http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Despite receiving blood thinners and other clot prevention treatment, some patients still develop potentially lethal blood clots in the first month after their operations anyway, especially if they developed a surgical-site infection while in the hospital, according to results of a study at Johns Hopkins. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-surgical-site-infections-deadly-blood-clots.html Surgery Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:31:46 EST news277529489 When researchers from UCLA Medical Center investigated the link between racial disparities and appendicitis outcomes in children, they found that the type of hospital in which black, Hispanic and other minority patients receive care—community, children's or county—affects their odds of developing a perforated appendix. The study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons is a first-of-its-kind look at the role hospital type plays in race-based treatment variances among this patient subset. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-racial-disparities-pediatric-appendicitis-treatment.html Surgery Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:43:40 EST news275921014 Osteopathy may help reduce chronic pain and stiffness after thoracic surgery. However, electrotherapy is not effective pain treatment in the aftermath of pancreatic surgery. These are the findings of a thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, that studied complementary and alternative therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-complementary-alternative-medicine-swedish-surgical.html Other Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:57:08 EST news274013622 Patients who drank coffee, rather than water, after bowel surgery to remove a part of their colon experienced a quicker return to bowel movements and tolerance of solid food. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-coffee-bowel-function-colon-surgery.html Surgery Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:40:23 EST news269001614 (Medical Xpress)—A syndrome called "post-operative cognitive decline" has been coined to refer to the commonly reported loss of cognitive abilities, usually in older adults, in the days to weeks after surgery.  In fact, some patients time the onset of their Alzheimer's disease symptoms from a surgical procedure. Exactly how the trio of anesthesia, surgery, and dementia interact is clinically inconclusive, yet of great concern to patients, their families and physicians. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-surgery-profound-effect-anesthesia-brain.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:20:02 EST news266828556 A minimally invasive procedure known as endovascular repair used for abdominal aortic aneurysms has a low rate of complications, even in high-risk patients such as those with kidney, heart or lung problems, a Mayo Clinic study shows. Researchers found that even when aneurysms ruptured, endovascular repair had lower mortality rates than open-abdominal surgery, the other treatment option. The findings are being presented at the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Sept. 6-8, in Milwaukee, Wis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-minimally-invasive-surgery-abdominal-aortic.html Cardiology Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:20:04 EST news266064266 Cigarette smoke reduces the production of a Fallopian tube gene known as "BAD", which helps explain the link between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. The finding, from scientists led by Drs Andrew Horne and Colin Duncan at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Reproductive Health in Edinburgh, UK, was described today at the annual meting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) in Istanbul. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-bad-fallopian-tube-ectopic.html Health Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:08:02 EST news260507260 The best doctors strive to relieve their patients' burdens. A physician in Houston asked Rice University students to help him do so in the most literal way. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-rice-students-weighty-problem-doctors.html Medical research Wed, 09 May 2012 11:35:28 EST news255782106 Surgical technique is a factor related to small-bowel obstruction (SBO) and compared with laparoscopic surgery, open surgery appears to be associated with an increased risk of SBO, according to a study published in the April issue of Archives of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-factors-small-bowel-obstruction-surgery.html Surgery Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:02 EST news253810736 Add lower gastrointestinal (GI) problems such as ulcers, bleeding and perforations to the list of serious complications facing many rheumatoid arthritis patients. They are at greater risk for GI problems and gastrointestinal-related death than people without the disease, a Mayo Clinic study shows. Researchers say their findings point out the need for new ways to prevent and treat lower GI disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients; the incidence of lower gastrointestinal complications is rising even as upper GI problems decrease significantly among rheumatoid arthritis patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-gi-problems-plague-rheumatoid-arthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:41:35 EST news252682890 Ovarian cancer is one of the most frequent forms of cancer that affect women. As tumors can initially grow unchecked in the abdomen without causing any major symptoms, patients are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and have to undergo surgery plus chemotherapy. During the operation, surgeons attempt to remove all tumor deposits as this leads to improved patient prognosis. To do this, however, they primarily have to rely on visual inspection and palpation - an enormous challenge especially in the case of small tumor nests or remaining tumor borders after the primary tumor excision. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-imaging-technique-visualizes-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:23:08 EST news235646542 Patients who undergo surgery are more likely to suffer surgical site infections (SSIs) if the operating theatre is noisy, according to research published in the July issue of BJS, the British Journal of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-noisy-infections-surgery.html Other Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:41:29 EST news226140078 During the last thirty years there has been an increase in the number of babies born by Caesarean section. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that there has also been a change in the social and economic status of the mothers involved and that advantaged mothers are more likely to have their babies by Caesarean section than mothers living in more difficult circumstances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-posh-trend-cesarean-section.html Health Tue, 17 May 2011 20:00:06 EST news224852848