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AI helps bring clarity to LASIK patients facing cataract surgery
While millions of people have undergone LASIK eye surgery since it became commercially available in 1989, patients sometimes develop cataracts later in life and require new corrective lenses to be implanted in their eyes. ...
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Study shows reduced risk of hematological cancer after bariatric surgery
Obesity surgery is associated with a 40% lower risk of hematological cancer. This has been shown in a study from the University of Gothenburg. This clear link is expected to influence future research in the field.
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Study finds firearm injuries increase in gentrified neighborhoods
Gentrification can have a ripple effect on communities. While it can improve certain conditions in typically low-income areas, rising housing costs can displace residents, causing social disruption and other downstream effects.
Sep 20, 2023
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Assessing unintended consequences in AI-based neurosurgical training
Virtual reality simulators can help learners improve their technical skills faster and with no risk to patients. In the field of neurosurgery, they allow medical students to practice complex operations before using a scalpel ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Study finds higher risks of readmission, mortality among surgical patients discharged with opioids
A research team comprising members from the Department of Surgery, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Study shows that new protocols enable many patients to safely return home just one day after lung cancer surgery
Thoracic surgeons and researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that increasing numbers of patients undergoing cancer-removal lung surgery by "anatomic ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Thoracic surgeons who treat lung cancer are helping reduce patients' risk of opioid dependence, study shows
Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that robot-assisted surgeries and new patient-care protocols are enabling lung cancer surgery patients to ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Surgery is facing its #MeToo moment—Here's what needs to be done now
As the NHS seeks to heal and care, it now faces a challenge of introspection, driven by alarming revelations. Research released this week has shone a harsh light on the widespread issue of sexual misconduct within the surgical ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Transfer of aging: New drug class prevents key aging mechanism in organ transplants
A novel study has shown that Senolytics, a new class of drugs, have the potential to prevent the transfer of senescence, a key mechanism of aging, and the associated physical and cognitive impairments in recipients of older ...
Sep 17, 2023
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Neonatal kidney transplantation offers new hope in the organ shortage crisis, study shows
New research, presented at the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Congress 2023, demonstrates that neonatal kidney transplantation can offer a 'game-changing' solution to the pressing organ shortage crisis.
Sep 16, 2023
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Islet transplantation boosts long-term survival in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes
Islet transplantation significantly reduces the risk of transplantation failure and enhances life expectancy in individuals with type 1 diabetes who undergo kidney transplantation, a new study has revealed.
Sep 16, 2023
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Anesthesiology researcher pipeline lags behind other specialties
Anesthesiology researchers are responsible for some of medicine's most significant advances, from the Apgar score that tests a newborn's health to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But the number of medical residents in ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Pathologist designs rapid technique for small biopsies
A biopsy is literally a "glimpse of life," and Paul Lee, assistant professor of clinical pathology in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, got an important one of those during his residency at the University ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Clinical trial shows combination immunotherapy treatment effective before lung cancer surgery
Combination immunotherapy with the anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody durvalumab and other novel agents outperforms durvalumab alone in the neoadjuvant (pre-surgical) setting for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them.
Sep 14, 2023
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Study shows mixing donor and recipient immune systems creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys
Successful kidney transplants rely on the biological compatibility of the donor and recipient but still require long-term use of drugs to tamp down the recipient's immune system and prevent donor organ rejection. Finding ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Fruit-derived resveratrol: Safeguarding brain function after surgery
Research by experts from Ningbo Eye Hospital and Hwa Mei Hospital at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences provides insight into a critical issue facing surgical patients: post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD).
Sep 14, 2023
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One in three female surgeons in UK have been sexually assaulted: survey
Nearly a third of female surgeons in Britain have been sexually assaulted by a colleague in the past five years, according to a study published Tuesday and described as a "MeToo moment" for surgery.
Sep 12, 2023
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Research suggests that heart transplantation is safer for adults with single-ventricle CHD than previously thought
UCLA-led research finds that among adult congenital heart disease (CHD) transplant recipients, single-ventricle physiology correlated with higher short-term mortality. But 10-year conditional survival was similar for biventricular ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Researchers develop magnetically controlled guidewire robot system for vascular interventional surgery
A research group led by Prof. Xu Tiantian from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have proposed a magnetically controlled guidewire robot system ...
Sep 11, 2023
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