March 2012
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UCSD Uses Heat Energy to Fix Odd Heart Beat →
FDA-approved non-surgical technology alters heart tissue that triggers atrial fibrillation
UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is now offering patients with atrial fibrillation the breakthrough benefits of heat energy, or radio frequency waves, to irreversibly alter heart tissue that triggers an abnormal heart rhythm or arrhythmia. The THERMOCOOL® SF Catheter is an FDA-approved outpatient...
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Will Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Beat Sudden Cardiac... →
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in the United States. This form of heart attack kills 325,000 people every year, representing one death every two minutes. Almost all SCA victims die before they even reach a hospital. To identify a drug that paramedics can use in the field, UC San Diego Health System has opened a clinical trial to evaluate two medications to help restore...
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Too Young For This: young survivors of breast...
While cancer affects a person’s quality of life at any age, a recent study in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that women under the age of 50 who survive breast cancer are more adversely affected psychologically and physically. The study noted that, “these women suffer from severe psychological distress, infertility, premature menopause, a decrease in physical activity and...
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New Method Makes Culture of Complex Tissue... →
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in the journal Advanced Materials, allows the production of tissue culture scaffolds containing multiple structurally and chemically distinct layers using common laboratory reagents...
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Allergan Pulls Lap-Band from 800-Get-Thin
Allergan has announced that they will no longer sell their Lap-Band device to clinics that participate in the 1-800-Get-Thin marketing campaign. Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at UC San Diego Health System is available to comment on the Lap-Band procedure and Allergen’s decision.
To arrange an interview with Dr....
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Moores Cancer Center Offers New Hope for Deadly... →
Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM. Now, a novel investigational device – available only at clinical trial sites – is offering new hope to these patients.
The non-invasive procedure – called Tumor...
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