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Long Beach PET Imaging Center To Relocate To New Facility; Enhances Imaging Offering With Addition Of State-of-the-Art PET/CT Scanner
Long Beach PET Imaging Center, a leading diagnostic imaging center in the Long Beach, Calif.-area, announced it has relocated to a new, expanded facility at 2708 East Willow, Signal Hill, CA 90755, 562-427-0714, adjacent to Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging. The relocation is expected to be completed in August 2009. During the relocation process, all services including PET/CT and CT will remain in full operation without any interruption.

Cord Blood Awareness Month: Understanding Still Low, Despite Medical Advancements
Despite rapid advances using a child"s own cord blood stem cells in regenerative therapies to repair damaged tissue due to injury or disease, most pregnant women today don"t learn about the ability to save their newborn"s cord blood. According to research published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 3 out of every 4 pregnant women consider themselves only "minimally informed."
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What Are Cataracts? What Causes Cataracts?
Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens inside the eye - which is normally clear. Cataracts can develop in one or both eyes. If they develop in both eyes, one will be more severely affected than the other. A normally clear lens allows light to pass through to the back of the eye, so that the patient can see well-defined images. If a part of the lens becomes opaque light does not pass through easily and the patient"s vision becomes blurry - like looking through cloudy water or a fogged-up window. The more opaque (cloudier) the lens becomes, the worse the person"s vision will be.
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A New Plug For The Hole In The Heart: New Procedure May Help Save Lives Of Those Affected By Common Congenital Heart Defect

Heart specialists at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. have performed a new procedure in which they repaired a hole in the patient"s heart through a tiny incision, offering the patient a much safer alternative verses open heart surgery. The condition, called ventricular septal defect (VSD), is a common heart birth defect, accounting for about 30% of all heart defects according to the Adult Congenital Heart Association. The condition leaves a hole in the heart, affecting blood flow and can be potentially life threatening. "Before the surgery, I was experiencing more fatigue than before and my cardiologist knew that something had to be done, and fast ," said Yvonne Domingos, a San Diego resident who recently underwent the VSD closure procedure at St. Joseph Hospital. Domingos has long suffered from Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect of VSD that leaves a hole between the two bottom chambers of the heart. She had the condition at birth and at 18, she had the defect repaired. After many years, the patch that was used to correct the defect began to tear and needed to be repaired. Domingos was referred to the Adult Congenital Heart Program at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA. Dr. Farhouch Berdjis M.D., Medical Director of the Adult Congenital Program, was able to repair the hole and perform the first procedure in Orange County using an Amplatzer device. The Amplatzer Muscular VSD Occluder uses a minimally-invasive catheter inserted through a tiny incision, instead of surgery, which cuts recovery time and the need for open heart surgery. Dr. Berdjis has performed this type of procedure in Germany before, but this was the first time that the procedure was done in Orange County, California. "I am pleased that her procedure was successful in repairing the defect in her heart," said Dr. Berdjis. "This procedure showcases a minimally invasive procedure that is available to congenital heart defect patients throughout the community that has phenomenal results. We will be able to do even more once we open the Hybrid Operating Room." St. Joseph Hospital will be opening a Hybrid Operation Suite later this year that features advanced technology, robotic capabilities, and by combining minimally invasive and interventional surgical technologies, which will allow flexibility when surgeries require multiple types of procedures for a patient. St. Joseph Hospital


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