plasma treatment Archives

Specialized blood plasma treatment does not improve rotator cuff healing, study finds

SAN DIEGO, CA — Improving healing after a rotator cuff tendon repair is an ongoing problem for orthopaedic surgeons world-wide. Researchers, presenting a study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Specialty Day in San Diego (F…

Study suggests possible new treatment for severe 2009 H1N1 infection

Convalescent plasma therapy — using plasma from patients who have recovered from an infection to treat those with the same infection — has been used to treat multiple diseases. However, the efficacy of this treatment in patients with severe 2009 …