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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a randomized trial conducted in Italy indicate that conventional external radiotherapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery for early breast cancer is…
There has been growing concern about the safety and effectiveness of some medical devices in the United States once they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Dutch population-based study has shown that, while mucinous colorectal cancer is thought to carry a poor prognosis, it actually responds as well…
With flu season approaching, doctors recommend that people get a flu shot. Past studies suggest that the vaccine may help protect heart patients from heart attack, stroke and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A European study indicates that starting with endosonography for assessing mediastinal lymph node status in potentially resectable lung cancer is more cost-effective than…
Clark Chen, MD, PhD explains that the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, is also one of the most deadly cancers. Despite efforts to find treatments and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, chemotherapy with fluorouracil or gemcitabine reduces mortality by about a third, Taiwanese researchers have shown. On the other…
More than half of knee replacements are performed on patients under the age of 65. A new study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines the cost…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recurrence after limited lung resection for small early-stage adenocarcinoma is three times more likely when the micropapillary component of the tumor is 5%…
Salim Ismail, Founding Executive Director, Singularity University, gives you the top 5 medical breakthroughs by 2020 that will revolutionize medicine in the healthcare sector. Read more about Salim…
