Joking Through Brain Surgery? Seriously?
MONDAY, Feb. 4, 2019 — Brain surgery’s pretty serious, but someday patients may laugh their way through it. A young
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This Type of Eye Surgery Can Actually Make Vision Worse
Before there was LASIK, there was radial keratotomy—a type of eye surgery frequently performed in the 1980s and 1990s to
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Heart surgery: Does it impact cognitive ability?
Almost 8 million people in the United States undergo cardiovascular surgery or other related procedures each year. Thanks to the
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Cataract Surgery Tied to Drop in Cognitive Decline in Seniors
MONDAY, Oct. 15, 2018 — Cataract surgery is associated with a reduction in the rate of cognitive decline among older
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Hearing aids and cataract surgery may prevent dementia
Hearing aids and cataract surgery may prevent dementia: ‘Exciting’ research shows the treatments halt the rate of cognitive decline by
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Pills for appendicitis? Surgery often not needed, study says
Advances in imaging tests make it easy to determine which patients face that danger. (iStock) CHICAGO – A new study
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3-D-printed tracheal splints used in groundbreaking pediatric surgery
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has performed Georgia’s first-ever procedure to place 3-D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient. A cross-functional
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Ask the right questions before opting for plastic surgery
Making the decision to undergo plastic surgery should not be taken lightly, according to Dr. Shayan Izaddoost, associate professor in
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Bariatric surgery linked to significant reduction in microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes
Compared with usual care, bariatric surgery was associated with half the incidence of microvascular disease at 5 years for adults
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Farmer has life-changing surgery to remove a 1.4kg tumour
Farmer, 55, has surgery to remove a 1.4kg tumour from his neck after he ignored the growing lump for 20
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