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One of the more commonly asked questions sleep apnea experts answer is “Does sleeping sitting upright help with sleep apnea?” We already know that when a person with sleep apnea sleeps on their back, gravity closes or significantly narrows their airway (the space formed at the back of the mouth and upper throat areas). At the same time, the amount of air that enters their lungs ...
Anyone who has had hemorrhoids can tell you that it is an embarrassing and painful condition. There are many things that can cause hemorrhoids, but because they are so varied, it is often hard to pinpoint the exact cause. Regardless of how it started, though, someone who has hemorrhoids will want to get rid of them as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to find a good ...
Circumex – Obtuse Marginal 68 yo Female Limiting Angina/Heart Failure (NYHA II) Hospice Evaluation Ongoing Non-Surgical Candidate Patient Unable to Perform Active Daily Living Duties Ejection Fraction 20% ...
Cruciate ligament rupture is one of the most common reasons for hind limb lameness, pain, and subsequent knee arthritis in dogs. Additionally, according to the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 40-60% of dogs who injure one cruciate ligament will go on to injure the other cruciate ligament in the future. While there are multiple treatment options available, both surgical and non-surgical, ...
What is CRPS Complex regional pain syndrome, formerly RSD, is a rare but extremely complex and serious pain condition. While it might only affect about 200,000 people in the United States, those who suffer from it experience excruciating pain and often debilitating side effects. There is no cure yet, but there are multiple treatment options offering varying degrees of relief. CRPS can cause ...
Considering Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a painful or numbing condition that affects the hands and fingers. It’s caused by pressure on one main nerves of the hand, the median nerve. The nerve passes through a narrow passageway in the wrist called the “carpal tunnel” (hence the name of the disorder). The pressure causes the nerve to ...
The following are the 7 most common reasons why your hands might be going numb. There could be a rarer reason (also listed below) for this problem, but you should look into the most common ones first. About Your Numbness In order to better understand what's causing your numb hands it's necessary to consider these 3 questions: Do you have numb hands all of the time or just ...
Patient: 48-Year-old male suffering from non-healing surgical wound Medical History: Diabetes, vascular issues, PVD, not a candidate for vascular interventions or HBO treatment Wound History: Patient initially had 2 blisters on great and second toe that lead to great toe amputation. Patient was scheduled for BKA, yet the wound showed enough improvement after one week of Continuous Diffusion of ...
The use of lasers for periodontal treatment has become more complicated because the periodontium consists of both hard and soft tissues. Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy Dental plaque is known as the principal etiologic factor for the inflammatory periodontal disease; therefore, it is evident that treatment of the disease is dependent upon how much the plaque and its retentive factors are ...
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Up to 5,000 American infants and children are diagnosed with pediatric cardiomyopathy each year. Learn more about this rare but potentially serious condition. Cardiomyopathy, which is a general term for diseases of the heart muscle, is relatively rare in children, affecting only about 12 out of every 1 million Americans under the age of 18. Among the approximately 1,000 to 5,000 new cases ...
In this episode of Medtech Matters, a podcast focused on the medical device manufacturing industry and the factors impacting it, we speak with Kathy Lee-Sepsick, founder and CEO of Femasys. She provides an overview of how the company’s technology is helping women who are dealing with infertility. She also speaks about a device that enables a non-surgical means of permanent birth control. ...
It's abnormal, but not uncommon. Having numb fingers while sleeping affects nearly everybody at least some time in their life. But if it happens night after night for a long time, it's something you should address. Numbness, especially at the fingertips, could be a minor problem or it could signal there's a more serious condition underlying the problem. Here are the possibilities. ...
MOTION study will quantify new technology’s impact on radiation exposure In December, Cleveland Clinic vascular surgeons successfully completed the first surgical case in the MOTION clinical trial of a new non-radiation-based surgical navigation platform for endovascular aortic interventions. The trial is a feasibility study of the Intra-Operative Positioning System (IOPS™) from ...
Stress incontinence occurs women twice as much as men and research shows its prevalence increases with age. But, that is an oversimplification of an issue closely associated with life experiences. Multiple normal vaginal deliveries appear to increase a woman’s chance of experiencing leaks and female urinary incontinence appears among female collegiate athletes – particularly among ...
The third annual IMCAS Americas, held in Cartagena, Colombia in August, attracted a motivated crowd of more than 900 delegates from 30 countries who came to learn and network with colleagues and key opinion leaders. “The congress faculty featured 110 international experts leading 85 scientific sessions for a total of 88 hours of scientific learning dedicated to the most important topics in ...
Interim study results from systolic heart failure patients treated with percutaneous therapy designed to improve left ventricular function presented at TCT 2019 Santa Clara, Calif.–September 25, 2019–Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel therapy to address heart failure, today announced results from an interim analysis of heart failure patients treated in the CorCinch FMR ...
It’s no secret that opioid addiction is at an all-time high and represents a major public health threat. The CDC estimates that opioid addiction resulted in a record 72,000 drug overdose deaths in 2017 alone. What strikes me as one of the most tragic parts of this narrative is that so many of these deaths were people who became addicted to opioids after simply seeking relief ...