Surgery
When is surgery not safe for seniors?
Poor physical function, dementia and depression all raise seniors' risk of death after a major operation and should be factored into their pre-surgery assessments, researchers say.
Mar 13, 2020
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Cardiology
Physical therapy visit for knee injury was first step toward his quadruple bypass
James "Pete" Watt walked into a physical therapy appointment in April 2018 feeling unusually lightheaded and anxious.
Apr 6, 2021
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Medications
Are opioid painkillers needed weeks after heart surgery? Maybe not
(HealthDay)—Recovery from heart surgery can bring some pain. But a new study suggests patients don't need potentially addictive prescription opioids to control that post-op discomfort.
Dec 17, 2021
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Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery lowers women's alcohol tolerance
Women who have gastric bypass surgery to lose weight should keep a close eye on their alcohol consumption, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Aug 5, 2015
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Medical research
How weight-loss surgery reduces sugar cravings
Weight loss surgery curbs the sweet tooth by acting on the brain's reward system, according to a study published November 19 in Cell Metabolism. The researchers found that gastrointestinal bypass surgery, which is used to ...
Nov 19, 2015
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Cardiology
Surprise origin for coronary arteries could speed advances in regenerative medicine
During embryonic development, the all-important coronary arteries arise from cells previously considered incapable of producing them, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The ...
Nov 21, 2012
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Cardiology
New heart attack insight could lead to better survival rates after surgery
New research shows how doctors can improve the timing of surgery for some heart attack patients by analyzing the levels of a particular protein.
Oct 3, 2022
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Surgery
GERD is common indication for revisional bariatric surgery
For patients who have undergone bariatric surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), revision surgery is common and is mainly with a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), according to a study published online Oct. 31 ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Immunology
Successful transplantation of tissue-engineered vein in a child offers hope
The first biologically tissue-engineered vein grown from a patient's own stem cells has been successfully transplanted into a 10-year-old girl with portal vein obstruction, dramatically enhancing her quality of life. These ...
Jun 13, 2012
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Surgery
Study finds weight loss lasts long after surgery
People with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery maintained significantly more weight loss at 5 years than those who did not have surgery according to a Kaiser Permanente study published March 16 in Annals of Surgery. ...
Mar 17, 2020
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