Reconstruction After Partial Laryngectomy Improved With Donor Aortic Graft
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) surgeons have developed a new technique for reconstructing the larynx after surgery for advanced cancer. In the May Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, they describe how this approach - which uses cryopreserved aortas from deceased donors to replace removed larynx tissue - allowed patients to avoid a permanent tracheotomy and maintain voice and swallowing function with no need for immunosuppressive medications... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)div id=medwormpbiMedWorm Sponsor Message:/i/b Have a look at a href=http://www.thepsychologydaily.comThe Psychology Daily/a, the new psychology portal powered by MedWorm, with all the latest psychology news and research updated daily./p/div

India's Economic Growth Leaves Human Development in the Dust
Ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India, a coalition of NGOs denounced the gap between the country's growth rate and the rate of poverty, malnutrition and lack of health and sanitation. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)