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…
Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, Co-Director Riverside – UVA Gamma Knife, University of Virginia Health System, discusses gamma knife surgery for the treatment of malignant brain tumors, a procedure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endometrial cancer is associated with an elevated risk of colorectal cancer, but not breast cancer, according to study results in the April issue…
Daniel J. Salchow, MD, Director, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Section, Yale Eye Center, discusses the rare problem of cataracts in children. 1 in 250 children in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of critically ill adults, use of chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated sponges for dressings significantly reduced the risk of catheter-related infections compared with…
James C. Tsai, MD, MBA, FACS, Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Yale Eye Center, discusses incisional glaucoma surgery. References and Resources Hong…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Assuming a woman does not prefer a uterus-conserving procedure, hysterectomy is more cost-effective than myomectomy or uterine artery embolization (UAE) for treating symptomatic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hyperbaric therapy can improve language ability, social interaction, and other functions in children with autism, the results of small prospective, randomized trial suggest.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine reduces incident cases of CMV infection in women and has the potential to decrease congenital CMV infection, according to…
Philip C. Palmisano, MD, MPH, Chief of Ophthalmology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, describes the types of eye injuries treated seen in the United States soldier; 10 percent of…
Marc R. Rosen, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, describes the relatively new technique of balloon sinuplasty to treat chronic…
