Weight Loss, Disc Disease Interventional Radiology Treatments Coming
Minimally Invasive Treatments on Horizon Could Target “Hunger Hormone,” Use Stem Cells to Battle Degenerative Disc Disease, According to Animal Research From Society of Interventional Radiology’s 37th Annual Scientific MeetingSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 26, 2012)—A minimally invasive treatment may target hunger at its source, another uses X-ray visible embolic beads to block arteries to the stomach and suppress hunger and a third explores the use of stem cells to repair vertebral disc degeneration. Initial results from all these studies were reported at the Society of Interventional