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…
Roy Berjarano, COO of Frontier Healthcare Holdings, explains the concept behind Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) – facilities where doctors come together to provide their patients with the best care possible,…
Traci Pfeifer, MD, highlights the latest advancements in the field of plastic surgery. She talks about recent trends like the preservation of fat during eyelid surgery and new…
What should a patient watch out for when looking for a plastic surgeon? Traci Pfeifer, MD, discusses the 5 red flags that lets patients distinguish between the reputable and…
Cataracts are most commonly found in older adults. They can impair vision, how well you see colors, and cause problems with depth perception and balance. Vision problems have…
It’s highly debated whether patients undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer should also have their lymph nodes treated. Janna Andrews, MD, discusses the RTOG trials and their results, which…
With the continual advancement of technology in surgery, one would expect that robotic prostatectomy to be the gold standard of treatment for prostate cancer. However, Judd Moul, MD,…
Charles Jungreis, MD, Chairperson, Department of Radiology, Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses stereotactic radiosurgery. References and Resources Cesaretti JA, Pennathur A, Rosenstein BS, Swanson SJ, Fernando…
Dr. Francis Cordova, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the factors that determine strong and weak candidates for lung transplantation…
Low-risk prostate cancer patients have multiple options when it comes to treatment. Janna Andrews, MD, characterizes the differences between surgical and radiation treatments as well as the various subcategories…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Serrated lesions of the colorectum, once thought benign, may give rise to one-third of all colorectal cancers, but are more difficult to detect…
