An independent study published online in the journal Urology found that minimally invasive surgery for prostate cancer significantly reduces complications when compared to open surgery. The study found that minimally invasive surgery for prostate cancer, including laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery, was associated with lower transfusion rates, shorter length of hospital stay, and lower serious postoperative complication and mortality rates compared to open prostatectomy.

Aethlon Medical (San Diego) reported the formal launch of Exosome Sciences (ESI), a wholly-owned subsidiary previously established by to pursue exosome-based strategies to diagnose and monitor the progression of cancer, infectious disease and other life-threatening conditions.

One small med-tech firm is developing a system that is intended to provide interventional cardiologists with the first treatment option beyond percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to salvage heart muscle in heart attack patients.

A routine physical turned out to be a nightmare for me last year when it was discovered that my white blood cell count was significantly low. It was also the catalyst behind my drive to make sure that any physician I go to now can get overnight if not instant results from a lab once my sample is being tested. At the time, I was just getting over a severe cold that I had received from my now 2-year-old daughter - which was the ultimate culprit of the white blood cell shortage. However, at the time, when I questioned the...

Cook Medical (Bloomington, Indiana) reported that it has developed a new device to simplify percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedures, during which physicians break up and remove large kidney stones, or can use it in the bladder to break up large bladder stones.

Malignant melanoma is the leading cause of skin cancer death in the U.S. and it s a cancer that kills one person every hour, which translates to more than 8,700 Americans each year. Often times when it occurs in the lower part of the body treatment can be intense and have some complications for patients.