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- December 15, 2010
A procedure called MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery, a non-invasive, pain-free brain surgery, was recently used successfully to treat debilitating essential tremors in two women. Dr. Jeff Elias, associate professor of neurology at the University of Virginia, used ultrasound waves, focused to a specific point located by using an MRI machine, to treat the part of
READ MOREWith a few keystrokes, friends and strangers can help defray treatment costs for patients who have started fund-raising campaigns on web sites like IndieGoGo, which is becoming increasingly popular. The New York Times, 11/21/2011
READ MOREPatients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes with their medicines, according to a new study. Reuters, 1/11/2013
READ MOREA new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco found that medical costs vary wildly from hospital to hospital. People often fail to ask ahead of time what a procedure is going to cost, and then they suffer from sticker shock when they get the bill, especially if insurance isn't picking
READ MOREA patient's own heart cells can be used to regrow new heart tissue and help undo damage caused by a heart attack, according to early research published on Monday by scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. CNN Blogs, 2/13/2012
READ MOREPastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling The Purpose Driven Life and head of Saddleback Church in Southern California, is spreading the word about how he lost 60 pounds on a program he invented called The Daniel Plan. The plan was created with help from three well-known doctors: Mark Hyman, Daniel Amen and Mehmet Oz.
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