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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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FEB 01, 2016Neuroscience
Neurons are incredibly tiny, but they have a big task in the brain. Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, are ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 30, 2016Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 30, 2016Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 29, 2016Videos
Cancer is a devastating disease, even when it's caught early. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 23, 2016Technology
For the first time ever in the United States, an amputee has undergone a prosthetic implant process known as osseointegr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 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 Bouchard
FEB 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Neurons are incredibly tiny, but they have a big task in the brain. Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, are
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 30, 2016
Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2016
Immunology
More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, according to 2012 national survey (American Pain Society). While
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 30, 2016
Cardiology
Anticoagulant drugs thin the blood (I.E. “blood thinners”) to prevent dangerous clotting in the vessels. Peo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 29, 2016
Videos
Cancer is a devastating disease, even when it's caught early. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 23, 2016
Technology
For the first time ever in the United States, an amputee has undergone a prosthetic implant process known as osseointegr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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