Latest Chest Stories

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, N.J., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- June Duck, MD, board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatrics, led a hectic life as a full-time anesthesiologist and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at CentraState Medical Center, plus wife and mother of two. She initially began feeling fatigued, but kept up with work, family obligations and daily workouts. She recalls one day in 2004 having difficulty using the weight machines at her gym and assumed that the...

Surgeons at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) have fitted a patient with a device that might eliminate the need for surgery in some patients with one of the world's most common chest deformities, pectus excavatum, often called sunken chest syndrome. Known as the vacuum bell, it works much like devices in body shops that use sustained vacuum to pop out a dent. "Years from now, we may look at the surgeries and realize that many of these conditions could have been...

Matthew Stiebel, MD, Performs Rare Pec Tear Procedure in South Florida JUPITER, Fla., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Firefighter Anthony Ramos was performing routine physical training with his squad at a Rockledge, Florida fire station, and took his turn practicing with the hoseline. Struggling with the hose, blasting water at approximately 150 pounds per square inch, he heard a loud ripping sound. "It felt like you lost a wheel on your car and your transmission...

Singapore, Jan 31, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - At KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), a five-year old girl with severe curvature of the spine was among the first in Southeast Asia to have a "titanium rib" implant. Also known as the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR), the adjustable titanium rib is designed to treat Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome in skeletally immature patients. Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome refers to the chest's inability to support normal growth of the...

Technique replaces invasive technique used to correct pectus carinatum or 'pigeon chest'A new minimally invasive surgery to correct a chest wall deformity -- often known as pigeon chest -- was demonstrated Friday at an international conference attended by surgeons from the U.S., Canada, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico, Germany, Spain and Russia.Technically known as pectus carinatum, the condition causes the chest wall to protrude outward, giving the patient's chest the appearance of the...

An Indian surgeon said a 10-day-old baby's heart continued to beat during a lengthy operation Thursday to move it into his chest. A team at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi first had to create a space between the boy's chest and abdomen, CNN reported. Once that was done, his heart, which had dangled outside his chest, was moved inside. A.K. Bisoi, a cardiothoracic surgeon, said the liver and lungs had to be moved. He said the boy will be carefully monitored to make...

Paul A. Markowski to Join ACCP as New EVP and CEO NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Chest Physicians announced today that its Board of Regents has named Paul A. Markowski, CAE, as the new Executive Vice President and CEO for the international medical specialty society. Mr. Markowski will succeed Alvin Lever, FCCP(Hon), as only the fourth EVP and CEO in the society's 75-year history. "We are very excited to welcome the newest addition of the ACCP...

Garage Organization Leader Serves as Anchor of National Hardware Show Storage and Organization Area LAS VEGAS, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- At this year's National Hardware Show, Gladiator(R) GarageWorks, the leader in garage organization, will demonstrate how to maximize garage value with innovative, versatile products. Gladiator brand is introducing the Gladiator(R) Tool GearChest, as well as a new line of stackable tool chests at the show. In its inaugural year at the event, the brand is...

By PETER GOTT Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 77-year-old female. I suffer every day with pain behind the left side of my breast. I have had an EKG, two stress tests, an echocardiogram, a chest X-ray, a mammogram and a breathing test. All the chest and heart tests were normal, and the mammogram didn't show any signs of cancer. My doctor says the pain is caused by the chest-wall muscle and that perhaps a better bra would help. I do not have a large chest. Please give me your professional opinion: Is...