Interventional Radiology in the News

2009

• New Procedure Kills Uterine Tumors: SIR Member Karen B. Garby, M.D., Explains UFE Treatment on WNDU, South Bend, Ind.

• Lifestyle Changes Key to Treating PAD: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Study Featured by UPI

• New Treatment for Uterine Fibroids: SIR Member David L. Wood, M.D., Featured on KTVK-TV (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• Tiny Glass Beads Help Kill Cancer: Lung Cancer Success Story With Radioembolization, Interventional Radiologist Riad Salem, M.D., MBA, FSIR, (KABC-TV, ABC, Los Angeles)

• Wow Outcome for Liver/Lung Cancer Patient Seen in "Lost-and Saved"; Radioembolization, SIR Member Riad Salem, M.D., MBA, FSIR, Featured in Chicago Magazine

• Worries May Worsen Peripheral Arterial Disease (HealthDay News, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

• Interventional Radiology Treatment for Uterine Fibroids: Safe, Nonsurgical Option Science Daily

• Uterine Fibroid Embolization: Alternative to Surgery SIR Member Marc L. Friedman, M.D., on Extra TV

• Laser Treatment Erases Varicose Veins SIR Member Timothy C. Goertzen, M.D., Discusses Endovenous Ablation for Washington Post Article

• Minimally Invasive, Nonsurgical Procedure Shrinks Uterine Fibroids SIR Member Marc L. Friedman, M.D., Featured in News Blaze (Folsom, Calif.)

• Electrical Treatment for Liver Cancer: Minimally Invasive Tool SIR Members Kevin S. Hirsch, M.D., and Charles K. Raker, M.D., Detail Treatment (Arizona Republic)

• A Less-invasive Option for Uterine Fibroid Sufferers SIR Member James F. Benenati, M.D., FSIR, Featured in Miami Herald

• SIR Member Timothy C. Goertzen, M.D., Interviewed in StarTribune.com Article: Zapping Varicose Veins: As Varicose Veins Become More Common, Newer, Less Invasive Treatments Aim to Get People Back on Their Feet Within a Few Days

• SIR Member Ravi P. Kodali, M.D., Interviewed in Louisiana Weekly: Women Have Safe, Effective Alternative to Hysterectomies

• SIR Member Perry Gilbert, M.D., Publishes Article in SouthTownStar: Uterine Fibroid Embolization: A Minimally Invasive Alternative to Hysterectomy

• SIR Member Marc L. Friedman, M.D., on Lifetime Television: Siedah Garrett, Songwriter for Michael Jackson ("Man in the Mirror"), Talks About Uterine Fibroids

• Uterine Fibroid Embolizations: New Procedure Provides Alternative to Hysterectomy for Uterine Fibroids (CBS HealthWatch, New York)

• IR's Place in Radiology's Future (Radiology Today's Interview With SIR President Brian F. Stainken, M.D.)

• RF Ablation Helpful in Some Recurrent Pediatric Solid Tumors Cancerpage.com

• Prostate Cancer: Weighing Options (Wall Street Journal)

• Novel Tests Help Predict Heart Attack Risk: Study (Reuters Health)

• Cryoablation Highly Effective for Localized Kidney Cancer (Reuters Health)

• Interventional Radiologists Gather in San Diego (Interview With Matthew Johnson, M.D., Annual Scientific Meeting program chair, KPBS, San Diego) Audio

• Freezing Prostate Cancer How Does the New Procedure Compare With Traditional Treatments? (AARP Bulletin)

• HealthDay: Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old (March 13), Freezing Kidney Cancers Shows Promise (March 13), Drug-eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries, (March 10), "Male Lumpectomy" May Help Some With Prostate Cancer (March 10), Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks (March 10), Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk (March 10) and Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-stage Cancers

• WebMD: "Male Lumpectomy" for Prostate Cancer: Cryotheraphy Freezes Out Tumors, Leaves Rest of Prostate; Ozone May Help Herniated Disc Pain: Injecting Ozone Gas Into the Spine May Relieve Lower Back Pain, Study Says; and Freeze or Heat Cells To Fight Cancer: Cancer Cells Killed With Techniques That Use Heat or Cold, Studies Show

• Medline Plus: Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk, Bone Cement Eases Pain of Late-stage Cancers, "Male Lumpectomy" May Help Some With Prostate Cancer, Drug-eluting Stents Show Promise for Leg Arteries, Ankle Blood Pressure Test May Spot Hidden Heart Risks and Dialysis Via Fistulas May Help Young or Old

• Prostate Cancer: ABC Affiliate Carries SIR Annual Scientific Meeting News (KGUN, Tucson, Ariz.)

• Kidney Cancer: ABC Affiliate Posts SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Video (KGUN, Tucson, Ariz.)

2008

• Doctors Help Boy With Giant Hand: Boy, 10, to Lead Normal Life After Surgeries; Hospital Donates Fees (ABC News)

• SIR Member Presents Data; Update and New Findings From the Resilient Trial Comparing the Life Stent With Poba: Improvement With Stenting Is Durable Beyond One Year (Medical News Today)

• SIR Member Uses Leading Edge Technology to Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease (Salisbury Post, Salisbury, N.C.)

• Pelvic Congestion Syndrome: Stomach Ache? It Could Be Varicose Veins in Your Tummy (Daily Mail, United Kingdom)

• Stents May Shorten Dialysis Duration: JVIR Research Reported in Renal & Urology News

• Interventional Radiology Liver Cancer Treatment, SIR Member Featured on Denver Television

• Discovery Channel Continues To Air the Three-part "911: The Bronx," Which Features SIR Member; Check Days, Times at Discovery

• The Future of Health Now: New Procedures and Tools Are Revolutionizing Medicine -- Uterine Fibroid Embolization, Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Highlighted in Parade (Oct. 12)

• Pulmonary Embolism Claims More Lives Than Higher Profile Diseases; Research Here Could Lower Toll (St. Louis Beacon)

• You're Sick. Now What? Knowledge Is Power. (New York Times)

• Pivotal National Trial Uses Newest Interventional Radiology Treatment to Bust Blood Clots in Legs (Forbes)

• Surgeon General Spotlights Deep Vein Thrombosis: Call to Action Targets Disorder that Killed NBC Correspondent David Bloom (Today)

• Researchers Suppress "Hunger Hormone" (Washington Post)

• Treating Ovarian Cancer Without Using Surgery; SIR Member Featured in Report (WNDU, South Bend, Ind.)

• The Tumor Zappers of Cedars-Sinai (WestsideToday.com)

• JVIR: Blunt Trauma Grafts Better Than Surgery (UPI)

• Varicocele Embolization Efficacious (Renal and Urology News)

• No Simple Survivor's Tale: Interventional Radiology in Trauma Setting (News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio)

• Cutting-edge Liver Cancer Treatment Improves Lives (WHNT, Huntsville, Ala.)

• Procedure Offers Hope for Patients With Blood Clots (KETV, Omaha, Neb.)

• RFA Proves Effective in Treating Malignant Lung Tumors, According to RAPTURE Study (Medical News Today)

• ABC's Good Morning America Spotlights Kidney Cancer Breakthrough (March 18, 2008)

• Bone Tumor (Osteoid Osteoma) Treatment Featured (KABC, Los Angeles)

• Varicose Vein Treatment, SIR Member in the News (WTVT-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg)

• Discovery Channel Aired in May the Three-part "911: The Bronx," Which Featured Interventional Radiologist and SIR member David C. Sperling. More Information Can Be Found at Discovery.

• Innovative Interventional Radiology: Baby's First Surgery Comes Before Birth (From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

• KOIN-TV Relays Insurance Fight for Interventional Radiology Treatment of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome; Features SIR Member.

• SIR Member Explains Interventional Radiology, Variety of Procedures on Videojug.com's Health Section.

2007

• Gorilla Receives State-Of-The-Art Treatment for Uterine Fibroids from Interventional Radiologists. View TV coverage from CBS in Chicago.

• PARADE Magazine Names Uterine Fibroid Embolization One of the Top Health Breakthroughs of 2007.

• Interventional radiologist discusses lung RFA on Ted Koppel's "Living With Cancer" Special

• US News & World Report online guide to Aortic Aneurysms, in conjunction with The Mayo Clinic:
  http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/heart/aa/aa.about.htm

• Today Show story features stroke treatment. Click here to view.

2005

• Newsweek Calls Interventional Radiology "The Frontier" in "Your Health in the 21st Century" Issue

• Interventional radiology featured on NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and USA Today.

2002

• Article on vertebroplasty appears in American Family Physician. Patient info section included.

1999

• Medical Breakthroughs: High-Tech ‘Surgery' (from Consumers Digest magazine)