Surgery
Oral surgery on your calendar? Expert offers tips to ease anxiety
If you're planning to have oral surgery, be prepared, not scared, an expert suggests—and stay off YouTube.
Sep 5, 2022
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Cardiology
People of all ages should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Basic life support training in schools and communities is essential to improve survival from cardiac arrest, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines published online today in the European Heart Journal. ...
Aug 26, 2022
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Medical research
New role of immune cells in liver regeneration identified
If liver tissue has to be removed due to cancer or another liver disease, the organ usually regenerates quickly, soon becoming fully functional once again. Medical science has not yet completely understood the complex processes ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Cardiology
Clinical practice guideline for perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy released
The American College of Chest Physicians recently released a new clinical guideline on the perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains 44 evidence-based recommendations ...
Aug 11, 2022
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Surgery
Female sex is associated with additional treatments following surgical therapies for intermittent claudication
It turns out that your sex may determine how you are treated for circulatory problems in the legs that cause muscle pain during walking or exercise. This condition, intermittent claudication (IC), is one of the more common ...
Jul 12, 2022
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Surgery
Five billion people can't afford surgery—a team of innovators could soon change this
Have you or a loved one ever needed surgery? Imagine what your life would be like if you couldn't have it. Billions of people around the world lack access to surgery because equipment and general anaesthesia are too expensive ...
Jun 27, 2022
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Medications
Taking opioids at home after surgery: More harms than benefits
A new study conducted at the RI-MUHC concludes that prescribing opioid analgesics at discharge after surgery does not reduce postoperative pain and increases the risk of adverse events.
Jun 20, 2022
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Medications
Spinal anesthesia linked to higher painkiller use in hip fracture patients
For some surgeries, spinal anesthesia has been increasingly used instead of general anesthesia as a method to provide more comfort to patients and cut down on painkiller use. But research among hip fracture patients shows ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Medications
Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room
Currently, patients in seven states can tell their physicians they don't want to be treated with opioids in any health care setting, even during surgery. While unnecessary opioid exposure is a big reason behind the opioid ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals imaging approach with potential to detect lung cancer earlier, at the cellular level
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to identify lung cancer at the cellular level in real time during a biopsy, offering promise in the ability to detect the disease ...
May 18, 2022
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