Researchers from the Loyola University Health System (LUHS) recently discovered a device that can prevent incontinence in women who undergo a common pelvic-floor surgery. Women who underwent surgery because of pelvic organ prolapse are at risk for urinary incontinence, so thus surgeons add a midurethral sling during surgery. In this... Read More

Cardiologists from Children's National Medical Center recently conducted a study in Africa on the detection of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), the world's most common acquired cardiovascular disease, affecting approximately 15 million people. Nearly 5,000 school-aged children in Uganda were screened, of which, 130 had abnormal echocardiograms. Among these, 72 children... Read More

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Montefiore Medical Center discovered a new technique that will aid in assessing concussion victims. Each year, more than one million Americans sustain concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries, of which 30 percent suffer permanent impairment. An MRI technique called diffusion... Read More

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is an incurable cancer that affects more than 16,000 Americans annually. A recent study by the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute investigated how an experimental drug called SMIP-016 kills CLL cells. A previous... Read More

Researchers from the RUB and Durham University have discovered that hearing sounds could be a new therapy for patients with one-sided visual field defects. Visual field defects occur when the area of the brain responsible for processing visual information is damaged. It most commonly affects the primary visual cortex, which... Read More