Robotic surgery represents the latest advancement in minimally invasive surgery, utilizing small incisions for procedures that once required large abdominal or thoracic openings. This technique offers the same…
In this episode of “Newsworthy Stories,” Jacqueline Jimenez speaks with Bohdan Pomahac, MD, a leading plastic surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital, and Robert Chelsea, the first African-American…
Rashmi Roy, MD, FACS, describes primary hyperparathyroidism, how it may be diagnosed, and a solution for patients suffering from this condition. Most instances of parathyroid adenomas affect just…
Rashmi Roy, MD, FACS, points out that thyroid cancer is being diagnosed in more women than ever before. This is mainly due to the increased scrutiny physicians practice…
Researchers have developed a laser-scanning microscope that uses fiber-optics and an adjustable, electro-wetting lens to capture neurons firing inside the brain.
Rashmi, Roy, MD, FACS, endocrine surgeon for the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, outlines how adrenal tumors can cause patients to display symptoms of hypertension and…
Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS, breast surgeon and former President of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, has spent many years attempting to improve the quality and usability…
John Weinberg, MD, COO, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, describes the benefits of the Veloxis’ Envarsus, an orphan drug for the treatment of organ transplant rejection. Envarsus is a reformulation of tacrolimus,…
While most patients want to check out of the hospital and return to their homes as soon as possible, few consider the unfortunate complications that could occur and…
David A. Fisher, MD, director, Total Joint Center, Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital discusses which patients qualify as candidates for total knee replacement surgery. According to Fisher, progressive loss of function that impacts…
