Posts Tagged ‘Sinai Medical Center’

New Procedure Gets Rid of Painful Fibroids

17th February 2010 by admin No Comments

Every 10 minutes, 12 women in the US get a hysterectomy. That’s 600,000 a year. One-third of those are due to uterine fibroids. They can be painful and disruptive. Now, women have another option — one that doesn’t involve major surgery.
Christina Simon is working hard to learn the ins and outs and ups and downs [...]

Study Suggests Drug Is Safe for Morning Sickness

11th June 2009 by admin 1 Comment

For the first time, a large study shows that pregnant women who suffer morning sickness are not risking harm to their babies if they take a certain anti-nausea drug. The result may lead more doctors to prescribe the drug metoclopramide and women to feel less guilty about using it during their baby’s crucial first few [...]

No Scars: New Obesity Surgery Goes Through Mouth

4th June 2009 by admin No Comments

Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach. The experimental, scar-free procedure creates a narrow passage that slows the food as it moves from the upper stomach into the lower [...]