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(Henry Ford Health System) A Henry Ford Hospital study has found that using two types of common asthma medications in combination reduces severe asthma attacks.Researchers say using long-acting beta-agonists in fixed-dose combination with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) appear to reduce asthma attacks as well as or better than corticosteroids alone.

Patient groups who had in greatest benefits were patients 18 and older, African-American patients, male patients, and patients with moderate to severe asthma.

(Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Hospital researchers have identified for the first time two molecules that hold promise as a biomarker for measuring cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis.Researchers say the concentration of two molecules called non-coding RNAs in blood were associated with mild cartilage damage in 30 patients who were one year removed from reconstruction surgery to repair an anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injury.

(Henry Ford Health System) Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

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(Henry Ford Health System) Desperately needed adult living donor liver transplantation is a safe surgery for the donor, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

The study looked at donor safety from a single center over a period of 10 years and found there were no patient deaths and no life-threatening complications requiring ICU care.

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(Henry Ford Health System) Why are African Americans more likely than Caucasians to be not only diagnosed with head and neck cancer, but also die from the disease?

While the answer isn't a simple one, differences in lifestyle, access to care and tumor genetics may, in part, be to blame, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital.

(Henry Ford Health System) The incidence of internal bleeding was higher in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device than the earlier HeartMate I XVE, according to two studies at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Although there were more instances of intracranial and gastrointestinal bleeding in the newer model, there was no increase in mortality.

The studies will be presented by lead author Jeffrey A. Morgan, M.D., on June 11 at the annual conference of the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs in Washington, D.C.

The CMIO for inpatient services for Henry Ford Health System discusses the Michigan system's decision to hold off on applying for meaningful use funding in 2011, and what that means for its long-term vision of connecting clinical goals with IT support.

April 15, 2011. Podcast running time: 3:58 (link to podcast).

(Henry Ford Health System) Ten years ago, the first robotic assisted surgery for prostate cancer in the United States took place at Henry Ford Hospital's Vattikuti Institute.Today, the majority prostate of cancer surgeries are done robotically.

At Henry Ford alone, more than 6,000 procedures have been performed during the past decade.Next week, the international leaders in the field will meet at the world's largest medical robotic conference Jan. 13-16 at the Wynn Las Vegas.