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…
A consultant surgical gastroenterologist at Manipal Hospital, Sarjapur Road, provides an overview of the surgical gastroenterology department. He discusses advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and GI…
Scott Greenbaum, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor, New York University School of Medicine discusses the optimal time for a patient to get cataract surgery. Physicians should advise their…
Scott Greenbaum, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor, New York University School of Medicine, discusses the common causes of cataracts, their development, and the difficulties surrounding the condition. Cataracts can…
John Weinberg, MD, COO, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, talks about the challenges in current organ transplantation methods, and Veloxis’ once-daily solution to advancing kidney transplantation. According to Weinberg, most kidney transplants…
Juliann Reiland, MD, Surgeon, Avera Medical Group, discusses her goal to treat breast cancer while maintaining the look of the breast after surgery. Using intraoperative radiation, Dr. Reiland is…
Juliann Reiland, MD, Surgeon, Avera Medical Group, explains that breast conservation lumpectomy combined with a 6 week program of radiation that sterilizes the breast is the most effective…
Ramtin Kassir, MD, Plastic Surgeon, explains the details of the surgery he performed on his patient, Kassim Robinson, to treat the cutis verticis gyrata, or CVG, which had…
Back pain is a significant problem in America. In 2010, more than 10 million people experienced back pain. More than 200,000 of these patients are diagnosed with a…
Aging, natural childbirth and obesity can weaken the pelvic muscles in many women. A common problem, this can cause the vagina or the uterus to prolapse, or begin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A preoperative MRI showing whether or not a rectal tumor encroaches on the circumferential resection margin (CRM) is a better predictor of recurrence…
