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Partial knee arthroplasty yields faster functional recovery than total knee replacement

For selected patients with knee osteoarthritis, unicompartmental (or "partial") knee arthroplasty (UKA) shortens the recovery time for two key measures of physical function, as compared with total knee arthroplasty (TKA), reports a randomized trial in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

22 Dec 2022

Study could pave the way for new drug to treat hand osteoarthritis

A new study, published in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at the University of Oxford has identified that Talarozole, a drug that is known to increase retinoic acid, was able to prevent osteoarthritis (OA) in disease models.

22 Dec 2022

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Getting insurance to pay for oral surgery is like pulling teeth

Health coverage generally does not cover dental work. But Susan Rice of Atlanta should have been the exception: She was hit by a speeding car, causing extensive damage to her own “grill.”

22 Dec 2022

Centene, under siege in America, moved into Britain’s National Health Service

In the final days of 2020, the U.S. health insurer Centene made a swift incursion into Britain's prized National Health Service, one of the world's largest employers.

22 Dec 2022

Study helps understand why some people have persistent smell loss after COVID-19 infection

The reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells, a team of scientists led by Duke Health report.

21 Dec 2022

Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart procedures as white people

Traditional heart surgery, which involves fully opening the chest and cutting through the breastbone, comes with a high risk of complications and a long recovery time.

21 Dec 2022

Improving neuroplasticity hastens hearing among cochlear implant recipients

Kick-starting the brain's natural ability to adjust to new circumstances, known as neuroplasticity, improves how effectively a cochlear implant can restore hearing loss, a new study in deaf rats shows.

21 Dec 2022

A medical cost-sharing plan left pastor with most of the cost

Jeff King needed his heart rhythm restored to normal with a procedure called an ablation — sooner rather than later, his doctor said. Jeff asked the hospital for a cost estimate but said he didn't hear back before his scheduled surgery in January 2021 at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas.

21 Dec 2022

The case of the two Grace Elliotts: A medical billing mystery

Earlier this year, Grace Elizabeth Elliott got a mysterious hospital bill for medical care she had never received.

21 Dec 2022

Phenotypic plasticity may allow cancer cells to evade standard therapy

Glioblastomas (GBMs) are incurable brain tumors with a prognosis of about one-and-a half years on average. They are highly resistant to treatment and have defied all attempts at precision therapy.

20 Dec 2022

'Stem cell plasters' could revolutionize treatment for children with congenital heart disease

Researchers at the University of Bristol funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have developed 'stem cell plasters' to revolutionize the way surgeons treat children living with congenital heart disease, so they don't need as many open-heart operations.

20 Dec 2022

Oat-based biscuit along with a cup of tea best for busy healthcare workers

Busy healthcare workers can safely enjoy a cup of tea within less than 10 minutes, and the best accompanying biscuit for nutritional content, crunchiness, and dunking is oat based, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

20 Dec 2022

Cancer patients with sickle cell disease report reduction in pain and anxiety in response to music therapy

A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found patients with cancer and patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) treated at an academic cancer center reported clinically significant reductions in pain and anxiety in response to music therapy.

19 Dec 2022

Surgery News and Research

Partial knee arthroplasty yields faster functional recovery than total knee replacement

Study could pave the way for new drug to treat hand osteoarthritis

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Getting insurance to pay for oral surgery is like pulling teeth

Centene, under siege in America, moved into Britain’s National Health Service

Study helps understand why some people have persistent smell loss after COVID-19 infection

Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart procedures as white people

Improving neuroplasticity hastens hearing among cochlear implant recipients

A medical cost-sharing plan left pastor with most of the cost

The case of the two Grace Elliotts: A medical billing mystery

Phenotypic plasticity may allow cancer cells to evade standard therapy

'Stem cell plasters' could revolutionize treatment for children with congenital heart disease

Oat-based biscuit along with a cup of tea best for busy healthcare workers

Cancer patients with sickle cell disease report reduction in pain and anxiety in response to music therapy

User-friendly complete system for more targeted, effective thermal ablation of tumors

Patient satisfaction associated with completion of metabolic or bariatric surgery

Expert panel recommends revisions to gender-affirming care guidelines

Novel device could help medical professionals to save lives in field hospitals

Study shows positive effect of concentrating surgery for children with neuroblastoma

New imaging agent lights the way for surgeons during lung cancer surgery

FDA approves targeted imaging agent for use in lung cancer surgery

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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