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Can a Swallowable Capsule Revolutionize Screening for Esophageal Cancer
UH Clinical Update - October 2018 Although the rate of many common cancers has declined, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased greater than six-fold over the past three decades. Furthermore, the outcome of this cancer remains...
Two New Specialists Staffing Up West Side Urology 'Hub' at UH St. John Medical Center
Robotic surgery and minimally invasive UroLift procedure for BPH among services offered UH Clinical Update - October 2018 There’s no substitute for receiving medical care close to home. “From the patient’s perspective, in terms of having people...
Supportive Oncodermatology at University Hospitals
New specialist manages skin, hair, nail conditions resulting from cancer treatment :: UH Clinical Update - September 2018
Discovering and Treating Tumors at the Heart of the Read Family
A survival story of how rare cardiac myxomas afflicted a mother and five of her seven children with multiple recurrences, in different sites, over 42+ years. In 1976, 52-year-old Louise Read came to cardiologist Michel Farah, MD for treatment for...
Supportive Oncodermatology at University Hospitals
New specialist manages skin, hair, nail conditions resulting from cancer treatment UH Clinical Update - September 2018 Anti-cancer therapy is notoriously tough on the body. Itchy rashes, thinning hair and brittle nails are common for patients...
New Trial at UH Rainbow Evaluating Treatment to Prevent Recurrent C difficile Infection in Children
UH Clinical Update - August 2018 The incidence of C. difficile infection is increasing in children. “We don’t have a good sense of why it’s on the rise in kids,” says Thomas Sferra, MD, Division Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology at UH Rainbow...