Surgery
How six cups of ground coffee can improve nose, throat surgery
Imagine plopping six cups of coffee grounds on the heads of patients just before they are wheeled into the operating room to have nose or throat surgery?
Jun 20, 2017
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Medical marijuana dispensaries, patients wait through delays
Medical marijuana dispensaries are beginning to open in Hawaii, but they're not allowed to sell their products.
Jun 9, 2017
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Difficulties diagnosing delirium in older adults after surgery
Delirium is a medical term for "sudden confusion." It is an abrupt, rapid change in mental function and can cause a wide variety of shifts in behavior ranging from aggression or agitation to feeling sleepy and inactive (or ...
Jun 6, 2017
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Hypnosis doesn't improve post-op anxiety, pain in children
(HealthDay)—A short hypnosis session performed in the operating room prior to major surgery does not improve postoperative anxiety and pain levels among pediatric patients, according to a study published online April 12 ...
Apr 18, 2017
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Surgery
For surgeons in the OR, a way to fight bad posture
The psychological stress that surgeons face is well-documented. Less understood is the physical stress they endure from spending hours in awkward positions in the operating room.
Mar 14, 2017
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How technologies are personalizing surgical procedures
Before Sonia Ramamoorthy, M.D., chief of colon and rectal surgery at UC San Diego Health, took a scalpel to Larry Smarr, Ph.D., director of Calit2 and Harry E. Gruber Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San ...
Mar 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New 3-D technology improving patient care for complex kidney surgeries
If you were asked to describe the shape of a kidney, you may visualize a kidney bean. But Wes Nance's kidneys had a different shape, plus they were positioned atypically inside his body—plus, he had roughly a dozen painful ...
Mar 9, 2017
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Antibiotics could be alternative to surgery as treatment for appendicitis
A study by researchers at the University of Southampton shows that antibiotics may be an effective treatment for acute non-complicated appendicitis in children, instead of surgery.
Feb 17, 2017
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Surgery
New technique slashes diagnosis time during brain surgery
A new approach to the practice of surgical pathology for brain tumor patients could make for a powerful combination: more accurate, safer and more efficient operations.
Feb 6, 2017
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Surgery
Virtually painless – how VR is making surgery simpler
Surgeons and their patients are finding that virtual reality can relieve the pain and stress of operations – and it's safer and cheaper than sedatives. Jo Marchant travels to a Mexican mountaintop village to visit a clinic ...
Jan 31, 2017
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