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Oncology & Cancer

Remote monitoring can improve recovery from cancer surgery

A new study co-authored by Tracy Crane, Ph.D., RDN, co-leader of the Cancer Control Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, shows that remote perioperative ...

Oncology & Cancer

Algorithm that predicts pancreatic cancer metastasis could help avoid unnecessary surgeries

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the biggest challenges in the field of oncology. Numbers of cases are increasing, and the latest personalized therapies and immunotherapy are not yet yielding results. Much of the effort is ...

Surgery

AI can predict complications from surgery better than doctors

A new artificial intelligence model found previously undetected signals in routine heart tests that strongly predict which patients will suffer potentially deadly complications after surgery. The model significantly outperformed ...

Surgery

AI spine model could transform lower back pain treatment

Nearly 3 in 10 adults in the United States have experienced lower back pain in any three-month period, making it the most common musculoskeletal pain. Back pain remains one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, affecting ...

Surgery

'Ozempic face' and other top trends in plastic surgery

Add surgical tweaks to fix the so-called "Ozempic face" to the list of top trending cosmetic procedures, as tallied by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS).

Surgery

US greenlights pig kidney transplant trials

Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants.

Cardiology

Clot buster? Surgery? What is the right treatment for stroke?

During an ischemic stroke, blood vessels in the brain are blocked or narrowed. During a hemorrhagic stroke, there's bleeding into the brain. The first treatment for stroke is to potentially offer a medication called tissue ...

Surgery

Living kidney donation can start a chain reaction

Living-donor transplantation is an option for some organs. For people over 18 born with two functioning kidneys, they can donate one and continue to live a healthy life. An altruistic living-donor kidney transplant chain ...