http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-robot-assisted-kidney-cancer-surgery-benefits.html Cancer Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287161422 Inpatient bariatric procedures among adolescents appear to have plateaued since 2003 to about 1,000 procedures annually, and the preferred type of operation has changed to minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures from open procedures, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-inpatient-bariatric-procedures-adolescents-plateaued.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:00:02 EST news274966929 Women do better than men after surgical removal of part or all of a cancerous kidney, with fewer post-operative complications, including dying in the hospital, although they are more likely to receive blood transfusions related to their surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-women-fare-men-blood-kidney.html Cancer Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:33 EST news256314025