Tag Archives: Surgery

Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new study suggests that people who undergo bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, have almost twice the expected risk of breaking a bone, and an even higher risk of a foot or hand fracture. Studies ... Read More »

London, June 10 (ANI): Taking a big leap in medical trials, scientists have now created virtual twins-different personalised simulations of living body parts of a person-so that medications or surgery are tested before the patient undergoes the real treatment. Researchers ... Read More »

Washington, May 29 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) say that an experimental drug derived from cottonseeds appears to be efficacious in treating the recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme, which is considered to be the most lethal ... Read More »

Washington, May 28 (ANI): A new study has shed new light on why prostate cancer returns in some men despite receiving surgery or radiation therapy. While most men have an excellent outcome with such standard treatments for localized prostate cancer, ... Read More »

London, May 21 (ANI): Michael Jackson will reportedly undergo surgery on his skin cancer to clear his flesh of potentially lethal growths. The King of Pop had been reported having spots of the disease on his upper body and pre-cancerous ... Read More »

London, May 8 (ANI): Michael Douglas has revealed that why he went for a knee-replacement surgery recently – so that he could chase away his daughter’s future admirers. The ‘Wall Street’ star had injured his knee while skiing, and had ... Read More »

London, May 8 (ANI): Researchers in France have identified the place where free will resides. Lead scientist Angela Sirigu, a neuroscientist at the CNRS Cognitive Neuroscience Centre in Bron, say that the place lies towards the back of the brain ... Read More »

London, May 6 (ANI): Forty-six-year-old Connie Culp, a shotgun attack victim who was the first person in the U.S. to receive a near-total face transplant, has unveiled the results of her surgery.   The woman was left without a nose, ... Read More »

Madrid (Spain), May 4 (ANI): Spanish golfing great Seve Ballesteros made his first public appearance on Sunday since undergoing four separate surgeries to remove a cancerous brain tumor.   Ballesteros, a five-time major winner, was on hand for a Spanish ... Read More »

Washington, May 2 (ANI): Researchers at Rush University Medical Centre have revealed that cementless hip implants, previously believed to be exchanged after 10 years, are twice as durable as thought. They have found that that the devices are extremely durable ... Read More »

Washington, April 29 (ANI): Researchers at Saint Louis University have found that a topical cream when used together with surgery may help treat melanoma, potentially helping doctors cut less. Researchers examined two cases of the most common type of melanoma ... Read More »

London, Apr.28 (ANI): A woman has described how an Indian-origin doctor stroked her hair and massaged her breasts during a visit to his surgery with her young child.   According to The Telegraph, the woman told the General Medical Council ... Read More »

Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Centre have shown that robot assisted kidney cancer surgery is more beneficial for patients compared to open surgery. The standard treatment for kidney cancer is to surgically remove the entire or ... Read More »

Washington, April 16 (ANI): A single injection may soon revolutionise the treatment of pain during and after surgery, thanks to a promising slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system developed by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston. During an NIH-funded study, the researchers used ... Read More »