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Heavy smoking can have a serious impact on the treatment of periodontitis

Smoking can have a serious impact on the effect of the treatment of periodontitis – a widespread condition that leads to degradation of the teeth's supportive tissue and, in serious cases, to loss of the teeth.

26 Jan 2023

Pancreatic cancer study reveals the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy

A new study that analyzed the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer revealed the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy and resulted in new treatment strategies.

26 Jan 2023

UK oncologists and cardiologists collaborate to prevent chemo-induced cardiomyopathy in cancer patients

Ever since she was 12 years old, Barbie Johnson has been a Kentucky girl at heart. Raised in the bluegrass, Barbie has worked at UK HealthCare for 18 years, first in gynecologic oncology and now in surgery scheduling.

26 Jan 2023

Loyalty card data on over-the-counter drug purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier

Loyalty card data on over-the-counter medicine purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier according to a pioneering study funded by Cancer Research UK.

26 Jan 2023

Dr. Yong joins Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso as an orthopedic surgeon

Taylor M. Yong, M.D., M.S., has joined Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso as an orthopedic surgeon who is fellowship trained in orthopedic trauma.

25 Jan 2023

New interactive tool helps to calculate risk of developing advanced breast cancer

Breast cancer is now the leading cause of global cancer incidence among women but determining who will develop breast cancer is still a challenge for the medical community.

25 Jan 2023

Injectable hydrogel composite loaded with stem cells shows success in treating perianal fistulas

In a new study using a rat model of Crohn's disease, a biodegradable hydrogel composite loaded with stem cells, developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, in a collaborative effort with the Whiting School of Engineering, has shown significant success in treating perianal fistulas (PAF) — one of the many complications of Crohn's disease.

25 Jan 2023

Genomic screening can facilitate early detection of thyroid cancer in patients with RET gene variants

Population-based genomic screening can facilitate early detection of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in patients with variants in the RET gene, a new Geisinger study found.

25 Jan 2023

$Clear-cut treatment routine could reduce surgically treated ankle fractures$

Clear-cut treatment routine could reduce surgically treated ankle fractures

It has been shown that the percentage of ankle fractures that undergo surgery could be substantially reduced, from more than 30 per cent to 10 in the most common type of fracture.

24 Jan 2023

UT Southwestern experts offer several techniques for secondary intraocular lens placement

Patients undergoing cataract surgery typically have their natural lens replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). But complications occasionally arise that require the placement of a more surgically challenging secondary IOL.

24 Jan 2023

More high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism may benefit from surgical intervention

A new American Heart Association scientific statement suggests surgery be considered for more people with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE).

23 Jan 2023

Geographic region associated with risk of breast cancer treatment delays for Black and non-Black patients

Study finds that Black patients and patients living in certain regions experience greater delays.

23 Jan 2023

Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care

For Tammy Rainey, finding a health care provider who knows about gender-affirming care has been a challenge in the rural northern Mississippi town where she lives.

23 Jan 2023

Study sheds light on the mechanisms behind virulence of MRSA blood stream infections

Researchers at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with researchers at New York University, have published a study in Cell Host and Microbe that sheds light on the mechanisms behind the severity, or virulence, of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood stream infections.

20 Jan 2023

Study identifies women with twofold increased risk of developing contralateral breast cancer

Women with cancer in one breast may be at higher risk of developing cancer in the opposite breast if they are carriers of specific genetic changes that predispose them to develop breast cancer, according to a study led by the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.

20 Jan 2023

Speech neuroprostheses can decode speech based on brain activity

Researchers from HSE University and the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a machine learning model that can predict the word about to be uttered by a subject based on their neural activity recorded with a small set of minimally invasive electrodes.

19 Jan 2023

State-of-the-art Biocontainment Unit opened at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center has opened a state-of-the-art Biocontainment Unit that will be used primarily for observation and flexed for respiratory isolation and further flexed to care for patients with highly infectious diseases.

19 Jan 2023

Researchers create large-scale 2D and 3D spatial maps of colorectal cancer

In the United States, turning 45 brings with it a rather unpleasant rite of passage: the beginning of regular colonoscopies, in which an endoscope equipped with a light and a camera is used to visually check the colon for signs of cancer.

19 Jan 2023

Long-term, COVID-19-related smell loss could be treated using injections of platelet-rich plasma

Early in the pandemic, when people with COVID-19 began reporting that they lost their sense of smell, Zara Patel, MD, figured as much. A professor of otolaryngology at Stanford Medicine, Patel has, for years, studied loss of smell as a symptom of viral infections.

19 Jan 2023

MedUni Vienna researchers identify specific immune response to Epstein-Barr virus

Medical science has not yet been able to explain why the Epstein-Barr virus triggers infectious mononucleosis (IM) in some people with initial infections and not in others.

19 Jan 2023

Surgery News and Research

Heavy smoking can have a serious impact on the treatment of periodontitis

Pancreatic cancer study reveals the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy

UK oncologists and cardiologists collaborate to prevent chemo-induced cardiomyopathy in cancer patients

Loyalty card data on over-the-counter drug purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier

Dr. Yong joins Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso as an orthopedic surgeon

New interactive tool helps to calculate risk of developing advanced breast cancer

Injectable hydrogel composite loaded with stem cells shows success in treating perianal fistulas

Genomic screening can facilitate early detection of thyroid cancer in patients with RET gene variants

Clear-cut treatment routine could reduce surgically treated ankle fractures

UT Southwestern experts offer several techniques for secondary intraocular lens placement

More high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism may benefit from surgical intervention

Geographic region associated with risk of breast cancer treatment delays for Black and non-Black patients

Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care

Study sheds light on the mechanisms behind virulence of MRSA blood stream infections

Study identifies women with twofold increased risk of developing contralateral breast cancer

Speech neuroprostheses can decode speech based on brain activity

State-of-the-art Biocontainment Unit opened at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Researchers create large-scale 2D and 3D spatial maps of colorectal cancer

Long-term, COVID-19-related smell loss could be treated using injections of platelet-rich plasma

MedUni Vienna researchers identify specific immune response to Epstein-Barr virus

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