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Advanced Preventive Women's Clinic For Women With Menopause Symptoms Who Are At Risk For Heart Disease
Women who are at risk for heart disease and who are also experiencing menopause symptoms now have an added re a highly specialized clinic in the Division of Cardiology at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. The Advanced Preventive Women"s Clinic at the Women"s Heart Center recently opened and is offering comprehensive cardiac risk assessments designed specifically for women who are in menopause. The clinic also offers menopausal patients state-of-the-art screenings, as well as personalized medicine therapies and counseling, including high-risk hormone counseling.
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Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial For Next-Generation Nitinol Stent To Treat Iliac Artery Disease
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the start of patient enrollment in the ORION clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the Company"s EPIC(TM) Self-Expanding Nitinol Stent System for the treatment of iliac artery disease, a form of peripheral artery disease that impacts a patient"s lower extremities. The first U.S. patient was enrolled on May 14 by Nicolas W. Shammas, M.D., at Trinity Terrace Park Hospital in Bettendorf, Iowa.
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Limbal Stem Cells - To Be Or Not To Be?
There has been a recent questioning of the role of the limbal stem cell in corneal maintenance and the recent Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting in Fort Lauderdale May 3 -7, 2009 saw some fairly hot debate son this topic. Professor Colin Green, University of Auckland, New Zealand reviews an interesting series of sessions for The Society for Clinical Ophthalmology.
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First Robotic Lung Surgery In Tampa Bay Performed At Moffitt Cancer Center

Ray Berkelbach is taking long walks three times a day just a couple weeks after having lung surgery. The 68-year-old retiree from Punta Gorda underwent robotic surgery at Moffitt Cancer Center to remove a cancerous part of his lung. His was the first lung procedure in the Tampa Bay area that used the robot-assisted da Vinci surgical system. "This took nothing out of me. I"ve had no pain," said Berkelbach. "People look at me and can"t believe I just had a lung operation." Lung surgeries are very complex operations because of the large vessels leading to and from the lungs and heart. Unlike the traditional open-chest method, the da Vinci system allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures by guiding robotic arms as they make tiny incisions. The new technique promises minimal trauma to the patient and better surgical results. "The da Vinci robotic technology is incredible. It allows me greater operative dexterity and manipulation," said Dr. Eric Sommers, the thoracic surgeon at Moffitt who did Berkelbach"s procedure. "You can do things with the robot that you couldn"t dream of doing with human hands, all through tiny ports." Only early stage lung cancer patients are candidates for the robotic procedure. The benefits include shorter hospital stays and decreased pain and discomfort. Berkelbach was the first patient at Moffitt to undergo the da Vinci lung surgery. "The incisions from two weeks ago have already healed," said Berkelbach. "It"s hard to believe they took half a lung out. I"m going farther each day on my walks and I"d like to get back to golfing soon." Moffitt is already using the same robotic technology for prostate , kidney, bladder, testicular and uterine cancers. Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute


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