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Study: Medical Malpractice Rate Higher, During the Surgeon's Birthday

Don't Make Your Surgeon Operate You on this Date!

Dec 11, 2020 AM EST

Higher rates of mortality linked to special occasions, study shows.

Engineers Devise New Diagnostic that Could Reduce Probabilities of Death from Blood Loss

Nov 02, 2020 AM EST

Following the research, engineers have recently devised a fast, affordable, and portable diagnostic that can aid the delivery of urgent treatment to people at risk of dying from rapid loss of blood.

46-Year-Old Man’s Routine Eye Test Results in a Golf Ball-Sized Tumor

Oct 30, 2020 PM EDT

Few days after undergoing an eye test, a man was admitted to a hospital after they discovered a tumor, a golf ball-sized one, and had it removed near his brain.

Boy Born With ‘Half a Heart’ Gets a Lifesaving Transplant

Oct 23, 2020 AM EDT

Reports said further tests showed the boy would be born with "be born essentially half a heart." Specifically, he had "hypoplastic left heart syndrome" or HLHS, a condition where the heart's left side is underdeveloped.

MD News Daily - Doctor Tells 42-Year-Old Man His Stiff Neck Resulted from Long Hours of Calls on Zoom, and Now He is Diagnosed With Inoperable Brain Tumor

Doctor Tells 42-Year-Old Man His Stiff Neck Resulted From Long Hours of Calls on Zoom, and Now He Is Diagnosed With Inoperable Brain Tumor

Oct 21, 2020 AM EDT

A man, who was told doing calls via the Zoom app during the lockdown, maybe the reason for his neck pain, has reportedly been left devastated after learning he has a brain tumor that's inoperable.

27-Year-Old Man Shares His Story About Having Stage 4 Cancer and COVID-19 To Raise Awareness

Oct 14, 2020 AM EDT

Evan White was only 24 when he was first diagnosed with colon cancer. In February 2019, his scans revealed he had cancer again and in July this year, he had COVID-19.

MD News Daily - ‘Miracle Girl’ Milli Lucas Flown Home After Surgery on a ‘Mercy Flight

Miracle Girl Milli Lucas Catches 'Mercy Flight' Home After Surgery

Oct 07, 2020 AM EDT

The brain cancer survivor, also known as "miracle girl," has reportedly flown home on what is described as a "mercy flight" to spend time with her family after her most recent surgery.

New Study Finds Surgery for Benign Breast Condition Does Not Damage a Woman’s Ability to Breastfeed in the Future

Oct 05, 2020 AM EDT

One of the first studies to particularly assess the impacts of surgery on breastfeeding consequences and lactation capability exposes over 80 percent of young female individuals successfully breastfed or bottle-fed breast milk, including women who ha..

MD News Daily- All About Bunions: What Is It and What To Do About It

Conservative Measures and Surgical Options Can Both Help in the Treatment of Bunions

Sep 23, 2020 AM EDT

A thorough understanding of bunions and how to manage them properly.

Study Finds Testosterone Treatment as a Possible Substitute To Weight Loss Surgery

Sep 21, 2020 AM EDT

The study findings present that long-term testosterone treatment may be compared to weight loss surgery, with a reduced risk of complications.

First-of-Its-Kind Surgery Successfully Separates Conjoined Twins in Michigan

Sep 21, 2020 AM EDT

Nearly 14 months after birth, the twins went back to Ann Harbor, where they had gone through an 11-hour surgery, becoming the first known set of conjoined twins to undergo a successful separation in Michigan

MD News Daily - New England Towns Struggle With Opioid And Heroin Epidemic

Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Man Addicted to Opioids for 18 Years Find Sobriety

Sep 16, 2020 AM EDT

A groundbreaking surgery helped Gerod Buckhalter, an ex-opioid addict for 18 years, find sobriety after undergoing deep brain stimulation.

Study shows more than half of high-risk alcohol users report improvement after surgery

Apr 04, 2014 PM EDT

Much has been reported about the potential for increased risk of alcohol misuse after weight loss surgery (WLS), with most theories pointing to lower alcohol tolerance and a longer time to return to a sober state after surgery, but a new study from B..

Surgery Proves Effective at Treating Type 2 Diabetes: Study

Mar 31, 2014 PM EDT

Bariatric surgery might help put type two diabetes into remission for several year, according to a recent study.

Risk of Heart Attack Cut by Weight-Loss Surgery

Mar 28, 2014 PM EDT

Bariatric surgery, which is used to help the severely obese lose weight, has been shown to dramatically reduce the rate of heart attacks and death among morbidly obese patients, according to a recent study.

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