Opioid dependence is more likely to occur in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) before surgery than afterward, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. Mayur Sharma, M.D., from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, and colleagues Read more…
Eating fatty fish such as salmon, tuna, or mackerel at least once a week may help prevent heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems. That’s according to a recent scientific advisory from the American Heart Association, which reaffirms a long-held Read more…
Surgery is a major part of ovarian cancer treatment, but it can be a blunt tool. A big problem for surgeons is knowing what they’re cutting. It can be difficult to tell whether a lump in the ovary is cancer or benign. Read more…
Social media is more and more making teenagers dissatisfied with their appearance and enthusiastic about obtaining a filtered version of “perfection,” even heading so far as to pursue plastic surgery, say medical professionals. Dr. Neelam Vashi, director of Ethnic Skin Read more…
A team of surgical staff has been suspended for taking selfies mid-operation and posting them on social media. The group of medical professionals, including the surgeon, anaesthesiologist, two surgical assistants and a surgical nurse, work at the Hospital San Jose Read more…
Kidney Stones Treatment – Overview The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located at the back of the abdominal cavity. The kidney serves a very vital function in filtering the blood and removing waste products of metabolism such as urea, salts Read more…
A kidney transplant is the removal of a kidney from a body and placed in the body of a patient with end-stage kidney disease. A kidney transplant is also known as a renal transplant. There are two types of kidney Read more…
A Wisconsin man had to have all his limbs amputated after he contracted a severe infection, likely from a lick from his pet dog Ellie. Last month, Greg Manteufel, from West Bend, started experiencing flu-like symptoms including fever, vomiting and Read more…
Books for Physicians and Medical Students – Overview Medical doctors often time do not have enough time for any other business venture other than medicine. Physicians should be great business people but they are not as medical school is not Read more…
A heart transplant, which is also known as a cardiac transplant, refers to the surgical procedure in which a faulty heart is replaced with a normally functioning heart. Heart transplant facts are essential to note. Heart transplant treatment is a treatment Read more…
Yoenis Cespedes, the highest-paid player for the Met’s baseball team will reportedly miss out on the rest due to upcoming surgeries on his heels. This is another blow to the Mets’ already dismal season. Cespedes who returned from the disabled Read more…
Breast augmentation surgery is a plastic surgery procedure that is popularly known as “boob job”. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) note that in 2015, there were 279,143 breast augmentations procedures in the United States. Essence of Breast of Breast Augmentation Read more…
Surgical Instruments List – Overview Surgery is defined by the “Medical Dictionary” as the “branch of medicine that is concerned with conditions that are amenable to, or require, operative procedures.” Surgical instruments are specially designed tools that assist healthcare professionals Read more…
Types of Surgery – Overview Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient’s tissues are cut during this technique to permit the manipulation of Read more…