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) – Advanced prostate cancer appears to be of a more aggressive type when it occurs in young men, leading to dramatically higher cancer-specific mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carotid artery stenting (CAS) followed immediately by on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a feasible treatment for high-risk patients who have both…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Primary total hip arthroplasty with a porous-coated cementless acetabular component continues to provide “durable fixation at 20 years postoperatively,” orthopedic surgeons from Rush…
M. Bruce Shields, MD, at the Yale Eye Center, discusses laser treatment options for Glaucoma. For more information on this physician, please visit: M. Bruce Shields MD References…
Jack Stern, MD, PhD, Neurosurgeon and Spinal Specialist, discusses the challenges in using an artificial lumbar disc. Artificial lumbar disc insertion to stabilize L3-4 and L4-5 is possible…
Jack Stern, MD, PhD, discusses the indications for the use of artificial cervical discs replacing the need for cervical spinal fusion. 1.The artificial cervical disc is a relatively…
Aryan Shayegani, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Cornea & Comprehensive Eye Sections, Yale Eye Center, discusses keratoconus, its resulting astigmatism and management. A new treatment on the horizon using…
Aryan Shayegani, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Cornea & Comprehensive Eye Sections, Yale Eye Center, discusses corneal infections, which require rapid diagnosis and treatment. Who is predisposed for infection?…
David Rosen, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck at Jefferson Medical College, discusses recent trends using partial or intracapsular tonsillectomy in adult patients with larger tonsils.…
Dr. Edmund Pribitkin, Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, reviews the most common herbal medicines patients take and the side effects that…
