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AI model may help make liposuction safer

A newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) model is highly accurate in predicting blood loss in patients undergoing high-volume liposuction, reports a study in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

26 Dec 2025

Artificial intelligence improves risk stratification in oropharyngeal cancer

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has developed and validated an artificial intelligence (AI)–based noninvasive tool that can predict the likelihood that a patient's oropharyngeal cancer-a type of head and neck cancer that develops in the throat-will spread, thereby signaling which patients should receive aggressive treatment.

23 Dec 2025

Older age affects functional recovery after spinal cord injury

A new study published on December 23, 2025, in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries.

23 Dec 2025

$Neighborhood disadvantage shapes recovery after hip fracture$

Neighborhood disadvantage shapes recovery after hip fracture

Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a fall-related hip fracture than those living in more affluent areas, according to a large national study published today in JAMA Network Open.

23 Dec 2025

Medical bills can be vexing and perplexing. Here’s this year’s best advice for patients.

A Texas boy's second dose of the MMRV vaccine cost over $1,400. A Pennsylvania woman's long-acting birth control cost more than $14,000.

23 Dec 2025

After outpatient cosmetic surgery, they wound up in the hospital or alone at a recovery house

Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room, she alleges in a lawsuit.

23 Dec 2025

A senescence-based therapeutic approach for temporal lobe epilepsy

Temporal lobe epilepsy, which results in recurring seizures and cognitive dysfunction, is associated with premature aging of brain cells.

22 Dec 2025

Women may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with stents

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as stenting, according to a large study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

22 Dec 2025

New CPRIT awards expand cancer prevention and treatment research in South Texas

UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), received nearly $3 million in new academic and prevention awards as part of the latest funding round announced by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

19 Dec 2025

Children’s Hospital Colorado completes its first heart and liver dual transplant

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) successfully performed the hospital's first-ever heart and liver dual organ transplant, with support from dozens of team members across 25 different multidisciplinary care teams.

19 Dec 2025

States advance medical debt protections as federal support turns to opposition

Lawmakers in several states are working to expand medical debt protections for patients, even after the Trump administration reversed course and told states they don't have authority to take action on credit reporting.

19 Dec 2025

Addressing unsustainable food systems can deliver double benefits for health and climate

A major review in Frontiers in Science highlights how tackling unsustainable food systems-reflected by our changing food environment-is urgent for both health and climate.

18 Dec 2025

Study links low physical activity to higher lymphedema risk after cancer treatment

Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished.

17 Dec 2025

New tool can predict recurrence risk in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Cedars-Sinai investigators, leading a multi-institutional team, have developed and validated a tool to predict which patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) need closer monitoring because their cancer is more likely to recur.

17 Dec 2025

New diagnostic chip enables rapid monitoring of brain cancer treatment

New diagnostic chip pulls packets released from tumor cells out of blood, showing whether cancer cells died during chemotherapy infusion.

16 Dec 2025

Large-scale study to examine nail fungus impact on athletic performance

Athletes are 2.5 times more likely than the general public to develop nail fungus, according to a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

16 Dec 2025

Tau biology expands beyond microtubules to neurodegeneration, metabolism and mental illness

An Thought Leaders Invited Review published today in Genomic Psychiatry by Dr. Peng Lei and colleagues presents a sweeping synthesis of tau protein research that fundamentally reframes our understanding of this molecule's dual identity.

16 Dec 2025

One big beautiful bill act complicates state health care affordability efforts

As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care.

16 Dec 2025

Blood test identifies colon cancer patients who benefit from anti-inflammatory medication

A blood test could help doctors decide which patients with colon cancer should receive anti-inflammatory medication along with chemotherapy after surgery, according to new study in JAMA Oncology.

15 Dec 2025

New insights explain the Treg paradox in colorectal cancer

In most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they dampen the immune system's ability to fight against a tumor.

15 Dec 2025

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Surgery News and Research

AI model may help make liposuction safer

Artificial intelligence improves risk stratification in oropharyngeal cancer

Older age affects functional recovery after spinal cord injury

Neighborhood disadvantage shapes recovery after hip fracture

Medical bills can be vexing and perplexing. Here’s this year’s best advice for patients.

After outpatient cosmetic surgery, they wound up in the hospital or alone at a recovery house

A senescence-based therapeutic approach for temporal lobe epilepsy

Women may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with stents

New CPRIT awards expand cancer prevention and treatment research in South Texas

Children’s Hospital Colorado completes its first heart and liver dual transplant

States advance medical debt protections as federal support turns to opposition

Addressing unsustainable food systems can deliver double benefits for health and climate

Study links low physical activity to higher lymphedema risk after cancer treatment

New tool can predict recurrence risk in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

New diagnostic chip enables rapid monitoring of brain cancer treatment

Large-scale study to examine nail fungus impact on athletic performance

Tau biology expands beyond microtubules to neurodegeneration, metabolism and mental illness

One big beautiful bill act complicates state health care affordability efforts

Blood test identifies colon cancer patients who benefit from anti-inflammatory medication

New insights explain the Treg paradox in colorectal cancer

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