Interventional Radiology News:
IR and Back Pain:
- Liz Taylor Breaks Her Back; Treated with Vertebroplasty
- Treatment Option for Vertebral Fractures: Balloon Kyphnoplasty
(Windows Media Player required) - Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: New Treatment for Vertebral Compression Fractures
- Vertebroplasty for Spine Fracture Pain
- New Osteoporosis Fracture Treatment Program Improves Outcomes for Patients
IR and Cancer:
- Non-Surgical Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer Preserves Sexual and Urinary Function in Most Men
- Chemoembolization — Non-Surgical Treatment Gives Liver Cancer Patients More Time with Improved Quality
- Three Innovative Non-Surgical Bone Tumor Treatments Provide Pain Relief for Cancer Patients
- Lung Cancer Trial Offers a 91% Cancer-Specific Survival Rate at Two Years; Shows Heat Directly Kills Tumors in 93% of Cases
- Interventional Radiologists Offer Liver Cancer Patients a Treatment Option With Non-Surgical Microspheres
- Interventional Radiology in Cancer Patients (Family Physician)
- Week-Long Symposium on Minimally-Invasive Cancer Treatments for Liver, Kidney, Bone and Lung, and Emerging Research
IR and Other Conditions:
- Free National Screening in September Fights Cause of 50% of All Diabetic Amputations
- Father's Day: Non-Surgical Infertility Treatment Underutilized
- Study Shows New Interventional Radiology Technique Provides Patients with Longer-Lasting Option for Maintaining Access for Dialysis
IR and Uterine Fibroids:
- MRI Provides Better Diagnosis & Treatment Options for Uterine Fibroids
- Non-Surgical Interventional Radiology Treatment Reduces Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women
- Long-Term Data Show Uterine Fibroid Embolization Is Effective Treatment for Uterine Fibroids
- Is a Turf War Compromising Women's Medical Care?
- The Truth About Fibroids: Our Guide to the Latest in Treatment
- Are Most Hysterectomires Unnecessary?
- Cutting-Edge Surgery Benefits Women
- New Procedure Eliminates Need for Hysterectomy
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization Shows High Rate of Longterm Symptom Control
- A Non-Surgical Option for Fibroids
- One-Year Registry Data for Uterine Fibroid Embolization
- National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Gets UAE (WMV)
- LA Times — A Surgical Procedure, Recently Performed on Condoleezza Rice, Minimizes Tumors
- One-Year Registry Data from 1,701 Women Shows High Rate of Significant Symptom Improvement and Patient Satisfaction with Non-Surgical Uterine Fibroid Embolization
- Pregnancy Might Be a First in Medicine
- Doctors Offer New Procedure for Women
- Experts Say Many of the Surgeries Aren't Needed in View of the Alternatives
IR and Vascular Diseases:
- Society of Interventional Radiology Applauds Senate's Action to Fund Screenings for Deadly Aneurysms (AAA)
- Vice President Cheney Treated by Interventional Radiologist for Popliteal Aneurysm in Leg
- Growing Diabetic Population at High Risk for Peripheral Arterial Disease, a Marker for Stroke, Heart Attack and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Interventional Radiology's Combination Drug-Device Technique Clears DVT to Prevent Permanent Leg Damage and Disability
- Amputation Prevented in PAD Patients
- PAD Should Be Treated Non-Surgically First — Preserves Future Treatment Options
- This DVT Awareness Month, Interventional Radiologists Urge Greater Awareness of Circulatory Damage Caused by DVT
- Avoid a"Broken Heart" by Seeing an Interventional Radiologist
- Tiny Razor Cleans Out Leg Arteries
- Cheney Has Aneurysm Surgeries on Knees
- Legs for Life Program Targets Poor Blood Flow
IR and Vein Diseases:
