they should always follow when using OTC oral cough and cold medicines for children.
Drug Deemed Safe, Effective For Post-Surgical Pain In Children
Parents and physicians alike want to know the best options for pain relief for children, especially following painful surgical procedures. A new review from Sweden finds that diclofenac a medication that works for some adults also relieves acute pain in children. However, a U.S. researcher is not convinced that the review showed the alternate, costlier drug to be an improvement over standard pain-relief drugs, or that it is any safer for children.
Doctors, Health Care Workers On H1N1 Vaccine Priority List; Front-Line Caregivers Planning Now To Keep Patients Safe
“Physician, heal thyself.” That Biblical phrase is the gist of the cautionary message public health leaders are telling physicians and nurses this flu season. As flu season hits, physicians and other health leaders want health care workers healthy and caring for patients, not out sick or potentially spreading germs. That is why front-line health workers are in the top group of the H1N1 vaccine recipient priority list.
Reform Reality Check: Your Medicare is safe, and stronger with reform
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Robert Kocher of the National Economic Council debunks the myth that Health Insurance Reform would be financed by cutting Medicare benefits. To the contrary, reform would simply eliminate waste and unnecessary subsidies to insurance companies. August 10, 2009. (Public Domain)
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Interventional Radiology Treatment For Uterine Fibroids: Safe, Nonsurgical Option
Uterine fibroid embolization — a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment for women that cuts off blood flow to painful fibroids to kill the tumors — is highlighted as an appropriate treatment for women in a new research article.
Pain Medicine Experts Recommend Safe And Responsible Use Of Acetaminophen
In response to the advisory committee’s recommendations to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put new restrictions on acetaminophen this week, physician leaders from the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), have released the following statement: The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), which represents the medical specialty of Pain Medicine, supports the safe and responsible use of acetaminophen both in over-the-counter and prescription medicines.
Doctor Recommended Traumeel(R) Offers Patients A Safe And Natural Alternative To NSAIDs
Thousands of US physicians around the country are telling their patients that the need for a safe and natural inflammation regulating drug called Traumeel? is critical now, more than ever, since the FDA announced its stricter labeling requirements for aspirin and acetaminophen along with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and naproxen found in millions of household medicine cabinets.
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