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Surgeries
Surgeries broadly describe procedures used to investigate or treat a medical condition, such as a disease, injury, or bodily impediment. In general, surgeries aim to improve function or appearance or repair a damaged or infected area of the body. Examples of surgeries include angioplasty, joint replacements, cesarean section, organ transplantation, hysterectomy.
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JAN 22, 2016Cardiology
Dogs and humans alike can suffer from a rare bleeding disorder called factor VII deficiency, where lacking a vital coagu ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Traumatic brain injuries kill about 50,000 Americans every year. To minimize mortality risks and speed up recovery time, ...JAN 19, 2016Videos
Many raise an eyebrow to surgeon Sergio Canavero's claims that he has the potential to perform a human head transplant a ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 14, 2016Cardiology
The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Videos
Any kind of cancer diagnosis is frightening, but pancreatic cancer is especially difficult to treat. A new study from th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 07, 2016Videos
A university in the UK will be conducting a study on 50 men who have localized prostate cancer, that is cancer that has ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2015Cardiology
Recent data combined from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry and ACTION Registry-GWTG have ident ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Videos
From Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, Chief of Cardiology Dr. Paul Kelly briefly discusses how the newes ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2015Neuroscience
Brain surgery is incredibly complex. When a team of neurosurgeons enters the operating room, it’s all business. Pa ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 18, 2015Cardiology
Current procedure for treating heart attacks involves quickly unblocking the clogged artery that caused the attack with ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 18, 2015Health & Medicine
An emergency room resident was suffering from depression. She hadn’t spoken to many people about it, but it finall ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 17, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The year 2015 has been a big year for transplants surgery and it will end with an even bigger splash. Doctors at the Joh ...DEC 15, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r ...DEC 11, 2015Videos
Treating cancer is difficult. It involves toxic chemical, high doses of radiation and often surgery. All of this takes a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 10, 2015Cardiology
The left internal thoracic artery is “associated with improved survival, graft patency, and freedom from cardiac e ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2015Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2015Videos
Before and during pregnancy, the onus has been heavily on the woman to be healthy - no drinking, smoking, drug use, etc. ...DEC 05, 2015Plants & Animals
A three-year-old domestic cat named Vincent was born with an abnormality where he didn’t have full working hind le ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 05, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 04, 2015Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2015Videos
Breast cancer isn't something normally found in children, but an 8 year old girl from Utah has been diagnosed with a ver ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a ...NOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 24, 2015Cardiology
The next generation of surgery technology has arrived: virtual reality in the operating room! A report recently publishe ...Written By: Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Cardiology
Dogs and humans alike can suffer from a rare bleeding disorder called factor VII deficiency, where lacking a vital coagu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Traumatic brain injuries kill about 50,000 Americans every year. To minimize mortality risks and speed up recovery time,
...
JAN 19, 2016
Videos
Many raise an eyebrow to surgeon Sergio Canavero's claims that he has the potential to perform a human head transplant a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 14, 2016
Cardiology
The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Videos
Any kind of cancer diagnosis is frightening, but pancreatic cancer is especially difficult to treat. A new study from th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 07, 2016
Videos
A university in the UK will be conducting a study on 50 men who have localized prostate cancer, that is cancer that has
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2015
Cardiology
Recent data combined from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry and ACTION Registry-GWTG have ident
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2015
Videos
From Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, Chief of Cardiology Dr. Paul Kelly briefly discusses how the newes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain surgery is incredibly complex. When a team of neurosurgeons enters the operating room, it’s all business. Pa
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 18, 2015
Cardiology
Current procedure for treating heart attacks involves quickly unblocking the clogged artery that caused the attack with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 18, 2015
Health & Medicine
An emergency room resident was suffering from depression. She hadn’t spoken to many people about it, but it finall
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The year 2015 has been a big year for transplants surgery and it will end with an even bigger splash. Doctors at the Joh
...
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 11, 2015
Videos
Treating cancer is difficult. It involves toxic chemical, high doses of radiation and often surgery. All of this takes a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 10, 2015
Cardiology
The left internal thoracic artery is “associated with improved survival, graft patency, and freedom from cardiac e
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
Before and during pregnancy, the onus has been heavily on the woman to be healthy - no drinking, smoking, drug use, etc.
...
DEC 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
A three-year-old domestic cat named Vincent was born with an abnormality where he didn’t have full working hind le
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 04, 2015
Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2015
Videos
Breast cancer isn't something normally found in children, but an 8 year old girl from Utah has been diagnosed with a ver
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a
...
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 24, 2015
Cardiology
The next generation of surgery technology has arrived: virtual reality in the operating room! A report recently publishe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker