Investigational magnetic device shrinks glioblastoma in first-in-world human test
Houston Methodist Neurological Institute researchers from the department of neurosurgery shrunk a deadly glioblastoma tumor by more than a third using a helmet generating a noninvasive oscillating magnetic field that the patient wore on his head while administering the therapy in his own home. The 53-year-old patient died from an unrelated injury about a month into the treatment, but during that short time, 31% of the tumor mass disappeared. The autopsy of his brain confirmed the rapid response to the treatment.
“Thanks to the courage of this patient and his family, we were able to test and verify the potential effectiveness of the first noninvasive therapy for glioblastoma in the world,” said David S. Baskin, M.D., FACS, FAANS, corresponding author and director of the Kenneth R. Peak Center for Brain and Pituitary Tumor Treatment in the Department of Neurosurgery at Houston Methodist. “The fa
Investigational magnetic device shrinks glioblastoma in first-in-world human test
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Nebraska Methodist Health System details security breach involving vendor
and last updated 2020-12-19 14:29:14-05
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - Nebraska Methodist Health System is notifying patients of a data breach involving one of its third-party vendors.
The breach involved Blackbaud, which provides customer relationship management and financial services tools for fundraising purposes to thousands of schools, health systems, and non-profits.
On September 21, Methodist learned Blackbaud fell victim to a data security incident involving unauthorized access to Blackbaud systems between Feb. 7, 2020 and May 20, 2020.
Blackbaud said the unauthorized individual may have acquired backup copies of customer databases, including the databases used by the Methodist Hospital Foundation and the Jennie Edmundson Foundation for fundraising efforts.
Methodist Health System vendor suffers data security breach
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