Disease and Condition:
Research and publications on disease and conditions.
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Sep 21st, 2009
The Connecticut Department of Public Health has re-issued a statewide Sickle Cell Disease education campaign that includes three award-winning television and radio spots.
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Sep 21st, 2009
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health raised the mosquito alert level from moderate to high in the cities and towns of New Bedford, Acushnet and Freetown.
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Sep 21st, 2009
Ankle distraction arthroplasty is an exciting, innovative procedure for treating ankle arthritis in select patients. Unlike ankle fusion and ankle replacement, distraction arthroplasty focuses on joint restoration.
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Sep 21st, 2009
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the first hospital in Philadelphia offering endoluminal fundoplication (ELF) – an incisionless surgical treatment option to provide long-term elimination of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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Sep 21st, 2009
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the first hospital in Philadelphia to offer the FDA-cleared Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment.
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Sep 21st, 2009
The University of Michigan has developed an organ matching software program that offers new hope to patients needing a kidney transplant.
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Sep 17th, 2009
Scientists disabled a specific protein in mice that were genetically prone to develop ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), they expected -- based on previous work -- to hasten the onset of the paralyzing, lethal disorder.
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Sep 17th, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel meet today, September 16, to review the data on Xiaflex and its use for Dupytren’s Disease. The panel of outside experts voted 12-0 in favor of Xiaflex.
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Sep 16th, 2009
With one human papillomavirus vaccine on the market and another on the way, the FDA has several factors to consider in determining whether to extend the vaccine’s use to boys and men.
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Sep 16th, 2009
Confirmed tests received today by the Community Health Services Department indicate a dead crow found in northeast Sarnia on September 3 tested positive for West Nile virus.
