Surgery
Obesity associated with increased risk of complications after surgery
In the United States, almost 74% of adults age 20 and older have overweight or obesity, and of that number almost 42% have obesity.
May 1, 2023
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News tagged with heart surgery
Surgery
Bariatric surgery may cut risk of obesity-related cancers by more than half
Just 4% of patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery developed obesity-associated cancer in a 10-year follow up, compared to 8.9% among those who did not have a weight-loss procedure, according to a study to be ...
Apr 28, 2023
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Addiction
Sounds from nature: A soothing remedy for gambling addiction
Gambling addiction, also called "pathological gambling" and "gambling disorder (GD)," is known to have severe economic, social, mental, and physical consequences on those affected. One of the major factors contributing to ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary vascular disease and left heart disease are not mutually exclusive, find researchers
A long-term analysis designed by Christian Gerges and Irene Lang at the Department of Medicine II of the University Hospital Vienna and MedUni Vienna indicates that one third of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Health
Achieving prevention and health, rather than more health care
Rutgers is researching a new health care model that emphasizes primary care and prevention over emergency care in underserved communities
Apr 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Mind-body connection is built into brain, study suggests
Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the idea that the body and mind are inextricably intertwined is ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists create powerful, most-accurate tools to research deadliest blood cancer, study says
Tisch Cancer Center scientists have developed unique models of the deadliest blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), creating a transformative resource to study this cancer and eventually its drug response and drug resistance. ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Cardiology
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty, a novel treatment for chronic blood clots in lung arteries
Old blood clots in lung arteries can obstruct blood flow and lead to pressure build-up in the affected arteries. When this happens, symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, and fainting spells may develop, ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Cardiology
Researchers find structural heart valve differences associated with greater tricuspid regurgitation
Using 3D imaging, researchers in the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) experiencing moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Neuroscience
Boosting 'cold shock' protein in the brain without cooling protects mice against neurodegenerative disease
Scientists in Cambridge and Berlin have used a form of gene therapy to increase levels of the so-called "cold shock protein" in the brains of mice, protecting them against the potentially devastating impact of prion disease.
Mar 24, 2023
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