Cardiology

Cardiologists publish case series study on heart valve procedure

Findings from a published case series research letter by the Henry Ford Health Structural Heart Disease team show that severe mitral stenosis, due to a build-up of calcium deposits in the mitral valve common in elderly patients, ...

Surgery

Evolving trends in cosmetic breast augmentation

Ongoing quality improvement data submitted by Board-certified plastic surgeons highlight current trends in surgical technique in cosmetic breast augmentation using implants, reports a study in the December issue of Plastic ...

Surgery

Adults can develop scoliosis too

Maybe you remember being screened for scoliosis in school. Or your own child has been treated to straighten a curving spine. But scoliosis is not restricted to children and adolescents; adults can develop scoliosis too.

Oncology & Cancer

Review covers progress in immunotherapy for esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide and was ranked as the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in 2020. When EC is localized or locally advanced, referred to as resectable EC, ...

Health

Hernia—a common, treatable condition no one talks about

While an impending storm will trigger cautionary news reports about the risk of a heart attack while shoveling snow, you're less likely to hear how twisting and turning while moving heavy amounts of the tiny ice crystals ...

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