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Surgery
Surgery: The branch of medicine that employs operations in the treatment of disease or injury. Surgery can involve cutting, abrading, suturing, or otherwise physically changing body tissues and organs. It uses uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
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MAY 25, 2017Videos
It's hardly breaking news that living a healthy lifestyle with a good diet and plenty of exercise will pay off in dozens ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 24, 2017Neuroscience
In schools all across the country, fidget spinners are a hot commodity. Proponents of the trendy new toys say they ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 24, 2017Videos
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For the first time, scientists discovered a genetic culprit for a severe congenital heart defect, hypoplastic lef ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 21, 2017Health & Medicine
Canadian cardiologist Dr. Neil Fam completed the world’s first mitral regurgitation repair surgery through the jug ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 19, 2017Cancer
Of the 180,000 women who have surgeries to remove cancerous breast tissues, about a quarter will return to the OR for a ...MAY 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Virtual reality is not just for gamers - in the medical world, virtual and 3-D technologies are transforming how doctors ...MAY 17, 2017Technology
Researchers based out of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and McCormick School of Engineering, both l ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2017Videos
Two months ago, a young calf named Enkesha suffered a life-threatening injury when she was caught in a poacher's snare i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 09, 2017Neuroscience
It used to be a common belief that newborns and very young babies could not feel pain. Once they did start to develop th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 05, 2017Health & Medicine
A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to b ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2017Cancer
Results from a new study could help doctors detect the recurrence of lung cancer up to a year before traditional tests. ...APR 21, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2017Videos
One of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers is glioblastoma, a rare but often deadly form of brain cancer. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2017Plants & Animals
It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active po ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2017Videos
Antimicrobial resistance is not only a growing health threat, it's already a huge problem; it just doesn't get much atte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2017Videos
Scorpions are pretty scary insects. With their large hooked tail and sometimes deadly bite, they are pretty much somethi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 11, 2017Cardiology
Injury induced by stopping and restarting the heart during open-heart surgery, known as ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injur ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 07, 2017Videos
Blood cancers, which include leukemia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma can be difficult to treat because they start at the very ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
At first glance, the sheet of electronic resembles a used candy wrapper rather than a sophisticated wearable device. But ...MAR 31, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we ...MAR 30, 2017Videos
A cancer diagnosis is devastating for any patient. Most times, in terms of treatment, patients want to do whatever is po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 23, 2017Videos
Many women opt for reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. For some it makes them feel whole again after treatment a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 25, 2017
Videos
It's hardly breaking news that living a healthy lifestyle with a good diet and plenty of exercise will pay off in dozens
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 24, 2017
Neuroscience
In schools all across the country, fidget spinners are a hot commodity. Proponents of the trendy new toys say they
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 24, 2017
Videos
Baking soda solution (sodium bicarbonate) is used as an essential ingredient in a number of hospital-based remedies, inc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2017
Videos
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that over 123,000 people currently are in need of a lifesaving org
...
MAY 22, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists discovered a genetic culprit for a severe congenital heart defect, hypoplastic lef
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
Canadian cardiologist Dr. Neil Fam completed the world’s first mitral regurgitation repair surgery through the jug
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2017
Cancer
Of the 180,000 women who have surgeries to remove cancerous breast tissues, about a quarter will return to the OR for a
...
MAY 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Virtual reality is not just for gamers - in the medical world, virtual and 3-D technologies are transforming how doctors
...
MAY 17, 2017
Technology
Researchers based out of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and McCormick School of Engineering, both l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2017
Videos
Two months ago, a young calf named Enkesha suffered a life-threatening injury when she was caught in a poacher's snare i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 09, 2017
Neuroscience
It used to be a common belief that newborns and very young babies could not feel pain. Once they did start to develop th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 05, 2017
Health & Medicine
A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to b
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2017
Cancer
Results from a new study could help doctors detect the recurrence of lung cancer up to a year before traditional tests.
...
APR 21, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2017
Videos
One of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers is glioblastoma, a rare but often deadly form of brain cancer.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active po
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2017
Videos
Antimicrobial resistance is not only a growing health threat, it's already a huge problem; it just doesn't get much atte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2017
Videos
Scorpions are pretty scary insects. With their large hooked tail and sometimes deadly bite, they are pretty much somethi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 11, 2017
Cardiology
Injury induced by stopping and restarting the heart during open-heart surgery, known as ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 07, 2017
Videos
Blood cancers, which include leukemia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma can be difficult to treat because they start at the very
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
At first glance, the sheet of electronic resembles a used candy wrapper rather than a sophisticated wearable device. But
...
MAR 31, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we
...
MAR 30, 2017
Videos
A cancer diagnosis is devastating for any patient. Most times, in terms of treatment, patients want to do whatever is po
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 23, 2017
Videos
Many women opt for reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. For some it makes them feel whole again after treatment a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim