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World AIDS Day: Hope to end stigma, transmission and isolation
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- Written by Deborah Balzer
- Category: Health News
December 1 is World AIDS Day - a day to bring awareness to HIV, and a renewed hope to end transmission and the isolation of living with HIV and AIDS.
Comparing breast imaging tools
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- Written by Women’s Wellness
- Category: Health News
Both molecular breast imaging and a 3-D mammogram, also called tomosynthesis, can help doctors see inside the breast more clearly than they can with standard mammography. But the two tests are different in the way they image the breasts.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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- Written by Mayo Clinic Radio
- Category: Health News
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube. In a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber, the air pressure is increased to three times higher than normal air pressure. Under these conditions, lungs can gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal air pressure.
FDA ushering in new era of 3D printing of medical products; provides guidance to manufacturers of medical devices
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- Written by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
- Category: Latest News
Once considered a futuristic technology on the distant horizon, 3D printing of medical devices, medications and human tissue is quickly becoming a promising reality. Patients have already benefitted from 3D printed medical products through access to personalized devices and innovative drugs that have led to significant health improvements. But the FDA is now preparing for a significant wave of new technologies that are nearly certain to transform medical practice. We're working to provide a more comprehensive regulatory pathway that keeps pace with those advances, and helps facilitate efficient access to safe and effective innovations that are based on these technologies.
Dr. J. William Charboneau receives lifetime achievement award
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- Written by Ethan Grove
- Category: Medical News
For J. William Charboneau, M.D., life is a journey of unknown possibilities, filled with family. And Tuesday, November 28, with family both personal and professional by his side and in the audience, Dr. Charboneau's journey reached another destination.
Mayo Clinic develops neuro test that distinguishes demyelinating diseases from MS
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- Written by Gina Chiri-Osmond
- Category: Latest News
Mayo Clinic has launched a first-in-the-U.S. clinical test that will help patients who recently have been diagnosed with an inflammatory demyelinating disease (IDD) but may be unsure of the exact disorder. Neurologic-related diseases commonly affect the brain, optic nerves and the spinal cord, and this new test can distinguish other IDDs such as neuromyelitis optica, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, optic neuritis, and transverse myelitis from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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