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Liver transplants from MAiD donors show outcomes comparable to standard donations

Organ donation following medical assistance in dying (MAiD), also known as euthanasia, is a relatively new practice both in North America and worldwide.

27 Oct 2025

New clinical practice guideline provides updated recommendations for treatment of central sleep apnea

A new clinical practice guideline developed by a task force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine provides updated recommendations for the treatment of central sleep apnea.

27 Oct 2025

Study highlights need to establish clinical practice guidelines for surgical patients receiving MOUDs

In an effort to stem the death toll from opioid overdose, United States public health officials have promoted the prescription and use of medications like buprenorphine that blunt the effects of illicit opioids such as fentanyl.

27 Oct 2025

Intraoperative music therapy reduces anesthetic use and physiological stress

A groundbreaking study published in the peer-reviewed journal Music and Medicine demonstrates that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of propofol and fentanyl required during laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed under general anesthesia.

27 Oct 2025

Qureight Vascul8 model for pulmonary vascular disorders validated in peer-reviewed study, offering potential to improve treatment options and patient outcomes following surgery

Qureight, a techbio company advancing the understanding of lung and heart disease through application of its AI-powered imaging and clinical data curation platform, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study validating its Vascul8™ model for pulmonary vascular disorders, in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.

27 Oct 2025

Study reveals the success of spinal anesthesia for preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia surgery

Every year, more than 13 million babies are born prematurely worldwide, and up to one-third of them require surgical repair of inguinal hernias—a procedure that, under general anesthesia, carries significant postoperative risks such as apnea, bradycardia, and desaturation.

24 Oct 2025

Breakthrough combo therapy lowers death risk in recurrent prostate cancer

Men whose prostate cancer returns after surgery or radiation therapy may now benefit from a new drug combination shown in clinical trials to cut the risk of death by more than 40%.

23 Oct 2025

Football injuries, not injections, explain why retired players face higher osteoarthritis risk

Retired UK male footballers face a markedly higher risk of foot and ankle osteoarthritis (OA), primarily due to prior injuries sustained during their careers. While corticosteroid injections were linked with OA, this association likely reflects treatment for injury rather than a direct cause.

23 Oct 2025

Revolutionizing cataract surgery with office-based oral sedation

A new study on office-based cataract surgery is challenging traditional approaches to the procedure, demonstrating that patients can undergo successful surgery with minimal oral sedation instead of with intravenous (IV) sedation at hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers.

23 Oct 2025

Cervical cancer patients treated with radiation and chemotherapy report greater short-term decline in quality of life

A new study co-led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that women with early-stage cervical cancer who received radiation plus chemotherapy reported a greater short-term decline in quality of life compared to those who received radiation alone.

23 Oct 2025

New York Regional Diabetes Research Center established with $10.8 million NIH grant

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a five-year, $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create the New York Regional Diabetes Research Center (NYR-DRC), a newly expanded multi-institutional center co-led with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Weill Cornell Medicine.

23 Oct 2025

Drug shows striking success in treating children with multi-metastatic Ewing sarcoma

Ewing sarcoma is one of the most common bone cancers seen in children, and if it spreads, it can be deadly. One study found that under a quarter of children with multi-metastatic Ewing sarcoma survived five years after their diagnosis.

23 Oct 2025

Gender disparity in lung transplant access persists despite reforms

New research from UCLA Health reveals that women continue to face barriers in accessing lung transplants compared to men, despite recent national policy changes aimed at making organ distribution more equitable.

23 Oct 2025

When a hearing aid isn’t enough

Kitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem had worsened over the past year. Even with her hearing aids, "there was little or no sound," she said.

23 Oct 2025

New study solves lung transplant rejection mystery

More than 50% of lung-transplant recipients experience a rejection of their new lung within five years of receiving it, yet the reason why this is such a prevalent complication has remained a medical mystery.

22 Oct 2025

Foot or ankle injuries in professional football players may increase risk of osteoarthritis

A new paper in Rheumatology, published by Oxford University Press, finds that retired UK male professional football players who reported foot or ankle injuries during their careers were more likely to develop osteoarthritis in retirement.

22 Oct 2025

Rare case of pancreatic Hodgkin lymphoma is often misdiagnosed as pancreatic adenocarcinoma

A new case report was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on October 6, 2025, titled "A peculiar case of primary lymphoma of pancreas: A rare presentation of Hodgkin lymphoma."

22 Oct 2025

HMGN1 gene linked to heart problems in people with Down syndrome

Nearly half of all babies born with Down syndrome face congenital heart defects, often involving serious malformations that require surgery in the first months of life.

22 Oct 2025

New drug combination shows promise in treating colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common tumors among people over the age of 50. Although it is known to develop from small lesions or polyps, its exact causes are unknown — only a few risk factors are known — and it is usually treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, or biological therapies.

22 Oct 2025

Epidural stimulation and physical rehabilitation can enhance recovery in spinal cord injury patients

Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes paralysis in roughly one million people worldwide, with incident cases rising yearly.

21 Oct 2025

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Surgery News and Research

Liver transplants from MAiD donors show outcomes comparable to standard donations

New clinical practice guideline provides updated recommendations for treatment of central sleep apnea

Study highlights need to establish clinical practice guidelines for surgical patients receiving MOUDs

Intraoperative music therapy reduces anesthetic use and physiological stress

Qureight Vascul8 model for pulmonary vascular disorders validated in peer-reviewed study, offering potential to improve treatment options and patient outcomes following surgery

Study reveals the success of spinal anesthesia for preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia surgery

Breakthrough combo therapy lowers death risk in recurrent prostate cancer

Football injuries, not injections, explain why retired players face higher osteoarthritis risk

Revolutionizing cataract surgery with office-based oral sedation

Cervical cancer patients treated with radiation and chemotherapy report greater short-term decline in quality of life

New York Regional Diabetes Research Center established with $10.8 million NIH grant

Drug shows striking success in treating children with multi-metastatic Ewing sarcoma

Gender disparity in lung transplant access persists despite reforms

When a hearing aid isn’t enough

New study solves lung transplant rejection mystery

Foot or ankle injuries in professional football players may increase risk of osteoarthritis

Rare case of pancreatic Hodgkin lymphoma is often misdiagnosed as pancreatic adenocarcinoma

HMGN1 gene linked to heart problems in people with Down syndrome

New drug combination shows promise in treating colorectal cancer

Epidural stimulation and physical rehabilitation can enhance recovery in spinal cord injury patients

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