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Source: Samitivej Hospital Jul 02, 2018 7 years ago
Samitivej Hospital has been awarded the Best Healthcare Medical Services Award for environmental sustainability and organizational development for five consecutive years.
Chairat Panduranamporn, M.D., CEO of Samitivej Public Company, Ltd., represented Samitivej Hospital upon the reception of Thailand Top Company Awards 2017 in the service industry category. The awards were bestowed to com...
Source: Wattanosoth Hospital Jul 03, 2018 7 years ago
The results achieved by the latest cancer treatments continue to exceed expectations. Examples include: minimally invasive surgery to remove a piece or entire suspicious tumours; chemotherapy to eliminate reproducing cells; targeted therapies to precisely stop cancer from growing and spreading by targeting at specific genes and proteins; and radiosurgery to eradicate cancerous cells.
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Dr Greenchart Pornsinsirarak, Yanhee Hospital
Dr Greenchart handles more than 10 gender reassignment surgeries a month and in this article, he discusses his work and developments in the local transgender community.
Specialties
Plastic Surgery
Language
Thai, English
Medical Education
Doctor of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 1985
Credentials
Board of Plastic & Cosmetic S...
The 21st International Symposium on Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS 2018) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 1 – 2, 2018. The intensive two-day EUS 2018 program will be comprised of several components including cutting-edge lectures, practical tutorials and round tables, live demonstrations of EUS procedure, leading experts who will present their findings in the field’s mos...
Using high energy ultrasound beams to destroy prostate cancer tumours may be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with fewer side effects.
Ultrasound therapy destroys cancer cells in the prostate (illustrated)
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 47,000 cases every year. Treatments include surgery to remove the gland, or radiotherapy, which uses radia...
Using catheter-based ablation instead of medications alone reduces the risks of death and stroke in patients with the common form of heart arrhythmia known as atrial fibrillation, or AFib, new research from UC Davis physicians shows.
Cardiologist Uma Srivatsa led a new comparative outcomes study of patients with atrial fibrillation
Ablation is currently only recommended when AFib medications do...
A novel nuclear medicine approach is showing great promise for precision treatment of solid tumors in many types of cancer--including lung, breast, pancreas and ovarian in adults and glioma, neuroblastoma and sarcoma in children. The research was presented today at the SNMMI 2018 Annual Meeting, June 23-26 in Philadelphia.
In 2017, researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cente...
Among patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy, those who underwent scalp cooling were significantly less likely to experience chemotherapy-induced hair loss than those who did not receive scalp cooling, a study published in JAMA has shown.1
Although scalp cooling devices have been used to prevent alopecia caused by chemotherapy, its efficacy has ...
About 10 million Americans suffer from a tremor disorder such as Parkinson's disease.
Insightec is an Israeli company backed by the Koch brothers that has developed a focused ultrasound technology to treat tremors.
The company is in Phase 3 trials with the FDA for its technology to treat Parkinson's disease.
Roughly 10 million people in the United States suffer from some s...
Using a radial artery graft as a second conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery results in a significantly lower risk of heart attack and repeat revascularization at 5 years than using a saphenous vein graft, according to the results of a meta-analysis recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Using a radial artery graft instead of a saphenous vein graft i...
A viral immunotherapy using a herpes virus to treat brain tumors has been shown to be safe and well-tolerated in a pediatric study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The findings, presented today at the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology in Denver, also showed preliminary evidence of effectiveness in killing malignant tumor cells.
The virus, known as G207, i...
Scientists have developed a swallowed capsule packed with tiny electronics and millions of genetically engineered living cells that might someday be used to spot health problems from inside the gut.
This undated photo provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering in May 2018 shows a capsule packed with electronics and genetically engineered living cells in Cambridge...
A novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method shows promise for noninvasively pinpointing sites of inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), study is featured in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute and Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, working with clinicians at NHS Lothian, have found that injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren's disease nodules results in the reduction of the cell characteristics responsible for progression of Dupuytren's disease.
Based ...
Siemens Healthineers is releasing a fresh update to its popular ACUSON Sequoia ultrasound system. The device can image deeper than before while maintaining a high quality output, an important capability for those on the front lines of the obesity epidemic. As an example, using the Deep Abdominal Transducer (DAX) that comes with the Sequoia, clinicians can image targets pretty well as dee...
Baxter won FDA clearance for its Spectrum IQ infusion system, which has some interesting features designed to prevent the wrong drugs and wrong dosages from being administered. The device connects to the hospital’s electronic medical record system, receiving information from it and sending its own data there for permanent storage.
Baxter’s Dose IQ software within the Spec...
Cook Medical‘s:
Hemospray has been approved by the FDA for performing hemostasis during endoscopic procedures within the GI tract.
It uses the firm’s unique inorganic powder as the active agent, which turns into a gel when it meets blood. The gel stays put and keeps the blood from passing through the treatment area.
Since heat is not used for administering t...
Embolx, a new medical device company out of Silicon Valley, develops microcatheters for arterial endoembolization procedures, and now their next-generation Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheter will be available in the US. The new family of microcatheters shows significant improvement over previous devices, and offers physicians enhanced performance features to make it easier to navigate through ...
FUJIFILM is releasing a couple surgical visualization systems that were designed to improve minimally invasive procedures.
The FUJIFILM EL-580FN Ultra-Slim Video Laparoscope System uses the firm’s own Super-Honeycomb CCD sensor to produce high quality images that are sharp and reproduce colors accurately. So-called “Chip on the Tip” high definition digital image...
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new technique to deliver genetic material into cells. Called Acoustic Shear Poration (ASP), the method combines ultrasound waves and focused mechanical force to create pores in the cell membrane, allowing genetic material to enter the cell.
Gene therapy holds enormous promise, but getting DNA and RNA to enter cells is a cha...
Diabetes management is slowly moving away from needles, finger sticks, and insulin pumps that intrude on a person’s life. Now, researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a novel combination of radar and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help people manage diabetes more effectively and detect changes in glucose levels without having to traumatically poke the skin or...
Stents are widely used in patient care, but a major complication is infection and, for many types of stents, the need for eventual surgical removal. HydrUStent, a startup based at the University of Minho in Portugal, hopes to improve those limitations.
HydrUStent’s product is a ureteral stent made from a patented material that is antibacterial, homogeneous, and biodegradable. I...
Some post-surgical wounds, including following abdominal surgeries and mastectomies, may require suction drainage to prevent post operative complications due to edema and fluid collections. Suction bulbs have been common for the past few decades, since they don’t require external power and are very simple in design. New technologies can significantly improve this, as batteries have become mo...
Neural Analytics, the Los Angeles based company that won FDA clearance a couple of years ago for its Lucid M1 Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound System, now won another clearance, this time for its NeuralBot robotic ultrasound positioner. The two devices work together and when united will be called the Lucid Robotic System.
The NeuralBot automatically positions the ultrasound probe,...
Amgen announced that the results of two open-label extension (OLE) studies of AimovigTM (erenumab-aooe) in patients with chronic and episodic migraine, respectively, will be presented at the 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS) in San Francisco. Results from a one-year study in chronic migraine patients reinforced the established safety and efficacy profile of Aimo...
Amid high demand for GlaxoSmithKline's new shingles vaccine, healthcare providers are running out. Even though the company worked up what it calls a "fair and equitable" process to ship Shingrix doses, two U.S. senators are not satisfied and are urging the drugmaker do more to boost inventory levels.
Senators Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tina Smith, D-Minn., wrote&nbs...
When Roche got Herceptin onto China’s national insurance program, it didn’t expect demand to surge so quickly, overwhelming its production capacity there. Now, to cope with a nationwide shortage, it’s shifting to a different manufacturing site to amp up supplies of the cancer therapy.
Roche applied to change Herceptin's existing production site for China to a high...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated labeling for Keytruda (pembrolizumab; Merck) and Tecentriq (atezolizumab; Genentech) for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who are not eligible for cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.
The USFDA is continuing to review Merck's Keytruda and Roche's Tecentriq in pr...
French biotech Abivax’s might be on the verge of HIV cure and prevention discovery, after achieving a significant reduction of viral load patients during the first 28 days of treatment.
The company has announced results from the first group of patients in its most recent phase 2a trial testing the potential HIV cure treatment codenamed ABX464.
The study aimed at acc...
Kratom shares structural similarities with opioid analgesics
Opioid-like dependence due to chronic kratom use can be successfully treated with buprenorphine, according to a recent case report published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine.
Kratom, an herbal supplement that shares structural similarities with opioid analgesics, has recently grown in popularity in the West ...
Among susceptible individuals, statins — which are a common cholesterol-lowering medication — could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 30 percent. These new findings are sure to reignite debate. The relationship between statins and diabetes is investigated in a new study.
Statins lower cholesterol by reducing its production in the liver. They do this...
Zemdri (plazomicin) Approved by FDA for the Treatment of Adults with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (cUTI)
Achaogen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing innovative antibacterial agents to address multidrug resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zemdri (plazomicin) for adults with complic...
The treatment could relieve haemophilia B patients from factor IX replacement drugs
UniQure has enrolled the first patient in its registration trial of haemophilia B gene therapy candidate AMT-061 as it tries to keep ahead of a rival project from Spark Therapeutics/Pfizer.
The subject is the first out of around 50 subjects that will be recruited into the open-label HOPE-B trial of AMT-061, an a...
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME is a common condition which can cause bouts of stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation - but a probiotic pill has been scientifically proven to relieve symptoms.
IBS is thought to affect up to one in five people at some point in their life, and while there are a host of over-the-counter and home remedies available, a new probiotic supplement has been proven i...
Regenerative therapy is a cell-based technique using stem cells to boost tissue regeneration. Though many different stem cells are used, one of the most promising is fat-derived adipose stem cells.
When tissue is damaged your body will regenerate it by replacing damaged cells through cell growth and division. Your DNA determines how your body knows when and where to regenerate. Similar to...
Source: Journal Nature Medicine Jul 09, 2018 7 years ago
Metformin found to help reverse lung fibrosis in mice
The type 2 diabetes drug metformin could be used to help treat lung fibrosis condition in the future, researchers have said.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) or lung fibrosis is a respiratory disease which occurs when scars are formed in the lung tissues, leading to breathing problems. It can develop after lung injuri...
Arthrogen, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in gene therapy, is now recruiting individuals with rheumatoid arthritis to test the new drug ART-I02.
Khun Nantida does not wear clothes with buttons. Most of her pants have waistbands and do not require zipping. She uses only electric toothbrushes because she cannot brush her teeth as efficiently on her own. When Khun Nantida cooks for...
There are many different allergy medications which, like other drugs, need to be stored under the right conditions to remain effective.
In order for medications to remain effective until their expiry date, they need to be stored correctly , regardless of the diseases or conditions they're intended to treat or prevent. This is important in the case of allergy medication as a severe aller...
Michigan State University scientists have identified an early cause of intestinal inflammation, one of the first stages of inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, which afflict around 11 percent of the world's population.
NK2R (green) and enteric glial (blue)
The discovery, featured in the current issue of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, points...
Source: University of Arizona Jul 06, 2018 7 years ago
Janko Nikolich-Zugich, M.D., Ph.D. Credit: UA College of Medicine – Tucson
Our immune system is at its peak when we're young, but after a certain age, it declines and it becomes more difficult for our bodies to fight off new infections. "That's why older people are more susceptible to infections than younger people," explains Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, Ph.D., co-director...
A type of antibiotic used in treating bacterial infections has been tied to many adverse health events, leading specialists to advise caution in the prescription of these drugs. Recent evidence now confirms that they increase the risk of aortic disease, which is a condition that damages the main artery of the human body.
Various Types of Fluoroquinolones
Fluoroquinolones, a type of antibiotic,...
Scientists are designing a blood test that could detect cancer before symptoms occur. Early detection allows early treatment and prevents cancer progression.
Cancer is usually diagnosed after a patient has been experiencing symptoms. At this point, the tumor has already grown significantly and often has spread to other organs. Later stage cancers are more difficult to treat, have lower sur...
Davic C Holzman, Mcmahon Grp Jul 09, 2018 7 years ago
The US FDA has continued to voice serious concerns about an opioid like plant, Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa)., a close relative of the coffee tree that is embraced by many pain patients as a treatment alternative to pain drugs such as opioids. A dangerous side effect profile pointed out by the agency and strong opinions on its efficacy on the part of its users—who often ingest the leaves in po...
A drug derived from an Easter Island bacterium extends the life of lab animals. People could be next.
Can a pill make you younger?
One of the few drug studies ever carried out in an attempt to address this question was reported by Novartis on Christmas Eve 2017. The company had sought to see whether giving low doses of a drug called everolimus to people over 65 increased their response to flu va...
A new study in mice has revealed a molecular link between a high-fat diet and the growth and spread of prostate cancer. The findings raise the possibility that changes in diet could potentially improve treatment outcomes in some men, the study leaders believe.
In the study, the researchers also showed that an anti-obesity drug that targets a protein that controls fat synthesis could po...
The machine was able to more accurately diagnose malignant melanoma and benign nevi.
The dermatologists accurately detected an average of 86.6 percent of melanomas, compared to the CNN's 95 percent accuracy.
MACHINE MAY BE BETTER than man when it comes to detecting skin cancer in patients.
For the first time, researchers have shown that artificial intelligence known as deep learning c...
Cascade of Costs Could Push New Gene Therapy Above US$1 Million Per Patient
Outrage over the high cost of cancer care has focused on skyrocketing drug prices, including the US$475,000 price tag for the country’s first gene therapy, Novartis’ Kymriah, a leukemia treatment approved in August 2017.
But the total costs of Kymriah and the 21 similar drugs in deve...
Cancer is the leading cause of death across the globe. For years now, researchers have led meticulous studies focused on how to stop this deadly disease in its tracks. How close are we to finding more effective treatments?
The World Health Organization (WHO) note that, worldwide, nearly 1 in 6 deaths are down to cancer.
In the United States alone, the National Cancer Institut...
Medical researchers find 11 genes responsible for the spread of cancer
A groundbreaking discovery has identified previously unknown therapeutic targets that could be key to preventing the spread of cancer. Researchers found that by inhibiting several newly identified gene targets they could block more than 99.5 per cent of cancer metastasis in living cells.
In a new study publishe...
Chronic inflammation is a predisposing condition for colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.
Reporting last month in the journal Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Anna Means, Ph.D., and colleagues have now linked inflammation-driven carcinogenesis in the colon to loss of an important signaling protein called SMAD4.
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Dr. Zui Pan. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation have developed a new nanoparticle-based platform for simultaneous imaging and treatment of esophageal cancer.
Together with colleagues from The Ohio State University, researchers manufactured polypeptide nanoparticles, which have ne...
Results from two clinical trials are expected to improve the outlook for people diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer that can be treated with surgery.
In the first trial, changing the type of chemotherapy given after surgery from a single drug to a multi-drug regimen greatly improved how long patients lived. Patients in the trial treated with the multi-drug regimen survived for an ...
Treatment wakes up dormant tumour cells which can allow cancer to come back after chemotherapy before slamming on an irreversible ‘stop’ button
A medication more commonly used to treat fungal toenail infections may be helpful in fighting off persistent colorectal cancers which kill 4,000 people in the Thailand each year, a new study has found.
Colore...
The Provincial Health Office of Roi Et, Thailand, received the 2018 UN Public Service Award for its cervical cancer prevention programme and promoting gender responsive public services.
Just two decades ago, cervical cancer was the most common cancer for women in Thailand and the country struggled to provide the standard cytology and referral approach due to lack of infrastructure, acce...
MIT researchers discovered and patented magnesium L-threonate based on its unique ability to boost brain levels of magnesium.
Rapid absorption and ability to enter the brain enables this magnesium to structurally reverse certain aspects of brain aging.1-4
A recent human study demonstrates the benefits of magnesium L...